Rich Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) TL;DR -- we had a power cut but managed it anyway. As per my status update, I was in the studio with Train To Skaville this weekend. Set-up on Saturday afternoon, recording Sat evening and all day yesterday. Or at least, that was the plan. The idea was to record 3 takes of each song 'live' as a band and patch up or cut/paste any hiccups after. We put 3 songs in the can on Saturday evening and had another 12 planned for Sunday. All was going well and we were blasting through take 2 of Rancid's "Time Bomb" when Ciara put the lights out... We waited for a while -- "anyone want tea while we w... oh boIIocks" -- until a google revealed that half of Wiltshire was fecked and we were looking at probably a 6 hour wait. Hold on, says Gil the keys, I know a bloke who hires generators... could we make that work? A quick scout around the control room and some fag packet work and yeah, if we just plug in the bare bones of what we need and forget most of the rack gear then why not? Jim from Powerline turns up with his trailer genny and ten miles of electric spaghetti, and much plugging and trailing and swearing and we're back in business. We finished all the songs as planned, a bit later than planned but with a sense of triumph in the face of adversity. What a TOTALLY BRILLIANT weekend. Here's engineer-producer Steve in the moodily-lit control room. The live room wasn't much brighter Edited February 10, 2020 by Rich 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Brilliant (npi). 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Cool story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Brilliant (npi). 👍 npi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Just referring to the word's etymology - as in 'bright', which you said the room wasn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 NAM studio, isn't it? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Q. What game does a ska band play while waiting for a generator to arrive during a power cut? A. Ska-lectrics I’ll get my coat. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Fantastic. That's a night you won't forget in a hurry... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 The man who failed to earth? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, bassace said: The man who failed to earth? Genius! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 11 hours ago, BreadBin said: NAM studio, isn't it? 👍 Yes indeed dusty but fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Unplugged ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Aiee! TLRT famine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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