Gig: 4/1/2000, Mike Peters, Plato, Helmond

Day Eleven: Monday 6 June 2005 First job of the day is to record my acoustic guitars on ‘Menai Bridge’. The question is where do we record acoustic guitars? The first place that Martin and I try is inside the drum booth. I decide to try the part on the Gibson J200. Once Martin has a sound up and has hit record, I realize that the picking part of the [read more]

‘All I Wanted (Abbey Road)’ [4:40] (Mike Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: All I wanted All I needed All I wanted was you I was a stranger moving from place to place Driven by a need for something I could not explain I was lost in a no mans land between night and day Travelling a road that was leading me astray Every time I tried to find it, tried [read more]

Day Six: Tuesday 31 May 2005 There is still a lot to be done to make the studio work as a recording facility. We are still setting everything up when James arrives with his vast array of guitars, amps and effects. Steve descends on the studio in the late afternoon and all we need now is Craig Adams (Craig has been in Japan on a session with some Japanese superstar [read more]