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Laura Cortese and Jefferson Hamer live Feb 5, 2010 in Bryn Athyn, PA

Laura Cortese, Jefferson Hamer, and Matt Malikowski -

Thanks to Joelle Jaffe for shooting and editing this clip from the Freight and Salvage, March 2009. We’re going into the studio today to make Laura’s new record.

Barbara Ellen - acoustic demo #1

Barabara Ellen – solo acoustic demo Get Adobe Flash player

Here’s my version of the classic ballad “Barbara Ellen.” I recorded this at my Brooklyn apartment using a Neumann-Gefell M582 microphone with an M7 capsule for the vocals, and an RFT Gefell PM-750 for the acoustic guitar. A Grace Design Lunatec V3 preamp and DA converter was used into Pro-Tools. Reverb is supplied via a standalone Fender ‘62 Spring Reverb tank.

Thanks to my friend Ryan McGiver for helping me record this song.