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Doing a mix down for Jungles before passing it over to Andy

Next up for me would be to track my piano solo for Knowing Look. Me and Jeff decided it might be just more productive and conducive for me to do it in my own space and time at home to get the best possible take. Probably easier to immerse myself in the music and see what comes out from that. I’ll try to get this done in the next day or two. Balancing it with learning tunes for new school term and also gigs. Die. Hahahaha

So hard to play a groove continually and make it feel good every time! The best musicians give the groove the utmost care because that’s the heartbeat of the songs and affects how the audience listen and feels the music. Thought Govin did well on this! 

More tabla for Knowing Look

A Knowing Look. Something about this groove that’s real infectious for me. There’s those heavy bits at the start of the song that I tracked to accompany this groove a couple weeks back. Exciting to have the tabla/drum kit in for this tune too. 

Some 4 on the floor good stuff hahaha

Footage from drum/tabla recording session

The next few posts would be drum video footage taken over the three days that Govin came into the studio. Only posting now because it took some time to collage

You ready for the long day ahead? 

Govin’s quirky, unique set up. Combining his tabla with a drum kit which gives him a wide variety of colours that he uses in his playing. I think you should hire him for your gigs! Take note of the roto toms (the black looking one with the white circle in side it). I love the sound of them! 

Now that we’ve got the bass tracks in (and also the other side tracks that arthur recorded-thanks arthur!) me and Jeff discussed that it’s definitely time to bring Govin in. Govin is a busy busy man and it’s really not easy to find a common suitable timing so I am really thankful that he decided to book out and give 2 whole days to the recording of the album. I’m also guessing that he is a lot more familiar with the material now having played it at Rainforest World Music Festival and it should be a good time recording him. Stay tuned for pictures and videos of course! 

Here’s Arthur laying down some acoustic guitar tracks while Andy and I were out because of Covid. Pick up more than 1 instrument people! Hahahahah

Arthur helping out to lay down a pianica solo for the solo section of Innocence where the song moves into an almost samba like feel to it. 

This is the recent tune that I posted about, Jungles In My Sleep! Having the bass really makes a big difference. We could re record Jeffrey’s violin parts now that the picture is clearer with the actual bass and keyboard/piano parts in the mix.