tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post2229259658803177050..comments2023-06-29T12:50:11.658+01:00Comments on Unfit For Print: Off on a Tangent (Part 1 of many)Chip Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-21700221959621091282009-10-06T11:42:23.859+01:002009-10-06T11:42:23.859+01:00I have a new blog
http://themosesman.blogspot.com...I have a new blog<br /><br />http://themosesman.blogspot.com/<br /><br />have a lookDrayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-65358247997439903942009-07-25T05:33:11.773+01:002009-07-25T05:33:11.773+01:00i'm back, had a vacation and limited internet ...i'm back, had a vacation and limited internet access. i noticed the blog was down when i tried to check it 2 weeks(or so)ago too.<br /><br />any way thats good news steve! have you got it all loaded up with software yet? has the album started progressing? <br /><br />whats his job on the antiques roadshow?davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-39907617609598326392009-07-17T10:22:35.580+01:002009-07-17T10:22:35.580+01:00ummmm ok ... we seem to have died... A.Roadshow ma...ummmm ok ... we seem to have died... A.Roadshow man is our old sound engineer and still good friend... Marc Allum....drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-37014822046956971792009-06-29T22:14:56.469+01:002009-06-29T22:14:56.469+01:00and i am the bringer of some good news
cos i is v...and i am the bringer of some good news<br /><br />cos i is viewing this splendiferous page through my brand spanking new rather fuck off Macbook Pro and by heck it rocks ladeeeeezzzzzz<br /><br />so...... this means after a bit of installing some software mr jarvis and i can kick arse onwards and upwards and finish that blessed album of ours...and get it out into public domain...<br /><br />DRAYhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-73706553491577349002009-06-28T18:32:25.402+01:002009-06-28T18:32:25.402+01:00awesome answer steve on the original question i po...awesome answer steve on the original question i posed. as far as sanity allergy goes, it's not a bad album at all, and i listened to it quite a bit, but it's nowhere near descension, it's not even anywhere near people pie or bride of sloth, and i completetly understand what kind of position you guy's were in and why the album was a little below the bar. but hey, it's still a davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-68986340666743458292009-06-22T14:11:21.062+01:002009-06-22T14:11:21.062+01:00Morning, chaps ! What's all this ballyhoo abou...Morning, chaps ! What's all this ballyhoo about the old girl Slab!?!? <br /><br />Chip, thanks for your kind words about Sanity Allergy . I agree, it's pretty good but like Steve, I have pretty bad memories about making the darned thing . I too feel strangely detached from it ... it doesn't feel like our record - it sounds like somebody else ! Imposters ha ha ha !!! <br /><br />I don&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-18458363368227210832009-06-18T21:19:14.049+01:002009-06-18T21:19:14.049+01:00ahh Mr Smith good to hear from you... I was beginn...ahh Mr Smith good to hear from you... I was beginning to wonder if there was only me and Dave left in the known universe.....<br /><br />Yep I get "The Fog"... its exacrly whats in my head too ... and Born In A Wreck aint bad I have visions of Night of the Hunter with that one...poor old linda jones (was it? doomed to float down that river bed for eternity... but although I can look Sir Edward Damocleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999494988849337148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-68649888097769459172009-06-18T08:06:01.439+01:002009-06-18T08:06:01.439+01:00Sorry Mr Dray, I’m going to have to disagree with ...Sorry Mr Dray, I’m going to have to disagree with you (in part) about SANITY ALLERGY – I’m not sure you could ever surpass a record such as DESCENSION, but SA seems to me to be a different beast entirely. Much of the first side conjures up some pretty evocative visual imagery as far as I’m concerned: rightly or wrongly, with Station KY I always think of John Carpenter’s The Fog, a sort of heavy, Chip Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-25452706237035148622009-06-17T19:01:14.792+01:002009-06-17T19:01:14.792+01:00where are you Paul??
for me its always been using ...where are you Paul??<br />for me its always been using the sounds to convey a mood or emotion or a picture in my head....i never once sat down and thought ooo great sound i must write a song with it.... couldnt be anything further...BUT<br />i guess when we wrote stuff with Bill there was an element of yep thats a great bass line or riff, certainly was with the original Parallax Avenue and DRAYhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-84730333322530909542009-06-12T03:29:45.083+01:002009-06-12T03:29:45.083+01:00Will have to wait for album 3 then as far as remix...Will have to wait for album 3 then as far as remixes go.<br /><br />Question: Do you, or did you guy's try to capture/convey a certain essence, mood, idea through music? Were you/ are you concerned with just the sounds, or was it (is it)something deeper?Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-33930066998588836942009-05-18T13:33:00.000+01:002009-05-18T13:33:00.000+01:00remix ha ha
not unless you got 24 track reel
all...remix ha ha<br /><br />not unless you got 24 track reel<br /><br />all done on 24 track<br /><br />most of tapes have shed<br /><br />had real problems mastering Descension re release CD cos tapes were screwed...drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-88953749124850498712009-05-15T07:29:00.000+01:002009-05-15T07:29:00.000+01:00i thought that was just a bass guitar! you wouldn'...i thought that was just a bass guitar! you wouldn't have the separate tracks would you? I'll do a remix lol!<br /><br /><br />the instrumentals are nice for sure, but it's not the same without the "voice that could bring a shutter to a fossil"!!Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-20741938917571769712009-05-13T19:09:00.000+01:002009-05-13T19:09:00.000+01:00oedipus - bill doubles up exactly the 303 with sla...oedipus - bill doubles up exactly the 303 with slap bass<br /><br />think we stopped using it as he felt a bit tied to rigid structures<br /><br />instrumentals - dunno i guess i harboured a musician in me heh heh...hence killer moses.... think i have always liked instrumental music as it leaves a bit more to the imagination...see pauls description on the website of Butchers Wharf on the 3rd drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-31611469823625476932009-05-13T03:00:00.000+01:002009-05-13T03:00:00.000+01:00303 in oedipus? is it a bass synth line? i can hea...303 in oedipus? is it a bass synth line? i can hear the synth line in mars on ice, but not oedipus.<br /><br />"we once played the furniture dept of a department store"- lol thats awesome, too bad you don't have some video of that<br /><br />how did the instrumentals come about, were they just improves for the most part? what was the deciding factor in not having a vocal?Davehttp://www.myspace.com/ninthhollownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-60821349346576212642009-05-06T12:11:00.000+01:002009-05-06T12:11:00.000+01:00we didnt use clicks that much we just did it... in...we didnt use clicks that much we just did it... in fact i dont know if we used clicks at all....<br /><br />occaisionally played along to somehting on the early stuff.... Mars On Ice used a 303 and so did Oedipus so we'd lay them down and follow<br /><br />most recording was done live with some separation and occaisional overdub.... <br /><br />Son of Sloth<br />Yes tis me a blowin ye old drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-44765745320192422592009-05-03T22:29:00.000+01:002009-05-03T22:29:00.000+01:00bill davies mentioned some things about recording ...bill davies mentioned some things about recording without a click, and the band recording all at once to capture as much vide as possible etc. haha shit maybe i should lose the click in the studio as well, if you want vibe live, then surely you want it on the recording!<br /><br />i'm listening to son of sloth, damn what a great song! are you playing sax on that one steve?Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-76673908015902139632009-04-26T15:46:00.000+01:002009-04-26T15:46:00.000+01:00sounds like the best way to go....sounds like the best way to go....drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-48237240431253324382009-04-25T04:16:00.000+01:002009-04-25T04:16:00.000+01:00that previous post was me(not that it wasn't obvio...that previous post was me(not that it wasn't obvious)Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318010699533389569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-51197003882593258922009-04-25T04:11:00.000+01:002009-04-25T04:11:00.000+01:00"heavy psychedlic hip hop.... in other words murde..."heavy psychedlic hip hop.... in other words murderously heavy psychedelic grooves and effects...."<br /><br />i really like the sound of that!<br /><br />i did a show a couple of years ago at the local goth industrial night club in town, and i had a roland vs1880(18 track hard disc recorder)playing pre-recorded beats, samples, and bass/lead synth. the drummer had a set of headphones with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-51263387774976469912009-04-23T12:18:00.000+01:002009-04-23T12:18:00.000+01:00more live
dave if your monitoring is ok you coul...more live <br /><br />dave if your monitoring is ok you could just trigger your loops live... bit difficult to do it yourself better to have someone else do it and just work off each other....change stop as necessary etc...<br /><br />its odd... as much as i like a bit of chaos the funny thing is Slab were very very tight live.... only the very early gigs would have any chaos involved... we drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-25732336031686961442009-04-23T11:02:00.000+01:002009-04-23T11:02:00.000+01:00Live
never used loops live in slab... used em in...Live<br /><br />never used loops live in slab... used em in other little musical ventures such as the fantastically named Brothelcharge.... where i played bass and paul played gtr... but that didnt have a drummer so was fairly easy just whacked it up as loud as possible in the monitors.... and then everyone else turned up to twelve!!!!<br /><br />but in slab we used the sampler mainly for drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-6284282802373719682009-04-23T03:54:00.000+01:002009-04-23T03:54:00.000+01:00so you sold your SLAB! to the old ladies eh? bette...so you sold your SLAB! to the old ladies eh? better toothless old ladies than men! haha.<br /><br />yeah man, the home set up is the way to go! do you know what kind of mac you're getting? do you have a space in your home that you could actually set up as a studio,like with some acoustical treatments and what not? being able to record a live drum kit is a nice option(personally i can't, so i got Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-41037223473486099322009-04-20T21:40:00.000+01:002009-04-20T21:40:00.000+01:00ok Dave glad youre back....here goes
umm home set...ok Dave glad youre back....here goes<br /><br />umm home set up>>> well mine has been under the bed for some time.... ah domestic life how it strangles your creativity...but i am about to purchase a new mac and i have all my software from the studio....never been one to use loads of equipment really... just whatever i need<br /><br />help from studios>>>> well i aint aLlowed drayhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-27997912250379477512009-04-17T05:17:00.000+01:002009-04-17T05:17:00.000+01:00i'm still kickin around! been super busy lately wi...i'm still kickin around! been super busy lately with my own musical ventures, and my internet computer crashed a while back and i took my sweet time getting another(i wouldn't dare use my music only computer for internet!). <br /><br />are you guy's going to try setting up studio's at home? or has anyone with access to a studio offered to help? how much actual recording time do you think you needDavehttp://www.myspace.com/ninthhollownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-23846636536862320652009-04-12T23:05:00.000+01:002009-04-12T23:05:00.000+01:00ramblingswell as Paul said not a lot happening as ...ramblings<BR/><BR/>well as Paul said not a lot happening as I closed my studio of 16 years....<BR/>but just have to do it another way and it will be done....<BR/><BR/>still updating website..<BR/><BR/>my own musical faves at the moment are Nadja.... theres a couple of tracks on the 3rd slab album which predate them by 20 years,,, but i like their utter heaviness and emotion...<BR/>who else ... DRAYhttp://www.slab-uk.co.uknoreply@blogger.com