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dorm room to having the assistance of a world-class producer?
Sam Kassirer’s name kept turning up in the credits of so many
albums that I loved that I knew I
wanted to work with him some
day. I thought he’d be completely
inaccessible, but for the heck of
it I sent him an email with some
songs through his website. I feel
really lucky and grateful that he
responded positively and we got
to work together. I knew exactly
what this album would sound like
if I recorded it at home by myself,
but I had no idea what would happen if I put it into Sam’s hands. He
took it in a lot of different directions than I would have. He heard
things in the songs that I didn’t. I
can be set in my ways sometimes
and it was a scary thing to cede
even a little bit of control over the
songs, but they (and I) grew so
much as a result that I have a hard
time imagining what this album
would sound like with a different
producer at the helm.
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