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The New CD: The beds are all done
Well, we managed to knock off 8 songs at Johns Green Door Studios.
‘Still have some guitar overdubs to do and I think I want to re-do a bass track, but overall, we got quite a bit done for two sessions of 8 hours. It’s nice not being in the studio for 13 hours – always [...]
Recording the new CD: end of session 1
Well, we got quite a bit done today – 6 beds down, we’ll do the remaining 2 tomorrow and then the overdubs.
We haven’t picked the dates when we’ll do the vocals – that will be a couple of weeks once all the flu will have exited my lungs – still hangin on.
The next session will [...]
The New CD: Session 1: 8am in the studio
So after much changing of schedules we finally roll into John Critchley’s Green Door studios today at 8am. Mark C is there now loading the drums in and starting to develop the drum sounds. I’ll be getting there in a bit (it’s just down the street from me).
Many thanks go out to John for putting [...]
Guns N Roses are back?
Well,
The Axl Rose solo band have finally decided to start paying some of their bills, rather than continuing to live with the distinction of most downloaded, and watched on YouTube, for free. As a fan from the days before Appetite for Destruction was a hit record, let me be straight. All those who [...]
10 things all musicians should carry in their gig bag…
…even if you’re not a drummer.
9V batteries
a power cable and adapter
a drum key
pliers
a roll of toilet paper (don’t ask)
guitar strings of the proper gauge for every member of your band
drum sticks
duct tape
blank CDW’s (most sound boards can burn the stage sound straight to disk these days)
….the current gig’s set list
Theatre Music – not rock and roll, but close
One of the side interests I have when the Hookers aren’t kicking out the jams, as they say, is writing music for films and theatre.
This week, I’ll be providing music for another RJ Downes / K. Malek production Death to Dating appearing in Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival.
Don’t forget your podcasting trunks at PodCamp Toronto
Podcasting has been good to us and we here at Parkdale Hookers International enjoy the many podcasts streaming into our iPods everyday. No sorry, that’s inaccurate we’re ADDICTED to podcasts.
And I thought books were bad…
I just checked my iTunes podcast count and I have about a day and a half of podcasts lined up for [...]
Canadian Heritage on “The Future of the Canadian Music Industry”
Canadian Heritage has just released their Report on the Canadian Music Industry and finds (surprise) that things are quite a bit different from the imminent collapse of civilization routinely predicted by the major label sock puppets at the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
It is nice to feel vindicated by this report. Although being a nobody in the music industry, I take a certain pride in having made certain calls about where things are going and being right about it.
A long time ago I said:
2.5 Billion = American Idol?
While walking around town I usually have my ipodShuffle crammed into my ears. Either I’m working on some new TPH tunes (a great way to write lyrics – if you can’t remember them between walking trips, then they usually are worth forgetting) or listening to one of the many business, advertising, marketing or music related [...]
Have a Parkdale Hookers Christmas
Direct from the band and just in time for the holidays, feast your ears on Have A Parkdale Hookers Christmas, think Motorhead fronted by Bing Crosby.
We recorded this song at Green Door Sound, where we started practicing this year. John Critchley, who runs the studio, was behind the board and we have to say, we’ve [...]
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