Nashville: One Step Closer : FACTS..some random...some not so random...

Happy Monday...(those two words don't usually go together, but today they do!)

So, the last weekend/week was spent tracking my new record at FortyOneFifteen in Nashville!!!!!!

Words just can't express my excitement right now. We started with drums, bass, guitar, and keys. I am so thankful to have such talented musicians and a producer that knows exactly what I want working with me on this EP. Everyone went above and beyond and I think we are all pretty pumped with how it is sounding.

Elvis..(my monkey mask that has been part of my life for the past three years) was able to make an appearance. (Fact 1..I love monkeys) haha..He was nicknamed Helvis by my producer..because when Elvis is in the building, he likes to raise some hell..and that is exactly what he did...pics below...

Random Fact 2...I LOVE PERCUSSION...Drums and percussion get me so excited, and some of my new songs are going to be pretty percussion heavy.YAY...So one of the best parts of my weekend was getting to play BASS DRUM on one of my songs...Elvis had a turn too.

Random Fact 3...I love little..things?..well..a mini version of anything that is typically big...
Im trying to be PC here...haha..

That being said....I had a mini piano as a child that I used to play and sing while pretending I was in a band. I made my brother use our big red lego buckets as drums (we also wore them on our heads..we totally should have kept that band together..haha)...
Well..it turns out that Dewey (my producer) has a mini piano at the studio..and it seemed completely necessary to feature the mini piano on the new album..so we did..HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!

Random Fact 4...I like unicorns...My friend Leah found me a cool lost unicorn shirt (I won a young authors contest in first grade for a book I wrote called "The Lost Unicorn"..pretty random) Anyways the shirt is awesome and talks about glitter poop and other magical things, so I wore it for good luck on tracking day 3...

So...now you all know 4 interesting facts about me...I love monkeys and Elvis has been a part of my life for 3 years now...I love little "things." (Ill expand on this more in the future).I love me some good percussion, and I love unicorns...but who doesn't...

Well, I am heading back to the studio today to start recording vocals for my song #longwayfromhome

So excited!!!

Stay tuned...

Jennell

#onestepcloser

Here is ELVIS (HELVIS)