City Of Lights

Studio Blog - Days 4 & 5 - Bass Guitar

Hi it’s Ash, I play bass guitar in City Of Lights.
 
I’ve been in the studio today laying the bass tracks for the new album. It’s sounding awesome!
Two more tracks to go with the bass and then it’s vocals, guitars and mixing.
 
It’s been great fun working on this record. Some of the tracks you will no well, some of the tracks are brand new. The album has a really nice flow to it and it’s alomst as if the songs were meant to sit together on the track list. You’ll have to wait a little bit longer to find out fully what I’m talking about, but I know you will love what we’re currently building.

                       

The last 3 months have been great fun too, since I joined at the beginning of November. We’ve played some great shows, made a music video to Was It All Worth It which has also had regular radio play. We work hard, we dont settle for anything we think is not our best and that has really been shining through in the studio over the last week.

                     
 
Today was a crazy day. Matt and I turned up to the studio to get set up, ready for me to lay the bass for the first track. I went into the live room and played around with my bass amp to get a really nice tone that we all liked and then started recording. We got a couple of songs in and then the snow started to get a bit heavier but didn’t think anything of it. We bashed on with the other songs, took some photos and footage for you all to see and then checked back through all the songs to make sure everything was perfect. I’m back in on Monday to finish the two remaining tracks and I can’t wait. I’m really excited for the finished product. We all know in our heads what we are aiming for, and Grant (the producer) is a master at getting it from brain to speakers. He’s fantastic to work with and really 
knows how to bring the best out from each of us.

                       

We left the studio and realised how much snow had actually fallen when we saw the cars up the hill stuck on the road side. The best part is Matt had no idea that was going to be him in about an hours time, painstakingly close to home. We made it home safely which means we’re alive and well and can crack on with recording the album.

                   

I won’t rattle on anymore, I’ll leave you to count down the weeks, days and minutes which stand between you guys and the new City Of Lights album.
 
Thanks for reading, and thank you all so much for the continued support.
 
Ash x

Studio Blogs - Days 1-3 - Drums

 Hey all :)

 

As some of you know, we’ve been in the studio over the last few days to begin work on our first ever Album.

The first day was mainly about setting up the drums, tuning them perfectly and getting the basis of the drum sound we want for the songs - This is no easy task I can tell you! It took hours before I was even playing so much as a beat.

 

 

 

Once the drums were sounding beautiful, we played and recorded all of our songs roughly so we could sit down afterwards, and put them into the order they’ll be in on the Album.

Soon enough, disaster struck! We had to come to a decision of which song was to be dropped, and wouldn’t be a part of it.

It was an awful decision to have to make, and an awful situation to be in because none of us could agree.

After about 25 minutes of going backwards and forwards / agreeing and disagreeing, a decision was finally made, but it still left a dampener in the atmosphere for a little while..

It really wasn’t one of the nicest challenges of being in a band.

 

 

 

The next 2 days were spent recording all the drums to every song. It was really good fun, and went so well that we are now almost 8 hours ahead of schedule. It’s been a really exciting process so far, and the thought of how things will eventually sound, when finished, is too much for me. I can’t wait, I want it noooooow!

 

 

 

 

The next few sessions will be laying down the bass tracks, so we’ll keep you updated of how that goes too! Thanks for reading my blog, it may be Ash who writes the next one for you. I’ve enjoyed doing this though, so I hope I’ll be able to do another later on. This is my first ever blog for anything, so hope it’s been ok for you.

 Here is a link to a clip of me in the studio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hDACRoP4JI&feature=player_embedded

Take care all, Sean.xxx

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