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Gig Supporting Chaser 13th April
Very pleased to be supporting my friends, Chaser, for their single and video launch at the Borderline, on the 13th of April. Don’t miss this show, it’s going to be a beaut.
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Upcoming Gigs
26th Feb – http://www.departmentofcoffee.co.uk/ – more details to follow
5th Mar – 333 Mother Live – 333 Old Street
23rd Mar – Fundraiser gig for Webber Street at Departure Café
13th Apr – Full band at The Borderline supporting Chaser for their single launch
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November Gigs
12th November – Belushi’s Camden - facebook event
22nd November – o2 Academy 2 Islington - facebook event
See flyers below for more info…
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Drums Done…
I had two days in Sleeper Studios this past week where I was able to finish recording all the drums for the album. This is great progress! Now I just need to re-record everything else along side those drums, but that shouldn’t take too long as I know what I’m supposed to be doing with each of the other instruments as a result of doing lots of pre-production.
Still can’t promise a release date, it’s too hard to say when I have other work commitments, but I know I’m going to be extra busy in the next couple of months trying to get this album out!
Some pics of the studio this week…
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Altsounds Review – Strawberry Blonde EP
Don’t know why I didn’t post this at the time, probably because I didn’t really have a blog on my website to put it. Well I do now… Here’s a review of Strawberry Blonde EP from Nat Morris (thanks!) at Altsounds:
“I wish more than anything in the entire world, that I could pick up a guitar and just know how to play it. I own a guitar, but I can’t play much more than the first 2 bars of ‘Simple Man’. So when someone comes along, with more talent than you could shake a Les Paul at, it makes me about ready to pull a London Calling on my guitar and break the entire thing to smithereens.
Cue Sydney native Daniel Peterson. Not only did the debonair musician play the impressive guitar licks for his Strawberry Blonde EP, but he also has a go as drummer, pianist, and pretty much everything else that you can hear on the solid, self-released rock/pop EP. The four song Strawberry Blonde is a mix of summery pop and indie alt rock which all form an extremely easy to listen to piece of work – despite Peterson citing Metallica, Megadeth and Jeff Buckley as his musical inspiration.
With tracks like the hopeful ‘Rose’ and the pensive ‘Good Love’, the EP succeeds in sounding fresh and intriguing, without ever straying into tacky or forced. ‘Good Love’ grabs with distorted guitar and a more alt rock sound, which is topped off by a perfectly timed acapella outro that brings a more grounded feel to the EP. Title track ‘Strawberry Blonde’ has all the elements of a massive pop hit, from the sing-along lyrics, to the tinkling piano.
Strawberry Blonde is finished off with ‘Last Dance’, a stunningly raw acoustic track that gives Peterson a chance to show off his soulful vocals and acts as the perfect lasting memory of the EP. Thankfully, the Strawberry Blonde EP is a taster of things to come with an imminent album from Daniel Peterson, which I am definitely looking forward to checking out.”
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Call 911 – Florrie
Last week I remixed ‘Call 911′ by Florrie. Something a bit different from me… hope you like it!
Florrie is giving away loads of tracks for free on her site, check it out!
Download and share from the player below. You can also download Florrie’s original version - click here.
I’m The Ocean – free download
I recorded ‘I’m The Ocean’ in a day at Limestone Studios in Sydney… have a look here at the video blog post.
The artwork is a photo from my favourite beach in the world – Hawks Nest beach where we spent Christmas holidays (that’s summer in Australia) almost every year when I was growing up.
All instruments performed by Daniel Peterson – © & ℗ 2010 Daniel Peterson
Good Love (acoustic version)
I don’t really know why this happened today, but when I woke up this morning I decided to record an acoustic version of one of my old songs (Good Love) in a day, for a bit of a challenge or something. So I told Facebook this was what I was going to do. If I didn’t tell anyone then I might not be as compelled to finish it off, and it actually did help me focus. It took me from 11:34am until 2:45am to finish, stopping only to eat a can of baked beans for 10 minutes (my body hurts from sitting in one spot for 15hrs). I got a bit carried away and recorded a full compliment of instruments, and made an alternative arrangement of the song and even changed entire parts because I felt like it. So I don’t know what this is for, I just had the urge. You can download it for free to have a listen. It’s a pretty rough mix and hasn’t been mastered obviously, but it’ll do. I might do this version live sometimes, it’s different, I like it. Maybe tomorrow I will work more on the album and not get distracted by recording old songs, who knows?!
Paperadio – Making Of The Music Video
A while ago now, I helped out some good friends of mine, Paperadio, on bass for a couple of years. On the night of their farewell show at the Borderline in London, I became an official member for one night only, but it was a good night-only.
During the time playing bass for them, we took a trip to New York City to film a music video for their song Long Narrow Road. I took my video camera and filmed as much of our time as possible to document it. I cut 5 hours of footage down to 28mins or so, restraining myself from using more. It was a lot of fun doing a music video on a rooftop at the foot of the Empire State Building and around Manhattan.
Split into 3 parts, here is the result of our journey to NYC. Props to the very awesome directors of the actual music video, which can watch at the bottom of the post. They are called Twin.
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