Jay Mathes

Performing Songwriter

Long Saturday

Posted on January 31, 2011 by jaymathes

I finally feel mostly recovered from this past Saturday. From 9 AM until 5 PM, I was recording with The City and Restoration Project at the Dragon Room. Then, at 6:30 PM, I packed up my gear for a performance in Elmhurst, IL, at Cuvee Cellars. I arrived back home at 11:45 PM. Long day? I’ll say so.

Saturday was a super-productive session, recording cello for two songs, for two different records coming out in the next four months. “Jump” is a song that I wrote, and The City decided to record a down-tempo version of the song – quite obviously different from the version found on my new solo album, “Fundamental.” The other song, “O Love Divine” will be on ResProj’s upcoming April release. Thank you so much, Jason Young, for your hard work on these parts. You were great!

Top 25 Albums of All Time – #2

Posted on January 13, 2011 by jaymathes

Remember, these aren’t ranked in any sort of order. I haven’t gotten that particular about this list yet. But maybe once I get a top 25 I can move in that direction…

The second album to make my list is Sister Hazel’s 2000 release, “Fortress“. It’s just another one of those albums that I could never put down – and still now I don’t get sick of listening to it. The production on the album is some of the best that I’ve ever heard, and the harmonies are just tight – in an era that was only just beginning to learn what auto-tune was. The main producer, by the way, was Paul Ebersold.