I’ve been playing guitar from the age of six, but took up one-to-one lessons at eleven and passed my grade 8 last year. Since 2010 I have been applying my musical knowledge to a range of other instruments:
Piano
Accordion
Violin
Mandolin
Saxophone
Bass + double bass
Diatonic harp
While working on recording and producing music, I also play live sets using a loop pedal, guitar and a violin - the pickup of which I also use percussively.
For recording I use a Stagg shotgun mic and an SM57 for vocals and acoustic instruments, use Garage Band as a means of recording clean takes, before putting the track together in FL Studio 9. I love to experiment with LFOs, distorition and glitching/chopping different sounds together. The majority of synths sounds I make are results of toying with the Wasp plugin and some of them are simply results of playing a guitar riff though a heavy sequence of effects from a live pedal system.
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Spent too long recording instruments today, missed a dental appointment and have to wait a month for the next one.
Gotta suffer for my art I suppose.
None of the live instruments down, but mapping out some riffs. Going to be getting rid of most of the synths, but keeping the bells.
The main thing that makes this so far is the accordian, which I’ve been playing alongside, but not recorded yet because my mic stand is in the loft and it’s ten to twelve.
Laying down some trad’ sounds.
Added lyrics to Amorous Fibres. Also found some family photos of Scotland I’ve been playing around with.
Eyelids tight
Nails and bones creep
Slowly down
Slowly weakening
My walls
Rich and winding
Fibres grow
Slowly bind
Hands on clouds
Push warm and light
Through smoggy thoughts
And feelings bright
Friction clings
Fingers clasped
To arching earth
And uncut grass
AxisAxis - Amorous Fibres (Instrumental Version)
Shedding Velvet [Instrumental]
Finished instrumental track. I have got lyrics written out for this, but I might tweak them a bit or same them for something else altogether, because this is supposed to be the opening to the album and I’m not sure I want to start off with the theme they focus on.
Beginning to pull a full album together and I’m working on ‘bookending’ it, so here’s some work on a possible intro track.
So, yet again, I’m going to be setting up a separate blog purely for design.
Why? Because I find it strange marketing myself and linking back to a blog which is half dedicated to musical production and, because I’m going to be re-opening commissions after this project finishes in a few weeks, I’ll want a base for that and might work on setting up a full site.
Until then, though, I’m going to be posting shots from this video and the music will continue here; it’s just getting a bit muddled!
In a musical mood tonight! Here’s a rough cover for you.
