we came from the dust – Davis Harwell

Single Pre-Release

Friends!

I am SO excited that my new record “We Came From the Dust” is going to be available TOMORROW (March 29)! To celebrate Release-Eve, I wanted to let you hear a song from the album early.

This song is called “We’re Going to Make It (For Mary)”. As you can tell, I wrote this song for my lovely bride Mary. The last couple years have been pretty challenging as she’s working on a PhD in international conflict management. It’s been so inspiring watching her chase after her dreams, and I wanted to write a song for the moments that are stressful or burdensome…so that she could hear it and know that we’ll always make it as long as we’re together!

Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for details about the album release!!

Album Release! Album Credits! Woo!

Hello there! I hope this Monday morning is off to an excellent start for you!

I am absolutely THRILLED to announce that my new record “We Came From the Dust” will be available on iTunes on March 29!

Yep…TOMORROW! WOO HOO!!!

This project has been the most challenging one yet. At times it was downright awful working on it. The songs didn’t come easily, and it’s the most I’ve ever invested in a record…money, time, energy, thought, effort…it completely drained me (and probably Mary, too).

That said, it’s also the most rewarding project I’ve done. I think the music on this album is the most honest/transparent stuff that I’ve written (which is a bit scary for me), and I am so excited about the performances of all the musicians that took part in this.

Speaking of….here are some stats from this project:

20 musicians and engineers
10 studios across 6 states
Thousands of hours and dollars and tears and curse words
7 songs that will hopefully make a difference

Later today I’ll be posting another blog with a SINGLE pre-release, and some more specific stuff about the record. But in the meantime, check out the wonderful artwork (Mary created it!) and read about the incredibly talented people that made this music a reality!

Drums and Programming: Jacob Arnold, Ryan Harvey
Bass: Tim Gibson
Guitars: Matt Adkins, Steve Marcia
Woodwinds: Sam Levine
French Horns: Sarah Wilkinson
Violin 1: Nicole Parks, Sean Larkin
Violin 2: Melissa Bull, Egle Jarkova
Violas: Eve Boltax, Anne Black
Celli: Aron Zelkowicz, Alan Toda-Ambaras
String Soloists: Melissa Bull, Eve Boltax and Aron Zelkowicz
String Recording and Production: East Coast Scoring and Li Xiao’an
Keys/Trombones/Programming: Davis Harwell
Vocals: Molley Moody, Davis Harwell
Additional Engineering: Lane Johnson
Mixing: Jeremy SH Griffith
Mastering: Drew Lavyne
Album Artwork and Design: Mary Fortson-Harwell