Feet On The Ground

Feet On The Ground

Tracks and reflections!  This album was my first full-length studio album.  In addition to wearing the songwriter/singer/bandmate hat for this, I also wore the “Producer” hat, which was such a joy: co-ordinating recording session logistics, deciding which tracks to put on the album, deciding which instruments (aka which people!) to ask to perform on the tracks for me, and, deciding even if I did a good job on my own vocal and instrumental takes!  Deciding when to call a track “done,” and when to move on to the next track!  (It hardly was linear though… more like a patchwork of decisions and layering onto the songs until “done!”   Engineer Kazuto Maekawa often offered his extremely knowlegeable and valuable wisdom, but always let me decide what I wanted.  Some of these tracks (incl. track 3, 6 & 14),  were songs honed by myself and the players on them through live gigs around the time, and a few of the tracks (incl. 4 & 13) were songs that had barely made it to a live audience and were more get-off-my-chest thoughts turned songs.   Hope you enjoy the ecclectic nature of this album!  – Tali Freed

All songs written by Tali Freed (except: spoken word sections on Pay It Forward & Place To Fill, written by Nargis Khestoo, used by permission.)  All songs (except track 8): recorded at Caveman Music, Recording Engineer: Kazuto Maekawa.

  1. Break The Rules – All Vocals: Tali Freed; Keyboard Drone: Kazuto Maekawa

2. Mystery – All Vocals/Violin/Keyboard: Tali Freed

3. Pay It Forward – Lead Vocals/Violin: Tali Freed; Background Vocals: Deb Picard, Naomi Edelman and Tali Freed; Electric Guitar & Drums: Brendan Gibson; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler

4. What Did I Get For White Privilege – Vocals: Tali Freed; Keyboard: Mary Casiello; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler, Drums: Bill Supino

5. Nuthin’ Better – All Vocals/Keyboard: Tali Freed

6. A Little Outside – Lead Vocals/Mandolin/Violin: Tali Freed; Background Vocals: Deb Picard & Naomi Edelman; Electric Guitar: Zack Niman; Electric Guitar (Incl. solo) & Drums: Brendan Gibson; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler

7. Boring Days – All Vocals/Keyboard: Tali Freed; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler; Drums: Bill Supino

8. Crash Of Reality – All Vocals/Violin/Violin Percussion: Tali Freed

9. Nineteen – All Vocals/Mandolin: Tali Freed; Keyboard: Mary Casiello; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler; Drums: Bill Supino

10. Memories Of You – All Vocals/Keyboard: Tali Freed

11. Nuthin’ Better, A Capella – All Vocals: Tali Freed

 

12. You’re Gone – Lead Vocals/Violin: Tali Freed; Lead Vocals/Electric Guitar: Zack Niman; Acoustic Guitar & Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler

13. Speculation – All Vocals/Keyboard: Tali Freed; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler; Drums: Bill Supino

14. Place To Fill – Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, & Violin: Tali Freed; Background Vocals & Percussion: Deb Picard, Background Vocals: Naomi Edelman; Electric Guitar & Drums: Brendan Gibson; Electric Guitar (incl. solo): Zack Niman; Bass Guitar: Ethan Mackler