OK, nearly there! In two days my year’s blog will be complete. I’ll keep on going, but not so regularly. Last chance to enter the competition: winner gets a two-hour mentoring session with me. Share this:
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Dec 16
Day 256: we’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto!
In the weeks and days leading up to the move I was numb… None of that sense of an impending event of great significance, that tightening of the stomach whenever it crossed my mind; just numb. I did what needed to be done, (usually at the last minute,) wrestled with the bureaucracies with whom I …
May 24
Day 39: I am a diesel fitter, and Bob Wills
Spent the day getting the engine on my boat going. The yell of triumph that rang out over the Strood channel when it fired up was a thing of great beauty…. My portfolio career now includes diesel fitter. I replaced a separator filter and a bleed screw in the line feeding the injectors. It worked! …
May 14
Day 28: Day off
Nothing musical today. Slightly miffed at going to West Mersea for the first sail of the season and finding my boat still on blocks in the yard… Share this:
Apr 30
Koala Chlamydia and One Direction
Best ever cover story by band returning home from tour: A few One Direction band members are concerned about their health after they were urinated on by koalas while visiting an animal sanctuary in Australia. A likely story, but an impressive amount of organisation by the tour manager. Most bands just get an elephant shot …
Apr 28
Memo to Recording Engineers
Recently, I found myself in a situation I’ve never before experienced in 37 years of recording: I didn’t want to be in the studio. I was producing and we had a tight schedule. A combination of attitude and technical problems resulted in the session from hell (although we got it done!) I can’t go into …
Apr 20
Kate Middleton: how long will it take the media to kill this one?
The madness starts now: “Kate: the 32-page colour booklet, free with tomorrow’s Daily Mirror. What she wears, what she really thinks about Pippa…” How long will it take the tabloid press to hound this poor woman to her grave? F%$*&£g idiots; when will they ever learn? And when will the sad fools whose lives are …
Apr 17
Day 2: at Eastcote Studios
Today’s missive comes from Eastcote Studios; a treasure trove of musical paraphenalia and positively reeking of rock/pop history (have a look at their website for the details, but for my younger readers, Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was recorded here.) It’s the first time I’ve seen a working 24-track tape machine for ages, complete with …
Mar 20
Who has more fun than us?
Rough mix of a library track written by Jay Stapley and Steve Pearce, the fab Ralph Salmins on drums… this is how I’ve spent my day. What could be better??? Share this:
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