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Greg Wollan

“The Good King’s Highway”

It was October in 2003. I had been writing and recording some tunes at a leisurely pace. Specifically, “A New Dream,” “Forgive Me Lord,” and “In The Vine.” I didn’t really have any direction as to what these songs might be a part of, but I have always felt that a CD project needed to have a good reason to exist, other than “my love of the art form,” like it says in the liner notes. Well, I didn’t really have any good reason, so I wasn’t really looking to do another disc so soon…

We started recording drum tracks at Fuzzy Slippers Studio in downtown St. Paul in March of 2004. Brian Ricke and Micah Taylor really gave us great sound and service. We recorded the drum kit from several starting points: Erich played to some keyboard sequencing that was already done to a significant degree, (“Jacob Asleep”) or he laid down a groove to a click where the tune was not really arranged at all yet, (“The Good King’s Highway”) and everything in between. Mr. Hoffmeister proved to be a really critical element in this collection of music. His well-rounded musical knowledge (from fusion to progressive rock styling to semi-classical motifs) combined with his excellent technique really congealed this stuff. That combined with the fact that he has become a trusted friend, a man after God’s own heart and his willingness to really invest something of himself into this music has secured this into my heart: I got the right man for the job! We did 5 sessions over the next 4 months to get the drums complete, at which point I took those tracks home to “Makeshift Studio” to continue with vocal, guitar, bass and keyboard overdubs. Recording and mixing was complete by December 2004, at which point I took it to 3rd ear studios in Minneapolis where Tom Herbers added the finishing touches with a plethora of audio toys: tube compressors and EQ’s plus running my Protools mixes through an analogue 2 track tape machine. Thanks and nice job, Tom.

“The Good King’s Highway” MP3 Downloads

Title Sample Length 128K Size 192K Size MP3 Price Choose MP3 & Add to Cart
A New Dream hear clip 4:37 4.24 MB 6.36 MB .99
Hannah’s Heart’s Desire hear clip 4:53 4.47 MB 6.71 MB .99
Arise Samuel Arise hear clip 5:10 5.45 MB 8.17 MB .99
Luke the Physician hear clip 4:37 4.23 MB 6.34 MB .99
Jacob Asleep Underneath A Sea of Stars hear clip 6:21 5.82 MB 8.73 MB .99
Grace hear clip 5:05 4.66 MB 6.99 MB .99
The Good King’s Highway hear clip 4:35 4.2 MB 6.31 MB .99
Why So Downcast- Downcast No More hear clip 7:26 6.81 MB 10.2 MB .99
The Lord’s Love Paternal hear clip 3:55 3.59 MB 5.39 MB .99
Forgive Me Lord hear clip 4:25 4:05 MB 6.08 MB .99
Remain In Me (in the Vine) hear clip 5:13 4.78 MB 7.17 MB .99
ThunderBundle:all 11 songs 57:04 big MB bigger MB 8.99


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“The Good King’s Highway” FLAC Downloads

Title Sample Length FLAC Size FLAC Price Add to Cart
A New Dream hear clip 4:37 30.7 MB 1.39
Hannah’s Heart’s Desire hear clip 4:53 27.9 MB 1.39
Arise Samuel Arise hear clip 5:57 40.1 MB 1.39
Luke the Physician hear clip 4:37 23.4 MB 1.39
Jacob Asleep Underneath A Sea of Stars hear clip 6:21 37.4 MB 1.39
Grace hear clip 5:05 27.8 MB 1.39
The Good King’s Highway hear clip 4:35 30.9 MB 1.39
Why So Downcast- Downcast No More hear clip 7:26 47.7 MB 1.39
The Lord’s Love Paternal hear clip 4:17 22.4 MB 1.39
Forgive Me Lord hear clip 4:25 28 MB 1.39
Remain In Me (in the Vine) hear clip 5:13 32.6 MB 1.39
ThunderBundle: all 11 songs 57:04 biggest 10.99

© 2004 Greigor Wollanziak Music

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