Calamateur

The first thing I did today was record the vocals for “The Vows and the People Who Made Them”, a song I wrote for, and sang at, Iain Hutchison‘s wedding a few years ago. I still like the song a lot … Continue reading →

Yes, a rare picture of yours truly. With a new haircut too. Aren’t you lucky? Today I recorded the vocals (no surprise there) for two songs – “The Post-Evangelical” and “Devices”. Both were subject to last-minute lyric changes. It’s amazing … Continue reading →

I didn’t have much time today but I managed to grab half an hour to record the vocals for “Lovely Thing”, a song I dreamt a few months ago. The lyrics are border-line cheesy (let’s face it, using the word … Continue reading →

Today wasn’t so much a recording day as it was a listening one. As you can see from my illegible handwriting, I’ve been listening back to each song and doing my best to objectively judge it as to whether it’s … Continue reading →

Writing this post a day late… I can’t imagine that will upset anyone too much I’ve reached a bit of a crossroads with these songs I’m recording and beginning to realise that a few of them either  aren’t good enough … Continue reading →

As I’ve said before, I’m not spending all day, every day recording this new album – just trying to find an hour or so here and there, slowly piecing it together. So don’t be surprised if, at some point, you … Continue reading →

What you can see here is five separate vocal takes for the same vocal part in the same song. Tomorrow I’ll scour through them, listening out for the best take, and then fill in the dodgy bits with bits from … Continue reading →