In 1999 in retreat from mainstream ambivalence the idea of becoming a Troubadour was perversely alluring. Two acoustic guitars, a suitcase, and a round the world ticket. It took a …
In March 2020 I was made unemployed.Quite an achievement considering I was, and I remain self employed.Such was the impact of the COVID pandemic.My family were locked down for two …
This was originally posted 29 July 2010 but I’m reviving it, because it is awesome.
Definitely my favourite email this year came today from Brisbane. Here’s the note in it’s entirety …
This is me, caught by Mike, my sound guy, leaving the fabulous Angel Inn, Hetton, Yorks. I could still wear all black in 2003.
Real time, almost – Today we will make three files for each song – a master mix, an instrumental mix, and a vocals only mix. Then we will make lots of copies and safety copies of everything.
Mixing Writers Retreat! and fine tuning the other eleven. Basic balancing of bass, drums and guitars had already been done, but adding vocals and harmonica changes everything on Writers Retreat! So Mick spends and hour or so on that. Dave had recorded Kendall harmonies last night in NYC and we download and audition them.
Continuing where we left off yesterday. Dave has heard the files we uploaded and is very positive about the mixes with his only suggested changes being minor details. Which is …
So we’re at the penultimate stage, hopefully, with most songs – we’ll start to ‘print’ mixes – which in our case means running various outputs (stems) from the Pro Tools …
Mick had to go to the Lake District over the weekend forcing us to take a three day break which I frankly welcomed, expecting to finish the remaining outstanding lyric …
