Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Chubby (and loving it)

So this Week elephants took off on a journey to Ramsgate. We braved the weather and travelled to the lovely seaside town. We played a show in a pub called feeneys and lets say it was minor threat! No PA no nothing. It was DIY but we loved it! We had fish and chips too!

Thursday, 19 November 2009

In Other News



So elephants are happy to announce we are joining the Idle Hands Management team/roster.
There are some exciting bands on there too so check them out http://idlehandsclub.blogspot.com/
It's gonna be an exciting few months with these boys on our side!

Owen

x

Recording - Day one, two, three, four...WHATEVER!

OK so i set out with good intentions to update this blog everday whilst we were recording. But the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go a'rye! (I dont know if that's how you spell a'rye so deal with it!)


So drums were done and it was time for Tom and myself to step up to the plate and lay down some killer riffs. Which we did. Boy did we nail them. Then Dean came and put down his bass tracks as smooth as you like.

To be honest there isnt an awful lot to report about recording. Once guitars and bass happened we did vocals, sprikled the tracks with handclaps, WOOOO's and YEEEEAAAH's then we were ready for Tom to Record his Keys.


Everything ran surprisingly smooth, so just over a week and we have a collection of 6 tracks some of which will appear on an e.p so keep your eyes peeled for more information on that.


The one thing i will say about these home recordings is i missed Oz pushing us as hard as he does, especially when it came to vocals. But apart from that Jack has done an amazing job and I cant wai to have the tracks mixed etc and out for the world to hear.


Owen


x

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Recording - Day 2 "alright George, Looking very debonair!"

So day 2 got off to a shaky start. There was a problem with the recording equipment. So that delayed finishing of the drums! We were totally stumped as to what to do. We couldnt figure out what was wrong, nevermind how to fix it. But fear not ladies and gentlemen our good friend Dan Lucas came down to the rescue. He found the problem and fixed it in no time at all. And then said....and i quote....."Dan Lucas saves the day again, Now i'm going to disapear off into the night!" What a hero.





With the problem solved we cracked on with getting the drums finished and George once again stepped up to the plate to play a blinder and get his parts done in record time. Not before giving us chance to film these little beauties......








Try again George.....






What a fill!



Anyway enough drums time for guitars! Tom stepped up and started laying down his killer riffs which is what he does 24/7. So the sitting room became the studio.....

Looking forward to hearing the guitars!

Owen xx

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

New Recordings - Day One "Ah Vickers!"

So yesterday we began recording! In our very own studio....well sort of, its no abbey road let me tell you but it does the job! simply waiting for my parents to go away and making the garage into our own little drum studio we began.





so we began laying down geores drum parts. after just a couple of hours, and after a gruelling day at school. George managed to put down 4 tracks leaving just 2 left to do today!




We managed to "sound proof" the house as much as possible. mainly using plenty of sheets and anything to pad out all the rooms. so hopefully the neighbours owen is gay wont complain. or worse tell my parents upon their return.




At the controls we have Jack Matcham to help us on our journey to some future pop anthems. So if they dont sound any good it is entirely his fault. Or steves fault, it's usually his fault.


So anyway it was a really productive day and we just hope that the rest of the sessions run as smoothly as this day has! and then we can end everyday with cake!

Here's to another good day of recording!
Owen
x








Monday, 9 November 2009

BTW!!!!! NEW LINE-UP!!!! WTF!!!!! FTW!!!!


also we have a new line up with the Mr Tom Ffoulkes on Keys!




New Recordings??

Almost exactly a year ago we decided to venture into the studio to record a handful of tracks with our good friend Oz Craggs at the mixing desk of dreams (www.hiddentrackstudios.co.uk/) as most of you will know the result of these recordings was our debut e.p (or mini album you decide!) commonly known as "lions" (elephants.bigcartel.com christmas is coming kids!)

so anyway a year has passed and we feel like the world must be well and truly bored of our record and we have a few new gems stashed up our sleeves. A few pop nuggets that we think people will enjoy.

As of tomorrow my house (well my parents house) will become a make shift recording studio. We have already made a "drum booth" aka "the den" in the garage and we're ready to start rocking and a' rolling. with the help of Mr Jack "the power" Matcham.

Basically i'm really excited to record and i will be updating this blog, or at least try to, everyday with photos etc and news of progress!

Oh and also on this blog i am going to start using it as a wayu to rant about all sorts including new music and other such stuff . Over and Out!

Owen

xx