Part 1
Tonight is our last gig for a month, at a small pub in Walton. It's local so we can pack it out and have a billboard time! We are also going to attempt to add a little bit of a performance art/social experiment to the set. It should be pretty exciting. Adverts were printed and blu-tacked all around Walton and Weybridge.
We have kept the whole of November free so that we can record a couple more songs to add to the First Tapes EP. The two contenders are 'Where He Never Was' and '5/4 (working title)'. We are all really chuffed with '5/4' and can't wait to get it recorded and out in the big wide world. When we have performed it live we capture the attention of the audience. Even if they are loud-mouthed, drunken monkey boys. We have only had to play to one of those audiences so far. I won't name where it was (the Native Tongue in Epsom). The stage was tiny and as a result Dave had to have his piano right next to the bar. This meant that every time some drunken so-and-so wanted to get another vodka Red Bull he would have to prop himself up on the piano and their lapse of self-control meant they couldn't resist to press keys while Dave is soloing. In fact they couldn't stop themselves from pressing any shiny button they could see and we heard the chiming of a 4/4 metronome come through really loud just at the end of the 5/4 song. Great! That must have been going through the whole song.
Part 2
A week later and we are in the process of actually recording the 5/4 song. Whooppeeee! It's great but I can't help worrying that we won't be able to capture the magic of the song when it's played live. Endless nights in bed thinking about why it seems to work so well. We spent one recording day tuning new drum skins and getting the perfect mic positions. The other day was the first time I really got to see Pete looking fragile. After spending a day locked in darkened drum room he emerged like Bambi after the hibernation scene. He needed a hug. So far he has got an awesome take for the outro/drum solo. We've been working him hard but we are all confident that he can get the perfect take so that we can record the other instruments around it.
This Thursday we have an interview in The Surrey Herald. So if you live nearby make sure you get your copy. Take care all... Sorry for the loooooooooongggggg time for this blog to surface.
Marc
