MONDAY 24th JANUARY 2011














Rehearsal with the New Trio 50

Recording and filming:
'Sunday papers'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Different for girls'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Look sharp !'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'On your radio'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Shiver (extract)'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Grace Kelly'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Don't stop me now'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Karma police'
Recording and filming:
France 3 basement - 21:00 - 00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.

At last, a better rehearsal. I sang better, although I don't think I've reach the best I can do yet (especially in Don't stop me now which is still hard to sing with the weight of my guitar relying on my shoulder - I should practice more !-).
Anyway it was a good rehearsal, and this is the first time we ever recorded "Shiver", although we've been trying it for two rehearsals now.

Oh and by the way, I had a full new set of strings on my guitar, that night ! :)

MONDAY 17th JANUARY 2011















Rehearsal with the New Trio 49

Recording and filming:
'Uprising'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Video killed the radio star'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Aeroplane'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Don't stop me now'
Recording and filming:
France 3 basement - 21:30 - 00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.

A rehearsal that is slightly better, but still not satisfying. We spent a lot of time on "Shiver", though (not recorded)

SUNDAY 16th JANUARY

Recording: 'The prophet's song' (SI on take 1)
The Waterhouse - all morning - P: Dude. Present: Val, Doreen, Julian.

I can't believe I finally finished this cover: the greatest and more difficult cover I've ever done, and also the one that took me the most of time. I think I started it in 2005 !
Anyway on that day I did the remaining guitars (the two clean intertwined ones at the very end before the last power chord, and some 6-voice harmony guitars just before the vocal reenters in part two of the song.

I then mixed it, and it was finally accomplished :) Hurray !

SATURDAY 8th JANUARY 2011


















Recording: 'The prophet's song' (SI on take 1)
The Waterhouse - afternoon - P: Dude. Present: Val.

Finally finishing the last voices (the backing vocals for the end part) for this incredible song !

WEDNESDAY 5th JANUARY 2011












Rehearsal with the New Trio 48

Recording and filming:
'Under the bridge'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Just'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Don't stop me now'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'It's different for girls'
Recording and filming:
Recording and filming: 'Time is running out'
Recording and filming:
France 3 basement - 21:30 - 00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.

This was not, by any means, the best rehearsal we did. First of all my voice was pretty tired and I lost it quite early in the rehearsal. You can hear it on the recording. But we did a lot of work anyway: we played "Shiver" for the first time. It was too early to be recorded, yet.
Another premiere, and a very cool one, is that I managed to use my laptop computer as a guitar effect processor ! And that was very very cool, because for the first time my guitar was sent thru the PA system, and it forced me to play better because it was so loud.