April - May 2012
The last several weeks have seen me frantically editing, mixing, overdubbing, and generally trying to clear my substantial in-tray of material from Naomi Randall and Guy Dinwiddy, all of which is sounding great! Even if it is taking a while to get through...

When we can both find a spare moment, "in-house" writer and musician Tom Fielder and I have been continuing to demo each other songs and write together.
I'm due to be accompanying Naomi at her Strawberry Fair appearance next month, so a great deal of sitar re-stringing, re-fretting and practise has been underway!
 
Finally, some fantastic photos from DAFM's gig with The Apples last month can be seen below, courtesy of (and ©) Paul Green.

March 2012
The prolific Guy Dinwiddy is back in the Studéos and recording his second album Haircut + Shave. The foundations for eight songs have been recorded, with more to follow in the forthcoming months. 
Green Mind Gigs is owed a huge amount of thanks: not only for putting on The Apples & DAFM gig this month to such success, but also for giving Studéos regular Naomi Randall the support slot for Robin Williamson (of The Incredible String Band) this October.
In other news, Studéos compadre Pip Johnson has left the country for three months and lent us his drum kit in the mean time, provoking a serge of demoing  one-anothers' songs. I expect to be kept occupied for sometime!

January - February 2012
The new year has seen Naomi Randall's sessions progress into a full blown album! Six songs are now coming along nicely, consisting of four trad and two originals. I've completely restrung the sitar (which took some time and patience) and been overdubbing various instruments to the songs, and it's all sounding excellent! 
Her first solo gig (a Strawberry Fair fundraiser) outside The Mixed Up Kind proved there's certainly interest in what she's doing.

I've managed to get a long awaited Mellotron synthesiser working and added to the Studéos artillery of sound, and have been testing out some never-before-used plug ins, synths and sounds whilst recording a cover of the Beach Boys song That's Not Me (soon to be mixed!)

My old band DAFM have been booked to support Israel's top funk/jazz/hip-hop collective The Apples at The Junction 2 in March, so we've been busy practising for the gig and discussing some potential recording dates.