So fast forward a year. Skeleton Crew have been gigging for 11 months and getting great responses. As well as the demos that are on the myspace page, we have released a live E.P., recorded at the Intake Club in Mansfield. Its a good representation of what the band sounds like, but the time has come to make a new recording, and so that is where this story starts...
Rather than spending on recording studio fees, and because the first recordings came out so well, we decided to do the recordings ourselves. The reason? Simple. Studios can have great gear and and good rooms, but you're paying by the hour, and therefore lack the luxury of time to get things right from the start and have a relaxed a natural attitude to the music. So we're putting the gear together ourselves, to take as long as we need to get the songs right. I'm really looking forward to it as I have never recorded, edited and mixed a full album myself; it'll be a good test of all the skills I have tried to learn over the last few years.
As well as the dozen or so songs that make up the Skeleton Crew live set, the last few weeks have been busy writing times. Songs have been written and emailed back and forth - about half a dozen, with many more on the way. We have already started rehearsing the first now that we have brief gig break. And I have started to assemble our recording system for the project...