Sucré

I'm very excited to make a post about the upcoming album by Sucré - solo project of Eisley member Stacy King. I have been a huge fan of Eisley and specifically Stacy since 2005. I was blown away by the opportunity to do some horn work for this album last November. The experience was amazing, not only because I got to meet (and work for) one of my musical heros, but I was given the chance to do a job I dream of doing full time. 

It was a dream come true, and I'll tell you how it happened: I wrote an email. 

I've been reading Jeremy Larson's blog for about a year now. He's a great writer and musician, and he's played and written for a lot of really great bands out there now. One day last June he published this post on his blog which included his contact email at the end of the post. Figuring that since I lived in another country and that I'd probably never run into this guy, I thought why not shoot him an email. I gushed a little about who I was and how much I enjoyed his blog. I believe I finished the email by saying he was the type of musician I wanted to work with. 

And you know what? He wrote back, like, the very next day. Not only did he respond quickly and positively, but he also suggested I do some work for Stacy's album - both things I was not expecting at all. We corresponded for a few months, and then one month it actually happened. I drove up to Missouri and spent three days recording horn and other brass stuff for their tracks. 

I had a good time, and the work seemed to go very easily for everyone. (Very important - if you're going to be a freelancing musician be the kind that is a pleasure for clients to have around.) The music they had written is gorgeous, and I was beyond honored that my brass sound would be a part of the album. 

This is the lesson, dear readers: write emails. Talk to people. Inquire about things. Get in touch and communicate. If you don't, the world will not know that you exist. Don't expect it to accidentally find out you do exist. Write an email.

Anyway, here is a teaser. Yup, that horn you hear is me. :)

The album is out April 10, 2012. For more info on Sucré:

Official blog for the project - http://sucrediaries.blogspot.com/
Jeremy Larson's site - http://jeremylarson.typepad.com/

A bit of the town.

Jeremy at work.

Darren King and Jeremy Larson working out
a complicated chord for a song ending.

Writing out a line for me.

What I look like in waveforms!