Great, all I needed was an album’s worth of songs! Piece of cake…

I had been reading up on modern architecture, and modern philosophy, and these ideas eventually spilled into the music I was writing. “Modern Love” was the first song written…originally spelled “Modyrn Luv,” but thankfully changed!

The thesis was love…very different stuff for a Finn Miles album! Modernity and how the new world can be difficult on love and on lovers. There are great distances, distractions, and a lot of band influences. It’s all caught up in the chorus “I confess I haven’t a clue, when it comes to loving you, Modern Love, what have we done?”

The songs came quickly, it was faster working without Scott, but not necessarily better! I found this out engineering and producing myself at our studio in Des Moines, IA. Our dear friend Matt had let us use a quarter of his house as a studio, as long as we shared our music with him. Good deal. Good friend!

Now comes the real confession…Scott is the true multi-instrumentalist. All the wonderful production on the first two albums, with horns and drums and keyboards…that’s him. I found myself stretched to try to play drums, keyboards, harmony singing, and percussion, none of which I had never seriously attempted before. I did pull Scott in to play drums on one track, trumpet on another, and sing a few harmonies, but I promised I’d keep his involvement to a bare minimum. Somehow, the album came together. I played keyboard and percussion for the first time on a recording, as well as slide guitar and full production.

Over the recording process we had managed to become involved with a label, Pinnacle Records, out of Ames, Iowa. Our friend Darren was the machine behind Pinnacle, helping to master the album, as well the press release and even playing in the band for the CD release party at the Vaudeville Mews! (read on for Part 4 of this thrilling tale)