Sharp Practise
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8/28/2008 1:22:20 PM
Latest update on the new album
Well, the plan to record guide tracks is going OK and again has identified some areas to work on, even though we haven’t spent as much time on it yet as we would like.
The biggest problem has been that I’ve been doing a mini-tour to support my solo Americana album that I made with Fran Ashcroft last year. I’ve been travelling through northern England with it, starting at a very nice club in Birmingham and finishing up with a hometown gig in Manchester.
Anyway, I digress! Playing the guide tracks has been a boon in confirming that the songs are going to be in the right order and with enough variety to hopefully keep the listener interested. I think we’ve made the right choice to go for a running order that builds the record to a couple of climaxes rather than go for the modern approach of putting the most likely singles up first. After all, with CDs and mp3s people can easily change the running order if they think we’ve got it wrong.
We’ve needed to pick our times at the rehearsal room carefully to avoid spillage from the other rooms – at one time we used to practice there next to an enthusiastic young band we named the hamster stranglers, on account of their singer’s approach to getting his lyrics across.
What it has brought to the forefront of our planning though is that, when we go there to record the drum tracks, we better have exclusive use of the whole site.
I’ll update you on that, which is the exciting first step of actually tracking the record itself, next time.
All the best for now.
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