The B SHARPS spend a few days at Farmyard Studios deep in the Cotswold countryside. Under the expert eye of Simon Plater who is the producer and owner of Farmyard Studios, the band managed to record a number of new tracks for their website. With only a couple of days to get everything done, the plan was to record four tracks that would help to showcase the range of material the band play.

The songs are recorded track by track. First the drums with the rest of the band playing a guide track, then the bass guitar track is added, then the rhythm and lead guitars and finally the lead and backing vocals are added. Everything is then mixed together by Simon. The studio is fully equipped with loads of high quality racks, effects, mixers, microphones etc and the band did their best to pretend that they knew what all the knobs and switches were for!

STUDIO TRACKS:

• Track 1: Sunday Girl (Blondie)
• Track 2: I saw her standing there (The Beatles)
• Track 3: Caroline (Status Quo)
• Track 4: I predict a riot (The Kaiser Chiefs)

After getting the main tracks done the band found they had a few hours of recording time left so decided to do 3 more "one take" recordings. After wiring everything up and a quick sound check, there would be no time to correct any mistakes so in effect these are recorded "live!

LIVE TRACKS:

• Track 5: Are you gonna be me girl (Jet)
• Track 6: Sweet child O' mine (Guns & Roses)
• Track 7: Irish rover (The Pogues)

The evenings were spent at The Lamb Inn having a pint and a slap up meal (highly recommended!) Getting home at night is an interesting experience as they don't seem to have invented any streetlamps in the countryside! The other main evening activities were helping the environment by recycling empty beer cans - we tried to donate as many as possible! eating pizza and watching "Hell Boy" on the VCR (a VCR is what they used to have before DVD!)

The accommodation provided at Farmyard Studios was comfy and all the boys slept upstairs under nice comfy duvets. Sleeping in a single room however, it soon became apparent that all the members of the band had some sort of disgusting or annoying habit - and in some cases were very proud of the fact! To see some video footage of the band at Farmyard studios click here.

And finally...
The B Sharps would like to express their thanks to Simon for his friendly help, advice and expertise and have no hesitation in recommending Farmyard Studios. www.farmyardstudios.co.uk

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