Over a two day period in July, 2010, the two Adelaide based musicians from Vincent's Chair, Kathie Renner and Karen De Nardi, together with Kate Ceberano drummer, Thom Mann, and Bassist, Shaun Duncan (and his daughter, Hannah) met to rehearse and record the new Vincent's Chair CD.The Goal: to rehearse and record the beds - drums, bass and piano parts - for six songs.
As the group assembled in the studio, finding their barings, setting up their instruments, there was clearly tension in the air. But after running through the charts a couple of times, feeling comfortable with their headset levels, they began to feel more at ease.
Their sound engineer, Argentian, Gabriel Agostino, worked quietly and efficiently to give the musicians the best environment and condition to work in, and helped to relax the atmosphere; even joining in with the boy's humour with his own contributions.
By the end of the day it was decided to "do a take" of one of the songs to see just how they were going. "Looks like Rain" was the chosen song, and after a couple of run throughs, a take was made, and the group made their way to the control room to hear the results.
Despite it being a test run, the overall sound was particularly good. The drum sound was sensational. Thom had used a combination of a 1958 Ludwig kit (similar to the one the Beatles had used) with bits and pieces from a Premier kit, and the clarity of the sounds was a stand-out. Everything sounded really beautiful.
So the end of the day ended on an enthusiastic note. Everyone was left feeling confident about the day ahead.
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