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09 luglio 2007
Fish 2007 - Just another day on the circle line
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Anche qui, per ora, niente traduzione. Stay tuned... nel frattempo, provate a leggerla/tradurla.
Dear Fishheads, Freaks, fans and the Company,
Well there are bad days and bad days and this was a bad day. I woke up this morning ("got myself a gun....") to discover the bottom of the bed covered in blood. Harley my "fighting" cat has been having a bit of a scrap with a neighborhood Tom who's been coming into the studio and eating the cat food. Harley has been defending territory and hasn't been coming off well in the scraps. I had him at the vet on Tuesday. Forty five quid for an antibiotic injection for a badly swollen infected leg! This wound is to the lower neck and was deep enough to leave a blood trail across the studio floor. Now feeling sorry for himself and recovering.
One of the goldfish in the "Celtic pool" has a parasitical infection and is the size of a spiky tennis ball. I've been treating the water for a couple of days now but I get worried that it might spread. There are only three fish in that particular pond but I'm treating the pond on "Heartbreak Ridge" where there are 12 or so denizens (and a large frog) just in case.
Tara is now on school holidays but was off for two days with food poisoning which she contracted at a friend's house from badly defrosted chicken. Holidays means the "Bank of Dad" is called upon more regularly and she blew her pocket money over the weekend going to 4 gigs! She is supposed to be painting outside doors around the house to earn money but as always it turns into "Huckleberry Finn" and all her mates appear with brushes as she assumes executive painter mode!
And I picked up a virus on Sunday which has gradually crawled into my system and taken my voice out. I am a bit pissed off as it hit me out of the blue. Frank had it the week before and considering I stopped smoking a couple of weeks ago in preparation for the album it's a double piss off! It's more of a hassle than a worry as we are way ahead on the album and I have all next week to finish the last four songs and sing against the versions we already have to see if I can beat the "comps". Comps are compilations of various takes I have already sung and represent the best vocals I have sung so far. I lost a chunk of my top range but the lower edge is full on and makes for a lot of presence and depth in my voice. The harder songs were out of the register but Calum and I had a go at "Thirteenth Star" this afternoon after two days of resting. I sung it an octave down from where I intended and as Calum said "someone smiled on us" as the version we got is packed with emotion. So muc
h emotion in fact that I had to "take 5" a few times as the subject matter was getting to me. We also managed to get "maps" of "Openwater" and "Arc of the Curve", a lyric I completed last night. Maps are when we sort out the melodies, phrasing and approach before going for full takes. Obviously my voice needs to recover before we go for full takes but all things going well that should be tomorrow. I have Sunday off but still have all of next week to finish the album as the band will be rehearsing without me and mapping out the new set before I go in to work with them at the tail end of next week.
I will be down to London on Sunday on my day off as Tara and I have been invited down to the Genesis gig at Twickenham. I wasn't originally going to go but one of my best and long serving friends, Jon Crawley, who worked for Charisma Records way back in Marquee days, and latterly with the Genesis management, and who I stay with regularly when in town gave me an offer I couldn't refuse. It'll be great to see the guys again and I am genuinely looking forward to the show. A nice break from the grief here at the Studio and a chance for Tara to meet some of her heroes :-) Yes, she continues the family tradition! :-)
I get back on Monday morning to continue vocalising and working with Calum at his studio in North Berwick. I think the "busman's holiday" will be inspiring! I then have two full days to finish what I need to get done before the backing vocal sessions on Wednesday.
The backing vocalist is Lorna Bannon and we should have all her contributions sorted out in one day. Lorna of course worked with me before on "Suits", "Songs From The Mirror" and "Sunsets on Empire". She has a fantastic range and is perfect for what Calum and I need. The bv's are slightly scaled down from our original ideas as the songs have changed over the last 4 weeks and we all feel that there's more than enough with the main vocal to hold the songs together. Lorna won't be coming on the road and as yet I am undecided as to whether we need a female vocal out there as I have Chris, Foss, Gavin and Steve that can back me up if need be. I will definitely not have bv's on the festivals. Time will tell if we need them in the long run.
And then just after the strained and emotional session today I took a phone call from a mate who asked me if I had seen the Daily Record. Turns out my ex had conducted an interview with the paper, which I had been decried for talking to recently, in order to advertise their support slot as first guests on the Bryan Adams gig at Murrayfield stadium next month. One mention of her band and the rest was all about me. The headline "Coldfish, Star had no time for romance" said it all and to be honest I don't want to get into details. All I'll say is that it wasn't as I remembered things happening and obviously having been publicly condemned for talking to the papers about us a few weeks ago it may seem a bit hypocritical to some.
Anyway it's a cue for not one but two lyrics.
Ironically the first one I finished last night as the papers rolled out of the press in Glasgow, the other was written in January on my "road to Damascus".
Arc of the Curve
Do you remember the magic of the moment, when forever was only words away,
When we believed everything was certain,
All we had to do was fulfill promises we'd made,
Cherish hope between us and our dreams were always safe,
We'd always be together and in that I had my faith
I put a ring upon your finger, and that smile upon your face
And I told you, that I couldn't love you more,
And we longed for the arc of the curve.
We launched on the arc of the curve,
We touched the stars.
The fairy tale, the breathless rush of romance,
If love is blind then I will never see again,
When we awoke the spell remained unbroken,
Our souls entwined, in afterglow, you held my beating heart,
Blew away my shadows, you kissed the tears from my eyes,
And you told me that you couldn't love me more,
We sailed on the arc of the curve,
We flew on the arc of the curve,
And touched the stars.
The days are long the nights are longer,
In every minute there's a thought of you,
I can't forget the magic of the moments,
I stare into the mirror to pretend I'm not alone,
It takes everything I have not to call you on the phone,
Just to tell you that I couldn't love you more,
That I'm lost on the arc of the curve,
Careering on the arc of the curve,
Crashing on the arc of the curve.
This arc of the curve.
I could never contemplate that you would ever walk away.
(C) Derek Dick 2007
Thirteenth Star
With a heart full of sky, your eyes full of moon, I left you dying, I heard you cry,
Just a fool to myself, there could be nobody else, I was lying to even think I could survive without our love, I can't deny it.
Then you showed me the way, and I will follow,
To the end of my days, and you know I will follow
The thirteenth star.
There's a point in your life, you got to reach and when you do, you know it, and now I'm here,
If I held out my heart and offered my hand would you take it, if I showed you the stars would you follow,
Let me show you the way, to the end of our days, will you follow me to the thirteenth star
There's a point in your life, you got to reach and when you do, you know it, and now I'm here,
If I held out my heart and offered my hand would you take it, if I showed you the stars would you follow, let me show you the way to the thirteenth star.
I follow the thirteenth star.
(C) Derek W Dick 2007
And yes - the first line of the last song was deliberate!
It's Friday night and I retire to my "blue house" to water the plants and finish the lyric to "Where in the World". I am eight lines short. Steve V arrives tomorrow and the rest of the band on Sunday. Set list is complete and it's a stormer. The plan is to mould the "Clutching" material within the set rather than isolate it as a separate entity. It's not like "Misplaced" which required being played as a whole and I think the material sits well with the new tracks and the solo songs I've picked out. A lot of work but what's new? ;-)
Until next time,
lots of love
Onkel Fish xx
Anche qui, per ora, niente traduzione. Stay tuned... nel frattempo, provate a leggerla/tradurla.
Dear Fishheads, Freaks, fans and the Company,
Well there are bad days and bad days and this was a bad day. I woke up this morning ("got myself a gun....") to discover the bottom of the bed covered in blood. Harley my "fighting" cat has been having a bit of a scrap with a neighborhood Tom who's been coming into the studio and eating the cat food. Harley has been defending territory and hasn't been coming off well in the scraps. I had him at the vet on Tuesday. Forty five quid for an antibiotic injection for a badly swollen infected leg! This wound is to the lower neck and was deep enough to leave a blood trail across the studio floor. Now feeling sorry for himself and recovering.
One of the goldfish in the "Celtic pool" has a parasitical infection and is the size of a spiky tennis ball. I've been treating the water for a couple of days now but I get worried that it might spread. There are only three fish in that particular pond but I'm treating the pond on "Heartbreak Ridge" where there are 12 or so denizens (and a large frog) just in case.
Tara is now on school holidays but was off for two days with food poisoning which she contracted at a friend's house from badly defrosted chicken. Holidays means the "Bank of Dad" is called upon more regularly and she blew her pocket money over the weekend going to 4 gigs! She is supposed to be painting outside doors around the house to earn money but as always it turns into "Huckleberry Finn" and all her mates appear with brushes as she assumes executive painter mode!
And I picked up a virus on Sunday which has gradually crawled into my system and taken my voice out. I am a bit pissed off as it hit me out of the blue. Frank had it the week before and considering I stopped smoking a couple of weeks ago in preparation for the album it's a double piss off! It's more of a hassle than a worry as we are way ahead on the album and I have all next week to finish the last four songs and sing against the versions we already have to see if I can beat the "comps". Comps are compilations of various takes I have already sung and represent the best vocals I have sung so far. I lost a chunk of my top range but the lower edge is full on and makes for a lot of presence and depth in my voice. The harder songs were out of the register but Calum and I had a go at "Thirteenth Star" this afternoon after two days of resting. I sung it an octave down from where I intended and as Calum said "someone smiled on us" as the version we got is packed with emotion. So muc
h emotion in fact that I had to "take 5" a few times as the subject matter was getting to me. We also managed to get "maps" of "Openwater" and "Arc of the Curve", a lyric I completed last night. Maps are when we sort out the melodies, phrasing and approach before going for full takes. Obviously my voice needs to recover before we go for full takes but all things going well that should be tomorrow. I have Sunday off but still have all of next week to finish the album as the band will be rehearsing without me and mapping out the new set before I go in to work with them at the tail end of next week.
I will be down to London on Sunday on my day off as Tara and I have been invited down to the Genesis gig at Twickenham. I wasn't originally going to go but one of my best and long serving friends, Jon Crawley, who worked for Charisma Records way back in Marquee days, and latterly with the Genesis management, and who I stay with regularly when in town gave me an offer I couldn't refuse. It'll be great to see the guys again and I am genuinely looking forward to the show. A nice break from the grief here at the Studio and a chance for Tara to meet some of her heroes :-) Yes, she continues the family tradition! :-)
I get back on Monday morning to continue vocalising and working with Calum at his studio in North Berwick. I think the "busman's holiday" will be inspiring! I then have two full days to finish what I need to get done before the backing vocal sessions on Wednesday.
The backing vocalist is Lorna Bannon and we should have all her contributions sorted out in one day. Lorna of course worked with me before on "Suits", "Songs From The Mirror" and "Sunsets on Empire". She has a fantastic range and is perfect for what Calum and I need. The bv's are slightly scaled down from our original ideas as the songs have changed over the last 4 weeks and we all feel that there's more than enough with the main vocal to hold the songs together. Lorna won't be coming on the road and as yet I am undecided as to whether we need a female vocal out there as I have Chris, Foss, Gavin and Steve that can back me up if need be. I will definitely not have bv's on the festivals. Time will tell if we need them in the long run.
And then just after the strained and emotional session today I took a phone call from a mate who asked me if I had seen the Daily Record. Turns out my ex had conducted an interview with the paper, which I had been decried for talking to recently, in order to advertise their support slot as first guests on the Bryan Adams gig at Murrayfield stadium next month. One mention of her band and the rest was all about me. The headline "Coldfish, Star had no time for romance" said it all and to be honest I don't want to get into details. All I'll say is that it wasn't as I remembered things happening and obviously having been publicly condemned for talking to the papers about us a few weeks ago it may seem a bit hypocritical to some.
Anyway it's a cue for not one but two lyrics.
Ironically the first one I finished last night as the papers rolled out of the press in Glasgow, the other was written in January on my "road to Damascus".
Arc of the Curve
Do you remember the magic of the moment, when forever was only words away,
When we believed everything was certain,
All we had to do was fulfill promises we'd made,
Cherish hope between us and our dreams were always safe,
We'd always be together and in that I had my faith
I put a ring upon your finger, and that smile upon your face
And I told you, that I couldn't love you more,
And we longed for the arc of the curve.
We launched on the arc of the curve,
We touched the stars.
The fairy tale, the breathless rush of romance,
If love is blind then I will never see again,
When we awoke the spell remained unbroken,
Our souls entwined, in afterglow, you held my beating heart,
Blew away my shadows, you kissed the tears from my eyes,
And you told me that you couldn't love me more,
We sailed on the arc of the curve,
We flew on the arc of the curve,
And touched the stars.
The days are long the nights are longer,
In every minute there's a thought of you,
I can't forget the magic of the moments,
I stare into the mirror to pretend I'm not alone,
It takes everything I have not to call you on the phone,
Just to tell you that I couldn't love you more,
That I'm lost on the arc of the curve,
Careering on the arc of the curve,
Crashing on the arc of the curve.
This arc of the curve.
I could never contemplate that you would ever walk away.
(C) Derek Dick 2007
Thirteenth Star
With a heart full of sky, your eyes full of moon, I left you dying, I heard you cry,
Just a fool to myself, there could be nobody else, I was lying to even think I could survive without our love, I can't deny it.
Then you showed me the way, and I will follow,
To the end of my days, and you know I will follow
The thirteenth star.
There's a point in your life, you got to reach and when you do, you know it, and now I'm here,
If I held out my heart and offered my hand would you take it, if I showed you the stars would you follow,
Let me show you the way, to the end of our days, will you follow me to the thirteenth star
There's a point in your life, you got to reach and when you do, you know it, and now I'm here,
If I held out my heart and offered my hand would you take it, if I showed you the stars would you follow, let me show you the way to the thirteenth star.
I follow the thirteenth star.
(C) Derek W Dick 2007
And yes - the first line of the last song was deliberate!
It's Friday night and I retire to my "blue house" to water the plants and finish the lyric to "Where in the World". I am eight lines short. Steve V arrives tomorrow and the rest of the band on Sunday. Set list is complete and it's a stormer. The plan is to mould the "Clutching" material within the set rather than isolate it as a separate entity. It's not like "Misplaced" which required being played as a whole and I think the material sits well with the new tracks and the solo songs I've picked out. A lot of work but what's new? ;-)
Until next time,
lots of love
Onkel Fish xx
Fish 2007 - The water under the bridge
I nostri traduttori sono impegnati altrove, quindi vi postiamo le ultime lettere di Fish in formato "nativo". Appena sarà possibile metteremo la traduzione... per gli anglofono: buona lettura. Per gli altri... beh... provate a farla tradurre a Google... almeno per capire il senso. Nel frattempo cercheremo di tradurre in tempo...
Dear FishHeads, Freaks, fans and the Company,
Saturday
Another rain drenched day in Scotland and I am trapped by the film footage coming out of Glasgow airport. The images are horrendous but thank God there don't seem to any serious casualties as the car bomb (or so it seems) did not detonate properly. The chilling thought I am living with is that Tara was supposed to fly from Glasgow to Berlin today but as I decided to take her to see Genesis her trip to Berlin was put off for a week. It is frightening and it's the first terrorist attack in Scotland for as long as I can remember and drills the point home that nowhere is safe these days. Steve V flew into Edinburgh just an hour ago and was caught up in the heightened security as all traffic into the airport has been turned away. With a heavy schedule of flights to festivals in the coming weeks travelling is not a pleasant prospect.
Another quiet day in the studio as I am still recovering from the virus and not yet ready to record vocals. It's getting better every day and with a day off tomorrow I should be perfect for Monday when I move to Calum's studio in North Berwick for the sessions. Calum and I finished all the mappings today and got guides on "Where in the World?", the penultimate song on the album. Calum has already "comped" the "Thirteenth Star" vocal and reckons we have it in the can (as we used to say in the days of tape :-D). It is a far different approach as I said in the last email but it carries the emotion of the song and more.
The lyrics are complete and I must admit that this album has been the toughest experience that I have ever coped with emotionally and mentally. The lyrics have been unbelievably difficult as I struggled to cope with so many powerful mixed feelings and try to focus on what I set out originally to write while dealing with periods of extreme sadness and anger.
I started working with the lyrical ideas last October shortly before I originally split with Heather Findlay. There was a melancholy to that period as I knew the end of the relationship was impending for reasons that were obvious. The separation propelled me into a retrospective outlook but at the same time the model of the concept came into being. As most of you already know this is my 13th studio album but the number also pertained to the number of women who had made an impact in my life and who had left their marks one way or another. The twelve go right back to my childhood with Aileen who I had a massive crush on at Kings Park primary school in Dalkeith, Moira my next door neighbour as a teenager, Lesley my first "proper" girlfriend in my late teens, Kay etc. Heather was number twelve and the "13th Star" signified the dream of finding true and everlasting love. The idea for the album title obviously arrived after October with the previous working title being "The Water U
nder the Bridge". It was after the collapse of our relationship last year when I was contemplating my life and in particular my previous relationships and my journey and how it had been affected and re-routed by all the collisions of the heart that I realized the number 13 came up again. Too much of a coincidence to ignore.
As the months went by and I entered this year the situation changed and I went on my "road to Damascus". The decision to re-evaluate my entire stance on family and commitment and follow my heart meant that my emotions journeyed on a new high and I genuinely thought that I had found my "13th Star" for real. The content and the approach to the writing took a new curve.
Lyrics to "Circle Line", "Zoe 25" (previously "Micklegate"), "13th Star", "Square Go" and bits of others came to be and the story of the character's journey from banal, aimless, uninspired, directionless living ("Circle Line"), the frustrations and repressed anger ("Square Go"), the source of initial loss ("Miles de Besos"), the fantasy and daydream ("Zoe 25") , the new love and new journey ("Arc of the Curve"), the insecurity and lack of trust and the disengagement ("Manchmal"), the return and reciprocated disengagement ("Openwater"), the analysis, sense of loss and anger ("Dark Star"), the questioning and desire to rekindle the love ("Where in the World") and revelation, the plea for reconciliation and the promise of the future and the new journey ("13th Star") all started to make sense.
Unfortunately the reality of my personal situation changed and as the weeks went by it became very difficult to find the source of inspiration to complete the curve of the album and in particular the "love" songs. It came down to involve dipping into my past and bending the recent experiences to suit. Bungee jumping into a well of emotions became the order of the day. I nearly drowned a couple of times and had to hold my breath some days. But now the writing is complete and I can breath a sigh of relief. I just have to sing them now!
Monday
I went to Calum's studio today with a voice back on form and a healthy attitude. As the guys ran through the set in the Scout Hall I was working in North Berwick. I am glad to say we are back on track and completed vocals on "Dark Star", "Zoe 25" and "Openwater". Tomorrow leaves me with the last two songs "Where in the World" and "Arc of the Curve" before Lorna performs her magic on Wednesday. Thursday I am in rehearsals leaving me Friday and Saturday to polish off the performances and sort out any glitches.
It is sounding great! Working with Calum at his studio is a different experience and very intimate. We both wear "cans" (headphones) and I stand directly in front of the desk and sing with Calum only a few feet away. The communication is perfect and we achieve a lot more than working through glass in the studio up here.
The album should be finished recording on Saturday before I go down to see Genesis on Sunday in London. I am so excited, as we all are in the band, to hear the first mixes which will be done by the end of the month.
We have just had our curries and everyone is exhausted after a hard day's work either in rehearsals or recording. It's early to bed for me and I will be overjoyed if I can hit the last two vocals tomorrow leaving me with only comps to beat in the last two days.
I'll leave you with another lyric from the album. This song has a very Who-like feel in parts and really swings and rocks out. Written by Frank Usher, I think this will be a killer live!
Openwater
I'm running out of options, running out of road, got no sense of direction, sliding out of control.
Going in search of nowhere, just some place to hide, from these omnipresent problems,
I just can't hide from life.
You set sail under cover of the darkness, by the early light I knew that you had gone,
In search of new horizons, where the sky melts in the sea.
I followed in the hope that I could catch you and convince you our directions were the same,
That we could steer the same journey across the oceans,
Fly our flags together in a heaven full of stars,
But you blew me out the water the first chance that you had.
If you want me, you know exactly where I am, adrift in open water, gazing at the stars.
I went down with all hands in the morning; I was clinging to the wreckage of the dream,
Praying for a rescue that I knew would never come,
I watched your sails disappear into the distance; I saw my life in the currents floating by,
I was left to the mercy of the four winds and the tides,
To carry me to shorelines where the sea and sands collide,
If you want me, you know exactly where I am, adrift in open water, gazing at the stars.
You said more in the things you didn't say, I told you that I loved you and I meant it,
We were heading for the rocks; we'd reached the point of no return,
One day I will manage to forget you, one day I will get you out my mind,
Delete the photographs, the images, the numbers on the phone,
The messages you sent me that I held on for so long,
If you want me, you know exactly where I am, sailing open waters, guided by the stars.
(C) Derek Dick 2007
Until the end of the week
lots of love
Onkel Fish xx
Dear FishHeads, Freaks, fans and the Company,
Saturday
Another rain drenched day in Scotland and I am trapped by the film footage coming out of Glasgow airport. The images are horrendous but thank God there don't seem to any serious casualties as the car bomb (or so it seems) did not detonate properly. The chilling thought I am living with is that Tara was supposed to fly from Glasgow to Berlin today but as I decided to take her to see Genesis her trip to Berlin was put off for a week. It is frightening and it's the first terrorist attack in Scotland for as long as I can remember and drills the point home that nowhere is safe these days. Steve V flew into Edinburgh just an hour ago and was caught up in the heightened security as all traffic into the airport has been turned away. With a heavy schedule of flights to festivals in the coming weeks travelling is not a pleasant prospect.
Another quiet day in the studio as I am still recovering from the virus and not yet ready to record vocals. It's getting better every day and with a day off tomorrow I should be perfect for Monday when I move to Calum's studio in North Berwick for the sessions. Calum and I finished all the mappings today and got guides on "Where in the World?", the penultimate song on the album. Calum has already "comped" the "Thirteenth Star" vocal and reckons we have it in the can (as we used to say in the days of tape :-D). It is a far different approach as I said in the last email but it carries the emotion of the song and more.
The lyrics are complete and I must admit that this album has been the toughest experience that I have ever coped with emotionally and mentally. The lyrics have been unbelievably difficult as I struggled to cope with so many powerful mixed feelings and try to focus on what I set out originally to write while dealing with periods of extreme sadness and anger.
I started working with the lyrical ideas last October shortly before I originally split with Heather Findlay. There was a melancholy to that period as I knew the end of the relationship was impending for reasons that were obvious. The separation propelled me into a retrospective outlook but at the same time the model of the concept came into being. As most of you already know this is my 13th studio album but the number also pertained to the number of women who had made an impact in my life and who had left their marks one way or another. The twelve go right back to my childhood with Aileen who I had a massive crush on at Kings Park primary school in Dalkeith, Moira my next door neighbour as a teenager, Lesley my first "proper" girlfriend in my late teens, Kay etc. Heather was number twelve and the "13th Star" signified the dream of finding true and everlasting love. The idea for the album title obviously arrived after October with the previous working title being "The Water U
nder the Bridge". It was after the collapse of our relationship last year when I was contemplating my life and in particular my previous relationships and my journey and how it had been affected and re-routed by all the collisions of the heart that I realized the number 13 came up again. Too much of a coincidence to ignore.
As the months went by and I entered this year the situation changed and I went on my "road to Damascus". The decision to re-evaluate my entire stance on family and commitment and follow my heart meant that my emotions journeyed on a new high and I genuinely thought that I had found my "13th Star" for real. The content and the approach to the writing took a new curve.
Lyrics to "Circle Line", "Zoe 25" (previously "Micklegate"), "13th Star", "Square Go" and bits of others came to be and the story of the character's journey from banal, aimless, uninspired, directionless living ("Circle Line"), the frustrations and repressed anger ("Square Go"), the source of initial loss ("Miles de Besos"), the fantasy and daydream ("Zoe 25") , the new love and new journey ("Arc of the Curve"), the insecurity and lack of trust and the disengagement ("Manchmal"), the return and reciprocated disengagement ("Openwater"), the analysis, sense of loss and anger ("Dark Star"), the questioning and desire to rekindle the love ("Where in the World") and revelation, the plea for reconciliation and the promise of the future and the new journey ("13th Star") all started to make sense.
Unfortunately the reality of my personal situation changed and as the weeks went by it became very difficult to find the source of inspiration to complete the curve of the album and in particular the "love" songs. It came down to involve dipping into my past and bending the recent experiences to suit. Bungee jumping into a well of emotions became the order of the day. I nearly drowned a couple of times and had to hold my breath some days. But now the writing is complete and I can breath a sigh of relief. I just have to sing them now!
Monday
I went to Calum's studio today with a voice back on form and a healthy attitude. As the guys ran through the set in the Scout Hall I was working in North Berwick. I am glad to say we are back on track and completed vocals on "Dark Star", "Zoe 25" and "Openwater". Tomorrow leaves me with the last two songs "Where in the World" and "Arc of the Curve" before Lorna performs her magic on Wednesday. Thursday I am in rehearsals leaving me Friday and Saturday to polish off the performances and sort out any glitches.
It is sounding great! Working with Calum at his studio is a different experience and very intimate. We both wear "cans" (headphones) and I stand directly in front of the desk and sing with Calum only a few feet away. The communication is perfect and we achieve a lot more than working through glass in the studio up here.
The album should be finished recording on Saturday before I go down to see Genesis on Sunday in London. I am so excited, as we all are in the band, to hear the first mixes which will be done by the end of the month.
We have just had our curries and everyone is exhausted after a hard day's work either in rehearsals or recording. It's early to bed for me and I will be overjoyed if I can hit the last two vocals tomorrow leaving me with only comps to beat in the last two days.
I'll leave you with another lyric from the album. This song has a very Who-like feel in parts and really swings and rocks out. Written by Frank Usher, I think this will be a killer live!
Openwater
I'm running out of options, running out of road, got no sense of direction, sliding out of control.
Going in search of nowhere, just some place to hide, from these omnipresent problems,
I just can't hide from life.
You set sail under cover of the darkness, by the early light I knew that you had gone,
In search of new horizons, where the sky melts in the sea.
I followed in the hope that I could catch you and convince you our directions were the same,
That we could steer the same journey across the oceans,
Fly our flags together in a heaven full of stars,
But you blew me out the water the first chance that you had.
If you want me, you know exactly where I am, adrift in open water, gazing at the stars.
I went down with all hands in the morning; I was clinging to the wreckage of the dream,
Praying for a rescue that I knew would never come,
I watched your sails disappear into the distance; I saw my life in the currents floating by,
I was left to the mercy of the four winds and the tides,
To carry me to shorelines where the sea and sands collide,
If you want me, you know exactly where I am, adrift in open water, gazing at the stars.
You said more in the things you didn't say, I told you that I loved you and I meant it,
We were heading for the rocks; we'd reached the point of no return,
One day I will manage to forget you, one day I will get you out my mind,
Delete the photographs, the images, the numbers on the phone,
The messages you sent me that I held on for so long,
If you want me, you know exactly where I am, sailing open waters, guided by the stars.
(C) Derek Dick 2007
Until the end of the week
lots of love
Onkel Fish xx
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