Thursday, March 28, 2024

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5 April 2024: Cloudland Blue Quartet - Dissolution IV
20 April 2024: Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM! #2
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DIARY

This main page contains Cloudland Blue : A Diary, with daily entries since 5 March 2005 (scroll down for the latest entries).

As of 5 March 2024 it moved into its 20th year of drivel.  At that point, that was 6,941 days in, although there were actually 7,351 entries to date. 

At present, there are 148 "picture only" entries, across five periods:-

2022 (91): 18 April - 10 May (23); 13 - 17 June (5); 6 July - 5 September (62)

2023 (58): 21 September - 15 October (25); 18 October - 19 November (33)

It is always the intention to update those days with the relevant text but doing so is, of course, subject to opportunity (and, indeed, memory!)...

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Addressing the distortion and always missing some...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Dissolution IV
Wye Oak - Civilian
Witchman - Heavy Traffic
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Backing Tracks
Matters Unknown - We Aren't Just
Various - Current Top 30 on Shuffleplay

Up early and firing up the machines...


Today was the day to record the 2024 piano LP, "Dissolution IV"...


And, lo, I did indeed do so - ten tracks created and on to treating and mixing them with some ambience...


Before breakfast, the first version of the LP was ready and the Exec Producer took a wee listen and declared it to be "nice"...


..which, from the EP is very high praise indeed...

Off she went to Zumba and I listened closely...


Various areas of very slight distortion troubled me...

I did a full remix, lowering the piano and bringing the ambience slightly more to the fore...

And that became the 2nd mix - which I thought was ok and so went about uploading it all to Bandcamp, with the initial mix as a bonus...

"Leverage" at lunchtime then Anne had stuff re her mum and hairdressing so I created a full playlist of all the backing tracks I have of songs I do with the band and, having worked out last night the fret placings for the capo to be able to play the same chords I do with the band, I played through the 1st two sets on the acoustic along to the tracks from the laptop...

Still need to do the fret placings for all the songs not on the wedding setlists though...

My stuff today - new piano piece titles gleaned from Eno's diary (at utter random) as usual...


Found some great new jazz on Bandcamp, much of it emanating from Glasgow...

Listened again to the new LP and realised there was still some distortion present and I was going to have to, reluctantly, judiciously edit the improvisations...

Tasty prawn pasta tea...


...and another "Leverage" then, back to work, completing what I hoped would be the final version of the album and, again, uploading to Bandcamp, taking down the initial mix bonuses, leaving it as just the 10 main tracks...

A pre recorded "Professor T" very much enjoyed...

Then, a last listen back for the day, only to find distortion of the very end of the last piece...

One for tomorrow as the day was done...


Highlight of the Day : New LP...

Today's New Music:-

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Music and care...

Playlist
Monkey3 - Sphere
Kjetil Mulelid - Agoja
A Tonic for the Troops - Realm of Opportunities
Various - Current Top 30 on Shuffleplay
Capital Models - 2023-07-07 Pre Wedding Party
Capital Models - 2023-11-19
Capital Models - 2023-12-03
Capital Models - 2024-01-14
Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM!
Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM! Vols 3-5
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-23 Demos
Monkey3 -Beyond the Black Sky
Jogging House - Rendezvous
Christian Wittman - The Story of the Sun Moon and Stars
Grandaddy - Blu Wav

Up late again and a little done - e.g. getting this up to date...



...pre breakfast...

At 9:30 or so, out and down to the dentist for two more fillings...

Still two sessions to go until he's satisfied...

At 10:45, from the dentist over to Bonnyrigg to visit my mum...

Here she is having her blood pressure taken by Amelia from Underberg in South Africa...


Shortly after that, nephew Andy arrived - he's heading up to Inverness for a camping meet, at which he will provide a Silent Disco...

Good to see the young man but forgot to record it pic-wise...

Just before I left, mum's care package details were put up on the wall behind her...

No further details yet but I must assume going home is imminent...

Back home via her home in Loanhead, dropping off washing and sorting a couple of things...

Then to my own home for lunch with Anne and a "Leverage"...

In the afternoon, some time spent working out the changes in key which would be required for me to play the current CMs set solo via the backing tracks gathered together at the start of 2023 which, in turn has led to two "Glam!" albums...

Tea tonight, lovely (not for the lamb, obviously) lamb's mince with carrots, potatoes and peas from the Exec Producer...


Yum!

...and watching Scotland go down 1-0 to Northern Ireland - soundtracked, for me, by recent acquisitions on the new headphones...


...followed by a couple more "Leverage"s then, bed...

Today's final scene...


Highlight of the Day : New music and a care plan...

Today's New Music:-

Monday, March 25, 2024

Meeting and compiling...

Playlist
Reichenhall - Café Morgenstern
Rihm - Ensemble Works
The Rolling Stones - On Air
Mark Wingfield - The Gathering
Aves - Transformations
Hot Garbage - Precious Dream
Ben Frost - Scope Neglect
DAÏDA - LA TRAVERSÉE
Boris Blank - Resonance
Space - Embrace the Space
MIZU - Forest Scenes
Various - This Week's Top 30 LPs on Shuffle

Ok, yesterday, what happened yesterday? (cos, you know, I'm writing this tomorrow)...

Up super late...


Into the old office for a meet re some techy stuff with some guys I've not seen for a good while...


Plans made, action required etc etc...

To Fopp and exchanged the already owned Neneh Cherry taken on Saturday in exchange for an already owned Prins Thomas the previous Saturday, for a Rolling Stones BBC archive disc whic I defin itley don't already own (turns out the download version has another 14 tracks over the 18 on the CD)...

A tram down Leith Walk and a wee trawl around there but nothing enticed and the weather was absolutely miserable...

Accordingly, home...


...and some "Leverage"...

Bringing the red books of CDs I own, up to date...


...and architectural reading and picture looking at...


Compiled my 100 LPs of the week this week...

Grandaddy remains No 1...

New Entries: Boris Blank; Elbow; Pan American & Kramer; PAP; Moritz Stahl...

Moving up: Caligula's Horse; Anchor and Burden; Fire!; Skyjack; This Celestial Engine; Everything Everything...

Week 12's Top 30...


Post Anne's Pilates, salmon, roast potatoes and peas for tea - Anne's peas going everywhere re a misbalanced put down of her plate re a call from her mum...

"Mastermind" and "Only Connect" in the background for me...

On the first semi final of "University Challenge", a paltry 85 scored - but difficult to get 10s when so many of the questions were buzzed in on before being read out to the end..

Not to worry...

More "Leverage"...

And that was about it for Monday 25 March 2024, with its Crispy lookalike on the calendar...


Highlight of the Day : Uptown for a meet and chart compiling...

Today's New Music:-

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Technical malfunctions day...

Playlist
This Celestial Engine - This Celestial Engine
Skyjack - Light Cycle
Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM! #2
Brian Eno - Eno (OST)
Capital Models - 2024-03-24

Sunday and up super early...




Just toast for breakfast but Anne had a picturesque poached egg...


Over to Paul's for 10 and out to Roslin for the 2nd last rehearsal before the Dockers on 14 April...


Held up for around 30 minutes by the power socket on the headphone amp that allows us all to hear what we're playing being goosed...

What did come through was recorded on the recorder though and has led to quite an interesting "Strawberry Jam" as we call them - due to John W's daughter Chloe wanting us to be called the Chocolate Strawberries - which I suppose is less offensive than Big Fucking Car...

Various alternatives were tried until, in a moment of clarity, I realised the rest of the band could plug in to John W's headphone amp, while I could monitor matters via the headphone socket of the recorder...

And off we went...

We played through the first two 30 minute sets before taking a break...


Post that, some pics...


Better...



Architect of cake - although none today re band biscuits...




Then, two 45 minute sets played in a oner, only for the recorder to fall off the table at the end whilst still recording, causing the session to be wiped...

Damn...

Not to worry...

Back home Fang was doing the rounds and seemed to have what looked like another cat's claw stuck in his face?


He popped in for a couple of goodies but wouldn't allow us to address his facial situation and was soon back off out again...




Later, my two new docker caps arrived...


Later still, editing today under the moon...


...followed by the last "Death in Paradise" for Ralph Little...

Weekend, once again, over...

With Boris Blank entertaining...

Highlight of the Day : Rehearsing

Today's New Music:-