On the first day of march 2010 The Housekeeping Society began the lengthy process of recording their upcoming album at the studios in Wakefield College’s Thornes Park campus. Assisted by honorary Society member Ray Tovey, we set about recording the basic tracks for two songs; “The Wheel”, which we intend to be our first single, and “Sluice Gates” an instrumental (and dance floor filler in the making) that attempts to depict the journey of water from a sluice gate through to a water wheel (who’s excited?).
The session went unfathomably well and we managed to get the main bones of the tracks down. With me on piano, Ivan playing a brushed cajon and Spence playing a mixture of acoustic guitar and bass we put the tracks down live and by the third take of each had a really nice feel that sat very comfortably “in the pocket” as they say. The tracks are sounding awesome at this early stage and I’m really excited about doing the overdubs – in fact as I write this I’m surrounded by manuscript paper as I begin to arrange parts for cello, brass section and flute to add over the top.
When we finished the rhythm tracks we had time to add some glockenspiel and a hilariously “seaside-sounding” organ that had been sitting in the corner of the studio redundantly for many years, both of which are sounding good.
The next stage is overdubs which should take quite a bit of time but so far so good….
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