You Tube Glue

I thought I'd share a clip of the Cosmic Glue recording session of last night ( March 18th). A Cosmic Glue Trailer On You Tube

I was laying down vocals for a few numbers and a camera crew just happened by while we grooving along.

The track I'm singing is 'Shine' - an autobiographical song about my first years in Amsterdam...it was quite a year! More about that when the album is released in late Spring.

So, for now, a little taster...

A Cosmic Glue Trailer On You Tube

Fiddling On...

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Last Tuesday saw us adding fiddle to 'Home Made Mini' and some guitar overlays on 'All I Wanna Do...'

Tonight I'll be flying solo in the studio laying down some definitive vocals on most of the 2013 songs and some of the 1977 tracks we recently discovered. That's what 'Cosmic Glue' is all about as an album - a mixture of then and now, a drawing together of four decades of my life in music.

'if only I knew then what I know now...'

The image is of Pol Bowman - an ace fiddler who added his little bit of magic to the opening track of 'Cosmic Glue', Chris Aylmer (bass) and Mike Cooling (guitar) both of Red River Blues

and, here's a link to some of the old and not so old stuff...

Cosmic Glue & A Twist Of Time Tunes

After The Weekend...

A brief Sunday day out in the wilds of Worcestershire visiting Antique fairs and the family. Delightful. Now - back to some serious work...

I'll be dividing my time today between re-stocking our little vintage store (Time After Time) and preparing for the next recording sessions tonight and tomorrow evening.

Monday I'm adding new vocals to a handful of the 1977 tracks, transforming them into totally new songs and adding definitive lead vocals to the 2013 tracks.. Listeners so far cannot detect a discernible difference (except, hopefully, an added maturity...)

Tuesday brings Mike back into the studio for some cross-decade guitar work - an exciting prospect for all concerned.

We'll be adding a lively little fiddle track to Home Made Mini and then it will be up to me in my role as producer to pull everything together into a glorious whole!

I will post a few snippets asap - meanwhile, have that sneak preview here:

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Cosmic Glue - The Next Phase...

I love the recording studio! From those early 1970s sessions to the hours we spent last night... exploring the musical chemistry that happens is pure joy. Some things just don't gel, while others come together just as fate intended.

On-line rehearsals, mp3 overdubs - technology has made preparing for a session much easier - so that when we arrive at the same place at the same time (in our case, Stroud - the centre of the known universe...) it's a case of tune up, plug in, turn on and away we go.

There will be a few snippets to hear quite soon, but in the meantime - here's a little snapshot of the Cosmic Glue cast of characters.