Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Debut album mastered

I am delighted to say that the album has been finished and mastered and I'm really happy with the tracks. The album was mastered by Tim Debney and he did a great job. Me and my producer Glenn Keiles went over together and spend the day with him whilst he worked his magic and he also showed me his lacquer vinyl cutter, that was super cool, it looks a bit like a record player only it cuts the master record before you ship it off to get pressed.

There will be 10 tracks on the album - some of them are piano-based, some have a big orchestral backing, some are guitar led. I have my favourites on there, but in a way they've all been my favourites one time or another depending on what mood I'm in.

A lot of the album has been inspired by films and lifestories; films that I have seen, films that I have imagined, stories of people I have met and have yet to meet.


I co-produced my album with two great producers - Benjamin Thomas and Glenn Keiles who are each brilliant in their own right.

In this picture we are in Glenn's studio, you can see Glenn on the left and Gavin Scott (double bass player - right) laying down a bass track for one of my songs, only here he's playing electric bass.

You can't see the main studio in here its just the control room, on the right there's a glass panel and then you can see the main recording room where I did all my vocals and the rhythm section, brass and the strings recorded their bits.

But you will see and hear all of this soon enough

tuan x

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