Composer Roger Frankham’s “Manhattan Project” EP Production – A Case Study
Composer/guitarist Roger Frankham commissioned us to write some arrangements for his songs, then produce master1. Intellectual property consisting of a sound recording 2. The process of optimizing a mix through further signal processing to adjust presence, timbre, loudness, and tone recordings with live musicians in a studio. We asked Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano to participate in the project, which they did with supreme professionalism.
We wrote structured arrangements for vocals with sax and rhythmThe pattern of beats and accentuations in music, which gives a piece its sense of movement and flow..
Personnel
- Vocals – Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano “I Know Your Heart Like the Back of My Hand”, “Our Song
- Eric Comstock – “I’m a Bach’lor”
- Barbara Fasano – “Remembering”
- Harry Allen – sax
- Ross Patterson – piano
- Jon Burr – bass
- Alvester Garnett – drums
- Arranged and produced by Jon Burr
- Music by Roger Frankham (lyricist listed with titles below)
- Recorded at John Kilgore Sound, NYC September 2016
- Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf Mastering
I Know Your Heart Like the Back of My Hand (Lyrics by Bruce Brown)
Our Song (Lyrics by Bruce Brown)
I’m A Bach’lor (Eric Comstock, Lyrics by Bruce Brown)
Remembering (Barbara Fasano, Lyrics by Bruce Brown)