What was recording process like for The Silver City? Was it much different than The Alcatraz Kid?
Recording The Silver City was much different than my previous record. I got bored with my current creative process (sitting in my basement and multitracking) and decided I should try to find some musical collaborators. I found two- Dan Wilson and Andy Thompson. All three of us have our own studios so we split time between them. Dan produced the record so we spent most of the time recording there. Most of the tracks started with just me and acoustic guitar- some from my basement demos. Then the three of us would sit around and try to think of something cool, or just try to play something that was laying around in the room. I’m told this is a concept album about the Twin Cities. Do you live near Franklin Avenue (mp3), or how did the idea for that come about? It’s a concept record in that it is inspired by Twin Cities locales and landmarks. I’ve lived on or around Franklin Avenue for several years now and I always thought it would be a great setting for a song. Tell me about the track “We
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