“Old Shirt” Live in London
Live and sweaty at The Halfmoon Putney, London on 2/08/2009.
Video courtesy of khousemedia.com
Archive for Video
‘Other Side’ Video
Music video for Other Side from the album I Think We Both Know (Listen / Download). Filmed on the Tube out to Richmond Park at sparrow’s fart (thats why I look demented), and at the recording of the album at Rush House, Northamptonshire.
Video edited by my buddy Ben at K House Media.
Rush House Videos: Video Gallery
The full load of Rush House video clips with a couple of extras chucked in for added ha ha.
Listen to I Think We Both Know:
Rush House Videos: Recording “Oblivious”
Oblivious – Recording the Guide Track
Recording the guide track for Oblivious. Blues baby!
Oblivious – Listening and Electric Guitaring
You can see Willie here listening to me putting down some electric guitar licks (deluxe edition) from down in the electric guitar den of broken chops.
Listen to Oblivious:
Rush House Videos: “Other Side” Vocal
Some people do vocal warm ups. Some people drink warm honey drinks. Some people get singing lessons. Folks stop all of it. All you need is a white singlet and a can of Old Jamaica Fiery Ginger Beer. The white singlet makes you feel part superhero / part chilled out dad on the weekend. The ginger beer numbs your vocal chords so you can’t feel any of the permanent damage you’re doing to your throat as you sing yourself into the ground. This first lesson is free but please contact me if you’d like personal vocal coaching.
Back to the main point. This is me doing the vocal takes for Other Side. You get the picture for what we were doing – vocals late at night after everything else was recorded in the day. White singlet, ginger beer, headphones, soul . . .
Rush House Videos: Acoustic Guitar on “I Think We Both Know”
A quick snip of tracking the acoustic guitar for the track I Think We Both Know.
Listen to I Think We Both Know:
Rush House Videos: Recording “Its Ok”
Its Ok – Recording the Guide Track
Getting the rough guide track down for Its Ok. Each track was done like this – talk through the arrangement, put down a guide version with everyone playing, then get drums and bass down properly, then electric guitars, then smoky late night vocals.
Listen to Its Ok:
Rush House Videos: Big House, Big Dan, Big Drum Sound
Big House, Big Dan, Big Drum Sound
The mythical acoustic properties of Rush House well and truly extend to the magical staircase of huge drum sounds. This is Dan laying a little wood into his skins. Look at the way he moves. Poetry in motion.
Phil Collins has booked out Rush House for the whole of 2010.
Listen to I Think We Both Know:
Rush House Videos: Working on “The Sun”
The Sun – It Goes A Little Something Like This…
The Sun is a track I wrote just before we went away to record the album. I knew I wanted it to be simple lyrically and was really depending on the boys to help create a real musical mood / wall of sound / rock opera. Maybe not a rock opera. Anyways, this was my first shot at running through the track so we could start talking about an arrangement. Just a scrap of paper and a few chords. Amazing what became of it!
The Sun – Fleshing it Out
This is the band having a rough go at a full band arrangement of The Sun. You can see how we all worked together in the recording process – all in our little spots but with visual contact to (or through) each other.
Listen to the finished version of The Sun:
Rush House Videos: Getting There and Setting Up
Driving to Rush House
On the way up the M6 to start the recording. We’re in a Ka. No wonder we’re so excited.
Setting Up The ‘Studio’ at Rush House
Intense discussions about where to put what and who for maximum recording effect in Rush House. This discussion is part of the reading for the course ‘How to record a killer album in a 19th century hunting lodge in the middle of nowhere (except for the neighbour we’re scared is going to dob on us) 101′.
Listen to I Think We Both Know:
