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Up late today - although, to be fair, I was snoozing whilst listening to the last hour or so of this week's podcast...
Someone has to...
Another set of goalposts in the street...
Great...
To the machines and writing this...
For many, this is probably the bluest Monday of the year...
Brought my worriedaboutsatan collection up to date after being reminded by a bot that I like his stuff...
Also some time spent today trawling Bandcamp for anything good released thus far in 2026...
Which resulted in downloading and listening to further new to me stuff but only an EP from 2026...
Started recording my daily Top 10's for 2026 (click to expand)...
Hellbach have remained at number 1 since New Year's Day...
Six 2026 releases thus far - Hellbach, zakè, Martin Stürtzer, Alex Jellici & Matias Lanz, Wil Bolton and Aldebrand the Reverberant...
This morning, I decided to do some "tidying" in the computer room...
...and, following some feedback from Johnny B on an unmentioned here suggestion re the band, I decided too to work on creating "better" mixes of the Capital Models original canon - using FADR to remove the vocals and produce stems (of sorts) that could be remixed...
"What was your suggestion Dave?" I hear you ask...
"I'm thinking a project for us in 2026 could be to record a new album of new material.
I watched an interview recently with Brian Eno and, on discussing his production work with people such as David Bowie, Talking Heads, U2, Coldplay, James etc etc, one thing he said he did was, when working with a group of people, in order to magnify the importance of "everybody not playing at the same time", was to experiment with different sets of people taking part in smaller groups, to produce new ideas.
On that basis, I've looked at how members of a quartet (or a quintet if Paul wanted to participate) could collaborate on new material for a wide ranging LP by the band.
In a quartet, each member could work on 8 pieces, across a total of 15 - as follows
Solo Tracks (1 each)
Dave
John B
Keith
John W
Duo Tracks (3 each)
Dave, John B
Dave, Keith
Dave, John W
John B, Keith
John B, John W
Keith, John W
Trio Tracks (3 each)
Dave, John B, Keith
Dave, John B, John W
Dave, Keith, John W
John B, Keith, John W
Quartet Track (1 each)
Dave, John B, Keith, John W
In a quintet, each member could work on 16 pieces, across a total of 31 - as follows
Solo Tracks (1 each)
Dave
John B
Keith
John W
Paul
Duo Tracks (4 each)
Dave, John B
Dave, Keith
Dave, John W
Dave, Paul
John B, Keith
John B, John W
John B, Paul
Keith, John W
Keith, Paul
John W, Paul
Trio Tracks (6 each)
Dave, John B, Keith
Dave, John B, John W
Dave, John B, Paul
Dave, Keith, John W
Dave, Keith, Paul
Dave, John W, Paul
John B, Keith, John W
John B, Keith, Paul
John B, John W, Paul
Keith, John W , Paul
Quartet Tracks (4 each)
Dave, John B, Keith, John W
Dave, John B, Keith, Paul
Dave, John B, John W, Paul
Dave, Keith, John W, Paul
John B, Keith, John W, Paul
Quintet Track (1 each)
Dave, John B, Keith, John W, Paul
Any thoughts on this at all?
Seems a bit more stimulating than just playing covers all the time
Given that we are completely unsuccessful as a covers band, it might be more enjoyable to be completely unsuccessful doing our own music?
Await your thoughts.
I realise it's entirely possible, we might not be willing to put the time in required to do all this..."
This is probably viewed as far too much work and daunting - especially considering how little we actually play together...
Only JB responded - rightly suggesting discussions would be best - but also suggesting we work again on the original songs (hence my work today)...
As for the others - despite them having read the post, the usual tumbleweeds...
Particularly annoying given that both Paul (for whom this offers a way back into the group) and Johnny W, completely ignored the post to chat about other stuff...
Annoying too that Johnny W, having, out of the blue, suggested a totally random song the other day that we might cover, and after I did the work on a song sheet and MP3 for everyone, has provided zero feedback...
Johnny B seems the only interested party...
Lunchtime - corned beef and tomato roll (which, in the pic looks particularly unappetising but which was superb) and a "Bones"...
This afternoon and early evening spent creating the new instrumental mixes of the original songs...
And tidying the room (slightly) as mentioned above...
This evening, the pasties we were going to have on Friday were enjoyed with Branston Baked Beans - tasty...
Some telly in the new minimalist living room, with no shelves of CDs...
"Celebrity Mastermind", "Only Connect" and a back to normal "University Challenge" - just 65 points scored tonight - poor...
Two "Chicago PD"...
Some "Newsnight" and dishes...
And a BBB - "Bones" Before Bedtime...
Bit of a wasted day in the big scheme of things...
Retired pre midnight...
Highlight of the Day: Probably the creation of instrumental CMs stuff...
Today's New Music:
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