Revolution

There is a festival some fifty yards from the studio so we have a few off this weekend to collect our thoughts and our mixes and our story so far, which has been a good one, I kid you not. The brass parts have been scored [by the irrepressible Craig Gannon] and the musicians arrive shortly, next Thursday if my memory is correct, and in truth it’s all pretty exciting to work with people who have backed Lionel Richie and Tony Christie and are veritable veterans of cool…well they seem decent enough. So aside from the much needed quality time with the significant other I’ve spent the weekend recording a few acoustic songs here on my new pc for possible inclusion on the album. And no they are nothing like Egg Incident….but thanks for asking anyway. Last weekend we were listening to a new Shack radio session recorded in Blackburn by our esteemed producer and much enjoyed their psychedelic ramblings and janglings so much so that I was inspired to write a most complimentary accolade on their myspace profile…as you do in the heat of the moment. They are unafraid of being themselves…something that has eluded me for years and I like them for that. In case you hadn’t heard Mike Joyce played the aforesaid session on his radio show last week. Mike has a Sunday evening slot on Revolution and is well worth a listen Mike is by nature larger than life and his eloquent ramblings are the perfect tonic… not only on the radio but to the band likewise. I simply love his enthusiasm and his belief…oh yeah and his drumming likewise is never 10p short. Anyway…that’s enough of that, I don’t want to go all syncophantic or whatever. Forward the buff, VP x