Tuff Gong
Artiste: Gramps Morgan

The Tuff Gong recording session was a walk in the park for Gramps, and a brisk one. It all happened so fast, he flowed with the creativity of a natural and the precision of a surgeon 1-2-3-4:

1. Gramps Morgan entered the studio, greeting the team.

2. Gramps listened only to the first line of the song: 'Hear the Calling, listen to the voice within...'

3. Gramps entered the sound booth, put on the headset, and said, "Run tune."

4. Gramps poured perfect ad libs throughout an entire song he had never heard before.

The One Take Wonder asked Handel if he wanted to do another take.

“Course Not! That's a wrap!”

The rest of the session belonged to Handel who used the time to consider various options and possibilities.  After just about 1 week, he had over 11 voices to choose from, percussions and guitar to place, and much, much more to come. It is early yet, and while we may not know  the order and placement of all the voices in the song, some parts have already become staples of the project because they flowed so well together. The question still remained, however: How do you make so many sessions gel as if all artists were recording together with an ordered script?

We left Handel studying the architecture of this musical structure. If only we could hear what he hears...