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American Holly & Curry: TSS Revisited #1

by JShogren Shanghai'd

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American Holly (Remix 2021) 04:51
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American Holly J Shogren 2009 high bridge rolling river full of mud My ears still ring from the first volley wood and iron ricochet through her the smile is real, American Holly she skipped on down to the family store wipe off the windows, locks off the door man on his feet, broom on the floor Glad to say I aint working here no more high bridge rolling river rain full of mud eyes still dry from the last volley steel and iron ricochet through her the smile is real, American Holly took her up to the family grave brand new grass on a red blood blade she kept up promises, but she can’t behave happy to say, Tom Fool’s in his grave high bridge rolling river rain full of mud ears still ring from the first volley steel and iron ricochet through her the way she danced, American Holly She danced around the family tree Dug up the roots, ate the sweet peas Crowds came home, but where was he God damn Tom Fool, he fooled me high bridge rolling river rain full of mud ears still ring from the first volley steel and iron ricochet he thought of her the smile is real, American Holly 100 dollars and a family beaver pelt You cant reach up to see how I felt Nothing will be better than before happy to say, I dont work here any more high bridge rolling river rain full of mud ears still ring from the first volley steel and iron ricochet he thought of her the smile is real, American Holly
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Curry (Remix 2021) 06:19
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Curry J Shogren 2012 Curry, they wanna skin you You never did nothing to them Priced out your head Because they can They found me, I found you I did it as a friend And the pay’s way better than hanging Tell me, tell me you’ve been dreaming Dreaming of a shady tree Tell me there’s peace in sleeping And sleep will come to me Curry, remember when you bought me That dress down in Mexico I looked like a blood red angel You found her, I found you Yes I’m sure she’s just a friend As the blood runs through me eyes again Tell me, tell me you’ve been dreaming Dreaming of a shady tree Tell me there’s peace in sleeping And sleep will come to me my blood red angel

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Thunderground Sound Revisited #1:
American Holly & Curry
Resung+Resung+Remixed+Remastered (Rx4)
JShogren Shanghai’d



22 Sept 2021

Hello friends and neighbors

Usually, I am not so verbose…so here we go.

First, thank you all for the support and affection over the years for the Shanghai’d musical family. So many great musicians and friends have contributed to a wonderful 15 years of musical adventures in hi-fi recording. The one thing that has become clear over the years is that we have all grown in skill and confidence both as people and musicians.

Given this experience, I took advantage of the lockdown to study up on the technical details of sound engineering—I flopped into the deep end on how to mix music in the 21st century. Mixing music is as much of an art as writing and performing the music. So many choices—an infinite set, in fact—on how each instrument should sound and how each voice can resonate and elevate, and how you blend all these elements together into one cohesive sound to make people smile, think, or dance or all the above. I learned the names of professional mixers, names unfamiliar to me until now. I learned from these experts both in person on zoom, or mixing groups and over the YouTube. Professional mixing engineers are the Rockstar nerds you never heard of. But the choices they make about how to record and mix your favorite music matter so much. I like these nerds; I am a nerd; so, learning to be nerdier in another nerdy dimension was fun.

My raw musical material came from the four albums [Jahamericana, American Holly, Bird Bones & Muscle, God Bless these Crooked Little Songs] that we recorded with Dan Tinker at his Thunderground Sound Studio here in Laramie between 2006-2012. Dan was a patient tutor. He showed me the ropes as I stumbled around the studio trying to get the sounds in my head out into the world. Jim Wilson mastered all the original recordings, and I learned so much from him too.

So last year I asked if Dan would track down all the recordings of the 60+ songs—bit by bit, part by part—to mess with on my own here in my Stump studio (my computer and gear in my basement). And he did, and I am forever grateful.

Below are the links to two of my favorite older songs that I remixed this past year—American Holly and Curry. Both songs are similar in that they are in a Sergio Leone cinemascope style—begin with focused narrow close-up on the face and then one pans out to the wild wide-open landscape.

Both songs have all the original parts we recorded at Thunderground, except I re-sang all my vocals and added a few new guitar parts here at the Stump. Once the new material was added, I started the process of remixing the songs: I mixed, rejected, rebooted, restarted, deleted, shared, listened to advice, remixed, remixed again, remixed once again to create the “final” version… the one I could live with, at least for today. We then took the next step to master the mix—which is like adding the sizzle to the steak. I worked with a new collaborator on the mastering end of things: David Benyamin in Paris. David mastered these two mixes into a sound that I hope you will love as much as I do.

Well…. that’s my Resung+Resung+Remixed+Remastered (Rx4) pandemic isolation report…from my studio, the Stump. I will be releasing more Rx4 songs in pairs this fall—finishing up Me & Genghis Khan and Big Blue Bird of Happiness right now. Then I got Deny Me, Well-fed Man…. on deck.

If you yourself have a song or two you would like to hear again given the Rx4 treatment, let me know. They only song I do not have the original stems for is Salvation…but it was not so bad the first time around.

ART WORK- Frida Shogren

Thanks for listening
J Shogren
jshogrenshanghaid@gmail.com

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released September 22, 2021

Resung+Resung+Remixed+Remastered (Rx4)

American Holly - Shanghai’d Musicians and technical support
Mike Krupp—washboard, legs; Shaun Kelley—double bass; Doug Woody—fiddle; Jalan Crossland—banjo; Jennifer Lyford—violins; J Shogren—vocals, guitars, misc.; Strings arranged by Shaun Kelley; Original recordings at Thunderground Sound Studio (Laramie, WY); Dan Tinker, engineer; New recordings and remixing by J Shogren at the Stump (Laramie, WY), with guidance from Larry Crane (Jackpot! Studios, Portland, OR); Remastered by David Benyamin (Paris, France).

Curry - JSShanghai’d Shanghai’d Musicians and technical support
Mandy (Bohlender) Gifford; vocals; Bill McKay—mandolin, accordion; Jascha Herdt—snare, guitar riff; Mark Zieres—double bass; J Shogren—vocals, guitars. Original recordings at Thunderground Sound Studio (Laramie, WY); Dan Tinker, engineer; New recordings and remixing by J Shogren at the Stump (Laramie, WY), with guidance from Larry Crane (Jackpot! Studios, Portland, OR); Remastered by David Benyamin (Paris, France).

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