Laptop Recording Studio Logbook

12-03-22

So many ideas…. so little time!

I feel like I have a billion ideas for tracks constantly and therefore become paralysed to finish any of them. My eclectic genre taste give me a wide net to cast, from ambient electro through tech, house, rock, pop, folk and even some jazz and symphonic classical.

I have recently had the privilege of working with the incomparable artistic juggernaut that is Finucane & Smith. I first worked with them at 45 Downstairs as the lighting op for The Rapture. It was on this show that I first heard the incredible performer Willow Sizer. This year I have again worked as both light and sound tech on a number of F&S productions. In the cabaret show Dance Hall, Willow sings the Eagles Hotel California. Every time I hear her sing the final note at the end of the last verse it sends shivers through me.

So it is from this kernel that I would like to base my track on. Not necessarily to do a dance remix… perhaps something a bit more stripped back.

More electro acoustic ambient, something in the style of Global Communications 14:31

or VC-118 System of Connections

I could even see/hear it as something deep and dark like Aaron Its Not Over. Though maybe at a sub 120bpm.