The Void Union (click to buy album)

Hello all.  Things are going well in the Satori camp.  Rich Graiko (from The Void Union and Westbound Train) is mixing most of the tracks and they are all sounding really good.

So here is a little inside on the process.  I have all of the files on my computer and then I have to organize the ones I want to use and when I am happy with the track I send it to Rich.  He then does his magic and then he sends it back to me and we make a few minor adjustments and the song is done.  It is almost like sending the track into a magic time warp.

I can’t wait to share the new album with you all.

Steve

My good friend Eddie “Chiquis” Lozoya (Hepcat, Chris Murray Combo) said he would be available to record bass on the session with us.

Jesse Hayes will be in town that day since he is on tour with The Toasters.  I really can’t beleive this worked out the way it did.  Awesome.

We will be recording again at Chris Candy’s (Chotto Ghetto) house.  I will keep you updated with details once I have them.

Steve

Eddie "Chiquis" Lozoya playing with Chris Murray Combo

Jesse Hayes, Steven Jess Borth II, Casey Gruttadaria Photo taken by Diana Levine

Many may not know this, but Jesse has been a huge part of the Satori story.  He has been there for me time and time again.  When I started to do Satori as my full time project, Jesse was ready to go.  He took a flight to Los Angeles, where we  set up a mini studio in my friend Chris Candy’s garage, to record what turned into “Leaves May Fall.”

That session ended up being a lot of fun and the template that we used for songwriting is still the format that I use for most of my recording projects to this day.

Jesse also came through for me in the past year when I wanted to setup some shows on the East Coast.  He arranged everything for me, housing, a great band, and shows to play.  We ended up playing shows on and off last winter and it went really well.

I plan on working with Jesse for many years.  :)

Steve

Leaves May Fall