Recording: 'No reply'
Bag-end studio - 14:15 - 14:30 P: Dude.
How to make a new cover from start to finish in just 10 minutes ! ;)
TUESDAY 24th MARCH 2009
Recording: 'Waiting for the worms' (SI on take 1)
Bag-end Studio - 14:00 - 14:15 - P: Dude.
I quickly did the megaphone voice, before leaving to take Julian from school. I loved it.
Bag-end Studio - 14:00 - 14:15 - P: Dude.
I quickly did the megaphone voice, before leaving to take Julian from school. I loved it.
MONDAY 23rd MARCH 2009
Rehearsal with the New Trio 17
Not Recording: 'Wild west'
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'I'm the man'
Not Recording: 'Fit'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
France 3 basement - 21:00-22:30 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
We didn't record this rehearsal. It was a strange night. We agreed not to play too late, because Nono was quite tired, and there was a kind of urge feeling thru all the songs. We didn't play very well that night so it's cool we didn't record anything ;)
I tried some experiment with the setlist: I made them play all the fast rock numers in a row, and then only the two quiet songs. It was special.
Not Recording: 'Wild west'
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'I'm the man'
Not Recording: 'Fit'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
France 3 basement - 21:00-22:30 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
We didn't record this rehearsal. It was a strange night. We agreed not to play too late, because Nono was quite tired, and there was a kind of urge feeling thru all the songs. We didn't play very well that night so it's cool we didn't record anything ;)
I tried some experiment with the setlist: I made them play all the fast rock numers in a row, and then only the two quiet songs. It was special.
MONDAY 9th MARCH
Rehearsal with the New Trio 16
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'Wild west'
Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
Recording: 'Evil empire'
Recording: 'Exploring the empire'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:30 - P: Arnaud. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
This is a really great rehearsal, because we recorded everything with an outstanding 5.1 device, consisting of a Holophone surround microphone and a digital multitrack recorder. And also because we did our very first, real proper jam !
It happened at the end of "Evil empire, which lasted 22 minutes :)
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'Wild west'
Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
Recording: 'Evil empire'
Recording: 'Exploring the empire'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:30 - P: Arnaud. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
This is a really great rehearsal, because we recorded everything with an outstanding 5.1 device, consisting of a Holophone surround microphone and a digital multitrack recorder. And also because we did our very first, real proper jam !
It happened at the end of "Evil empire, which lasted 22 minutes :)
SATURDAY 28th FEBRUARY
Recording: 'Is there anybody out there ?' (SI on take 1)
Bag-End studio - morning - P: Dude.
I recorded all the basses and guitars for this number, and then I went to see Magma play live ! :)
Bag-End studio - morning - P: Dude.
I recorded all the basses and guitars for this number, and then I went to see Magma play live ! :)
WEDNESDAY 18th FEBRUARY 2009
Rehearsal with the New Trio 15
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Wild west'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:30 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
Recording: 'Hey you' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Run like hell' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Waiting for the worms' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'The trial' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Nobody home' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Stop' (SI on take 1)
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude.
This has been recorded for the first time directly onto my laptop hard-hardrive. It's cool because I don't have to enter into transfer mode after recording, but it's in mono.
That day we played the usual stuff, and added "Wild west" in the process ! :)
And then, after the rehearsal, I stayed in the room and made good use of my now warmed up voice for some small repairs into the vocal parts of "The wall". I redid the final singing of "Hey you", some sentences in "Run like hell", and one phrase into "Nobody home". I also did the crowd chants at the end of "Waiting for the worms" and "The trial". And then I shouted: "Stop !" :)
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Wild west'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:30 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
Recording: 'Hey you' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Run like hell' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Waiting for the worms' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'The trial' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Nobody home' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Stop' (SI on take 1)
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude.
This has been recorded for the first time directly onto my laptop hard-hardrive. It's cool because I don't have to enter into transfer mode after recording, but it's in mono.
That day we played the usual stuff, and added "Wild west" in the process ! :)
And then, after the rehearsal, I stayed in the room and made good use of my now warmed up voice for some small repairs into the vocal parts of "The wall". I redid the final singing of "Hey you", some sentences in "Run like hell", and one phrase into "Nobody home". I also did the crowd chants at the end of "Waiting for the worms" and "The trial". And then I shouted: "Stop !" :)
FRIDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2009
Recording: 'Don't leave me now' (SI on take 1)'
Bag-End studio - 18:00-18:15 - P: Dude.
Doing all the guitars in "Don't leave me now".
Bag-End studio - 18:00-18:15 - P: Dude.
Doing all the guitars in "Don't leave me now".
MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2009
Rehearsal with the New Trio 14
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
Finally, a recording :)
This was cool, but perhaps a little frustrating as I'm begining to question my guitar playing. I think I should go into practice mode for a time. We did the usual numbers, except Evil empire, and we agreed to add one more song for the next rehearsal.
I think we finally determined a proper ending for "Sunday papers". And we played a very good "I'm the man" and "Look sharp" duet.
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
Finally, a recording :)
This was cool, but perhaps a little frustrating as I'm begining to question my guitar playing. I think I should go into practice mode for a time. We did the usual numbers, except Evil empire, and we agreed to add one more song for the next rehearsal.
I think we finally determined a proper ending for "Sunday papers". And we played a very good "I'm the man" and "Look sharp" duet.
FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2009
Recording: 'Don't leave me now' (SI on take 1)'
Bag-End studio - morning - P: Dude.
Finally attempting, and succeeding, the lead vocal for "Don't leave me now".
Bag-End studio - morning - P: Dude.
Finally attempting, and succeeding, the lead vocal for "Don't leave me now".
MONDAY 26th JANUARY 2009
Rehearsal with the New Trio 13
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
France 3 basement - 21:30-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
More work on the songs. Things are moving forward rapidly now. It helps a lot to rehearse once a week. A cool thing was that we improved for the first time at the end of the session. No recording, 'tho...
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
France 3 basement - 21:30-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
More work on the songs. Things are moving forward rapidly now. It helps a lot to rehearse once a week. A cool thing was that we improved for the first time at the end of the session. No recording, 'tho...
THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY 2009
Recording: 'Empty spaces' (SI on take 1)
Bag-End studio - afternoon - P: Dude.
Redoing the bass for the 1st version of 'Empty spaces', which is a tone below the 2nd version.
Bag-End studio - afternoon - P: Dude.
Redoing the bass for the 1st version of 'Empty spaces', which is a tone below the 2nd version.
MONDAY 19th JANUARY 2009
Rehearsal with the New Trio 12
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
France 3 basement - 21:30-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
An excellent rehearsal, full of energy and good feelings. Two new songs were introduced that night: "It's different for girls", and the catchy "Little bit stupid". Way cool.
This was not recorded.
Not Recording: 'Look sharp'
Not Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Not Recording: 'It's different for girls'
Not Recording: 'Little bit stupid'
Not Recording: 'On your radio'
Not Recording: 'One more time'
France 3 basement - 21:30-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
An excellent rehearsal, full of energy and good feelings. Two new songs were introduced that night: "It's different for girls", and the catchy "Little bit stupid". Way cool.
This was not recorded.
FRIDAY 9th JANUARY 2009
Recording: 'Empty spaces' (SI on take 1)
Bag-End studio - afternoon - P: Dude.
Redoing the voice for the 1st version of 'Empty spaces', which is a tone below the 2nd version.
Bag-End studio - afternoon - P: Dude.
Redoing the voice for the 1st version of 'Empty spaces', which is a tone below the 2nd version.
SUNDAY 21th DECEMBER 2008
Sismeringa Lodge - ICS session #2
Recording: 'Madame sans nuit'
Recording: 'Solide R'
Recording: 'Norgoleckia'
Recording: 'Herr Pillar, warum ?'
Bag end studio - 9:30-13:00 - P: Dude. Present: Val, Julian, Doreen.
This is the first of the shorter sessions. Those last only 6 hours and are thematic. The theme for today was: "pre-determined song titles". I imagined six song titles which I gave to Stef: "C'est l'hiver aujourd'hui", "Underplastic sweet surprise", "Silences interdits", "Orlando - part two", "327" and "Another liquid satisfaction". Stef did five of them (he didn't do "Silences interdits"), and I love what he came up with.
As for me, I recieved the song titles from Emy. Those were "Madame sans nuit", "J'arrive pas...", "Norgoleckia", "Solide R", "Herr Pillar, warum ?" and "Six, theme". I did all of them except "J'arrive pas..." and "Six, theme".
There were a lot of adversity on that day and I almost couldn't attend the session. First of all my car broke down on the way to the basement where I excepted to spend the 6 hours. So after a lot of trouble I managed to come home by 9h30, that is two and a half hours late for the session ! The other problem resulting from that car problem was that I got no instruments with me, since I had installed them all in the basement the day before ! The only thing I got left with me was a bass guitar.
So I had to do all of the session at home (with wife and children living their life all around me), with only a bass guitar, and a shorter time. I managed to do 4 songs anyway.
I took another car to go the ICS reunion in the afternoon, and it was cool. Eric had organised a nice meal that we all shared together, discussing all things Sismeringa.
A brief description of what I came up with those song titles:
1- Madame sans nuit : She's alone at night and bored. She lets her mind wander and suddenly starts to dream about dancing a waltz in the middle of a lot of people... only to wake up still alone and bored.
2- Solide R: something stomping and simple. Direct.
3- Norgoleckia: This is the name of a planet where live a very hostile race of Aliens. They send a message to Earth, and this message gets reapeted over and over, infesting a little more each time, until all Earthlings are contaminated and repeat the message like decerebrated robots.
4- Herr Pillar, warum ?: I could not come up with anything else than a little march. In my mind German language=march. Sound very cliche, I know. Sorry. No offense intended.
http://www.myspace.com/sismeringalodge
MONDAY 15th DECEMBER 2008
Rehearsal with the New Trio 11
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
This one was really cool. We did all the usual numbers, but we changed the sound setting a little and I really could hear myself singing better. We also playd quieter, which helped a lot, and I used mostly a quiet guitar sound.
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'One more time'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-00:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
This one was really cool. We did all the usual numbers, but we changed the sound setting a little and I really could hear myself singing better. We also playd quieter, which helped a lot, and I used mostly a quiet guitar sound.
TUESDAY 9th DECEMBER 2008
Recording: 'Mother' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Don't leave me now' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - 22:00 - 23:00 - P: Dude.
This evening, 'Mother' got its guitar solo, and 'One of my turns' all the guitars.
Recording: 'Don't leave me now' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - 22:00 - 23:00 - P: Dude.
This evening, 'Mother' got its guitar solo, and 'One of my turns' all the guitars.
MONDAY 8th DECEMBER 2008
Rehearsal with the New Trio 10
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-03:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
It's been a long time since the last rehearsal. Nono's feet was getting better so we resumed activities with the usual numbers. But right in the middle of "On your radio" I broke a string, and I forgot most of my guitar epquiment so I couldn't change it. We goofed around with some Red Hot songs, and then went home.
Recording: 'Look sharp'
Recording: 'Sunday papers'
Recording: 'Fit'
Recording: 'On your radio'
Recording: 'I'm the man'
France 3 basement - 21:00-03:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Thierry, Arnaud.
It's been a long time since the last rehearsal. Nono's feet was getting better so we resumed activities with the usual numbers. But right in the middle of "On your radio" I broke a string, and I forgot most of my guitar epquiment so I couldn't change it. We goofed around with some Red Hot songs, and then went home.
FRIDAY 5th DECEMBER 2008
Recording: 'The show must go on' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - morning - P: Dude.
Doing all the vocals for 'The show must go on', and also the accoustic guitar.
Bag end studio - morning - P: Dude.
Doing all the vocals for 'The show must go on', and also the accoustic guitar.
THURSDAY 4th DECEMBER 2008
Recording: 'Waiting for the worms' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Run like hell' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - afternoon - P: Dude.
Doing the choir for "Waiting for the worms", along with the Waters voice. Then doing the "Run, run, run...." parts in "Run like hell".
Recording: 'Run like hell' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - afternoon - P: Dude.
Doing the choir for "Waiting for the worms", along with the Waters voice. Then doing the "Run, run, run...." parts in "Run like hell".
SUNDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2008
Recording: 'Hey you' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Don't leave me now' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - afternoon - P: Dude. Present: Val, Doreen, Julian.
Doing the basswork for "Hey you" and also for the ending of "Don't leave me now".
Recording: 'Don't leave me now' (SI on take 1)
Bag end studio - afternoon - P: Dude. Present: Val, Doreen, Julian.
Doing the basswork for "Hey you" and also for the ending of "Don't leave me now".
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