This weekend, as with most weekends recently, John, Rob & I got together to work on the band's music. This weekend's rehearsal/writing session had some extra frisson. Wolfie and John spoke about a studio that Wolfie has contacts with, near him, south of London. They spoke for quite a while, during which John got the specifics on the studio, there will be some more consultation on that subject this week. We have decided that it might be good to hit the studio the weekend of the 16th of April. John has experience recording an album over a weekend, so it can be done. I do rather hope to have product out by no later than the autumn. We are already looking into distribution networks for the CD, as well as cover art (Any artists out there willing to give it a shot?) and PR for the band.
It was very reassuring to hear us do a run-through of the song 'Waking up Blues' almost perfect and then do the finishing touches to our ode to Westminster called 'Whisky & Westminster'. What strikes me as amusing is that the songs where I spend the least amount of time on the lyrics and I take the least seriously are the ones that seem to work the best. After all 'Waking Up Blues' was written as I made my way to do a TV show at 8am on the 24 bus, while 'W&W" was written while I was sitting at the Willow Walk drinking a JD & Coke. (And not the SRV version of the JD & Coke either.)
Below are a couple of pics of the band working hard.
Oh yes and here is me taking it easy the night before:
If you are so inclined you are welcome to suggests tag-lines for these shots.
Article comments
1 - Eric Berlin
Mr. Dodge,
What's the name of your band, and what kind of music do you play?
2 - Andrew Ian Dodge
We are called G.rowing O.ld D.isgracefully and we play straight ahead hard-rock ala Thunder, Whitesnake (both old & new) and smattering of blues.
To my, rock critic/disc jockey ears we have an original (if a wee bit derivative) sound. One thing that sets us apart from much of hard rock is that our vocalist, yours truly, is naturally a bass/baritone and not a tenor or a pure baritone.
3 - Eric Berlin
Best of luck. In my corner of the world at least, there's not enough pure rock anymore, the kind that gets your heart beating a little faster when you hear it blaring (live hopefully) from a bar down the street.
4 - Marty Dodge
We will try and do our bit to carry the torch of rock music. Actually I just love singing the damn stuff, might as well sing my own stuff as anyone elses right?