I am very pleased to announce that Chutes have (again) managed to secure a 'hottest record of the week' on BBC Kent Introducing for their new single Brighten Up, due to be released via the web on June 1st, for which the event invite is here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173491316037548&ref=ts - it's great to see a band you've worked so closely with, who are on your doorstep and are blowing up into something bigger right in front of your eyes, well done Chutes.
The new material from Centuries is now mastered and sounding like Godzilla, smashing its way through a quarry full of corpses!
The Penthouse stuff is very nearly mixed, and once given the 'ok' will be off for mastering and popping up on the Anchor Baby website.
This week will see me doing an interview with the Canterbury Times for their 'Canterbury Tale' section, where I will be talking about my recording business, musical endeavours and bands that I have had in the studio, watch out for that soon.
In other news (non studio related) I have joined the legendary Babies Three (now sounding like a cross between Black Elk and Dinosaur Jr!) from Margate as their drummer - so as soon as we're ready you can bet your bottom dollar that some earth shattering recordings will be appearing online ;)
Off to the printers now to pick up some new posters, designed by Calfyn Ap Bryn and looking bloody marvellous.
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Guitar sound of the Centuries ;)!
Good afternoon, from Googies - again.
The week before last saw new Folkestone metalcore band Centuries in the studio to record two tracks, and what a guitar sound! The good old JCM800 2205 again, through a Marshall 4x12 (with Celestion Greenbacks) and a bit of help from an API compressor - it is earth shatteringly heavy! The songs are being mastered on Thursday and will no doubt be online later that day, check their video out (featuring a rough mix of the song) here:
In fact, in the spirit of videos: Check out Penthouse, a new Dover-based band who were in the studio on Sunday. Absolutely amazing stuff, and the songs are of epic proportions! I am in the middle of sending them over a first mix now. Once it is given the 'ok' and mastered you can be sure that it will be appearing on the Anchor Baby website!
And last but by no means least, Yamaharahara have finally uploaded their video for 'Ribbons' - all filmed during the recording process at Anchor Baby last October, enjoy!
And as if those videos weren't enough, NEXT week I will be filming a 'drum mic placement' tuition video, with the incredible Symon Minter playing the kit! Nice!
The week before last saw new Folkestone metalcore band Centuries in the studio to record two tracks, and what a guitar sound! The good old JCM800 2205 again, through a Marshall 4x12 (with Celestion Greenbacks) and a bit of help from an API compressor - it is earth shatteringly heavy! The songs are being mastered on Thursday and will no doubt be online later that day, check their video out (featuring a rough mix of the song) here:
In fact, in the spirit of videos: Check out Penthouse, a new Dover-based band who were in the studio on Sunday. Absolutely amazing stuff, and the songs are of epic proportions! I am in the middle of sending them over a first mix now. Once it is given the 'ok' and mastered you can be sure that it will be appearing on the Anchor Baby website!
And last but by no means least, Yamaharahara have finally uploaded their video for 'Ribbons' - all filmed during the recording process at Anchor Baby last October, enjoy!
And as if those videos weren't enough, NEXT week I will be filming a 'drum mic placement' tuition video, with the incredible Symon Minter playing the kit! Nice!
Saturday 7 May 2011
Other Services (not THOSE kind!)
I am now pleased to offer other services via my recording business. These include music production tuition, live recording, musical instrument tuition, mixing and plenty more. Please have a look at the 'other services' tab on www.anchorbabyrecordings.com
Monday 2 May 2011
One heavy April...
Well I'm back in Googies again - the coffee is good, the Wi-fi is quick, and there's always people I know in here. If you're local to Folkestone you should check it out!
So, plenty has happened in the life of Anchor Baby the last couple of weeks. I've been in Brighton, recording the drums for the new Phoria EP (more like a mini album).
We had initially planned to book a church hall in order to capture a nice lively drum sound, with a view to recording the dryer-sounding drums in the Phoria household - however, after getting an AMAZING drum sound in Trewin's bedroom (thanks to the pitched roof no doubt!) we decided to track everything there rather than pack all the gear down again and go to the hall! With a make-shift control room downstairs, and a little help from a Beta 52, some Sennheiser e604's and a trusty SM57 amongst other mics, we have managed to capture some very nice drum recordings! Guitars and most other parts are being recorded by Trewin as I type, and then I will be back off to Brighton for some strings/brass recording and mixing! You can see a brief video clip of Trewin recording a guide vocal for Ross to track his drums to here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xus8nd2jcA
The new single from Chutes is now finished, and has come back from the very skilled hands of Pink Floyd's head engineer, Andy Jackson - who has handled the mastering duties this time. It sounds very rich, and very analog, for a digital recording!
I have finished mixing the new Great Ancestors tracks at home, thanks to the loan of some Alesis M1's from my buddy Tom and am looking forward to those being mastered and made available on my website.
This week sees me starting to track drums for the new Magnets EP, guide guitar and bass tracks were done at Simon's flat last week - and then next week will see the recording of a single of EPIC proportions by new Kent based band Penthouse - you can definitely expect to hear THAT on the site soon!
In other news: I have an amazing new poster being designed by Calfyn Ap Bryn, so if you're local to Kent you will see that EVERYWHERE soon, as well as online of course! ;)
Cool.
So, plenty has happened in the life of Anchor Baby the last couple of weeks. I've been in Brighton, recording the drums for the new Phoria EP (more like a mini album).
We had initially planned to book a church hall in order to capture a nice lively drum sound, with a view to recording the dryer-sounding drums in the Phoria household - however, after getting an AMAZING drum sound in Trewin's bedroom (thanks to the pitched roof no doubt!) we decided to track everything there rather than pack all the gear down again and go to the hall! With a make-shift control room downstairs, and a little help from a Beta 52, some Sennheiser e604's and a trusty SM57 amongst other mics, we have managed to capture some very nice drum recordings! Guitars and most other parts are being recorded by Trewin as I type, and then I will be back off to Brighton for some strings/brass recording and mixing! You can see a brief video clip of Trewin recording a guide vocal for Ross to track his drums to here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xus8nd2jcA
The new single from Chutes is now finished, and has come back from the very skilled hands of Pink Floyd's head engineer, Andy Jackson - who has handled the mastering duties this time. It sounds very rich, and very analog, for a digital recording!
I have finished mixing the new Great Ancestors tracks at home, thanks to the loan of some Alesis M1's from my buddy Tom and am looking forward to those being mastered and made available on my website.
This week sees me starting to track drums for the new Magnets EP, guide guitar and bass tracks were done at Simon's flat last week - and then next week will see the recording of a single of EPIC proportions by new Kent based band Penthouse - you can definitely expect to hear THAT on the site soon!
In other news: I have an amazing new poster being designed by Calfyn Ap Bryn, so if you're local to Kent you will see that EVERYWHERE soon, as well as online of course! ;)
Cool.
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