Title: Introduction & Studio Part 2
Description: Recording begins, stage 1. Janet and Scott continue chatting about 1) How Scott eased Janet’s initial terror; More detailed information on his studio set up; 3) working process of their 2-day (8 hours) recording session in Nashville.
Length: 8:20 minutes
Videographer: Scott Kidd
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This was a fun video to watch. Tucker saves the day!
You appear very calm and centered, chere Janet.
xoxo, MaryAnn
Janet,
Just fooling around a bit to see exactly how these things work. Returned from trip to English Channel around 4 am
Saturday. Taking a few days to get back on track. I know I should be commenting on the video, but not sufficiently together right now.
Jane