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Modern Roadie

Caught in the crossfire between Art and Technology!

Manchester V Cancer

Saturday, January 28, 2006


Dashed up to Manchester for a one-off muso who’s who in support of Cancer research. Doves were joined by a number of guests including Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Badly Drawn Boy and Guy Garvey of Elbow.
The celebrity stage line-up increased for the ‘Wrote for Luck’ finale led by Shaun Ryder and Bez.

From Birds to Braving Weather Conditions

Monday, January 23, 2006

Here we go again kids!

Spent today in the country with Mr 'Rock Producer' Lee, transferring the audio stem files from my new employer's previous record.
The past few weeks have been a frantic gathering of gadgets and toys for our new Logic Pro rack. I've a few days to put things together before Pre-Production rehearsals.
One of the hardware suppliers let their audio Elves run riot with the engraving machine!

Snow Patrol

Tuesday, January 10, 2006
This blog could be tales of crazy after show parties, backstage antics and stories that will shock the faint hearted. Alas, another stereotype is to be smashed as I document my time working for a popular UK band on their forthcoming tour.

I've taken the job of 'keyboard technician', or roadie, and it's my responsibility to build and maintain the keyboard/computer playback setup
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