Biting - The Production....

In July 1995 Jeanette was introduced to Geoff Stanton who was to become the producer of the album. After discussing what's what and what's not, they agreed on the initial method of recording the Album. CTS Studios was to play host to this particular project as it was big, lushious, flash and had a good rep! and also but not least, the studios were known to have accommodated a host of renouned artists and film music composers. "All the really good people go there"!!

In October of that year Jeanette was introduced to Paul Stroud and John Clarke, both formidable musicians and songwriters and proceeded to go through the selected tracks for the album, topping and tailing and generally finalising the arrangements. The lyrics and melodies, provided by Jeanette, were then individually scored by Geoff Stanton and Paul Stroud. Pre-production of the album commenced at Audio Creations and Salsifis Sound Studios in early December under the superb guidance of Paul Stroud wearing the hat of Musical Director (MD).

The acoustic sessions were recorded over the weekend of 16-17 December 1995 at CTS Studios in Wembley, London. All tracks were recorded onto 24 track analogue tape through the AMS Neve Capricorn Desk in Dolby SR. Emmy Award Winner Dick Lewzy engineered all recordings.

To achieve a live feel on the album, the acoustic and electric guitars, drums and bass were played together in the main room of Studio 2 with guide vocals. The main vocals were then laid down when the rest had sanely gone home to sleep.

BAND MEMBERS:

Geoff Stanton Keyboards
Paul Stroud Acoustic guitars
John Clark Electric guitars
Phil Mulford Bass and upright Bass
Geoff Dunn Drums

 


In the months following the completion of the acoustics, we set about post-production. From this point on, all additional work was recorded onto the Apple Mac computers. John Clark added some guitar lines at Salsifis Sound. Geoff Stanton, Paul Stroud and Munch Moore added piano lines. Percussion was played live, and sequenced. Tim Falker added the alto saxophone to 'Staring Blind' and 'Self Survival'. Using the array of synthesisers available we added a variety of pads, chords and individual sounds which appear throughout the recording.
In late 1996 we returned to Studio 2 for the final mix of all the tracks. Over 4 days of studio time, 11 tracks were completed and mixed down from the 24tk and the Mac onto DAT. The mastering was completed at CTS Digital Edit using Sonic Solutions on the Apple Mac system.


FOR THOSE WITH AN EYE FOR FINER DETAIL .... Hang up your anorak...

the following synthesisers were used:

Korg Prophecy EMU Vintage Keys
Korg 01W FD Roland JV1080
Korg Wavestation SR Roland Mks 20 & Roland D50
EMU Esi 32 (32Mb RAM) Kurzweil Piano


TELL ME WHY

Roland Mks 20
Korg Wave Station SR

Korg Prophecy

Korg 01W FD

Roland D50


NEVER KNEW YOU

Korg 01W FD
Roland Mks 20


MATTER OF DEDUCTION

Roland Mks 20
Korg Wavestation SR

Korg Prophecy

Korg 01W FD


SELF SURVIVAL

Roland JV1080
KORG 01W FD

Esi 32 (EMU)


NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

EMU Vintage Keys

LET NO DREAMS GO BY

Roland JV1080
Korg Wavestation SR

Esi 32 (EMU)
GO HAVE SOME FUN

Roland JV1080

EMU Vintage Keys

Esi 32 (EMU)

Alesis D4

Korg Wavestation SR


PACE AND JANGLE


Roland JV1080

Roland Mks 20

Esi 32 (EMU)


CRAZY GIRL


Roland Mks 20

EMU Vintage Keys


STARING BLIND


Kurzweil Piano

Esi 32 (EMU)

Roland JV1080

Korg Prophecy

Roland Mks 20


MY TEARS ARE BLEEDING


EMU Vintage Keys

Korg Prophecy

Korg 01W FD

Roland JV1080



Outboard:

Lexicon 480L
Lexicon PCM80

AMS attenuator


Monitors:

ATC 200s
ATC 20s


Microphones:

AKG 414 UCS for Jeanette's vocals
AKG C451 via Joe Meek Voice Channel for Tim Falker's Alto Sax


Computer:

Apple Mac Quadra 650 with 2Gb Micropolis Hard Drive and Studio 4 Opcode Midi Interface
Additional data storage on Syquest EZ135


Software:

Session 8 - 882 1/0
Logic Audio 2.5

EMAGIC Sound Surfer/Diver




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