Yesterday’s recording session was excellent. It took a while to get going whilst the gear was set up and adjustments made to mic positioning. They had to get the trombones to sit quite apart from the rest of the band as they were being picked up on all the mics and they had to shield the drum kit as the cymbals were also being picked up on all the mics.

We managed to lay down all the tracks we intended to do on the day, these were:

Goldcrest – a march
Misty – Flugel Horn solo
Born Free – theme to the film
Barnard Castle – a march
La Mourisque – a fanfare
Floreat Watfordia – a march

Everyone really enjoyed the recording session, it was nice to do something where the pressure was off and everyone was relaxed. I took my video camera with me to record some of what went on and hope to create a short video (a “rockumentary”!) to put up on the band’s website soon. There’s also a few pictures that I’ll upload sooner.