Long distance recording: Castanarc “Sea of Broken Dreams” album
When the Covid lockdown happened in March 2020, most of us simply had to stop doing everything. At the time I was relying quite heavily on corporate shows, to the tune of 20 to
First “pro” session ever…
A number of the top music publishing houses owned & ran their own demo studios. If you were a songwriter who was lucky enough to be signed to one of these establishments, you could
BBC/Musicians’ Union “Needle-Time Sessions”
BBC Needle-Time Another way I honed my session recording skills was on BBC “You, the Night & the Music” sessions. These were quite Interesting: The Musicians’ Union was quite powerful then, and they had somehow
Intro: Session career start
I started my professional career at a pivotal point in modern music history: The Beatles had just turned the entire industry on its head, and Pub Rock had just begun. A&R men were scouring the
Olivia Newton John: “Physical” video album
Olivia Newton John In 1984, I was called to work on the video of Olivia Newton John’s “Physical” album. The shoot was at Pinewood Studios for 5 days, and I believe we shot 6 or
SInce January, the Tracking Room at Manicdrums has been fully operational
I’ve had some kind of home-recording facility for much of the last 30 years or so. During the 1990’s, I actually co-owned a commercial studio and was able to make use of it whenever there