Saturday 31st July
I’m writing this the day after completion, a bit overwhelmed that it’s all finished. Of course, that isn’t entirely true. For a start, it has to be mastered (this adds the extra sprinkle of fairy dust onto the whole thing and levels the sound out from song to song, it also [...]
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No Comments »Rob recorded all the guitar solos in one day. I captured the moment that CT played them back for the first time, here are three of them. “Dead To Me Now”, “The Dumb Song” and “Oh No! Here We Go!”. I left a bit of music in just before and after them too, just to [...]
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Friday 23rd July
Good day today. Long day. But a good day.
Vikki came in today to do her backing vocals, Gilez bringing her in so he could hear how it was going and do some percussive stuff. She came baring gifts for all in the shape of our new, awesome T-shirts.
You can buy yours here. They [...]
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Weds 21st July
Before I begin, I must show you the new toys from Blackstar. I mentioned the amp and cab yesterday well, here it is in all it’s glory…
Nice, huh? And it sounds better than it looks.
Couldn’t sleep beyond 7.45am. I woke up and started thinking about Wacken; it dawned on me that, two weeks [...]
Tuesday 20th July
Arrived at the studio at 11.15, throat feeling pretty tired from yesterday. When recording vocals, you sing very differently to how you tend to live. Live it is all about projection and breath control, studio singing is more about feeling; how you are singing each word being extra expressive. This uses totally different [...]
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