This is a description of a special day in the studio with the brilliant maverick song writing duo Doctor Millar and award winning film maker Nick Kelly, A.K.A. Dogs. They are just back from a UK tour whereby they cycled from gig to gig! One of the great things about recording music is the rich and varied conversations that drift in and out.
...“that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous corporate gigs, or to take arms against a sea of weddings, and by opposing end them?” Shakespeare (mostly).
The band Kíla just wobbled off the boat after a madcap 3 day Easter tour of England.
I once stole a friend's diary when I was about 14 and ran off with it but I never read it and returned it the same day. I just did it to tease her ‘cos I was a little shit. But it is my humble opinion that you should never read someone’s personal diary. (So you really shouldn’t be reading this!).
Bunty talks to her cousin about her approach to ‘The Big Gig’ in The Leisureland in Galway last week, which includes a story about a curious encounter with Brian Eno.
This drumbeat was created by using the hands on the drum kit in an 'open handed' style. The song is from The Frames album 'For The Birds' and was recorded in a modest B'n'B guesthouse in Ventry, County Kerry, and here I describe my memory of that time.