We start mixing tomorrow!
AGHGHGH!
exciting.… Read the rest
STONED ON LOVE
So my very dear friend Tom McQ has asked me to play at his wonderful Stoned On Love Festival at Camden Dingwalls on Sunday 21st February. I had said I’d hold off on gigs until the album’s done, but I just can’t say no to such an amazing event, so I’ll be there with bells on.
Tickets are only £6 for a whole days worth of amazing music from such talented people as Molotov Jukebox, Legs Eleven and Gideon Conn. Do grab a couple now from here:
THE PLAN
Plenty of people have been asking about what’s going to happen when the record’s done, so I thought I’d write a blog about it.
We’re due to start mixing towards the end of this month, so hopefully we’ll have all the finished mixes in our hands by the beginning of March. After that we’ve got some meetings to set up – I’m not technically linked to a label yet, so we’ll probably be trying to find one that feels right. They need to like me, I need to like them, and we’d share the same vision for the music. There’s also publishing, live agents, press/pr, legal stuff to consider.
Basically we’ll see how it goes – I really want to get going with showing it to the world, but the time has to be right. It’s possible it might not be released until the summer or autumn, with single releases, … Read the rest
THE CHOIR BRIGADE
Overdubs are continuing at pace! Last Sunday we were working on those two close cousins of each other – sax and choir – and BOY what a day that was.
Firstly, Tom Harrison did some incredible stuff with the sax. We only used it sparingly, but what we’re putting on is exactly right – some fabulously breathy stuff on The Light, and beefing up another couple of tracks.
At about 4:30pm the choir started filtering in, and I have to say it might be the best session of my life. 15 beautiful voices from 15 beautiful faces belting out Feet Don’t Fail Me Now in perfect harmony left me speechless. And such lovely people too. My sincerest thanks to both old close friends and The Choir Brigade who kindly made up most of the group and performed so professionally. I was really quite overcome….… Read the rest