All of You by Elisa Lorello

Author:Elisa Lorello
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Lancarello Enterprises
Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Summer was in full swing, and so were we. Things had improved considerably in the weeks after the blowout and my moment with Garrett in the kitchen. We’d already finished four songs and were pleased so far. Buoyant. Catchy hooks. Doubled vocals and harmonies. Good sound. The guys were impressed with how meticulous I was about documenting every detail—the location of every mic, the level of every amplifier, and the make and model of every instrument used. This was a page out of Edgar Naturally’s playbook; he had followed in the footsteps of the Beatles’ engineer, Geoff Emerick. I couldn’t keep up with the mail that cluttered up my dining room table, but ask me about a session from June 1989 and I’d know exactly where to find the binder that stored the notes and turn to the exact pages.

Rick was a godsend—down to earth with the band members while still being a stickler for detail. Plus, his ear was impeccable. Our trust and respect and admiration and friendship were mutual. And, of course, it was about me giving up control—when you work alone for so long and do so much yourself, it’s hard to hand the reins over to someone else.

“It’s your desk,” I said. “I trust you.”

“That’s why you’re who you are,” he said.

Best of all, I’d stopped feeling like I needed to prove myself and was trusting my instincts. Not that I was typically addled with self-doubt or a lack of confidence; but working with Taro was messing with me in that I wanted to get it more right than I’d ever wanted to get anything else right. As much as I told myself that this was just like any other gig, I knew there was at least one person I wanted to please: Gav. And although I was never really one for spiritual connections—I neither believed nor disbelieved in a deity, or universal force, or whatever you wanted to call it—since we started this album, I had found myself looking for some sign that Gav or Edgar even Uncle Oscar approved of our progress.

Who was I kidding—I wanted to please Garrett, too. All these years later, and I still wanted his approval. His blessing. And that was messing with me even more.

Maybe I finally trusted myself because they so willingly trusted me. Maybe they wanted to get it just as right, for the same reasons I did.

Or maybe it was the other way around. Maybe they trusted me because I trusted myself.

Perhaps what surprised me most was how much I loved playing drums with the band. Garrett and I sharpened our mental communication with every eye contact and interplay. Moreover, I could see his confidence in me—in our rapport—strengthening with every session, his willingness to allow someone that wasn’t Gav into his aura. And the others took to my style as well.

Playing with Taro just plain felt good.

One afternoon, we decided to take some time off and wound up lounging around in Garrett’s TV room, watching a tennis match the week of the Wimbledon tournament, when Garrett turned to me.

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