More Recording

Hiram and Matthew Monticchio recently recorded with their friend Dan Kirby for the upcoming album of sacred music tentatively titled ’12 Gates’. This will be the first album of twelve songs intended for churches and individuals to use as a liturgical element throughout the year, based on the ancient church calendar. This album will be available digitally in early 2010. The second album of twelve songs will be titled ’12 Pearls’, and will be released with the first as a physical album of 24 tracks toward the end of 2010. We will keep you posted on developments here – for now you can take a look at the video below for a sneak preview of some of the songs.

Of Whales

Hiram recently recorded a couple songs with ‘Of Whales’, which will be available as soon as Mark at Workingman’s Productions can get them mastered. Hiram also recorded some video of the final session, and as he posts on his blog:

“‘Of Whales’ is the name of Josey Shawgo’s musical endeavors – he’s a singer-songwriter who approached me through a friend about recording some of his songs. The songs have a distinct folky sound, kind of Bob Dylan meets M. Ward. It’s been cool working with him and the friends he brought along to the session last weekend – below is a video of us getting guitar parts, drums, and a last vocal take.”