Just wanted to pay my respects to Michael- I wasn't the kind of fan to camp outside his house or bear my teeth as I fought over tickets- but I have bought albums and tried in vain to attempt the moon walk ( come on now so have you! ) and despite the bizarre life choices he's made, I still respect him hugely for his contribution to the music world and I am truly sad that he died under such seemingly huge stress levels. It is a sobering reminder that fame does not immunise you from death- in fact, very often the opposite appears to be true.
However much the family may wish to grieve in private, this will be a hugely public affair and no doubt in Diana style our T.V viewing will be dominated by a glittering array of 'Jackomentaries' for the foreseeable future.
Rest In Peace Michael Jackson.
Friday, 26 June 2009
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
MINI MOVIE MAKING......
Hey Chaps
Hope this finds you well and in high spirits-what with it being pretty toastie on the weather front right now (well at least for today anyway!) and knowing that we still have a sizeable chunk of Summer left to unfold- I was a bouncy June baby, so I guess this is my time of year if that makes any sense!
The Sunnies are still steadily making headway- we've recently been in touch with a very talented animator who is going to put together a film to go with our song PAPER SATELLITES. This is tres exciting for us as we love all things visual and can't wait to see what the fellow is going to come up with- it's gonna be so interesting to see his interpretation of one of our tracks- keep you posted.
On that self same subject- I have almost almost almost finished my paper creation now- I know it's been a ridiculously long time in the making, but I suppose I've just been adding to it and refining it bit by bit- if a job's worth doing and all that.....!
Just got one or two details left and then she'll be on display in all her cosmic glory!!!
Lee has also designed SUNNY our kind of band robot/mascot/thingy- well whatever he is, he is very cute and bagsy that I get to wear the first printed T-shirt!!
Still working on the last few tracks and bits of artwork for the album- looks like Lee 's folks are doing some building work at their place and we can use one of the rooms as a fairly permanent set-up to record in- we likey oh yes we do!
Speak soon take care all Mel xxx.
Hope this finds you well and in high spirits-what with it being pretty toastie on the weather front right now (well at least for today anyway!) and knowing that we still have a sizeable chunk of Summer left to unfold- I was a bouncy June baby, so I guess this is my time of year if that makes any sense!
The Sunnies are still steadily making headway- we've recently been in touch with a very talented animator who is going to put together a film to go with our song PAPER SATELLITES. This is tres exciting for us as we love all things visual and can't wait to see what the fellow is going to come up with- it's gonna be so interesting to see his interpretation of one of our tracks- keep you posted.
On that self same subject- I have almost almost almost finished my paper creation now- I know it's been a ridiculously long time in the making, but I suppose I've just been adding to it and refining it bit by bit- if a job's worth doing and all that.....!
Just got one or two details left and then she'll be on display in all her cosmic glory!!!
Lee has also designed SUNNY our kind of band robot/mascot/thingy- well whatever he is, he is very cute and bagsy that I get to wear the first printed T-shirt!!
Still working on the last few tracks and bits of artwork for the album- looks like Lee 's folks are doing some building work at their place and we can use one of the rooms as a fairly permanent set-up to record in- we likey oh yes we do!
Speak soon take care all Mel xxx.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
NEW MELLOWNESS CREEPING IN...
Hi troops! hope you're all feeling 'topped up' after the Bank Holiday week-end and ready to grab the week by it's ankles! We did our usual writing stint on Saturday- been doing loads of house sitting recently- feel we've sort of become like a bunch of musical nomads travelling around with all our recording gear from place to place- we set up camp, work on a song and then move on to the next destination. Who knows, maybe being in all these different places helps to keep the creativity flowing. We've got no shortage of ideas at the moment, so it must be working!
I'm happy to report that we're writing a new track-it kind of 'morphs' it's way out of the end of PAPER SATELLITES using the same piano riff but with a completely different vocal line. It's quite chilled and will hopefully add balance to the more full-on tracks on the album. Almost simultaneously, we've been inspired with another track (title still to be decided!), which is a mellow little number too. At this rate we are in serious danger of having too many tracks to fit on the album, but give me this kind of danger any day!
This pre production stage may have been a long old haul but it's been SO worth it and it's taught us bag loads of stuff- just can't wait to hear it all properly recorded....bring it on!
Cheers!
Speak soon Mel xx.
I'm happy to report that we're writing a new track-it kind of 'morphs' it's way out of the end of PAPER SATELLITES using the same piano riff but with a completely different vocal line. It's quite chilled and will hopefully add balance to the more full-on tracks on the album. Almost simultaneously, we've been inspired with another track (title still to be decided!), which is a mellow little number too. At this rate we are in serious danger of having too many tracks to fit on the album, but give me this kind of danger any day!
This pre production stage may have been a long old haul but it's been SO worth it and it's taught us bag loads of stuff- just can't wait to hear it all properly recorded....bring it on!
Cheers!
Speak soon Mel xx.
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
THE FUTURE'S BRIGHT !!!
Hi all! It's been a little while I know since I last logged in - the last month has been quite a patchy affair- Lee was feeling under the weather so we had to cancel a few meet ups, plus we've had a serious quota of technology malfunction to contend with and-oh yeah, Ian and I went gallivanting off to Devon for a few days which was just the best thing- we visited this crazy place called the valley of rocks and basically walked our faces off!!! the scenery was to die for and well worth clambering up all those vertical-lactic acid- inducing-hills ! ( I have now decided to become a huge and official fan of gallivanting- it needs to be done- often!).
So no, in truth not our most productive of months but nay mind, we shall soon be back on track.......
Last Saturday saw the band taking more of a 'gall' than a 'vant' down to Brighton- Ian and Lee wanted to check out guitar amps and Amy (Lee's girl) needed something Moulin Rouge-esque for her 21st Birthday bash, so we met up at the station and began our quest for frocks and big expensive things that make guitars sound great.
Had a fun day moochin' and generally checking out all the funky stuff down there and came away with Amy's outfit sorted and a brand new shiny Orange amp- the guys got pretty much the Mother of all deals and came away super chuffed and I guess, super broke! So no prizes for guessing what we're gonna be up to tonight-can't wait to hear that fat, warm sound it's gonna kick out!
Bye for now
Mel xxx.
So no, in truth not our most productive of months but nay mind, we shall soon be back on track.......
Last Saturday saw the band taking more of a 'gall' than a 'vant' down to Brighton- Ian and Lee wanted to check out guitar amps and Amy (Lee's girl) needed something Moulin Rouge-esque for her 21st Birthday bash, so we met up at the station and began our quest for frocks and big expensive things that make guitars sound great.
Had a fun day moochin' and generally checking out all the funky stuff down there and came away with Amy's outfit sorted and a brand new shiny Orange amp- the guys got pretty much the Mother of all deals and came away super chuffed and I guess, super broke! So no prizes for guessing what we're gonna be up to tonight-can't wait to hear that fat, warm sound it's gonna kick out!
Bye for now
Mel xxx.
Friday, 17 April 2009
NEW TRACKS on ning.com
As I finished my last blog and watched it disappear into the cyber world I realised that I had forgotten to tell you about our ning community and that our latest morsels of music had been deposited there oooopps : D so please go along to http://sunsoma.ning.com have a listen and let us know how they make you feel.
Take care
Mel xx
Take care
Mel xx
Thursday, 16 April 2009
HEALTH KICK IMMINENT!
O.K, O.K, who ate too many Easter eggs this year? Why on this merry earth do we do it eh? I was chatting to my good mate Sabs only this morning and there is just no getting away from it-there's only so much a digestive system can happily take- SO, from the 4 or 5 hours that are left of today it's out with the chocs and in with the lentils!
Anyhow on to things far more exciting and way less fattening- we completed our demo of PAPER SATELLITES last night so we'll get it up on our site A.S.A.P so that you can catch the vibe of the song and get making your own satellite creation to enter into our competition ( details on our site ). I started making one last week and its' kinda grown into a sort of Mother ship! And O.K it's not STRICTLY made of paper- there's a bit of card+ the odd bit of egg box in there too!
Just gotta finish it off by putting my message on there- et voila! I'll stick a pic up when she's done. I've just decided my satellite will be named Legacy 3. Yep.
I know it's been a long time coming peeps and your patience has been much appreciated, but the new demos are up as 'tasters' so have a listen and tell us what you think!
Nice talkin' to ya!
Take care
Mel xxx.
Anyhow on to things far more exciting and way less fattening- we completed our demo of PAPER SATELLITES last night so we'll get it up on our site A.S.A.P so that you can catch the vibe of the song and get making your own satellite creation to enter into our competition ( details on our site ). I started making one last week and its' kinda grown into a sort of Mother ship! And O.K it's not STRICTLY made of paper- there's a bit of card+ the odd bit of egg box in there too!
Just gotta finish it off by putting my message on there- et voila! I'll stick a pic up when she's done. I've just decided my satellite will be named Legacy 3. Yep.
I know it's been a long time coming peeps and your patience has been much appreciated, but the new demos are up as 'tasters' so have a listen and tell us what you think!
Nice talkin' to ya!
Take care
Mel xxx.
Monday, 6 April 2009
ALL GOOD THINGS...
APRIL 4th: .....come to those who wait!
Hi folks, all good here- TOO LONG NOW is FINALLY in the bag after all manner of changes but we are all more than chuffed with how it's turned out- even though it seems like it's been forever to crack it. But cracked it we have and now we're just plugging away at these last few tracks and ticking them off our 'To Do List' one by one which is feeling pretty good and great to be able to play them back to back and start to get a feel for how the album's gonna be.
Played some of the newies to my folks yesterday and got the big thumbs up -let's face it, there's nothing quite like a good helping of parental support to keep you going is there?
So up and onwards we climb towards PAPER SATELLITES which is our next immediate task- as I said before, most of it is already sorted but just need to complete the verses and then we'll be able to stick it up on our site to hopefully inspire you to come up with some fantastic paper creations in our satellite competition ( please go to our site for details ).
Lovin the fact that it's April and spring has definitely sprung!
Hope you're all doing good
Speak soon
Love Mel xxx.
Hi folks, all good here- TOO LONG NOW is FINALLY in the bag after all manner of changes but we are all more than chuffed with how it's turned out- even though it seems like it's been forever to crack it. But cracked it we have and now we're just plugging away at these last few tracks and ticking them off our 'To Do List' one by one which is feeling pretty good and great to be able to play them back to back and start to get a feel for how the album's gonna be.
Played some of the newies to my folks yesterday and got the big thumbs up -let's face it, there's nothing quite like a good helping of parental support to keep you going is there?
So up and onwards we climb towards PAPER SATELLITES which is our next immediate task- as I said before, most of it is already sorted but just need to complete the verses and then we'll be able to stick it up on our site to hopefully inspire you to come up with some fantastic paper creations in our satellite competition ( please go to our site for details ).
Lovin the fact that it's April and spring has definitely sprung!
Hope you're all doing good
Speak soon
Love Mel xxx.
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