Day 11 - Old friends & Hammond fun

I don't know whose idea it was to take sausage meat and encase it in pastry - but they had it right. Lunch today was dreamy.

That aside, this session has been another productive one. Uffy joined us this morning to record the guitar part for 'Driving'. It's a really straightforward track with just one guitar and one vocal - but Uffy's unique playing really brings it to life, and it doesn't need anything else. I've never met anybody who plays quite like he does, and having had the pleasure of working with him on the first album ('Thoughts on a Train', 'Carter') I'm delighted that he's been able to work on the follow up as well.


Rowan and I also experimented with the Hammond organ this afternoon. We didn't get off to a brilliant start - when trying to fill out the instrumental for 'Shoes', the organ made the track sound a bit like a cheesy hymn gone wrong. However, the balance was soon restored as we worked on 'Soldier', where the Hammond complimented the existing piano beautifully. We kept it simple - just a few notes here and there - but it gave the track exactly what it was missing. I think it's now finished.


That's all for now, but here's another little teaser clip. Rowan is working out his guitar part at the end of Nicotine, and you can hear the guide vocal, 1st guitar, drums and bass-line - unmixed of course.