Hi Everyone...
Above is the final (short) instalment of CMT Canada's 'Our Song' feature on Paul and I. We hope you've enjoyed getting to know us better! We are only a couple weeks away from releasing our debut single, 'Find the Sun', to Canadian radio...and can't wait for you to hear it! This single will also be available worldwide as a free download, so make sure you check back on how to get a copy.
In the coming weeks, we'll have a few more treats for you including some behind the scenes footage of our album recording session at The Bathouse Recording Studio in Bath, Ontario as well as a YouTube music video for 'Find the Sun'.
Lisa
The Jeffersons are Lisa Brokop and Paul Jefferson. An all new act comprised of two seasoned singers, songwriters and recording artists. Oh, and by the way...they are married too! Individually, Lisa and Paul have enjoyed considerable success during the past two decades, but together, their voices and talents blend in a new and inspiring way. As Lisa and Paul complete their debut album together, stay connected here for frequent updates and blogs.
Get to Know The Jeffersons - Part Three
- - - Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Get to Know The Jeffersons - Part Two
- - - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Above you will find part two of CMT Canada's feature on The Jeffersons. We hope you enjoy! Part three will be posted next week. If you missed part one, you can find it on YouTube.
Get to Know The Jeffersons
- - - Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Paul and I have been fortunate to have many great fans during our careers. But whether you've known us for awhile or are just new to our music, we wanted to give you an opportunity to get to know us better. Last year, we were featured in a series called 'Our Song' which aired on CMT Canada. If you didn't get a chance to see it, we will be releasing the show in three parts over the next three weeks, leading up to the release of the 'Find the Sun', the first single from our upcoming album. We hope you'll take a moment to check out Part One above or at YouTube. And remember to check back in the next few weeks for parts two and three.
We're Back!
- - - Thursday, August 12, 2010
Hi everyone!
Its been awhile, but we're back with a new video blog (which you can see here or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWXBp5caYc). The summer has been busy dealing with the impact of the Nashville flood on our home.. but more importantly, we've been hard at work on our album. It is almost complete, with only some additional mixing and mastering to do. We are really happy with the result and hope you like it too! It is our plan to release the album in early 2011, but prior to that we will be releasing our debut single to Canadian radio in mid-September. In the coming weeks, we'll be publishing some cool video content that we hope, will help you get to know The Jeffersons just a little bit better. So stay tuned...
Lisa and Paul
Album Update
- - - Monday, July 12, 2010
We're getting into my favorite part of the recording process now...the final mix! This is like the icing on the cake...when all the instruments get put under the microscope and levels get turned up and down and it all comes to life! We're working with Ed Seay for this part and he is one of the best! He's worked on records with Martina Mcbride, Pam Tillis, Highway 101, John Prine...to name a few. We've got the first one done and it sounds awesome!! I was upstairs with Ivy and all of sudden I heard Paul yell, 'Holy S!$*&!'. I thought somethng was wrong but it was just him freaking out over how good the mix sounded! Remember that song 'One Headlight' (The Wallflowers)? Well, we did our own version of the song and it's so cool! Can't wait for you all to hear it.......
The Bathouse Rocks
- - - Tuesday, June 08, 2010
I love the Bathouse studio! Paul and I got back recently from our session there and it was so awesome! First of all it was so great to get out of town for a couple days after dealing with our flood damage and all the chaos with that and the fact that all we had to do was get up in the morning and go make music was wonderful! Plus this house that has the studio in it is just totally ideal for making a record. It's right across the street from Lake Ontario and we just happened to get beautiful weather too so you could walk out the front door and go stare at the lake for a few minutes any time you wanted. Very calming...
The music itself that we recorded turned out incredibly well! We had Colin Linden (guitar), John Dymond (bass), Steve O'Connor (piano), and Jerry Adolf (drums). They are the best of the best for sure! Colin brought 8 guitars with him and we used them all! He comes up with some of the most amazing sounds....so soulful.
And of course I have to mention the chip truck across the street. Ontario is known for having fresh cut french fries sold out of little road side stands (chip trucks) and I absolutely LOVE them!! Loaded up with lots of brown gravy.....mmmmm!! I ate way too many while I was there but the sinnin' was so worth it!
Hey, maybe that could be the picture on the cover of our record.....me and Paul and a big plate of fries and gravy! Oh yeah....
Lisa
The Clean Up
- - - Friday, May 14, 2010
What a week it's been! The city of Nashville has really been through it. Some of you may have seen some of the devastation on the news and as bad as it looked it's nothing like being right there amidst it. I drove down to a friends house the other day in an area that was particularly hit hard and I drove past houses where people had their entire lives out in the front yard! It looked like a huge yard sale except everything was ruined...so heart breaking! There was one street I was driving on where I could see how high the waters had risen and it was at least 20 feet above where any car would have been...it was rather eerie. This whole thing has been unbelievable!
As far as our own situation goes, it's going reasonably well. We're still feeling a little discombobulated because of everything but we're getting through it. We just keep reminding ourselves of the people who lost everything and remember how lucky we are. We have a new roof and new gutters already...yahoo! It looks great! It's been a little frustrating dealing with our insurance company but that will require a blog all on its own when we get through this. We're discovering that other people we know are finding it difficult to deal with their insurance companies too.....
At this point we're putting the rest of the repairs on hold because we're flying off to do our Jeffersons record in 3 days and we need to get our heads back into music and out of the constuction business! I'm looking forward to getting out town for a few days, away from the ugly pile of rubble in our back yard! We're excited to finally get to record our album! We're loving our list of songs and can't wait to hear what the musicians will bring to them! it's gonna be awesome!
Lisa
The Nashville Storm of 2010
- - - Wednesday, May 05, 2010
As I'm sure many of you have heard, Nashville was hit with some terrible flooding over the weekend. We know many people that have been affected and wish them all well. Our house is on a bluff so no flooding for us, however, Paul and I were in the house with our daughter Ivy when we heard a huge crash and then glass breaking. We soon discovered that a huge tree had fallen on our house putting a great big hole in the roof. Then there was so much rain that came in through the hole that the ceilings on that side of the house all collapsed...what a mess! But luckily no one was hurt...we're all safe. It could have been so much worse so we're counting our blessings. There are many people in the city with much bigger problems than us right now. At least we still have a home...we're only living in half of it right now...but we have it to live in.
Trip Home
- - - Friday, April 09, 2010
Ivy and I took our first solo flight home, without Daddy, to Vancouver last week to celebrate my bro's 40th birthday. It was supposed to be a surprise that we were coming but unfortunately one of our family members goofed and an e-mail accidently got sent to Dean which told him we were coming. Arghh! Oh well....
We had a really good time though. Ivy got to play with all her cousins and of course got lots of hugs from Grandma. I was pretty nervous about flying all the way to Vancouver from Nashville with Ivy by myself...it's a long way with an 8 month old who wants to be on the move constantly! But we did it! Ivy did great and I managed to keep my sanity throughout the trip. And I have to say that the flight attendants were very nice and accommodating. I know I've written a few blogs about my displeasure with certain airlines but this time we flew Air Canada and it was a good experience. Who knew it was possible?? Yeah for Air Canada...and they didn't lose my bag either!
Song Search
- - - Monday, March 22, 2010
We found a great song today! It was in Paul's catalogue of material and he wrote it with John Scott Sherrill. It's called 'I Would Die For You' and has the most amazing melody. It's been really fun going through our stacks of old songs...there are so many that we've always liked but either forgot about or they got lost in the 'record label' shuffle. Paul and I are hoping to write a few more as well to add to the list. It's been interesting writing songs while our little co-writer Ivy, adds her ideas...she likes to rhyme gaa gaa with baa baa....
I'm writing on Wednesday with 2 of my girlfriends. Should be fun! Hopefully we'll get something done instead of yacking at each other all day!
