I wanted to tell you about the actual recording process and finally the big day had arrived. Remember that I love to read your comments so feel free to comment in the box below this post. I set off with the precious Neumann U87 microphone to drive round the M25. I was heading to the [...] Read the rest of this post»
Making An Album | Choosing Songs And Finding The Best Microphone
The last few days I’ve been choosing songs and thinking about the best microphone to use on the new album. After the first flush of excitement, we knuckled down at Cairncross Castle to all the preparations for next weeks’ recording. My main task (apart from updating my blog) was to finalise the list of songs [...] Read the rest of this post»
Making An Album – The Journey And The Pitfalls
Today I begin my diary about making an album, highlighting the pitfalls I discover on the way. (I think I can already hear cheering from my family and friends and lovely, loyal supporters). Many of you will have listened to the interviews I did with Ewing Stevens on his radio show in New Zealand. His [...] Read the rest of this post»
Never Too Late
Today I heard a quote which really struck home: “It is never too late to be what we might have been” It was attributed to George Eliot but when I looked it up online I found an excellent bit of research by Mr Alex Measday. He surmised that although it was commonly attributed to Eliot, [...] Read the rest of this post»
The Third Interview About Singing On Susan Boyle’s CD, The Gift | With Ewing Stevens
Now that Susan Boyle’s CD The Gift has been released for pre-order (and has already gone to the top of the US Charts!), Ewing Stevens wanted to interview me agin about the nine tracks I had sung backing vocals on. Click on Ewing’s picture to listen. Apologies for my burgeoning New Zealand accent in this [...] Read the rest of this post»
Back with the LSO | The Launch Concert for Tolga Kashif’s ‘The Genesis Suite’
This week I sang with the wonderful LSO again – this time in a concert to launch Tolga Kashif‘s The Genesis Suite. Some of you may remember I wrote about recording some solo vocals for this CD and also the follow up article on the different challenges singing on the choir sessions a few days [...] Read the rest of this post»
Why Murphy’s Law Made Me Kiss Goodbye to Harry Potter
This month has been a frustrating time for diary clashes, culminating in Murphy’s Law making me kiss goodbye to the last Harry Potter Movie Soundtrack. As the recession marches on, the summer of 2010 has been the leanest patch of work that I have known in many years. I’m sure it’s the same for most [...] Read the rest of this post»
Recording A Guide-Track For Spielberg’s New Film Of Michael Morpurgo’s Warhorse
I was recently booked to record a guide-track for the new Spielberg film of Michael Morpurgo‘s Warhorse. His 1982 children’s novel had been successfully adapted as a play for the National Theatre to great critical acclaim, winning the Olivier, Evening Standard and the Critic’s Circle Awards. The show then transferred to the New London Theatre [...] Read the rest of this post»
Cracking the code of the Christmas Nutcracker Film
This week I was reminded of the time I spent cracking the code which the Russian director set in his Christmas film The Nutcracker in 3D. I figured that if the blogging fairy had sent me two subliminal messages in a day for the subject of my next post, then who was I to ignore [...] Read the rest of this post»
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