Ok, So I realise that I didn't post all of the studio videos, I didn't post any links to the demo clips we put up and I generally didn't do anything I should've done. My bad! We learn our lessons... lets move on.
The studio was epic, really fuckin enjoyed it. I had an amazing time and I think I can safely say that everyone else did too. The music was great, the banter was superb, we got drunk, we ate at silly times, we had a brilliant week.
Note: Drinking a pint of wine with a curry at 5am is recommended... especially if you've had a bad night!
We'll be going back for sure. We've started writing some new songs as we realise we've been very very lazy this past while. There's about 2 or 3 new song ideas kicking around just now that we've come up with in the past two weeks. Shit... I should make my dinner... erm, moving on.
We're almost ready to rock out with an upgraded recording setup. I've turned my spare room into a mini home studio, which should be ready to rock n roll by this time next week. Just waiting on a couple of pieces of hardware to arrive.
I'll update some more news soon.
Still gotta report on a couple of gigs we've played with Twin Atlantic and Yashin.
Jamie
May 02, 2009
March 03, 2009
Astronot Studio Day 1
Day 1 wasn't overly exciting... but we did start drums. Check the video out :)
February 08, 2009
February 06, 2009
Gigs, Recording... random blabbing...
Hello!
We've got some recording and gigs etc coming up, so thought I'd post about them right here... it's how things should/might work out.
2nd March - Birthday + Studio: Stevie 24. James and Darren head to the studio.
3rd March - Studio: Darren records drums. Ally and Stevenage arrive at the studio.
4th March - Studio: James and Ally spend all day recording guitars. Super dooper!
5th March - Studio: Stevenage records bass and we lay down the vocals.
6th March - Studio + Gig: Have a listen to the tracks. Gig in Invergordon with Twin Atlantic
7th March - Studio: Mix tracks
20th March - Gig: Mad Hatters, Inverness with The Breech & TBC
30th March - Birthday: James 26
18th April - Gig: Skinandi's, Thurso with Yashin, No Exit Wound and He Slept on 57
Darren is currently working on Astronot TV which will be a studio blog from day-to-day. We'll probably upload to YouTube and link around the place from there. I'll post the videos up here as well.
I don't really have much else to say tbh, erm... cya!
We've got some recording and gigs etc coming up, so thought I'd post about them right here... it's how things should/might work out.
2nd March - Birthday + Studio: Stevie 24. James and Darren head to the studio.
3rd March - Studio: Darren records drums. Ally and Stevenage arrive at the studio.
4th March - Studio: James and Ally spend all day recording guitars. Super dooper!
5th March - Studio: Stevenage records bass and we lay down the vocals.
6th March - Studio + Gig: Have a listen to the tracks. Gig in Invergordon with Twin Atlantic
7th March - Studio: Mix tracks
20th March - Gig: Mad Hatters, Inverness with The Breech & TBC
30th March - Birthday: James 26
18th April - Gig: Skinandi's, Thurso with Yashin, No Exit Wound and He Slept on 57
Darren is currently working on Astronot TV which will be a studio blog from day-to-day. We'll probably upload to YouTube and link around the place from there. I'll post the videos up here as well.
I don't really have much else to say tbh, erm... cya!
January 20, 2009
First Of The Year...
Hello all!
A belated Santmas and New Year! Hope you got lots of stuff you didn't want or didn't need :) Thanks to everyone and anyone who made it along to either of the gigs we played over the festive period, was good to see people jumping around and having fun.
Just an update of some Astronot goings on.
We've finalised dates for the studio, still not decided on tracks, but we've got 6 weeks to decide. A demo of one o
f the potential tracks was recorded in the last week. It's sounding mighty fine so far. Ally was grand and was almost as fussy as me...
Hopefully gonna book some dates in March or April and some more venues around Scotland. I'll write soon
Jamie
A belated Santmas and New Year! Hope you got lots of stuff you didn't want or didn't need :) Thanks to everyone and anyone who made it along to either of the gigs we played over the festive period, was good to see people jumping around and having fun.
Just an update of some Astronot goings on.
We've finalised dates for the studio, still not decided on tracks, but we've got 6 weeks to decide. A demo of one o
f the potential tracks was recorded in the last week. It's sounding mighty fine so far. Ally was grand and was almost as fussy as me...Hopefully gonna book some dates in March or April and some more venues around Scotland. I'll write soon
Jamie
December 18, 2008
December 16, 2008
Finally...
I've probably written about 5 or 6 blogs in the past couple of months. Unfortunately, none of them have made it online because they were all shit. I was in hotels, airports or a train. Writing blogs when you're not hyper or even enthusiastic is a bit crap. I'm not really feeling hyper just now, but I have stuff to say.
Firstly, Giggage. Two of them in the next week. This Saturday we're in Skins with The Towers and Failed The Hero, £4 bucks at the door, 14+... come along, kidnap someone and make them go, it'll be a laugh. On Xmas Eve, we'll be in Skins playing a selection of Xmas Songs for all to hear... An Astronot Alternative Xmas. Super!
Songs... We'll be dropping a few songs after Xmas. Out will be Columbia, TRT and possibly a couple of others. Which leads me on to...
Writing. With Ally joining the band, it's really left me free to twiddle around and explore ideas. We've written a new song called "My Alibi" (or "My AllyBiy") so far, it's grand, little bits have been added to some of the older songs that we're gonna keep as well. Ally and I hope to spend a bit of time writing new songs together after Xmas, in time for recording in March.
Recording. We're going recording in March with Nick from My Minds Weapon. He's worked with some great up and coming bands from Scotland (Flood Of Red, Azriel etc) so we're excited about that. Dan Goldsworthy, who plays guitar with My Minds Weapon, will also be sitting in when we're tracking guitars and helping out with the production. We're really looking forward to this. We think that Nick can get us the modern, high energy sound that we'd really like. We've not quite hit what we want our recorded sound to be, this should be a step in the right direction. At present, I've not got a clue what songs we'll record. We'll probably demo stuff after Xmas and pick something out.
What next? Well, once we get some writing and recording done... gigs. That's what we want most. We spent a lot of time twiddling our thumbs and getting pissed off this year. I got really fucked off with even being in the band, as I'm sure I said in an earlier post, or somewhere on the internets. Ally joining should be a new chapter. We'll plan some stuff out and try and hook something up with another band. We need to do that!
Anyway... From me, and the rest of the guys. Have a good Christmas and a "Sensible" New Year :)
Jamie
Firstly, Giggage. Two of them in the next week. This Saturday we're in Skins with The Towers and Failed The Hero, £4 bucks at the door, 14+... come along, kidnap someone and make them go, it'll be a laugh. On Xmas Eve, we'll be in Skins playing a selection of Xmas Songs for all to hear... An Astronot Alternative Xmas. Super!
Songs... We'll be dropping a few songs after Xmas. Out will be Columbia, TRT and possibly a couple of others. Which leads me on to...
Writing. With Ally joining the band, it's really left me free to twiddle around and explore ideas. We've written a new song called "My Alibi" (or "My AllyBiy") so far, it's grand, little bits have been added to some of the older songs that we're gonna keep as well. Ally and I hope to spend a bit of time writing new songs together after Xmas, in time for recording in March.
Recording. We're going recording in March with Nick from My Minds Weapon. He's worked with some great up and coming bands from Scotland (Flood Of Red, Azriel etc) so we're excited about that. Dan Goldsworthy, who plays guitar with My Minds Weapon, will also be sitting in when we're tracking guitars and helping out with the production. We're really looking forward to this. We think that Nick can get us the modern, high energy sound that we'd really like. We've not quite hit what we want our recorded sound to be, this should be a step in the right direction. At present, I've not got a clue what songs we'll record. We'll probably demo stuff after Xmas and pick something out.
What next? Well, once we get some writing and recording done... gigs. That's what we want most. We spent a lot of time twiddling our thumbs and getting pissed off this year. I got really fucked off with even being in the band, as I'm sure I said in an earlier post, or somewhere on the internets. Ally joining should be a new chapter. We'll plan some stuff out and try and hook something up with another band. We need to do that!
Anyway... From me, and the rest of the guys. Have a good Christmas and a "Sensible" New Year :)
Jamie
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