I spent yet another day down in the basement today, although I think it was a good day to choose to be down there given that it hammered it down with rain all day. It was still warm though, it was like a tropical storm. I felt like I was on holiday in the Bahamas or somewhere, except there was a massive lack of palm trees!! Anyway, it was pretty productive, despite the sound of rainfall that managed to get on a couple of my vocal tracks (it was that heavy that I could hear it in the basement!). More of the same tomorrow I expect, the plan is to have two or three new tracks by the end of the week.
Aug 3rd
Studio Sessions
Spent the day down in the basement studio working on guitar parts with Owen who’s come over to Guernsey for a couple of days. It’s been nicely productive. We had a play with a load of amps and sounds etc and really focused on getting old school, ‘dirty’ tone. We didn’t use any amps from later than the 60s as we were going for a kind of ‘White Stripes’-esque vibe. I think we managed to achieve that on the most part, so I’m pretty happy with the days work. Anyway, we’re off to the pub now for a wind down…
Aug 2nd
Heaven’s Basement
I played Sonisphere yesterday on a pretty packed Bohemia stage and it was awesome. The crowd seemed well up for it so thanks to everyone who came along to show their support. However, I am very sad to say that Heaven’s Basement and I have now gone our separate ways. I apologise to all the fans who now have to cope with yet another line up change, but it was becoming an impossible task to juggle both my solo project and HB. I’ve had an amazing time for the last four weeks and will be taking away some amazing experiences. The top and bottom of it now is that I can focus fully on my own album. The decision to part ways was mutual, so there are no hard feelings from either party; we decided when we first sat down together that we’d trial working together for six weeks to see what happened. Thanks to all the fans who embraced me coming in as an unknown replacement, your immediate acceptance, made the task much easier and less daunting for me. Good luck to the HB guys in finding a new front man and starting a new chapter. They’re a great band and will no doubt go on to rock til they drop (and believe me that’s a lot of rocking, they really know how to party). It’s onwards and upwards for me now though, I’m very excited about what’s around the corner for my own record which is moving forward each and every day. I’m hoping to have a new video for you guys in the next week or so.
