STUDIO GRACE

In 2012, bestselling author Eric Siblin had two chance encounters: one with a woman named Jo, a talented singer with dreams of stardom; and the other with an old college friend named Morey, an accomplished musician and former record exec now turned high-tech digital music producer and manager of his teenage daughter's burgeoning singing career. These two unrelated, though seemingly fated, events mark the start of a musical odyssey.
In Studio Grace, Eric Siblin chronicles the twelve-month realization of a long-held dream: the making of his own original record. Eric describes working with three very different producers, all of whom represent the evolution of music-making today: Eli Krantzberg, a drummer who plays in a wedding band, makes instructional videos about sound recording, and has a small basement studio in his home; Howard Bilerman, famed producer of Arcade Fire and owner of the music studio Hotel2Tango; and Morey Richman, who creates songs on his laptop using the latest in digital technology and the global distribution network that is YouTube. Throughout, Morey acts as Eric's mentor, while Jo is his creative collaborator, a woman driven by passion and instinct who pushes Eric to do the same.
Published to coincide with the release of the album of the same name, Studio Grace is a highly entertaining and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of a record filled with original songs about love gained and love lost, about life and death, and fleshed out by a host of eclectic characters, from struggling singers to veteran session musicians and basement engineers to state-of-the-art producers - all of whom are pursuing the pop music dream.