A few years ago, Jeffrey Martin made a last-minute decision to record one of his concerts with the intention of possibly turning it into a live album.
It didnât turn out.
âListening back to it, the recording was unsalvageable because there was some ghost in the machine or something. But I was grateful that it got messed up, actually, because I could hear myself, in the performance, being aware that it was being recorded,â the Oregon-based folk singer said.
âIdeally,â he continued. âI think the best way to make a live record would be to have somebody recording and you donât know it.â
That is decidedly not the plan on October 26 at Mississippi Studios, where Martin is not only recording a live album, itâs billed on the venueâs website as âJeffrey Martin Records A Live Album.â Martin is acutely aware of the plan, but he feels more prepared this timeâhe has written a bunch of songs and played scores of gigs and gained valuable life experience since last time, after all.
âI feel like Iâll be able to play this show just like any other show,â he said.
Heâs looking forward to it, in fact, because itâs an opportunity to capture how his songs have evolved since they were writtenâsongs from his most recent album, last yearâs introspective Thank God We Left The Garden; songs from 2017âs stunning One Go Around; and songs from earlier in his career, too.
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