MONDAY 12th MAY 2008

Rehearsal with the New Trio 6
Recording:
'Look sharp'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Evil empire'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 20:00-23:30 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.

Some improvements happened during this reheasal: the drum solo in Look sharp is now smoking, we refined the bass part of 'Evil empire' (which got its first recording), we found an ending for 'Sunday papers' (and we used the mad acceleration ending just like in the live album) and we did a very great punkoid version of 'I'm the man'. Cool.

SATURDAY 3rd MAY 2008

Recording: 'Average person' (SI on take 1)
Bag-End studio - morning - P: Dude.

Recording the vocal part.

FRIDAY 2nd MAY 2008

Recording: 'Average person'
Bag-end studio - 17:00-18:00 - P: Dude.

Doing the piano work for this Paul McCartey song.

THURSDAY 1ST MAY 2008

Rehearsal with the New Trio 5
Recording:
'Fit'
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
France 3 basement - 21:30-24:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.

A very good rehearsal. For the first time my voice was well prepared so I could sing more easily. I also brought the acoustic for the first time, because we tried "Evil empire". I didn't record any take because it's still embryonic. "One more time" and "I'm the man" are still the songs that needs attention, but we did a very good "Sunday papers". Arnaud tried to play all the tunes with his fingers, instead of using a pick like all previous rehearsals.