Bandana

It's June 2020 and after a beautiful spring where Mr Sun had his hat on, June offers up only rain! The band are still working on their debut album. Latest track getting the treatment is "Live My Dream" a rock, orchestral song about peoples dreams and desires for following their passion. Most of the track was recorded at Dan's studio and then these tracks were sent to Alan to mix. Alan's background as a recording engineer for orchestral film sessions is a real massive advantage on how we achieve our sound. Alan will add some textures and tidy up Dan's string arrangements as well as add backing vocals. Meanwhile Nige is preparing to record a harmonica part as well as adding backing vocals. Being in lockdown means swapping audio files is the only way the band can keep the album record/mix going but it's working a treat!

"And Now" - a song is reborn

A song from years gone by originally written by Nige in his old band RED was given the Bandana treatment. We are all so proud of this track "And Now" and can't wait to get the album released, just so you can hear it! The story of this track goes back to the 70's where it was originally recorded in a professional studio where Alan worked. Once we as a band decided to do it again, Nige wanted a modern production but with a nod to the original recording sound. All three of us started from an idea Alan sent us that he had recorded one night in his studio. Copious amounts of wine had been partaken and his raw enthusiasm and drunken soulful demo sparkled with excitement. Dan added a groovy bass line, a lead guitar solo and some backing vocals, whilst Nige composed a string part and planned the instrumentation for the songs outro. Alan played his trusty Rickenbacker 12 string, added some beautiful guitar flourishes and before long a solid backing track was ready for Nige to add his lead vocals. Suffice to say the end result made us all feel so proud and also feel how lucky we are that we can produce music that isn't just melodic, it pulls on your emotions too.