Making Memory Man

• 22 April 2006 - We hire a van and start moving in. We're taking...
• 24 April 2006 - Dan has constructed our IKEA table and put the desk...
• 28 April - 3 May 2006 - Short trip to East Coast USA. Dan tells us he...
• 8 May 2006 - Technically, today is the First Day of Recording, because we...
• 9 May 2006 - Following the galvanising planning session, it is a bit of...
• 10 May 2006 - Arrive to find that Crusher Mike has attached the remaining...
• 11 May 2006 - The mixer is back this morning - it was needed...
• 15 May 2006 - It's like the real first day today, so it's the...
• 16 May 2006 - As I open the door this morning, I hear a...
• 17 May 2006 - We're all looking forward to this, the first proper test...
• 18 May 2006 - Our strategy is to work on three songs at a...
• 22 May 2006 - One of the themes of this recording session is the...
• 23 May 2006 - Today we're doing electric guitar all day. I discover that...
• 24 May 2006 - I have begun to ride my bike to work. It's...
• 25 May 2006 - Dave's away next week so we ignore our three-song plan...
• 30 May 2006 - Our windows face out into the narrow little sidestreet, and...
• 31 May 2006 - I wasn't here today. Jim came in and recorded a...
• 1 June 2006 - As I arrived this morning there was a new and...
• 2 June 2006 - It's Friday, but because we got all worried about our...
• 5/6 June 2006 - I'm not here for two days. I wonder if they...
• 7 June 2006 - I don't drive, which means I get to do a...
• 8 June 2006 - Dan has spent a lot of the last few weeks...
• 12 June 2006 - The World Cup began on Friday. I've watched a lot...
• 13 June 2006 - Fuck, it's even hotter today. I thought Italy were pedestrian...
• 14 June 2006 - What happened to France? It remains hot. Too hot to...
• 15 June 2006 - All right! Let's record some guitar now! First we do...
• 19 June 2006 - England, oh England. I would have been quite pleased if...
• 20 June 2006 - Somehow there's very little left to do. We've caught up...
• 21 June 2006 - England 'won' their group. Matt has arranged to have his...
• 22 June 2006 - Argentina v The Netherlands: The Les Paul of football matches....
• 26 June 2006 - Can you win the World Cup by only ever beating...
• 27 June 2006 - Matt does a quick piano and voice version of his...
• 28 June 2006 - All this spontaneity has obviously spurred Matt on, because he...
• 29 June 2006 - Matt's not in today, so me and Dan spend a...
• 4 July 2006 - We're going to America next weekend so this is a...
• 5 July 2006 - It's called 'Parachute'....
• 6 July 2006 - No, wait a minute, it's called 'Pressure Suit'....
• 7-10 July 2006 - Short trip to Midwest USA. On Monday an upright piano...
• 11 July 2006 - Dave returns to redo Vapour Trail with the new drum...
• 12 July 2006 - It seems empty in the studio today because the Gibsons...
• 13 July 2006 - Dan celebrates the last day by staying at home. He...
• 14 August - 27 August 2006 - Did you have a nice summer? I did. I went...
• 28 August 2006 - Matt and Dave spent the end of last week revisiting...
• 29 August 2006 - We still have some piano tracks to do, now that...
• 30 August 2006 - Lead vocal on Black Hole and Rolls So Deep, more...
• 31 August 2006 - Matt wants to record Broken Bones, the traditional just-piano-and-voice song...
• 1 September 2006 - Kim comes in to do some backing vocaling. Matt has...
• 3 September 2006 - Working on a Sunday. You see what I do for...
• 4 September 2006 - I didn't get the chance to play Matt the exciting...
• 5 September 2006 - It feels like we've got all the really hard bits...
• 6 September 2006 - There seem to be two people with video cameras scrutinising...
• 7 September 2006 - Eric would like us to send him the stuff he...
• 9 September 2006 - I entreat Kerry to do the other Rolls So Deep...
• 12 September 2006 - I've been in Belfast, being part of the band for...
• 13 September 2006 - Matt's picking at Something to Believe in like a nice...
• 14 September 2006 - Cinderella is the song that needs the most weeding. There...
• 15 September 2006 - It's very nearly the last day of recording, although that's...
• 19 September 2007 - Whooaaaaaaa there. Matt arrives with a funny expression and eventually...
• 26 September 2006 - Eric has been concentrating on the single mixes, so we...
• 2 October 2006 - There can't be much more can there? We're about to...
• 4-14 October 2006 - Tour with The Fray in the US of A, make...
• 29 October 2006 - Some amongst me may have checked out of this project...
• 30 October - 2 November 2006 - Matt in LA. He rings to say Eric is the...
• 3 November 2006 - Mastering session in LA. The order is: Pressure Suit Cinderella...
• 7 November 2006 - Matt and Kim come over with a shiny shiny CD...
• 20 November 2006 - Second mastering session in LA. The final order is: Cinderella...
• 27 November 2006 - It's called 'Memory Man'....