twenty-five songs twenty-five singers two songwriters in a vintage train… can they score one hit from twenty-five chances? www.twentyfivesongs.com Tumblr (3.0; @twentyfivesongs)http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/<p>So&#8230; we knew at some point this year, things were going to get a little tight financially. To keep working on our project we need cash to eat, pray rent, love until we turn over enough profit to be fully self-sufficient.</p> <p>At the beginning of our quest, we figured a combination of income streams would be the reality. We&#8217;d have to consider every opportunity to keep us in the game; sales, licensing, sponsorship, grants, fan-funding, live performance, merchandise, studio hire, tattslotto, Kings court commissions, donations from Steve Jobs&#8230; taking on second jobs.</p> <p>About 3 weeks ago, things got tight. Really tight.</p> <p>Much to the dismay of our creative souls, taking on a second job became the reality&#8230;</p> <p>So did persisting with our goal. We still have 25 chances to score a hit&#8230; 11 down, 14 to go. </p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/9073373645http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/9073373645Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:47:00 +1000<p>Lunch time generally means a trip to Sammy&#8217;s Bakehouse in Newport for a selection of delish I-shouldn&#8217;t-really-but&#8230;OK temptations.</p> <p>I&#8217;m driving from now on.  </p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7607396446http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7607396446Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:40:00 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lobbpwBLzA1qh1ls1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> It's gonna be tight...<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lobbpwBLzA1qh1ls1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Squeezing... squeezing...<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lobbpwBLzA1qh1ls1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Phew ...just made it!??!!<br/><br/> <p>It’s gonna be tight… squeezing… squeezing…</p> <p>Phew… just made it!!??*$#!!</p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7607402564http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7607402564Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:40:00 +1000<p> <object height="160" width="400"> <param value="http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=56834" name="movie"><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"><embed height="160" width="400" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=56834"></embed></object> </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lny1g4R4I61qg2amc.jpg"/></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7374205798http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7374205798Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:55:06 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxza1KFRX1qh1ls1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxza1KFRX1qh1ls1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Add tremelo guitar, baritone Danelectro, acoustic guitar, strings, Jaw harp, “mens chorus”, melodica, Hammond organ, glockenspiel, Takemine acoustic bass, and a crooning-Welsh-Shirley-Bassey vocal by the fabulous Lisa Spykers and you’ve got one crackin’ spaghetti western song,<em> 15 Burning Sun.</em></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7365441100http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7365441100Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:39:00 +1000<a href="http://www.pollodelmar.com/mart/morricone/">Ennio Morricone - the sound of the spaghetti western</a>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7334553400http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7334553400Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:30:05 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxxs9x6Tw1qh1ls1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxxs9x6Tw1qh1ls1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxxs9x6Tw1qh1ls1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxxs9x6Tw1qh1ls1o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Recording tremelo guitar on song 15…</p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7329049692http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7329049692Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:26:00 +1000<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnfi3x2aYF1qg2amc.jpg"/></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7221135226http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7221135226Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:05:06 +1000<p>At some point, that neither Nick or I can quite recall, our plan to write a laid back electronic Portishead-ish track for Lisa Spykers (our singer for song 15) took a 180 degree turn.  </p> <p>Spaghetti western, all of a sudden was the order of the day. </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnsezhBfr51qg2amc.jpg"/></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7213585155http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/7213585155Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:33:22 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkwgzfMjI1qzwcheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>…ours wasn’t a real one like this…</p> <p><a href="http://marsiouxpial.tumblr.com/post/5720647728" target="_blank">marsiouxpial</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/section/1960s/Photo167.htm" target="_blank">1964. United States.</a></p> </blockquote>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6961982072http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6961982072Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:29:00 +1000<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmethm2mov1qg2amc.jpg"/></p> <p>27/6/11</p> <p>Apparently one of these has just been spotted over London&#8230; </p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6961686307http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6961686307Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:19:47 +1000<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lna7bfNEqi1qg2amc.jpg"/></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6957226908http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6957226908Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:05:07 +1000<p> <object width="400" height="160"> <param name="movie" value="http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=56834"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=56834" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="160"></embed></object> </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lna2xvrFr51qg2amc.jpg"/></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6858184665http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6858184665Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:05:06 +1000<p><span> </span></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lna5twv0561qg2amc.jpg"/></p> <p>We laughed, we danced, we drank whisky, and six hours later we had what we wanted… Gold.</p> <p>Pure. Disco. Magic.</p> <p>Monique Brumby is <em>the</em> disco diva in town. No meat suit required. And it’s not Friday.</p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6857469980http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6857469980Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:30:06 +1000<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lna5zn2iJ01qg2amc.jpg"/></p> <p>Our string section bears an uncanny resemblance to a bright red Swedish keyboard complete with tiger stripes. Amazing. </p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6857062845http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6857062845Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:12:28 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln67d4sME31qh1ls1o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln67d4sME31qh1ls1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln67d4sME31qh1ls1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln67d4sME31qh1ls1o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln67d4sME31qh1ls1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>One of the things I practiced during the writing of song 16 was the art of invisibility… Nick plays on completely unaware the super-powerness of his partner in crime…</p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6856461254http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6856461254Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:47:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2tlttE8Q1qh1ls1o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Superfine bassline.</p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6810655345http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6810655345Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:23:00 +1000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/079YGa-JvqQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>Disco Inferno. </em>Here’s how to take one of the all time classic disco bass lines and turn it into 7 minutes of dance heaven. This sequence revolves purely around the bass line.</p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6783433735http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6783433735Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:27:06 +1000<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2t8lF5xF1qg2amc.jpg"/></p> <p>And that meant one thing&#8230; a killer bass line. </p> <p>We nailed the writing of song 16 pretty quickly. This was ideal as it gave us plenty of time to nut out the very best parts for each instrument. </p> <p>The bass part in a disco track can make or break the song. Think<em> Disco Inferno</em>. We play everything live, no programming. It took around 3 hours for Nick to work out the bass part that he wanted to play on the track and record it. </p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6782477366http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6782477366Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:39:06 +1000<p> <object width="400" height="160"> <param name="movie" value="http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=56834"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=56834" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="160"></embed></object> </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2olmBXHI1qg2amc.jpg"/></p>http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6775100764http://twentyfivesongs.tumblr.com/post/6775100764Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:20:06 +1000