Re: ANOTHER album!!

[chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>]

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>
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> 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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