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A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST:

 

Roger Day here. Thanks for listening to my new album. I'm proud of the hard work everyone put into bringing these hopeful, optimistic - and I hope fun! - songs to life. I hope you enjoy them!

This whole project started off as a single song for a library show. Then just sort of grew from there. As I kept writing it became clear that the key to being a superhero is…you don’t really need to be a superhero. You’ve already got everything you need to solve the problem and save the day in your heart, your brain and most importantly your imagination.

My favorite line on the whole CD - maybe of my whole career - is when I sing “life is full of problems, but it’s full of answers too.” This is something I truly believe. And it’s the message that I hope kids will remember most.

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MUSICIANS:

There are some amazing Nashville players who do great work on these songs.

 

Chas Williams, who’s played with everyone from Wynonna to Nanci Griffith, did all the recording, mixing and guitar playing. We recorded the entire project at his studio in Brentwood, TN. (By the way, he literally wrote the book on the Nashville Number System. He also created the app that goes with it.)

 

Ron de la Vega, plays bass, both electric and upright. Ron has toured the world with The Blue Moon Orchestra, Brenda Lee ("Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree") and Buddy Holly's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band The Crickets. And though we didn't use it on this project, he's a world-class cellist too. (Check out his work on my song "Zachary Hated Bumblebees" from my Dream Big! album.)

 

Dave Hoffner plays all the keyboards. In addition to writing and touring with Michael Martin Murphey ("Wildfire"), Dave has done session work for everyone from Jim Ed Norman to Mandy Barnett. And in a bit of deep Music City trivia, bought Tom T. Hall's grand piano a few years ago. You might hear it on a track or two.

 

Peter Young plays drums and percussion. Pete toured with Country Music Hall of Fame legend Loretta Lynn for many years and is now the go-to drummer for the Flying Burrito Brothers. Not bad for a guy the grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY. 

 

Josh Castle sings all the harmonies. Though Josh is that rarest of rare creatures...a native Nashvillian!...you can hear the Beach Boys' California in every note. Josh's recently released song "Saltwater" hit #1on TikiPod radio.

 

Alex McCullough of True East Mastering in Nashville mastered the tracks.

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RECORDING:

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For most of the tracks, we did it totally old school Nashville. We all gathered in Chas’ basement. (Me in the bathroom where the vocals are best of course.) Counted it off…talked about how it was about 2 clicks fast or slow…counted it off again…bass and drums talked about what they were doing on the turn around…guitar and keys talked about who was doing what on the intro…counted it off again…done.

We all just had this joyous feeling that THIS is the way to record…but rarely is anymore. The energy. The feeling. The emotion. There’s just no way to describe it unless you’ve been in the middle of it. And I'm thankful I was!

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CO-WRITERS:

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It was my pleasure to co-write several songs, including the title track, with the aforementioned Josh Castle, who in addition to singing all the harmonies, also created all the graphics, designed my website and has helped me shoot some fun videos.

And in a "bucket list" moment for me,  I wrote a song in my living room with New York Times Bestselling Children's Author Susan Verde called “Big Picture”. Her "I Am" series that she wrote with the illustrator Peter Reynolds just crossed the million mark for total sales.

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