joined in the harmonium (celestial harps)

here it's a grey morning but with signs that it may get better. no sign of the mouse last night (but then horsemouth did have the doors to his room closed and things shoved under the jamb). horsemouth has made clear to the mouse that it is not welcome - he should buy some inhumane traps today just in case it doesn't take the hint. and perhaps borrow a cat.

yesterday horsemouth went to chateau bremen (well ok first they drove up to the lake listening to the latest mixes). first they recorded an extra line of backing vocals and mixed the werewolf (but at the end of the day they concluded they may have turned howard's backing vocals down too low and may have to turn them back up again). they then mixed silver raven (a tricky one this- there's an instrumental verse but no real solo to go on it, there are many elements, it requires careful mixing to get the best out of what's on tape as it were). as the session was winding down horsemouth then spent some time recording a fauxharp ukelele part (to follow the fauxharp guitar part) and then a drone for father death blues, he topped it off with a meandering (because uncertain, because he does not play keyboard well) fauxharmonium part following the main melody. father death blues, as played by ginsberg, sits between western church music and indian music (joined in the harmonium), horsemouth is trying to move it in the direction of celestial harps. as a final thought they applied an eq to the voice (to hide the limitations of horsemouth's singing). howard may do some backing vocals. they've bought a new organ and are just waiting for it to come, they will then use it to add another drone - hopefully this will be enough to save it.

they then adjourned to the murder mile (howard remarked that this time it did not seem to be infested with ponces but horsemouth noted that instead it was infested with children, horsemouth suggested a running track round the main drag of the pub, howard a climbing frame outside - the unassuming famous singer from a famous band was there also, howard spotted him). after a restitutive three pints they returned and drunkenly listened through to the day's work, the tracks from the last two weeks and the best tracks from the band's work last summer. they have to make some choices about what sounds first rate and what's an also ran. horsemouth (of course) loves it all (as a parent would love a wayward child), other people may be inclined to be more critical however and so it is necessary that the track be beautiful and well behaved (to mix metaphors).

monday horsemouth and howard are back to work - the musicians will go into storage. it's a short term, hopefully they will be back to the musical endeavours soon.