Julie’s been back in Atlanta for a couple of months now, and being back on her home turf is sitting well with her.
Her frenetic touring schedule hasn’t let up, and she’s been working on new music. “I’ve been writing some,” Julie told me recently. “And I recorded four songs – some acoustic stuff.”
Those songs Julie laid down in the studio include Coming Home (click here to watch Julie perform it live) and two new ones. She’s working towards putting out a new album, but, she says, “We’re doing it slowly.”
Although the album is not being rushed, Julie told me she’s not one to do take after take after take when she’s recording. “When you’re in the studio you have to get to a point where you let it go. You have to realize when it’s done and it’s not going to get any better.”
But that doesn’t mean Julie doesn’t strive to get it right. For example, she likes to record the vocal takes for her songs all the way through. Other artists will re-record single lines of the vocals if they’re not happy with a take, but Julie thinks the song loses something that way. “If you try to do it one line at a time, it takes away from the whole feeling and emotion of the song.”
And if all that isn’t enough to get you excited about her new work, how about this preview from Ms. Gribble? “This album’s going to be a little different,” she said. “Some weird stuff. You know, just for fun.”
I. Can’t. Wait.