James Durbin on American Idol


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JulianC
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Alan recorded James Durbin in 2009 when we filmed scenes for the Vocals section of ASSR at Expression College in Emeryville, CA. On Thursday's American Idol (3/9/11) James wowed judges and public alike with his performance of Paul McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed.

Interesting to note that Alan was the assistant engineer on the original recording session, conducted in a single day with just Paul, Linda, Alan, and engineer Phil McDonald.

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Great story

James did well on that demanding song!

Does Alan remember if Paul tracked all the instruments in that one day?