After many moons of procrastination, self-doubt, re-writes and bail-outs, I’ve finally finished my debut full length record. It’s called Mythology & Rumour. I’m not making CD’s (apart from a few promotional copies) because I can’t justify the carbon footprint. And frankly, most people I know are dumping their CD’s to make room on the bookshelf. I probably won’t be doing any grand tours to promote it, but I may turn up at the occasional live music venue and do some acoustic shows.
There’s no band, it’s just me. I played and produced most of the record myself. Peter Farnan produced 3 tracks (Run, Can’t Let You Go and Asleep), played some bass, electric guitar and sang some backing vocals on these tracks. He also wrote and played a bunch of keyboard parts. But above all, Peter Farnan gave me the confidence to make this record in the first place and helped me discover myself as an artist as much as I could. I feel like the finished product does not so him justice.
Piet Collins played drums on the same aforementioned three tracks and they sound awesome. Doug Roberts did a great job recording them.
Bart Bee played bass on Coming Home, Make Up Your Mind and She’s So Cool. He also did pre-production on Mythology & Rumour, She’s So Cool and Places To Hide. He wrote the bass lines on Mythology & Rumour and Places To Hide but I played them because I love thumbing my way around a bass guitar and pretending I’m really good at it.
Darren Danielson played drums on Coming Home. Zoran Romic played lead guitar on Coming Home and Places To Hide. Both these boys helped me in countless ways over the last five years that go beyond what I can possibly mention here. Minnie Wood sang on Places To Hide. I played everything else because I’m a control freak.
Sam Lowe recorded and mixed most of the record apart from the drums on Run, Can’t Let You Go and Asleep which Doug Roberts recorded, and some bass lines, guitars and keyboard bits on these same tracks that were done at Peter Farnan’s house. I recorded the acoustic guitars, backing vocals and some lead vocals at home. Steve Smart put up with my princess attitude and self deprecation as he mastered the record at 301 and sprinkled his magic dust over it.
So here it is. Enjoy.
