Back from our final vocal session, which went very well. I had to get tough a couple of times to get the performance we needed, but it was all fine. I also did something I've never done in my twenty years of doing this - I felt Sandy just wasn't "getting" Bluesette, which is a very difficult song to do, but which has a point. For most it's just a jazz waltz they sing and I feel the song's point is frequently buried or lost. After about four takes, I kept stopping and telling her what she was doing that wasn't working and she just kept doing it, so I finally just played it for her and she heard it immediately. But I took a shortcut and I went into the room with her and stood there while she sang the song - I acted for her and gave her someone to sing to and something to sing about and it was like night and day - one take and we basically had it.
