As you may know, The Soviets are recording three tracks with Loft Productions at the moment. Yesterday was the first day of tracking, and that usually means drums. Recording was done at Base HQ with Richard and Gav, two guys who know their studio so well that nothing in the session felt like work at all. We recorded 3 takes for each track (No Love, Turned On, and an as-yet unnamed new tune) in a couple of hours, then spent at least the same amount of time talking about the specifics of Star Wars.

For geeks like me who are interested, the kit was a Pro Mapex Kick and Floor Tom, which stay...

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It's a bit like this:

There's a sound that opens up the room.  You hear notes that seem - to your own imperfect ears - as new as the smiles and the chests on a red carpet.  The guitar that two minutes previously was just wood and metal suddenly mutates into the friend who would never let you down.  The one who laughs and glosses over the fact that you got pissed and fell straight through the table nearest the bar. You string together the eight chords you know and decide that, since you're not playing in The Eagles or Queen, the first two you used are good enough.

Then the doorway between...

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Occasionally you come across articles and news stories that really make you think about what you do and why you do it.  Sometimes you come across articles that make your blood boil.  Thanks to Elliott, yesterday I came across an article that managed to do both.  The story in question (Found on The Gen at thegen.org.uk/) focuses on the sale of ‘patriotic’ compilation CDs by the British National Party.   The issue lies in the fact that the BNP have been able to produce and put on sale compilations of various bands music without the prior consent of the artists.  Normally, this is not an...

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