My first experience with Josh Ottum’s music was driving on the 405 in LA to the airport with my friend Mike Manning, of Mill Pond Records. We were talking about working together more and he suggested that I contact Josh; as Mike put it, he was a perfect candidate for a SnowGhost Session, being a multi-instrumentalist and a self-producer. Artists who were used to doing most of their albums by themselves were, for the most part, very efficient in the studio. Josh was no exception.

I called Josh, who was in Seattle, and stoked his interest in writing some new songs for a SnowGhost session. He was very enthusiastic, and put the word out about this “new studio project” in Montana to some of his fellow musicians. He had the interest and as we got closer to the session, the band was lined... read more >