The Warbler by Steve Hindalong

This is Steve Hindalong's (from The Choir) 2nd solo ablum.

The Warbler - Credits

Some fine souls loved me well while making this record. I wrote a few songs with my friend, Matt Wilder, who struck a match and lit a fire under me. His wife, Brittany, said she really liked my voice, which gave me just the boost of confidence I needed to record a few songs with his pal, Britt Edwards (Center Street, Old Hickory, TN). Britt is a great gear tweaker (engineer) and it was nice to have a tasteful keyboard player at the wheel for a change. Those guys produced Unparalyzed, Love You Bad, Lucky and Blessed, Shellie’s Song, Outta My Mind and O Jimmy A. Chris Cameron assisted and shot the Kickstarter video stuff. I invested time wisely at my brother, Marc Byrd’s place (Breathturn, Franklin, TN) for some pre-production and general artistic alignment. He recorded some of his own guitars on several songs and a few other things also on Unparalyzed including my random narrative about the snowy night Chris Colbert went out for beer and broke his wrist. For a change of scenery I went over to Lynn Nichols’ studio (Spencer Creek, Franklin, TN) to work with him and Dwayne Larring. Dwayne flips levers handily and both guys are passionate to the point of insanity. Kinda like me! Amidst commotion and chaos they produced Not Thinkin’ Anymore, For a Lifetime and The Warbler. Lynn produced Antithesis of Blue (engineered by Matt Odmark. Yeah, the one in Jars of Clay) and Into the Drink (engineered by Aaron Chafin who used to be Stephen Leiweke’s intern before he was Shane Wilson’s intern and now he’s become a skilled knob twiddler... and it’s always good to have somebody under 30 around to ask if the harmonica part is cool or goofy). I had coffee at Crema with my vagabond, fiddler friend, Jeffrey Niemeier (we met in Russia a few years ago, nevermind all that) busking his way across the country content to live in his car... so I brought him to Lynn’s, recorded him on 2 songs late into the evening, took him home for the night and handed him 3 twenties in the morning (just enough to fill his tank). Peace to you, Jeffrey! Wayne Everett (who produced Skinny 18 years ago) flew down from New York for a few inspirational days. We wrote Cloudburst and tracked most of it with Britt. Then I took it to Lynn’s for overdubs (engineered one night by Matt Odmark and another day by Aaron). Next I took the drive to Stephen Leiweke (Yackland Nashville, TN) where he and Matt Slocum played more electric guitars. So Cloudburst was like the flea that leapt from dog to dog. Stephen Leiweke produced and recorded the last song on the album, That’s How It’s Gonna Be, and recorded Matt’s cellos on Into the Drink. Oh yeah, and I flew to So Cali to hang out with Derri and his dad in Cerritos and to record a song with those Prayer Chain guys, Andy Prickett and Eric Compuzano. They produced Oblivious one Saturday night from 8pm to 3am. I thought it was gonna be a rockin’ tune but they were like, “Take the capo off. Tune down a half step. Slow it way down. Hit the drums with a brush and a mallet. Put your T-shirt on the snare drum. Think Mazzy Star meets Cowboy Junkies…” Naturally, I did their bidding. I took it back to Britt’s place where he recorded Wayne on percussion and Christy Byrd. Christy sang… well, like a bird on so many songs. She’s among my favorite singers (and people) in the world. And she helped me so much with my own vocals… taught me how to push an earphone off one ear while singing doubles and so forth. Everyone involved taught me good things. See, I got LOVED. My brother, Tim Chandler, who lost his mind years ago, slept on my floor for 4 days and tried to ruin a bunch of tunes but failed because he’s too musical. Other beautiful artists who painted on the common canvas - Kevin Max, Andy Osenga, Steve Mason, Jimmy Abegg, Justin Cary and Phil Madeira. It’s wonderful how making music is most often a community endeavor!
All songs mixed by Shane D. Wilson (St Izzy’s of the East Nashville, TN) who turned up the tambourine and vocal harmonies an extra half inch because he cares about people. Mastered by Nigel Palmer (Lowland Masters, Essex, UK) which is the record production equivalent of putting a clay pot into a kiln and firing it so all the colors become more vibrant. Thanks Nigel.
Thanks to Dan Michaels for undying devotion and to Lisa Michaels, my beloved handler.
Dad and Mom, you exemplify peace, love and joy. I’m deeply grateful for you. Dear Nancy, you have provided unrelenting support for me and my unreasonable, often selfish “career” for 3 decades without reservation, even those times when our utilities got shut off. I can’t find adequate words to thank you. Emily and Erin, I’m so proud of you and I sure do love you!

From my heart, thanks to YOU for listening.

Sincere appreciation to all who supported my kickstarter!
Especially:

Back of CD credit:
Produced by - Britt Edwards, Matt Wilder, Lynn Arthur Nichols, Dwayne Larring, Andy
Prickett, Eric Compuzano and Stephen Leiweke
Executive Producers - Todd Goodman, Lisa Michaels and Dan Michaels
Booking and handling - lisamichaels@comcast.net
Info - thechoir.net
Facebook - Steve Hindalong - Drop the Feather in the River

Cover design and layout by - Todd Evans

Tracklist

1.	Unparalyzed	5:17

2.	Not Thinkin' Anymore	4:26

3.	Oblivious	4:51

4.	Love You Bad	3:12

5.	Lucky and Blessed	3:30

6.	That's How It's Gonna Be	2:49

7.	For A Lifetime	3:13

8.	O Jimmy A	3:34

9.	Shellie's Song	4:52

10.	Cloud burst	5:03

11.	Into the Drink	3:53

12.	Outta My Mind	4:14

13.	The Warbler	5:23

14.	Antithesis of Blue	4:34

Credits

released March 1, 2016

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