23rd March - Melbourne - Birdland Recording Studios |
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After a good night's rest, we left Ballarat and headed for Melbourne. We were supposed to arrive at the recording studios at noon but didn't arrive until 2pm due to us leaving late and the terrible traffic in Melbourne. After last night's drinking, we all felt a little sick as we humped the gig up the stairs to the studio. Whilst Michael, the engineer set up the drum kit and got the sound sorted out, we went off. to a noodle bar on Chapel St for some much needed sustenance. After feeding our faces, we felt much better and returned to Birdland with a spring in our steps and a new sense of purpose. The recording went remarkably well and we managed to lay down The Abou Theme (Aussie Style), Shut Up, Queen Bitch and Nazi Girl and all of them are sounding great so far. We will be mixing the songs down next Thursday and I'm confident that they will be released on Spinach in the very near future. The only disappointment of the day was that we couldn't get the new song Let Bogans Be Bogans together. Highlights of the days recording for me were watching and listening to Richard, Jason and Pange singing backing vocals in a true Aussie bloke stylee. We finished recording around 10:30 and just about had time to grab some food before heading off to.... |
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23rd March - Melbourne - Starshaped - Club UK |
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Ben and I DJ'd at Starshaped last year and had a great time. I was very pleased to be invited to try my hand at the mixer again. Starshaped is run by Paul, Stephanie and friends and is a UK-centric club. Paul and Stephanie are to be wed on Sunday and I appreciate the fact that they run the club today so that I could be special guest. After the day in the studio, we were all a bit knackered, but somehow just getting behind the console gave me some strength and I managed not to make a complete fool of myself. Paul had to remind me how to work the twin decks and stood by me for a while to make sure that I didn't do anything too dangerous ;-) I played mainly UK indie dance followed by some odd bits of indie pop and then moving into the territory of Propellorheads and Prodigy. It seemed to go down very well anyway and I managed to get away without playing any Oasis, which was a bit of a relief. The boys from the band had a very good boogie too, especially Jason who was strutting his stuff with fine aplomb. After and hour and a half, I felt myself flagging and started to miss the end of the tracks, so I handed the decks back to the pros and went to talk to some friends. Eventually I was hauled out of the club and sent on my very merry way home. I had a great time, thanks to everybody that came, we'll do it again next year! |
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