I used to record quite a bit of spoken word. Taking on my own podcast last year (http://mikemcgee.libsyn.com) has really gotten me back into the swing of recording voices.

Over the last year, I’ve become very good friends with a very skilled singer/songwriter named Travis Bilenski. We hang out at the greatest coffee shop in the Bay Area (maybe even the west coast).

[By the way, my friend and confidant, Ben Henderson, formerly of my favorite San José band – Delta Activity – wanted me to mention that he is standing next to me as I write this.]

Anyhow, TB and I decided to try to make a good record of his tunes. They are lovely and sad and marvelous and need to be heard. So earlier this week, we started some recording test sessions and have come up with some swell results.

Click here to listen to “Church Music” by Mr. Bilenski,  or right click the link and download it for your collection. It is not mixed or mastered, but merely a raw recording of one of my favorite songs of his, and I believe others may enjoy it too. These sessions should parlay into a full on live album, as tonight we just recorded seven of his songs in front of a nice crowd here at Barefoot Coffee Roasters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Let Travis know what you think of his stuff at his Myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/doesntrhymegood

Good things are coming out of this boys hands and mouth and I really hope people tune into him. He’s a very bright light.

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This entry was written by Mike McGee, posted on 8 December, 2007 at 4:47 AM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged barefoot coffee roasters, church music, live performance, recording, santa clara, travis bilenski. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.