Jack’s Back is a Future Loss song that began life as a two minute sprint to the finish line, but then quickly ate itself in favour of becoming something more progressive. The rhythm guitar is now virtually absent, Brian has added lots of feedback and stickle-brick beats make an appearance during the ambient mid-section.
Using the close mic feeds from certain drums on the live kit, Logic was able to map a MIDI sequence that mirrored Stuart’s playing exactly. I then used this information to trigger a series of Ultrabeat drum samplers, keeping the original timing while at the same time introducing electronic sounds to the mix.
A vocal extract from Bruised Pilgrim’s Kinky Freidman Crime Club recording. The roaring backing vocal was perfected using a little-known studio technique called “hitting the singer in the head with glockenspiel mallets while the guitarist leaps on his back”.
The stairway in 12 Whitby is good for acoustics. Plenty of slap-back. Set up the mics, don’t move a muscle: they might fall back on you. Check the latest My Attorney shizzle. We only use My Space for purely ironic purposes, while at the same time worshipping at the altar of three gee.