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Fridge Wisdom
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
I’m starting a new weekly feature (for a while anyway). It’s called “Fridge Wisdom” and it consists of a bulletin made up of magnetic fridge words, usually put together by my small daughters…. Here’s the first one: Wise words, I’m sure you’ll agree. Work-wise, I’ve been recording some drums with this man: http://vimeo.com/16843331 (this [...]
Strange Week
Friday, October 7th, 2011
It’s been a strange and sad week. All my work news pales into insignificance. RIP Steve Jobs – a true visionary, but mostly, RIP my lovely uncle, Jack Hartley, a gentle, generous man who devoted his life to my aunt Joan. Now they can rest together.
Boxes EP “Silent Alarm”
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Boxes EP “Silent Alarm” released this week: http://boxes.mu/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=3&Itemid=9 It’s been so much fun working with Carey on the Boxes tracks. Can’t wait to finish off the last few mixes for the album. The video for “Silent Alarm” is well worth watching with a cunning twist at the end – be aware that it carries an [...]
Rabbit Hole Finished!
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Finished work on “The Rabbit Hole” early in the week – it’s quite something – can’t wait to see it on the big screen! So many possible projects coming up, it’s daunting – how am I going to fit them all in? In the meantime, mixing a single for N-Dubz stable mates Encore….. starting to [...]
AMA awards
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Went to the AMA awards this week as John Glover (manager of The Fortunate, who’s tracks I’ve been mixing recently, and previously manager of Free, ABC & Go West amongst many others) was receiving a lifetime achievement award. Great evening and I even got to briefly meet Sandie Shaw! Mainly worked on the mix of [...]
The Rabbit Hole
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Started work this week on my first film project; “The Rabbit Hole”. It’s a 25 minute psychological thriller written and directed by Andrew Weston and Alex Peschak, with music by Chris Weston. I’ve mixed music for several adverts before but a film is quite another proposition, what with all the sound effects and dialogue to [...]