I’m a bit behind on my blogging once again so here is a little recap of the last month…
Mixing has finally started, i’m working with my long time friend and colleague Mike Pelanconi on the mix. Mike has mix credits for Lily Allen, Manu Chao, Graham Coxon, etc… and we are working in the old style with all the audio coming back from two inch tape. This means when we run the mixes through the desk we can actually turn the computer off in the studio! Amazing, and wonderful warm sound too. For all the joys tape brings it also has it’s downside…. we had to wait nearly a month to find and fix a glitch with the tape machine but it’s all going to be worth it in the end. The artwork is nearly finished and soon we will be re-skinning this website so look out for that (although you wont really be able to miss it…).
Was great to open for Eliza Carthy again earlier this month at the Stables in Wavendon. Co-incidentally I was back at the stables this week with Brian Kennedy on Tuesday night – again another great evening. For those that were there, my nails are fine now thankyou!
Talking of Brian – i’m opening for him once again – tonight (Saturday) at the Jazz Cafe in London. Stage time is 7.45pm, sorry for the short notice…
Great to see a great reveiw of the new Bamboos new album ’4′ which I mastered. Click on the link to read the reveiw. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w8hf
And finally well done to my band ‘My Mother Told me Not To Stare’ who I tutored this last week at the FSOR Rockschool for giving a fantastic performance on Thursday evening. They did a fabulous job at the gig, with a great rendition of “The End of the World as we Know It” and a phenomenal medley of “Song 2″, “I’m A Beleiver”, and “Twist and Shout”. There is some video of FSOR on Youtube – well worth a look. FSOR is a chance for kids 15 years and under to play and perform in a real rock band.
See you soon
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