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Re: ANOTHER album!!


  • Subject: Re: ANOTHER album!!
  • From: chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:09:17 +0200

Couldn't agree more. I'm doing my best to help steer it in a more polished direction...

As for funding and EMI it's not really an area Gerard would want me to go into and to be honest, not something I know much about.

The website will definitely show some activity in the coming weeks. If not, I'll be nagging Gerard! I'll even offer to help do the updates if things don't get moving so you won't need to hold your breath too long!


On Sep 12, 2006, at 11:24, Paul Vallis wrote:

Thanks Chris, that's great news!

Are EMI funding the current activity?

One of the criticisms that has been levelled at some of the recent releases (notably Altitude and Record Player) is the muddy production. I can understand Gerard's desire to keep it "in house" for artistic control and financial reasons, and I know he likes to go for a more low-fi sound sometimes, but I'm not so sure it suits the Aeroplanes style. Hopefully the fact that you're on board will mean that the base recordings used are better quality than some of those on other recent releases which will lead to an overall improvement in sound quality.

As regards the websites, well, we won't hold our breath.....

Your future bulletins will be awaited with great anticipation!

PV1


From: chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>
Reply-To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List <blueplanes@st...net>
To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List <blueplanes@st...net>
Subject: [Blueplanes] ANOTHER album!!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:23:38 +0200

Hi everyone

I just thought I'd post an update of what's going on behind the scenes...

The band are recording a brand new album of brand new songs. Gerard is hoping to get it out early next year. This will make it FOUR albums in 12 months!! (Swagger deluxe, Altitude, Harvester and the new one).

I have been recording all the rehearsals since the harbourside gig. Gerard's theory is basically this. When a band goes into a studio to record, they often find the original recording of the first time the band played a new song has a better vibe than the full quality studio recording. These recording are usually done on a dictaphone or walkman for reference so the quality make them un- useable. The idea is that I record the rehearsals to a relatively good quality on my laptop so there is a back-up of all the original versions of the new songs which are recorded at a high enough quality to use on the album if the version if a particular track can't be bettered in the studio.

I've been following the aeroplanes as a fan since a gig at the tropic club in Stokes Croft back in 1985. To be involved on this level has been fascinating. I can also honestly report that the new songs (which are still vocal-less at this stage) sound fantastic. This is shaping up to be the best Aeroplanes album for years. Gerard is determined to go one better than Altitude and from what I've heard the new songs, especially the rockier ones, are up there even with Swagger! As a little nugget of info there is a fabulously titled song called "China Brilliant Automotive" (apparently taken from the first Chinese company to be registered on the New York stock exchange.. or something) and it's a real rocker!

On the web site front, we had a meeting with some people who run the http://www.blueaeroplanes.co.uk/ site. They are setting it up so that it is easy for Gerard to add updates himself from home. He is planning to put up a video every month and put alternative versions of older tracks up for download. I was unaware that so many of the songs had videos made for them. I had only seen Jacket Hangs and ...And Stones until last week. He showed me the videos to about 15 other tracks. Some are from European TV shows, one was from a gig at the Western Star Domino Club back in 1984 (they looked SO young!), one was from The Old Grey Whistle Test (I think it was "Arriving") and some were full-on video productions.

As for the domain names, and I think I remember this correctly though I'm not sure, Gerard said that EMI own blueaeroplans.com and blueaeroplanes.co.uk but Gerard owns theblueaeroplane.co.uk

One piece of info I passed on a couple of months a go about possible gigs is Oslo and Athens needs clarification. I was under the impression that these were confirmed gigs but I got the wrong end of the stick. They are both just gigs in the pipeline waiting for the band whenever they want them. The new album is taking priority at the moment so they will probably remain as just possible gigs until what I presume would be the full tour to promote the new album next year (although I'm just guessing here!)

Abi, you can send your email to me at chris@al...co.uk and I'll give it to Gerard when I'm back in Bristol later this week.

Also, Mark, did you manage to get hold of John Langley? If not I can pass any message on to him at the same time.

So I'll post another update when there is a build up of enough new stuff to talk about.

Cheers

Chris


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