tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43961244173334960902024-02-07T10:12:17.010+00:00Who is Dai Sharkey?Dai Sharkey's journal of activity following the approval of Arts Council of Wales sponsorship.
The journey is a glimpse of what it takes to create a new body of work.
Dai describes himself as a Schizophrenic ex-addict.
His songs are a real life look at Love, Hope and Faith.
'Schizophrenic' - the Album, is produced by Rich Thair. It includes a DVD and Book visit : www.daisharkey.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-83068866627532555222013-06-30T22:36:00.000+01:002013-09-09T12:37:22.670+01:00JUNE IS BURSTING OUT ALL OVER<span style="font-size: large;">If I thought May was crazy June was when the exhaustion set in that tipped the balance. While trying to pace myself to preserve any ability to think I found myself drained and broken. This sent me spiraling off into a numbness that took me a long time to get out of. I'm fortunate enough to have the support at home to allow me to rest so that any energy I could muster was used up trying to keep my commitments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first of the month I was off to play at an <a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam/get-involved/the-oxjam-takeover" target="_blank">OXJAM</a> takeover at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Y-Glyndwr/488260527878970" target="_blank">Y GLYNDWR</a> , Carmarthen. These events are fundraisers for OXFAM, with a big takeover event planned in the town for October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then with meetings to attend and planning to organise I had a head full of Bees while visiting the printers, meeting with the Time to Change Wales project staff, web designers, online marketing company and loads of administration work to sort out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In between all this I slept and slept and slept, not leaving the house for days at a time and even not leaving my bed for 36 hrs straight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is quite normal for me though, when I can't think from all the noise in my head I just crawl into my cave and wait till I can see straight. Sometimes hours, sometimes days and even weeks at a time, I wait and sleep. When I awaken I check to see how noisy my head is to see whether it's safe to get up, if not I just close my eyes again till the next intermission. It's like charging the battery, waiting for the indicator to say 'battery full, please unplug'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a couple of weeks with no sense in my head I had to head off to Ferryside to play at a fundraiser I'd organised. Luckily for me, not being on the right head, it was possibly the worst attended, worst supported event I'd had the pleasure of being a part of. Nevertheless I had a great night playing alongside <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEmptyShedExperience" target="_blank">The Empty Shed Experience</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Roger-Henderson-Music-page/195530513804164" target="_blank">Roger Henderson</a> who are great artists with guesting on Congos, Pete 'the beat' Peric.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It was what I needed, a jam with friends in a relaxed environment followed by a few bevvys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rest of the month I tried to get some recuperation. When my system (brain) crashes it leaves me with what I call a cerebral hangover, a sort of fuzzy-ness that takes weeks to disappear. This makes me forgetful, in-coherent, unresponsive and lost. At these times I totally rely on my loved ones to literally lead me by the hand as I mentally regress, unable, unhelpful, I wander zombie-esque through my days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thank all my family and friends for their help and support, without whom my life would be unproductive and fruitless. Huge Hugs to you all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent much of my time in my garden, as you can tell by the pics from this month, a real bonus to aiding my recovery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To see the world in a grain of sand and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-40190701257708157892013-05-31T16:16:00.000+01:002013-09-09T12:39:40.496+01:00MAY I have a look<span style="font-size: large;">After Aprils chaotic fiasco's I had lots to doin May. There I was, off to Essex to play at 'Cosmic Puffin' festival.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This amazing charity festival is organised by a genuine, hearty bunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then whilst spending most of this month doing admin duties (which I detest) I played at a local fundraiser for Cylch Meithrin Glan y Fferi. A fun event that raised over £500.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dai aged 10. My first guitar.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Then mid May 'road trip' - off to the city of London to play at <a href="http://www.londonwelsh.org/" target="_blank">The London Welsh Centre.</a> These <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0081dq5" target="_blank">Huw Stephens</a> sessions are great fun. I had a warm Welsh welcome from their Cultural development officer Iain Richards, who incidentaly is a valleys boy like myself and played a great set alongside <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TalmaiBand" target="_blank">Talmai</a>, a rocking band iaith Gymraeg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />The next day I proudly played at <a href="http://www.pilipala.org/" target="_blank">Gwyl Pili Pala festival, Swansea.</a> The venue - St.James' church, uplands. I got there early to meet up with my good friend and mentor <a href="http://www.amywadge.com/" target="_blank">Amy Wadge</a> where we had a coffee and a large Cup Cake with a chin-wag and made some plans for my album then I played a strange but enjoyable set in the dramatic setting that is St.James's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The end of the following week I did a bit of sound engineering for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PlAnkPRoMoTiOns" target="_blank">Plank Promotions</a> where <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEmptyShedExperience" target="_blank">The Empty Shed Experience</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roblearmusic" target="_blank">Rob Lear</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Cutribbons" target="_blank">Cut Ribbons</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/us-soundclound" target="_blank">Us</a> contributed to a most successful evening of Acoustic Psychotica.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following week, bank ho;iday Monday, I played at Tavernrock '13 festival, Swansea. A mid afternoon slot that I really enjoyed. It's nice to have the times where the pressure isn't on, I relax and feel that I play, sing and perform better, connecting with the audience in a more personal way, sharing my stories and anecdotes. Really enjoyed this one. (cheers <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.woodman.77" target="_blank">Chris Woodman</a> for booking me. )</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />And then on the Saturday I was off to Carmarthen to support <a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam" target="_blank">Oxjam</a>, a musical festival fundraising for Oxfam, but that's June...I'll share those details with you all in the next posting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks again for following my blog and don't forget to join my social networks, 'like' and follow my activities and most of all....BUY my album....all details on my website....<a href="http://daisharkey.co.uk/" target="_blank">daisharkey.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been so bonkers in April that it's taken me till May to get around to telling you all about it. It still seems that the learning curve is getting steeper as my album is getting nearer completion. The month started with registering my 'product' to get <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recording_Code" target="_blank">ISRC tunecodes</a> that involves all manner of administrative detail that I wont bore you with including obtaining barcodes for your product. "Barcodes?....where to I buy a barcode from?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was then off to collect my artwork and paintings from <a href="http://www.thedryingroom.com/" target="_blank">Sheree Murphy</a> who had lovingly produced amazing photo-art and images for my album and book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I started finalising the compilation of information for printing I realised there is so much I needed to put in it inevitably taking much more work than anticipated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then came a personal sledge-hammer with the passing of my loving Aunt throwing my mind into all sorts of emotional chaos where I found it extremely difficult to concentrate on anything but the wonderful memories of a 40 year relationship that is no more. RIP Auntie Bron.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a pirate Storytelling event that I wrote a couple of Shantys for and got everyone joining in with a rhythm-dance section and sent everyone off to the next venue with a rendition of "over the Irish sea".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A truly magical day co-ordinated by event director <a href="http://cherylbeer.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cheryl Beer</a>. Big hugs Chez.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it was off to see the guys at <a href="http://www.mcprinting.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mike Clarke Printing</a> to sort out how on earth I was going to pull this book, DVD, CD thing off.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I knew what I wanted them to do but they were still not sure whether I knew what I was on about. he.he.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then back to the printers. Decisions on size, shape, obtaining templates, gathering all sorts of content together and getting it all to fit in one package. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code" target="_blank">QR codes</a>, pics and fonts to choose, disc fixings and print quality was my homework for the month. I'm determined to gain as much information from this as possible, even if most of it will be filed in the self-storage unit in my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Off to Cosmic Puffin fest in May, gigs at Ferryside, London, Swansea. Busy month. Dont' forget to click on all the links on this blog and Big hugs, get in touch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I want to be riding the bow wave not ski-ing behind the boat.."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The last 6 months have been mayhem, I finished recording the album and managed to have a break-down just in time for the festive period. I still managed a few gigs but as per usual I had to stop everything that was going on till I had recovered. I describe it like your laptop crashing, sometimes it won't work till you take the batteries out and wait while the system re-boots, hoping that all the work you saved is still there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">But then 2013 came around soon enough.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The snow brought some inspiration and I started writing and recording again while making contact with the outside world to get the album - 'Schizophrenic' back on track.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I once again have help from the Arts Council of Wales to release, promote and tour the album so have a million and one things to organise so that it can have the best chance of survival in todays music market.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">1) Arrange to obtain artwork from Sheree Murphy for album cover </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">9) Contact Byron Morley to build new website</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">10) Speak to Alun @ Cadno music to purchase equipment</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I've also managed to play an amazing gig at Chapter Arts centre, Cardiff, for Disability Arts Cymru and a private party at the Forge, Machen. Many other gigs coming in thick and fast.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">You all know what I'm like with this blog, the only thing I can promise is that I'll be consistently inconsistent in posting but I hope that you'll all join me in the journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a start to the month of March.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I received my Arts Council of Wales grant which then allowed me to start the organising of getting my album launched. Once I had made appointments with everyone involved I proceeded to start ticking things of the list. If I wanted to just record and create a simple album it would have been finished by now but obviously I want it to be the best I can possibly create so firstly arranged for my website to be overhauled and created anew so when I launch the album everything will be available from daisharkey.com. Thanks to Byron at Business Beacon he gave me a plan of what the site will contain and is in the process of building it although it won't be made public till the launch day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I then went down to see Amy Wadge to make a plan of promotion and release. Of course her expertise and experience made this a breeze. She has already put in place many mad but wonderful things that will make what I've created a national buzz. I'm not going to say too much till it happens as I like the element of surprise. Lets just say it's beyond my wildest dreams and the wildest of nightmares of others. I can confirm though that my album will be on sale all across the country in supermarkets as well as all the usual online sites and download music providers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I then went to visit Sheree Murphy to arrange the artwork to be contained in my book and for the album cover which is absolutely amazing. Her work is dark, quirky, slightly odd, perfect for a Sharkey production.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The album cover is amazing and very clever. What I can say is that Sheree created it by creating a multi-medium painting, then projecting a mugshot of me on to the painting, highlighting some of my features and then took a photograph of the image produced. It blew my mind. So clever, so deeply thoughtful and produced an original image that is both deep and thought provoking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is in the process of producing the rest of the images to be used for the book and for publicity purposes. (can't wait)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had another meeting with Amy to work through a formal press release where I may add I met the most talented <a href="http://www.youtube.com/ryanashleymusic" target="_blank">Ryan Ashley</a>, what an amazing voice and glad to hear Amy has some new 'Spice' in her life, I'm sure all will be revealed in time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I then went in the studio with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8acVXC6YpG8" target="_blank">Rich Thair</a> to grab the unmastered stems of my album and to catch up on the gossip. Glad to hear <a href="http://www.redsnapperofficial.com/" target="_blank">Red Snapper</a> are on a tour to promote their new creation of a soundtrack to the Senegalese film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touki_Bouki" target="_blank">Touki Bouki</a> that has been remastered by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" target="_blank">Martin Scorsese</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While in the studio I was overjoyed to have a phone call from Melanie Santorini to confirm that I had been accepted for a grant from <a href="http://www.timetochangewales.org.uk/" target="_blank">Time to Change Wales</a> to put on two gigs with a focus on addressing the issues of mental illness stigma and discrimination. An obvious choice of a personal topic that I have great understanding and experience of. I'm so looking forward to organising these. More about this to come in later blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That same evening I was honoured to play a session at <a href="http://parchoward.org.uk/" target="_blank">Parc Howard House</a> for <a href="http://lmcn.org/" target="_blank">Llanelli Multicultural Network</a>. A fantastic evening, big hugs to them all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then heading slowly towards the end of the month I was privileged to </span><span style="font-size: large;">play a gig with </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/three-smiles-wide" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Three Smiles Wide</a><span style="font-size: large;"> at the Golden Lion in Carmarthen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another fantastic night surrounded by great musicians and dear friends and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following week I was in the mastering studio with Donal Whelan. <a href="http://www.hafodmastering.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hafod Mastering</a> is set in a lovely secluded spot just outside Cardiff where all manner of mastering wizardry goes on. A long.....very long day resulted in Donal being my mastering therapist and I'm sure both me and my album infected his brain for many days after. (sorry mate) But the end result being a truely magnificent sounding product. Just awaiting some tunecodes to be added and job done. One major step in the direction planned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Then to round the month off and celebrate Easter - he has risen - was an amazing gig at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/kilkenny-cat-llanelli/122219087805704" target="_blank">The Kilkenny Cat</a> for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/llanellimusicscene?fref=ts" target="_blank">Llanelli Music Scene</a> alongside some excellent talent from the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It seems that April is going to be as busy but it's all happening around me so I'm taking it easy, getting as much rest when I need it and totally appreciating the support from everyone involved in this journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Easter all. Dx</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Daffodils at <a href="http://www.masteringworld.com/" target="_blank">Hafod</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">post script: forgot to also mention that I've had a new t-shirt logo created by <a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/18433" target="_blank">Trish McParlin</a> and now have my social web pages managed by Online Secure Management to take the stress out of controlling so much online traffic. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After coming to know and love the raw acoustic versions of many of your songs it took a bit of adjusting (my fear was that it was overproduced) however, after a couple of listens I've got to say that the album is ….........”what to say with only words to use” …...if I had your talent I'd write a song about it. It's amazing Dai.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As I write I'm listening to “Time” and have to say it proves that as well as being a great lyricist you can also be minimalist as far as the words are concerned and let the music carry the message..................... “It won't weigh me down” has just snapped me out of my revere. The variety is fantastic and change in pace and style of each track makes the whole album compelling listening.<br /><br /><br /><br />It's great to read the inspiration for and your analysis of the each song as well as the things that inspired and created the unique sounds. It's a great argument for CD's over mp3 and streaming.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dai Sharkey has been working hard, bringing together songs from his past with new material written </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">during the recording process. In the opening track, ‘No More’, he sounds dark, grimey, heavy, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">intense, but full of the wisdom of someone who has survived much adversity. But then the chorus </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s not easy to write about mental illness and make it accessible to audiences who may not have </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">much understanding, especially when it comes to Schizophrenia, and Dai manages it with aplomb. In </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘Insane Planes’ we get an insight into what irks him and an opportunity to sing along, what more </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">striving to go about his daily business and keep things positive – a theme that appears again in ‘It </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t Weigh Me Down’ and ‘Son-Shine’. ‘Schizophrenic’ is a Disability Art anthem in waiting. The </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">upbeat, catchy tune is subtly disrupted with background noises that give the listen another insight </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another recurrent theme is the simple pleasures of life that matter so much more than money, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">expressed in ‘My Love is Free’, a very sweet, lyrical appreciation of life and love and in ‘Son-Shine’ – </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">probably the best song of all in terms of getting the best out of Dai’s vocal abilities. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Changing tack again, the heartfelt love song ‘I Love You’, in the context of an album that isn’t full of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the usual pop focus on pseudo-love, has heightened resonance and feels absolutely genuine. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In ‘Anymore’ the sparsity of the lyrics brings a depth of meaning that allows any listener to identify </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the feelings he expresses and how they develop through the song, similarly ‘Time’ is one </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thought, one question, one man pondering the mystery of death, it’s very hypnotic, trancey, even </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The theme of addiction is revisited in ‘The Promise’, starting with a pounding drum, a weary </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">heartbeat that longs to escape the grip of addiction, clutching at any straw that promises release. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then ‘Smack Daddy’ a painfully honest look back at a previous way of being, with a return to the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">intense, grungey feel that makes it very clear that being a Smack Daddy is not a good thing to be. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In conclusion, ‘Schizophrenic’ is about much more than its title, just as Dai is much more than a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">person with Schizophrenia, we see the dark past, but we see the love of nature, life and love itself </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that has kept him going and allowed him to use his disrupted past and his sometimes unnerving </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">NO MORE</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe Print";"> - </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Dai Sharkey – all vocals, all guitars</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">I stopped and asked what he had to say. It wasn’t a surprise<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">Woe is me; great is the man who carries the heaviest load<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">Woe is me, lost in the dark, lost, don’t know where to go<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">Well I’ve heard this so many times, tell me what were humanities crimes?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">Giving us all consciousness, a blessing we could do with less<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">I said to this man I’m a one man band, I don’t subscribe to the worlds philosophy, </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">But the darkness in his eyes, sucking the light out of me.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">We can all say we won’t do that no more; we won’t do that no more<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">I said to this gentle man that my plan is do what I can<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">We won’t do that no more…. we won’t do that no more<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">I’ve seen the mind of a mad man, tasted death in a bad man<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">Killed off innocence with shame, been to hell and back again<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">Rode the night on a white horse, didn’t care what you people thought<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">I wrote this song after a conversation with a friend who seemed to have the weight of the world on his shoulders. The lyrics also tell of my own outlook towards the world and how I try and cope with all the burdens that surviving this journey puts upon me. As I have changed and conquered many problems and addictions I have learnt that change comes from firstly starting by identifying the problem and rebelling against it by saying to ones-self “we won’t do that no more”. Only then can the change start to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Segoe Print";">I also make reference to my personal journey in the lyrics with a confessional type ending where I admit that while living a selfish existence I “didn’t care what you people thought”, I hope I can and have made up for that by being more considerate in my actions now. The song starts by gently telling the story and gradually builds into a head bobbing, toe-tapping groove with many sounds and percussive noises creating a soundscape along the way.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with great people, a wonderfully receptive audience in a great location.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Held on a farm, I was treated to wonderful hospitality by the
hosts and it was a pleasure to be in the company of great songwriters like Ian
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">My set, although reduced somewhat because of the amount of
artists they had playing, had impact and I had excellent feedback off many
people that had seen me perform before, saying it was the best they had ever
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The after-show party lasted until early hours when I retired to
my tent exhausted and slept like a log.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Can’t wait to see the photographs of the event. The staging was
beautifully organic, surrounded by tree roots and stumps, great lighting and
sound by Ash and an all round brilliant time. So privileged to have played
there. Hope they invite me back. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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‘Time’. Done some vocal tracks mixed and mashed the sound to make it really
ambient. Sat back and listened at the end of the day and heard a really lovely,
mellow ambient track that I’m well proud of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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volumes and adding fades, effects etc so that I have a finished work. At the
moment I have over 70 minutes of songs that needs to be reduced to have an
album of great impact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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‘house-keeping’. Bouncing individual tracks so that we have ‘wet’ and ‘dry’
stems to work with in the future and saving them all as parts on the portable
hard drive I bought to keep as a back-up for all further work on it. This is a
few days boring work that I’m happy to say, Rich has to do and I don’t have to
be present for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feeling a bit worn out and mentally exhausted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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willing to help me carry this on to achieve as much as possible with it. Let’s
see how it goes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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down’ and spent a few hours mixing and adding some frills. When it was mastered
I loved it. A new favourite of mine, a nice radio track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">We then spent the rest of the day recording ‘Time’. A new song
that I wanted really ambient. It’s over 6 minutes long but sounds lovely. Hope
there’s room on the album for it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for September. I’m playing at, and organising Party on the pitch in
Mynyddygarreg next Saturday and have been booked to play at Uplands festival at
the end of the month. It’ll be nice to get some live work under my belt ready
to get an agent to get me touring the country to promote the album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I’ve been turned down from another record company today and
turned down to play at the Senedd.(I applied to play there after I’d seen an ad
I was sent)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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posted online and my blog. Hope she kind find some way to help me further the
project with some more sponsorship.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Done a piece to camera about my mental health and my viewpoint
on what my music can contribute to breaking down social barriers and removing
stigma that surrounds mental health sufferers. I truly hope that I can
encourage those who suffer to keep trying to fulfil their dreams as I am doing
and also to be some kind of ambassador for acceptance of those who have mental
disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">We also filmed loads of footage for a music vid for one of my
songs. (I’m not saying which yet.) Helped may I add by my daughter who was
audio engineer for the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kind of miming but soon got into it. According to Daz he has loads of great
footage from it so can’t wait to see what he creates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Did find the public reaction funny when the dog walkers and
general strollers find some mad people clearly filming a music vid at their
idyllic walking location. One lady even tutted and rolled her eyes at me as she
walked by, as if to say “grow up boys”.lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work with. I’d recommend him to anyone wanting filming work done. Big hugs to
you dude.</span><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-35639978207024647472012-08-07T12:00:00.000+01:002012-08-12T14:11:23.689+01:00Dai Sharkey Project one 07.08.12<br />
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The only thing was that it wasn’t the version that I had just recorded. So I
wrote the sound down in an email to Rich and then went in the studio and
re-worked the song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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he is more than trusting of me that I know what an end result should be, so he
indulged me and let me track everything I had suggested and voila there it was,
a great song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I love it…..this is great.</span><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-34969608319493336722012-08-06T12:00:00.000+01:002012-08-08T12:56:01.585+01:00Dai Sharkey Project one 06.08.12<br />
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album is going to end up and where it should end up. Again, he advised me to
chill my boots and not to get stressed about doing it all now, to give it a few
months so the word can spread and for the right interested parties to get on
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problem is not the lack of professionals to contact but actually getting them
to listen to it)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">b) can’t afford to take on any more. Keep punting it is the moto
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happy, going to take the hatchet to it tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first Christmas tune and the first time he’d ever recorded whistling. Had a
great laugh doing so. Going to write some more and get my lullaby’s into shape
to record.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Had so much fun today, don’t want this to stop.</span><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-88786666129724339242012-08-02T12:00:00.000+01:002012-08-04T21:58:44.819+01:00Dai Sharkey Project one 02.08.12<br />
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some brass sections and did some mixing. Again, by the end it sounded
excellent. Only a few touch-ups and mixing to do on Monday and it’s finished.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Made plans of what to do on the rest of the days booked next
week plus Rich on my case to do some more of my ‘admin’. Just things like
contacting Amy to get her to ask about for management, write a bio for Rach to
start publicising when she gets back from hols and also for me to contact Jenny
at the Arts council to see if they can give me some help and guidance for the
immediate future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">All going well. I feel it coming together now, although I’ve
already had some refusals from record companies and distributors, many more to
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Back in the studio today after a week off. Spent my week
listening to the 12 tracks we have finished. I’m really pleased with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Today had a good chat to Rich about where I need to take this
work and where it could go. He suggested I need to find good management who
would then sell it to record companies, publishers and agents for me to take it
as far as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He also gave me a lecture about not believing in it enough and
aiming too low, when in his words, it is worthy of the top.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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further help to promote and further the work and also start to think about the
next album and getting funding to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I just don’t know. I’m not sure what I’m doing. I so need help
and don’t know who to turn to for that help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They both sound great. Can’t wait till Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m also getting worried about money. Funds are low and everyone
seems to be saying I need to do so many things that I just can’t afford to do.
If I need money to further my career it looks like it will end when my funding
does. Ce la vie.</span><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-11215636388375896122012-07-29T12:00:00.000+01:002012-08-04T21:42:39.825+01:00Dai Sharkey Project one 29.07.12<br />
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Well, as ever, July has been a mad month. My personal life has
been in chaos but on the up-side we’ve spent all month mixing, re-mixing and re-recording
the 12 songs completed up to this point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">It has been intense, analytical and challenging but the end
result has exceeded my initial expectations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back the next day and tweaked them a little more. Small things. A volume change
here and a reduction of effect feedback there. The end result is impressive.
Well, you can judge for yourself but In my opinion the tracks are bang on and
sitting lovely together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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body of work, beginning to end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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agent and healthy interest from Record companies and Publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I’ve given in and joined PRS, and I’m going to join MU and PPL.
(selling out I know) </span><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396124417333496090.post-26042840802651567032012-07-14T12:00:00.000+01:002012-08-04T22:17:55.908+01:00Dai Sharkey Project one 14.07.12<br />
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to WAVs on headphones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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compressed but what a powerful song. Nice one Rich.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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than the last. Vocals have great tenderness. Need to automate a volume drop on
the high “love you” at the end of the 1<sup>st</sup> chorus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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notch. Beautiful. Harmonics need a clean one as well as an effected one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bit less harsh, rounder. Sounds live, sweet. Main riff could be louder. Maybe
drop some of the percussive stuff in m8. Much, much better than the last mix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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compressed, vox and all over. Sweet soundscape stuff, nice. Feels a bit linear.
Needs more room. What a song, sounds great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BVs. Too much compression on mix, space is squashed a bit. Nice bass. Think new
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mix on lead vox echo. Still feels a little over compressed. 2<sup>nd</sup>
chorus has much more space. Hows that? It’s lush.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No need for first woosh. Lead vocals are over gated. I still think the guitar should stay in the
chorus mix. Nice space. Ducks…lmao. Bass
effect before 2<sup>nd</sup> chorus and ending needs an octave above note too,
to cut the mid range with the groove it creates. Loops at end only need 3
before the smack daddy bit. End horns need to cut more and carry on beyond the
end. String loop needs to come in later and have a spoken word part put over it
to fade. Amazing song. Where’s the backing vox?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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earlier and less reverb. Less reverb on strings and drop volume. Chorus needs a
double time snare hit, it sounds like a ballad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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before last chorus. Nice ending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I do like this mad mix. Suppose the fans will love a never released version
when I’m dead.lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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31.05. Not the latest one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at intro, or is it a low mix volume?. Repeat bass pattern before 1<sup>st</sup>
chorus. Pull out lead vox on “down, down “ repeats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after 2<sup>nd</sup> chorus – “cross”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Really pleased.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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out some of the rim-shots on 1<sup>st</sup> verse. Lead vox sound great. Wow,
great mix. Raise vox in m8 and ending. Clean up riff guitar on outro. Move
speaking part later in ending. Brilliant mix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by not censoring the song, maybe joining/liking a social network page to show
solidarity. This should drum up plenty of free publicity and hopefully a ban
from radio one which could change my life, for the better.lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to studio, Mc d’s coffee in hand once again and got ‘anymore’ up to listen to.
It already sounded great but I wanted some changes which I thought were improvements.
Swapped some vocal parts about, added some mixing touches and finished in an
hour or two. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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then hit ‘Rock paper scissors’, it sounded great once again but still tweaked
it and mixed a bit more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Tuesday,
got on with mixing ‘no more’, at the end of the day we got the track sounding
banging but the vocals were letting it down badly….plan for Thursday, new vox.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">20.06.12<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Wed.
Met up with Amy Wadge. Had a real focused session….talked about my
schizophrenia, possible Branding and promotional tools as well as giving me
great encouragement after listening to a couple of my tracks in ‘1<sup>st</sup>
mix’ state.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">She
helped me find the direction of the next step, in preparation for finishing the
album. The idea is to have everything in place so as soon as the album is
completed we have industry people to play it to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Much
to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">21.06.12<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Thursday.
In studio with Rich. By 11am I was playing Congas and mixing drum tracks. After
lunch re-done all the vocals on ‘No more’. By 4pm we had an amazing track,
almost finished.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Had
a listen to ‘anymore’, won’t take long to mix that tomorrow then off again for
10 days. July here we come.</span></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719781598922762878noreply@blogger.com0