Tag Archives: recording

A bit down; recording in my pants (Evan Dando)

Posted on 28 May, 2011 by Joe

Recorded in my pants this morning into garageband. No interface – straight in. Sorry for quietness. … First heard this song on the B-side to ‘Outdoor Type’, recorded live for a radio station in Milan. It’s a really underrated Dando … Continue reading →

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St John’s Wood

Posted on 26 May, 2011 by Joe

So.. in the last couple of weeks we have been recording vocals for the LP at a (fairly) secret (but let’s face it, well-known) location in north-west London. We’ve been dubbing onto the great instrumental tracks recorded at Furnace Studios in … Continue reading →

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… May

Posted on 20 May, 2011 by Joe

May’s maillist Letter… If you want to get these at the same time as everyone else,  email me.. Tweet this Digg Post to LinkedIn Slashdot Stumble This

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Recording.. aftermath

Posted on 31 March, 2011 by Joe

So… 1 producer, 2 engineers, 3 countries, 4 animals/toddlers, 5 musicians plus a Katy and a Rysia, 12 days, 15 tracks, 32 transfers and countless bottles of Shumenska (cheap Bulgarian Beer) later, we’ve finally finished tracking what will end up … Continue reading →

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Barcelona, LP preparations and some (lap)topless coding…

Posted on 4 March, 2011 by Joe

LP prepppppp The nearer we get to recording the LP (2 weeks to go, and counting..) at Furnace, the more I seem to listen to PJ Harvey, Pulp, Pavement and (cat) Power. Obsession with all things ‘P’? Will we have … Continue reading →

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Album demos progress

Posted on 23 February, 2011 by Joe

Hey So, the album demos are rolling along. Recording in March is looking like more and more fun. This weekend we cooked up a load more demos with Dave (Miatt & Wade Brown, Thomas Tantrum) and Campbell Austin (Moneytree) – … Continue reading →

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I want to stay in touch with you all… just not on Facebook.

Posted on 9 February, 2011 by Joe

I am leaving facebook for a while*. It is boring but compulsive, and that is a bad combination of things. Here’s what I’m doing instead. You can comment below thru FB / Twitter / Disqus For more updates subscribe via … Continue reading →

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Recording report

Posted on 29 April, 2010 by Joe

ello just a quick note to say what’s going on at the moment… recording-wise, i’m meant to be finishing leila, brooklyn and shanty to go on this split EP for Oxjam with Dave Miatt. unfortunately we’re doing it all on … Continue reading →

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New live recording

Posted on 9 June, 2009 by Joe

There’s a new version (live) of shanty up … featuring hannah miller and ollie austin, it starts a bit ropey due to a cold/curry/cobra combo but ends ace: http://www.myspace.com/betsyandhavana .. it’s the sort of thing we’re up to at the … Continue reading →

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About swanky instruments and sound musicians

Posted on 16 May, 2009 by Joe

Records in the works? I’m still working with Dave Miatt on our Oxjam charidee EP. The trouble about doing everything for free is that sometimes it’s hard to pull everything together. We’ve had about 8 different sessions with several people … Continue reading →

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