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AlpenRock House

Thursday 29 January we'll be playing a show at the AlpenRock House in Dietikon.

It's been a while since we've played the Zurich area and we're very much looking forward to it!!

Voices on Top

Autumn is here and we're pleased to be playing inside again. This will surely help us forget the dismal summer weather we've had over here.

Coming up is an unplugged gig in Pontresina. Go check out http://www.voicesontop.ch for this unique festival in the mountains.

I love the region with it's vast untouched scenery and the national park in the far east of Switzerland. Only a few weeks ago we played in St. Moritz (just down the road from Pontresina). It took us all of 8 hours to get there. Our van broke down twice on the way and then refused to go beyond 15 km/h over the Julierpass. What a nightmare. If ever I've been close to desperation in my life, that was then :-). But no worries, this time a large car is all we'll need and we'll be fine.

It's gonna be great - our first unplugged gig in a while.  See you there!

Upcoming Shows

We're all very happy that summer is finally here. I'm sure you are too. 

Here's a list of shows we'll be playing over the next couple of months. More will be added as we go. So if you don't find a show near where you live, you may want to come back later. 

We hope to see you soon!

Three Of Us

Three of us riding nowhere.

Out of focus

Did you notice that our recording and mixing engineer Clint is often a little out of focus on our photos? He's all soft and blurry.

It's not the lenses - I've checked them. He might have eaten something strange. Maybe that Fondue was too much of a good thing for his Kiwi stomach? We will never know.

Thank you Woody Allen :-)!

Today is Jonas' birthday!

Our youngest band member is getting older too ;-). Let's send him a message!

Working late

Working hours: 10am to around midnight.

In the booth

This is my favourite place in the studio. It's cozy in the vocal/amp/drum booth.

In the can

This is my personal monitor mix as I am recording the grand piano.

Amp Gate

Bass player defending his choice of amp for the session.

When Bene brought this "postage stamp sized" bass amp instead of a real bass amp, Greg wasn't easily convinced.

The amp sounded, well, tiny, and made funny noises :-).

We still ended up using it for parts of a song. This is definitely the smallest bass amp we ever used on any of our recordings.

Bass

Let's add some real bass to the tracks.

Control Room Guitars

It's always fun to crank up guitar and bass amps in the studio. While the amp is fully miked in the live room, we play the instruments in the control room when overdubbing. Sometimes at more reasonable levels.  

Interview FN 21/8/2013