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Archive for April, 2005

21st April 2005

While you’re waiting…

While you’re waiting for me to redo ‘I’m Back’ (looks like I need to re-record the vocals), and finish the ‘Keep On’ dance mix before going back and finishing ‘Keep On’ proper - not to mention the other 6 or 7 tracks I need to write and record in order to complete ‘Fiftieth Anniversary Edition’ [...]

15th April 2005

Keep up James - get an iPod!

So, the 51st birthday approaches, and with it, the question ‘what do I want for my birthday?’.
Well, in a lame attempt to catch up with the rest of the world, I’m considering an iPod. I mean good Grief, I even built a podcasting site recently, I ought to have one of the buggers. But which [...]

11th April 2005

I’m back (again)

Well, worra larf.
I spent the weekend starting from scratch, and remixing ‘I’m back’ from the bottom up. In particular, I wanted to make sure that the bottom end was heavier, the vocals more upfront in the mix and that the whole sound was warmer.
In the middle of the afternoon, with the studio monitors blasting, it [...]

5th April 2005

Commercial Artist

Anyone else remember that quaint term for those of us who prostitute ourselves through our skills for the price of a cup of tea?
The weekend job that couldn’t be done over the weekend got finished tonight. I used Garageband from beginning to end for the music - the first time I’ve used Garageband in [...]

2nd April 2005

It’s the silence… the silence… aargh!

OK - I haven’t posted in what… two weeks?
I now I find that I’ve got a month left before the 50th Anniversary Edition is suddenly history.
Well, I always work better with a deadline anyway, and having invested so much time and effort and money in this thing I’m going to keep going until I’m [...]

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