Our everchanging lineup has delayed things somewhat, but now Bridget is on board we're back and raring to go. This afternoon the boys and I headed back into the studio to lay the beds down for our new song Travelling Man. After the first pristine take of Mannie's bouzouki track we had a listen back and could hear an odd thumping sound between picked notes. Mannie looked like he was going to vomit, and informed us that the noise was his pinkie finger hitting the side of the bouzouki and he couldn't change his playing for this song. But then he brightened and ran downstairs to the first aid kit, returning with a roll of surgical tape and a handful of serviettes. I sighed. Mannie was planning on mummifying his pinkie to 'muffle' the sounds. After a few great takes we could unfortunately still hear the pinkie 'servi-thumping'. Paul, moderately concerned at this point, devised a plan of lending Mannie his clean hanky to muffle the servi-thumping. I've never seen anything more comical in my life, Mannie looked like a maimed soldier bravely struggling through the pain of an enormous white bandage. Amazingly, it worked, and Mannie's final take sounded beautiful sans the thumping. I had to take a photo of Mannie's 'injury' in all its glory! Sets the scene nicely, I think :)
Watch this space for more recording gossip. And believe me, there will be!
Listening to: The Pearl by Harold Budd & Brian Eno
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