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July21 / 04
In the studio:
July 14 / 04
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
Mark does an additional mix, bettering last week's.
In the studio: Didn't Know I Loved Her
Two mixes are all Mark needs to nail this tune.
July 7 / 04
In the studio: When You Fall In Love With Me
Guide vocals are added.
In the studio: Livin' Without You
Mark mixes this tune in 2 attempts.
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
Mark mixes this tune in 2 attempts.
June 30 / 04
In the studio: When You Fall In Love With Me
Ian lays down electric guitars & organ parts to the tune.
In the studio: Livin' Without You
A harmony part is corrected.
June 23 / 04
In the studio: The Day After The Earth Stood Still
Ian adds electric guitar and more synth. The track is ready to mix.
In the studio: Chaos
Robin, Watson & Duncan McLeish add their vocal phrases for later inclusion.
June 16 / 04
In the studio: Didn't Know I Loved Her
Ian records the vocals to this song.
In the studio: The Day After The Earth Stood Still
Several synthesizer parts are overdubbed.
June 2 / 04
In the studio: The Day After The Earth Stood Still
Two bass synthesizers are added to the track by Ian.
May 26 / 04
In the studio: Tell Me What You Like
Ian adds vocals & percussion to last week's track & re-records the acoustic guitar.
Lee contributes background & harmony vocals.
May 19 / 04
In the studio: Tell Me What You Like
Ian lays down the entire song: Acoustic & electric guitars, bass, drum machine.
May 12 / 04
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
A second vibes part is added by Ian, as are background vocals.
In the studio: The Plainsman
Ian records 3 acoustic guitars, a bass synth drone, shaker & tom tom drum; two vocals finish the song.
May 5 / 04
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
Ian adds bass, organ & synth vibes.
April 28/ 04
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
Ian lays down two vocal tracks, as well as tambourine & maraccas.
April 21/ 04
In the studio: Livin' Without You
Ian records three vocals, drum machine and organ. The song is ready to mix!
April 14/ 04
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
Ian re-records the three acoustic guitars originally done last week, as they just weren't good enough.
April 7/ 04
In the studio: Livin' Without You
Ian adds bass guitar.
In the studio: Near My Beginnings
Ian records three acoustic guitars.
April 3/ 04
At Dave Sampson's studio, digitally editing the master of
The Day After The Earth Stood Still for future overdubs.
Also put on the computer and cleaned up are old takes of
Music In You, I Didn't Know You, If You Think/Goin' Away Blues,
and High Time(You Were Outta My Life)
April 2/ 04
In the studio: The Day After The Earth Stood Still
The old two-track master is dubbed onto cd for editing.
March 31/ 04
In the studio: Lifetime
Ian adds lead acoustic guitar.
In the studio: When You Fall In Love With Me
Ian overdubs two acoustic rhythm guitar parts.
In the studio: Livin' Without You
Ian records two acoustic rhythm guitar parts.
March 17/ 04
In the studio: Letting You Go
Chuck & Mary Ellen, both visiting, add background vocals.
In the studio: Chaos
Chuck, Mary Ellen, Mark & Wilson McLeish record some random phrases to be added to this piece later.
March 16/ 04
In the studio: Letting You Go
Ian overdubs a string synthesizer part.
March 15/ 04
In the studio: Letting You Go
Yesterday's vocals are re-done, with four additional harmonies added.
March 14/ 04
In the studio: Letting You Go
Ian records two lead vocal tracks.
March 10/ 04
In the studio: Letting You Go
Ian does a guide vocal, then records a synthesizer part.
March 3/ 04
In the studio: Letting You Go & Didn't Know I Loved Her
Both instrumentals are transferred from cd to multi-track for overdubbing.
In the studio: That's Easy For You To Say
The old 16 track tape is cut and spliced to relieve tension, enabling overdubs to be done on this song.
February 25/ 04
In the studio: Lifetime
Ian re-records the lead vocal & adds some background vocals.
In the studio: The Picture
Lee, back in action, listens & decides he will add mandolin & electric guitar on his next visit.
In the studio: Chaos
Mark & Ian transfer the edited basic effects & kick drum parts to the 16-track in preparation for overdubs.
February 18/ 04
In the studio: Lifetime
Ian adds synthesizer bass to the track.
In the studio: Chaos
This is the working title for this piece, which is a sound collage of voices, effects and snatches of music.
It will be somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes long when finished. The length will depend on how many ideas for this piece work, 'cause even though Ian has some of it planned & Mark has done many pieces like this for CKCU-FM, we will be making it up as we go along! Kinda fun...
Mark takes tapes of the basic tracks to edit in preparation for next week.
February 11/ 04
In the studio: Lifetime
Ian overdubs acoustic guitar and organ.
February 4/ 04
In the studio: Lifetime
Nothing was accomplished due to Ian being sick and guitars that wouldn't stay in tune!!?!
January 21/ 04
In the studio: When You Fall In Love With Me
Ian records a rough acoustic guitar to the track.
In the studio: Back Woman Blues
The song is mixed to CDR-W - Mark nails it in two attempts.
January 17-20/ 04
Dave Sampson spends several days printing the artwork for a second batch
of the James H. Robinson cd; Ian burns the discs at the same time..
January 14/ 04
In the studio: Back Woman Blues
Ian adds woodblocks, handclaps, a second acoustic guitar and a unison vocal to the old tape.
January 7/ 04
In the studio: Back Woman Blues
In the studio: When You Fall In Love With Me
Ian adds bass to both of the songs.
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