Lucid Logic

Let me tell you a little more about writing week with Lucid Logic. 

This was my first opportunity to work with a group of songwriters and musicians over an intensive period. What a great week! I was apprehensive as to how well we would work together but I shouldn't have been concerned. After setting up the instruments we jammed on the first day and worked on a song which we had pretty much finished by the time the bass player, Edd Bennett arrived on the second day. 

Edd and I worked in the studio the following day on a second track while the other guys taught a workshop. By Wednesday the guys were putting down keys, bass and guitar, and by the afternoon we were ready for the vocals. Altogether by the end of the week we had three new tracks ready to be mixed and mastered.

It was a real pleasure to be a part of the process and play my part amongst some really talented musicians.

The tracks will be available for free download later this year. I can't wait! Thanks to Ian Morcher, Edd Bennett and Ozz LP for a fantastic week. xxx

Year of the Producer II

Probably the easiest way to update you with the events of the last 8 months is to provide you with the highlights. That way you should still be awake and ready for more by the end ;)

January

Socially the later part of 2010 was a blast, but not particularly productive musically speaking! Excellent material for songwriting though..

New Year's Eve - I attend the NYE Uptownboogiedown at the invitation of DJs Jafar and Maxime Cescau, collectively known as the irresistible force: Poussez (www.artizanmusic.co.uk). Producer and friend Andy Touchfingers was also in attendance so I was set for a good night. Little did I know it would be a great night!

It was Andy who introduced me to Ozz LP, describing him as a 'talented up-and-coming R&B singer'. Introductions out of the way, we spent the rest of January getting-to-know, culminating in teaming up for a trip to Gothenburg, Sweden for Uptownboogiedown at it's Swedish stamping-ground Locatelli. Turns out that Ozz is not only a singer but also a musician, composer and producer. Catch his work at www.ozzlp.com or www.soundcloud.com/ozzlp. We discussed working together on some tracks and had a fantastic time reuniting with Jaf, Max and meeting the Poussez new-blood DJ Andreas Saag.

Chilling (literally) outside Locatelli

Andreas Saag

February-March

A life-changing couple of months. I leave my office-based corporate job to find a business that will work around my son and my music.

Ozz and I start working on the songs for my next EP. 

April

I start my own massage business. Discussions with some lovely female artists regarding the possibility of forming a girl group.

May

With guidance from Ozz LP I build my own home recording studio and work on producing the basis of new material myself.

The girls come round and we work on some potential material for the band.

June-July

Work on the EP ramps up as do my production skills. I now have 4 new tracks in the pipeline and we are working on a preview track for the girls. New talent is coming out of the woodwork, vocalists, rappers!

August

I am invited to participate in a week of writing and production with a newly formed collective Lucid Logic.

The summer holidays means plenty of adventures with my son!

September

As the kids return to school Lucid Logic get their heads down and write and produce 3 new tracks, to be made available as part of a 4 song EP on itunes in late 2011.

I am invited to perform one of the new tracks with April Blue at an acoustic set.

All in all a very productive year so far! I am itching to get my songs completed ready for release later this year, not to mention get some new publicity shots of the new me up online! More of that to come...

Year of the Producer

Oh how I have neglected you my blog! apologies for that. Life, however, moves in seasons and this year, as I posted way back at New Year 2011 has been one in which music has been infused in my energies more than ever before. I owe this largely, apart from my own efforts of course, to my new best friend and mentor Ozz LP who has taken me under his wing, helped me to build my own personal studio, taught me the ways of music production (still so much more to learn!) and involved me in a number of his own projects. When I lightheartedly referred to this as the year of the Producer on Facebook, months ago, I didn't realise that I, myself would be one of the producers I worked with.

Stand by for a summary of this year's events, just as soon as I come out of an online gathering with Mark Hill of Artful Dodger acclaim! ;)

Stay tuned xx