24th Nov, 2008. end of an era

Sad today today. my beloved recording machine drew it's last breath. i've had this machine for years and it's always been good to me. "glue" was recorded on it...every little tune i've dreamed up in a the last few years has been laid down on the "aw2816" and today, no more. i've spent the last four days recording parts pretty much non stop only to wake this morning to find all six of my new songs have been replaced by a fantastic sheet of white noise. this, my friends, truly sucks. will i remember what i did these last four days? chances are, no. i'll dream up new ones but that's not what's rattling me right now; from now i'll now resort to laying down demos before the studio like everyone else...on a magic lantern without a big red button record and an over sized fader for "very loud". i'll manage. not to worry , gtgt by name, gtgt by nature so onwards we trot, and thank goodness for the boss (forever my favorite lesson in songwriting) having a new song i can lend an ear too today.
new dates up on the site very soon,
be good kids.
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Nov 16 2008 - Cameras

I was hoping to show you some footage from our show at the Cobden Club the other week but the cameras are m.i.a so for the time being you'll have to put your imagination to work and dream up the wondrous event that was :) New tunes are coming out of all sockets these days and i'm doing my best not to forget them; some of them i've put up on the site - the new "downsized" gtgt page that hopefully should give you a quick snapshot of everything that's going on. Demo recordings for the new record are coming along and some things are bubbling away in the back room; it's all very exciting and i'll report back when i can tell you more.
Home to Italy next week to play the MEI Festival which , as i understand, is a shindig that brings together labels and music types. we'll see how it goes; i'll try not to misplace the camera this time so i can show you what went down. that's it for now kids. it's sunday night and last night's thunderous clapham review with your favourite drummer seems not such a great idea. cheers phil .
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