We came, we laid the smack down, we rode off into the sunset.

So thrilled with the result of last week’s album mix sessions. Phill Brown absolutely nailed it behind the desk! Massive thanks also to Calum MacColl for working his arrangement / edit magic on everything – I really hit the jackpot with producers on this one.

Feel rather elated really – I keep thinking how each noise on the record was played by someone at some stage, and the sum total of all those noises played by all these people in all these moments just feels enormous.

Right! back to the present and I’ve got a gig to head off to – the first night of my Ronnie Scotts Residency. Rehearsals for it at the weekend went really well so can’t wait for it x… Read the rest

Re-e-e-e-e-wind! So my last attempt at mixing the album didn’t exactly work out :-(
Basically the music was so good (or so terrible) that the big desk in the studio kept crashing and overheating and going all Marvin on me.

SO! we carried out all manner of ancient sacred rituals to find out when the stars would align again in glorious harmony, and the answer was NEXT WEEK. I’m going to scoot off for a quick week of session work in Ireland, then we’ll get this bird into the air, flying like an eagle with blue skies to roam and love in its heart and a song in its beak.… Read the rest