
| 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). |
| 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.
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| 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) |
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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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