Down to the Wire

We are down to the wire. The guys have been working tirelessly to complete and fit the studio for filming. I hope they bring back some pics. Sam told me they literally had to take everything out to rewire and fit everything. The studio itself is a little on the dim, ambient side, it looks great (as seen in the photos) but filming requires light. So extra lights needed to be installed in addition to all the other equipment. I felt a little guilty because I went to see Eclipse with a big group while Sam worked till early morning in the studio. I knew he wouldn't really have appreciated the movie and since we had all seen the previous movies, it's one of those films that you can watch with your daughters, sisters, girlfriends, well even a couple of guys tagged along. We had a great time, ate way too much popcorn, soda, candy. I always do it, I'm a popcorn junkie. My daughter teased me after the movie because she saw me eat a whole large bag of popcorn by myself (I was slightly embarrassed) Oh well, I Love POPCORN! Funny how it seems so much more adventurous and wicked when you sneak away to the movies on a weekday, even more so if you go to a matinee. I usually don't stay out late so my wonderful daughter Yesenia offered to watch Dusty so us girls could go out. Imagine my horror when they text to say they were going to bed, what time would we be home? Yikes, I was telling my sister at the movies "why would Bella want to marry either of those guys since it seems like neither of them work" here I forgot that my poor kids had to get up early the next morning, shame on me : ( .

We made it home around 1:00 a.m. no sight of Sam. No sooner did I get settled in when my son Samuel calls me with an amazing song idea. My Mama always used to sing to my babies, I loved hearing her raspy voice singing Munequita Linda and Amorcito Corazon. These are songs I believe are from the 1940"s with beautiful orchestration and a smooth velvety vocal to carry the melody. Absolutely beautiful and timeless songs. One of the things I loved when the girls and I vacationed in Mexico was waking up on Saturday mornings to those old standards on the radio. It's as if we were listening to the record player, you can hear the vinyl turning as the needle gently rests on it, piping out the beautiful songs. I can imagine people gracefully dancing across the floor and when my son told me he wanted to record some of Gramsy's songs I was so touched it brought a lump to my throat. My Mama would love it!

Well it's getting late, I was hoping to get some photos of the studio's progress. Tonight they will do a test run, can't wait to see it all in motion. My husbands vision coming to fruition, the Iklectics new recording format, and my recording project, this is exciting!


Talk to you tomorrow <3 Lizzi