The manor was humming with combo organs today. Andi put down All in Favour on the Hammond, Coming Apart on the Yamaha yc-20 and Slow Motion on the Vox. Fine werk indeed. We rounded off the day with ‘Munich’ – grisly Spielberg.
Just had multi-instrumentalist / cowboy / designer and all around facsinating chap Mark Potampa in for some flute at the Manor. This evening confirmed that being the engineer is often a wonderful job. I could sit and listen to gentle tones like this all day long. Forever perhaps. Mark walked in, we selected his nice ...
We’re in to the final parts now. Those little holes that you put off til later. It is later now and we have a week and half before mixing and only this afternoon and wednesday in Brighton with Dana and his fine machines where things sound wonderful always. So today’s adventure was to get Pete ...
Grey saturday breeds this stuff at Orderly Manor: 01: Guitar beeps and intro light chords for Fire Escape. 02: Redo auto-wah guitar for Colder using Garageband as preamp. 03: Tremolo guitar on that very same tune. 04: Vox organ by Andi on King’s Theme, A Heart’s Ease and Into Black. 05: Almost got Hammond on ...
I’ve been playing solitaire lately. Real cards and computer cards. It’s january that can do that to you. You really need those queens and kings. Alright, enough. The solitaire theme continued in the music recorded department today – a lonely day at the Manor. (Dana get back here! what do you mean? – I have ...
A mobile session from Dana meant we were recording at Orderly Manor yesterday. He came to the cave armed with some fancy equipment, nice microphones and the usual calm disposition. Today was a mildly distracted day, Mr. Mark Snegg dropped in with carrots, parental interaction was on, and the home itself can sometimes be a ...
Things are begining to sound how they should. Yesterday we got back down to Brighton Sound and fired up the mics for a day of vocal harmony and some rough mixing. I think we’re ready to put a clip up here soon. Stay tuned. No sign of the studio mouse today.
Have no time right now but here’s how we are doing – all lead vocals complete aside from 2 songs – there may be some edits. A load of backing vocals done by Andi and Dana. It’s all sounding wonderful. Yes yes. Back in next friday, mixing in January at the Hangar. Can’t thank my ...
Today is strictly vocal. No muscial accompanyment recorded today (aside from a little bouzouki from Jack). So I was spent standing in the dimly lit studio in front of this microphone trying to conjure up some magic from the past, some moment that sparked each song or line. According to Dana (and i am relieved ...
I was awake at 5am half dreaming of some kind of bank robbery and half concious thinking of lyrics and whether to track down some kind of clay pipes to use instead of flute. I hate laying awake at that time of the morning. My back is out. Anyway, it was also snowing this morning, ...