Sound: Live Radio Session March 08
Pictures: Approx 800 still pictures from the Betika Archive
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Bob Hope @ the beeb.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Mad again soon
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Having driven the long-suffering Betika slightly angrymental lately recording my overcomplicated songs (challenge risen to, and the angry comes across in a very positive way, I think), I began glugging off my own beastly medicine today - the singing has started. We began with Peter Marfan, which is a song about obsessive running, so takes were alternated with sprints around the carpark to get in the correct mind-frame and achieve the right degree of breathlessness. On some takes this was overdone, and the results verged on tubercular. Think we got some good stuff tho. Carolyn goes through the same mill on Friday. Bet she can't wait.
Having driven the long-suffering Betika slightly angrymental lately recording my overcomplicated songs (challenge risen to, and the angry comes across in a very positive way, I think), I began glugging off my own beastly medicine today - the singing has started. We began with Peter Marfan, which is a song about obsessive running, so takes were alternated with sprints around the carpark to get in the correct mind-frame and achieve the right degree of breathlessness. On some takes this was overdone, and the results verged on tubercular. Think we got some good stuff tho. Carolyn goes through the same mill on Friday. Bet she can't wait.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Some freebie downloads
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Some songs from the old line-up to download.
I Killed A Fly - recorded for "Halflove" but left off, for some reason. Pete Doherty heard it and asked us to support him.
The New Shrew - almost a completely live recording from late 2007. The bits we cheated with are Imogen's backing vocals and some electric guitar I did afterwards.
The Castle - nearly live too. Again the backing vox are overdubbed.
Undersleep - recorded in an abandoned hotel in 2004 and lost shortly afterwards when an archive was corrupted. Recently restored thanks to new-fangled studio trickery.
Some songs from the old line-up to download.
I Killed A Fly - recorded for "Halflove" but left off, for some reason. Pete Doherty heard it and asked us to support him.
The New Shrew - almost a completely live recording from late 2007. The bits we cheated with are Imogen's backing vocals and some electric guitar I did afterwards.
The Castle - nearly live too. Again the backing vox are overdubbed.
Undersleep - recorded in an abandoned hotel in 2004 and lost shortly afterwards when an archive was corrupted. Recently restored thanks to new-fangled studio trickery.
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