Monthly Archives: April 2011

Well, it’s been around 6 months since we last updated the site… It feels a little like we’ve been in hibernation with playing just a couple of gigs this year so far, (including my birthday back in January – overdue post about that gig to come soon) but all with good reason.

How many mics does it take to record Bluegrass?

Instead of being out playing, we’ve been inside recording. What started out as a 3 track demo has now swelled to a 10-12 track Bluegrass Opera… Well, not quite an opera, but we are having a lot of fun and struggling to strike off songs from the list of what we want to record.

We’ve been setting up in Dan’s flat (The Stepney Court Studios) and sometimes Tim’s, with all the equipment we can get our hands on and enough bacon rolls, tea and coffee to keep us going.

Taking no chances, toes must be behind the line at all times...

We’ve got a couple of gigs coming up but mostly our energy is going into recording at the moment. You might also see us busking in May in Brighton as we go on location to get some photos for the CD design. It feels like we’re coming alive for spring and I’ll aim to keep you posted more often!

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Dan relaxes between takes as Tim sinks the latest track in "the pocket."

Cornish Bluegrass Festival

Oh, and we just got confirmation that we’re playing at the Cornish Bluegrass festival in September, so if you’re going do get in touch and say hello – that’s going to be a great weekend!

Till next time,

Amy.

As promised in the previous post, about our recording antics here is the missing post about the band playing at my party back in January…

In January, the band were kind enough to play at my birthday gathering and it was a blast. It had been a while since we’d played with each other due to the Christmas break and it was great to be playing together again.

It was such a fun night, and people even ate the sandwiches, even though I warned them they had been made by my fair clumsy hand.

We were even lucky enough to have the super talented (and incredibly wonderful people to boot) Amy Hill and James Bandenburg play a short set on the night.

To top it all off, the very generous and easy-to-get-on-with-but-ultra-professional Sussex photographers Funmi and Adrian from FOPhotography were there to capture the magical moments.

Fun was had by all, and here are some snaps you might enjoy!

amy and James kick things off and set the party "vibe"

Dan. The man behind the beard.

Big Earl (now known as Big Pearl...)

The lovely Tim

Even my dad joined us for a solo on Wildwood Flower

A very happy me.

Action shot...

It was a magical night and I like to think fun was had by all. The venue (upstairs at Circus Circus) was perfect and the staff were an absolute dream!