So, looks like I've been roped in to write the review for week 9. huh, like as if my musical genius wasn't contribution enough! Anyway, onwards...
So I'll just get on with writing up what happened at the actual studios. I mean you don't need to know what happened on the run up to that do you? Oh well if you insist, I brushed my teeth, changed my shoes and had a slash. I also drank a shedload of water coz I was very hung over.
Picking up Jason we saw he had his flares on and some crazy big shoes (I can't remember what you call em, ermm...Platforms?) . He'd made extra effort as a friend of ours is planning to "documtentize" one of our musical recording outings, but alas it won't be for another week or two.
During setup, Jason put on some of the cheesiest OAP cruise ship music you'll ever hear anywhere this side of, well, anywhere! But there wasn't time for the Tango, we had to plug in and tune up!
After setting up, Jason had the brilliant idea that Chris should, to paraphrase, "try strumming the guitar more like Pete Towsend and less like George Formby! for a change." *No offence George, you're our hero!* With a bit of trepadation at first (Would George be turning in his grave!?!) Chris soon took this task to hand with his usual enthusiasm. In fact with so much enthusiasm that by the end of the first song he'd snapepd his G-string. But we biscuits are made of crunchier stuff, and Chris gallantly soldiered on, doing brilliantly if I may say so, without this most important of strings.
You know what, I haven't heard back the tunes we did yet, so I can't really comment too much on that just yet. But I felt week 9! it was a very good session indeed. We thought about the tunes a bit more before going full throttle into them. As a result we only recorded about 10 new tunes this week (ONLY! lol, that's an album right there!) but I believe we'll have progressed even more as a result. I can't wait to hear them back!
As I say I can't comment too much yet, but as I also said earlier, Chris did very well on the guitar, I stayed on the bass all night on this occasion, and Jason's drumming sounded cool.
To be honest, at this stage at least, we don't really comment so much on each others playing. We're all our own worst critics and our own best lovers. Yes I love myself, boo hoo! If I do something that I think is great, I'll say so, just as much as if I thought it was cr@p!
Having said that, we are starting to make more and more suggestions to each other, and Jason is really growing into the role of musical director, if you will. Again, it's all about progressing, and I envision us all as being in the mixing bowl at the minuite, slightly separated to a degree, like different ingredients swirling ideas around, and one day we will all be a part of one huge crunchy biscuit, and anyone who takes a bite out of us will experience the most marvelous taste. Ok, that's about as corny as I can be, for now!
Basically the one is the all, the all is the one as my m,ulti-dimensional mate Bashar says.
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With about fifteen minutes to go we (or someone) decided we should give the all time classic "Dog in the way" another go. Unfortunately I had a "moment" and I couldn't for the life of me get to grips with the bass line, despite Chris' best efforts showing me how to play this insanely simple yet effective bass line. It felt like, like when someone asks you your name and you can't even remember it?.... Oh, only me then, hmm. Anyway we managed to do a take but I think we all agreed it didn't really work. We'll hear more soon enough!
Five minutes to go and we blasted out another tune, then it was time to pack up. I even managed to have a bit of a chat to Aaron, the proprieter of Dagg studios, who's a jolly decent chap. Well actually Chris is always chattin to him at the end but my heads always usually elsewhere (like, "how does twinkle twinkle little star go again?") . Anyway least he now knows I'm not a mute/and or something now, lol. At the end of the night my hangover had cleared. Amazing isn't it, to think that blasting out tunes at incredible volumes in a small room is the best hangover cure in the world! You heard it here first. Cheques to Mr Daniel James if you please.
Pics will be edited in at a later date. Like when Chris returns from Coventry! And no!, we didn't send him to Coventry! I can assure you!
So for now it's goodnight from me. And it's goodnight from me! :D
We have started doing our recordings in a house in Southport town.. It's great cos its near a pub! actually meters away from one.. we got a few tracks done on the Saturday and filmed a few instumental ones on friday , its a good set up allowing us to review material over speakers before starting the next song - so we can adjust along the way,, should be even better when its a bit more finished in there. This week we had our friend mark down with his camera to do some filming work, hes going to collect up some material and work it into his own film, should be interesting. so were pretty excited by working here for the moment - we went for a chinese meal to celebrate, mmm pretty good!
