April 2008, Music

I’m excited about the music being created for the documentary. I’m fortunate to be working with some talented people on the original soundtrack.

Marc Carlton is composing and recording several instrumental pieces to be used throughout the documentary. Now that Marc has moved east, it’s been interesting working at a distance. It’s been pretty effective and transferring audio files via the Internet has not caused any problems. We are hoping to have the music completed in June.

Louise Mosrie is a singer/songwriter in Nashville and a good friend. I pitched her the idea of writing a theme song and she took off with that idea to contribute “Doubling Back.” What a great song! This folk song fits perfectly with the overall theme of the doc. I’m hoping to have Louise work with me on my next project as well. Assisting with the song and providing recording facilities was Ray Kennedy, a legendary producer in Nashville. I first met Ray in 2003 while producing “Trouble No More,” a documentary about the recording of a John Mellencamp album of the same name. Ray was the engineer for this project. I had the opportunity to be in his studio when the song was recorded and mixed in February 2008.