“Songs for A Thousand Pictures were mostly written between February and August of 1995. The rough mixes were completed at Craig Chaquico's Mill Valley studio, Lunatunes, from August 4 to September 5th. Final mixing began on September 6th at Aurision in Ojai, which stayed on a seven-day-a-week schedule to complete production by September 27th. At least that's what everybody thought: After two days of production work, the DAT machine ate the final mix of Sweet Talk, and it was completed a second time on September 29th. September 26th was Craig's birthday, so everybody stopped for dinner, an impromptu percussion session and some howling at the moon. By September 30th, the final mixes were done. Final mastering at Quad Teck Studios in L.A. happened on October 16th. By October 19th, Craig was tired, but happy.”