Peter Atanasoff recording on the garage sale guitar. I acutally bought this guitar at a garage
sale in Silverlake a few days before we began the project. It became the signature acoustic
sound on the record. It is especially evident on Nobody Knows My Name. Richard Shaw
engineers this session on Bernie's laptop.


Peter working on the music backgrounds in my Hollywood apartment (the book is foreground, right).


Peter coaching Jay Bellerose during a session. "Pretty but not too pretty," was Peter's mantra.
He wanted the music to sound damaged and described the songs as being "ships that are
sinking and then don't quite sink." Jay was a fabulous collaborator, and got the idea from
the start. In this photo we are working on the track that would eventually become Where I
Like it Best. If you listen to the end of that track, you will notice the way Jay played the
cymbals. I can't wait to mix that song in 5.1!


Peter and Rickie working on a 6 and 12-string guitar track for Circle in the Sand.

One more photograph...

This is how it started! Peter generates feedback with his 60's Stratocaster.
The record got off to a very loud start, and then settled into the groove.