We're back for more from brand new band Leaf & Tree via #CoverClub. Earlier this week, we debuted the Leaf & Tree cover of Levee Drivers' "Bourbon Coated" recorded at Breakneck Studios. Today we debut original track "Hunter's Ridge" and spend some time getting to know Leaf & Tree creator Peter Joseph.
Cover Club | Leaf & Tree 'Hunter's Ridge'
In the last year you've produced & played on Chelsea Mitchell's "Married In The Aviary" and are producing and mixing Philly singer/songwriter Liam Gallagher's new album. What keeps you the most motivated: your own work, playing with others, or producing others.
I would say working with someone else on a project keeps me more motivated because I don't want to let anyone down. I have more of a sense of responsibility when I feel like someone else is counting on me. Which seems backwards, but it is why I haven't finished my own project I started 3 years ago. Having someone to bounce ideas off of and collaborate with is what I thrive on. Music is a conversation, and while sometimes it is nice to sit with your own thoughts every now and again, it can get lonely. That voice in your head that says "you suck" gets pretty loud when someone else isn't there to interject.
It's got to be tough mixing your own audio. Is it exponentially worse knowing the recording was video recorded as well?
It is when it comes to mixing songs/records, because it is hard to be totally objective. I have to be in the right mindset for it. Cover Club wasn't bad because I have developed a good "get in and get out" method of getting the songs done. I figure if the artists only have one live performance to get the songs right then so do I as a mixer.
Leaf & Tree is brand new. What was the impetus to start this new project?
Cover Club | Leaf & Tree 'Hunter's Ridge'
In the last year you've produced & played on Chelsea Mitchell's "Married In The Aviary" and are producing and mixing Philly singer/songwriter Liam Gallagher's new album. What keeps you the most motivated: your own work, playing with others, or producing others.
I would say working with someone else on a project keeps me more motivated because I don't want to let anyone down. I have more of a sense of responsibility when I feel like someone else is counting on me. Which seems backwards, but it is why I haven't finished my own project I started 3 years ago. Having someone to bounce ideas off of and collaborate with is what I thrive on. Music is a conversation, and while sometimes it is nice to sit with your own thoughts every now and again, it can get lonely. That voice in your head that says "you suck" gets pretty loud when someone else isn't there to interject.
It is when it comes to mixing songs/records, because it is hard to be totally objective. I have to be in the right mindset for it. Cover Club wasn't bad because I have developed a good "get in and get out" method of getting the songs done. I figure if the artists only have one live performance to get the songs right then so do I as a mixer.
Leaf & Tree is brand new. What was the impetus to start this new project?
My previous band, The Roaring Twenties kind of died with a fart, which put the full length Roaring Twenties album I was working on at a standstill (I'm still trying to finish it now). Then life happened. My wife and I had a baby. I grew up some. Musically I really just want to turn over a new *ahem* leaf.
You are solo on the Cover Club video while covering Levee Drivers. Is that the expected lineup?
Yes, just as Colorful was in essence a solo release, kind of a "with a little help from my friends" thing, so will Leaf & Tree. In today's video I'm honored to have Chelsea Mitchell singing with me.
What should fans expect to be different from your previous work with/as Peter Joseph and the Roaring Twenties?
It feels different to me, but it's probably the same old shit! I have a lot of different projects I would like to do...something stripped down, something electronic, something that rocks...in due time.
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You play banjo and guitar with Chelsea Mitchell and guitar in the Cover Club video; What will you be playing on Leaf & Tree?
Almost everything.
What can be expected this year as a release? EP? LP?
Hopefully both. I'm feeling optimistically ambitious in 2014.
Biggest musical thrill so far?
I have been fortunate to share the stage and studio with some amazing musicians and great people. Playing in Chelsea Mitchell's band at her World Cafe Live release show for Married In The Aviary was amazing because it was the first time we got to hear all of our hard work realized in a live setting. It was a very cool feeling to be on stage playing and at the same time listening to the songs unfold both as a fan of her music, and a proud papa of what we created together. I am so lucky, inspired, and eternally grateful to work with Chelsea.
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Be sure to keep checking back as we will have releases of both our Nomad Recording 2.0 & Breakneck Recording Studios 2.0 available for free downloads.
Yes, just as Colorful was in essence a solo release, kind of a "with a little help from my friends" thing, so will Leaf & Tree. In today's video I'm honored to have Chelsea Mitchell singing with me.
What should fans expect to be different from your previous work with/as Peter Joseph and the Roaring Twenties?
It feels different to me, but it's probably the same old shit! I have a lot of different projects I would like to do...something stripped down, something electronic, something that rocks...in due time.
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You play banjo and guitar with Chelsea Mitchell and guitar in the Cover Club video; What will you be playing on Leaf & Tree?
Almost everything.
What can be expected this year as a release? EP? LP?
Hopefully both. I'm feeling optimistically ambitious in 2014.
Biggest musical thrill so far?
I have been fortunate to share the stage and studio with some amazing musicians and great people. Playing in Chelsea Mitchell's band at her World Cafe Live release show for Married In The Aviary was amazing because it was the first time we got to hear all of our hard work realized in a live setting. It was a very cool feeling to be on stage playing and at the same time listening to the songs unfold both as a fan of her music, and a proud papa of what we created together. I am so lucky, inspired, and eternally grateful to work with Chelsea.
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Be sure to keep checking back as we will have releases of both our Nomad Recording 2.0 & Breakneck Recording Studios 2.0 available for free downloads.
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