A look behind the scenes...

Playlist

Deep Purple - Made In Japan

Die Ärzte - Planet Punk

Xenakis - Complete String Quartets

Brother Jack McDuff - Droppin` Science

Jewel Akens - Hotdogs, Hits & Happy Days

Spocks Beard - Epic Spocks Beard

Cloudland Blue Quartet - The Dakota Starman EP

Cloudland Blue Quartet - The Leonard Cohen EP

Not really been mentioning it but it has taken a enormous amount of time to put together the entries for the Canada trip but, with this post that's things back up to date...

Up early and working on today's project...

Which was two covers from our Capital Models sets using drum tracks sourced and worked on over the last few days...

What's the method Dave?  I hear absolutely no-one at all asking...

Well, since you asked (eh?)...

1. Ascertain the beats per minute (bpm) of the song in question

2. Create a drum track at that bpm for the length of the song in question

3. Transfer that to the ipod/phone

4 Retire to CD room with iPod/phone and memory card for recorder

5 Play along to drum track by using 2 sets of headphones, one in ear re backing track and one over ear re what's being recorded on memory card (i.e. that's not the backing track)

6 Take memory card with newly recorded part from recorder back to laptop room

7 Load track into studio

8 Rough mix it to previous tracks (initially drums)

9 Repeat for everything you're doing, bass, each guitar, each vocal, anything else

10 Treat as necessary and mix

11 Do this all day for hours and hours on end

12 end up with nine minutes of music after eight hours' work

Here's what I did today - dedicated to my much missed old chum, musical sparring partner and general covers mentor (without him I'd never have thought of playing any Johnny Cash or Jam or a host of others' songs), Mr Jamie Frain...

The Dakota Starman EP by Cloudland Blue Quartet on Mixcloud

Of course, amongst all this work (which I'm sure most people wouldn't actually call work), there was the occasional break to see how the feeding station was doing...

But never mind all that musicking nonsense, what was the Exec Producer doing, I hear absolutely no-one at all asking...

Well, since you asked (eh?)...

She was out all day from around 12 celebrating sister in law Jane's upcoming 50th with a tasty Indian meal for 24 and all the wine a lady can drink (and more)...

Relaxed in the evening with "Strictly" (eh? part 3)

Taxi duties around nine and "Dr Who" on our return...

Another kind of good Saturday although it's frustrating it all takes so long...

Highlight of the Day : Recording...