Having successfully managed to avoid the sounds of those pesky mowers of spring lawns and surgeons of trees, Rob and I have now successfully lain down the instrumental and vocal harmony tracks to accompany the guitar and vocals already captured for Na-Mara's new EP.
In readiness for the future release, I have also been drafting up some artwork for the cover design and updating the relevant Electronic Press Kit for issue to reviewers and radio presenters.
The title of the new EP has been chosen and will be The Roses and the Busy Bee. This is a line taken from our translation of The Bonny Gardener Boy, our translated version of Malicorne's wonderful Le Garçon Jardinier. (I should say immediately that there is no line in the original French version of the song that could directly be translated as ‘the roses and the busy bee’. However, it absolutely fits the sentiment of the song and, I believe, is preferable to the direct translation in terms of musical phrasing. As such, I humbly confess it is one of those many liberties I have taken when translating songs.)
Now Rob and I can move on to complete the overall blending of the various tracks for eventual submission to the mastering engineer. Given other demands on our time, this is likely to take us through to at least early July.