from the EP 'What Would My Mother Say?' Produced by Robin Wynn Evans at Tpot Studios

Vocals/Guitar - Craig Lithgow
Drums/Backing Vocals - Rhys Lithgow
Bass/Backing Vocals - Owen Morrice
Fiddle - David Macfarlane

Emelle - Baby

Written and recorded by David Macfarlane
performed by Tunna. Available on the release 'Tatties' www.tunnamusic.co.uk

Tunna - Crabbit Bus Driver

Tunna - Rab and Anna's

short sound clip made when experimenting with some bits of software for manipulating audio.

Slowphase

Live interview session i presented/recorded for Heartland FM 

Eilidh Hadden Heartland FM Session

recorded live at Clearwater Studios, July 2015 www.clearwater-studios.co.uk

DIY Rockshop - Little Monster (royal blood cover)

Singer Jim Fraser (80 years young!) performing "My Way"

Fiddle + Recorded at Clearwater Studios, Perth by David Macfarlane

Jim Fraser - My Way

This was a track we worked on with composer Stephen Deazley and performed at Perth Concert Hall in 2008 for "The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle"

Submachine - Charge It Up (Live At Perth Concert Hall)

here's a wee clip of us mid recording session at T Pot Studios.

red pine recording banter

Ian Sherwood, Gordon Duncan, Hudson Swan - Marjorie Lowe, Farewell to Erin, The Fourth Floor, Upside Down at Eden Court

From the 1990 Vinyl LP 'From The Heart' on the now-defunct 'Celtic Music' label

I spent some time restoring this from the record that's been in my parents' attic for years, first by cleaning it with Iso-Propyl Alcohol then processing it digitally with noise reduction software within ProTools.

The album has not since been available anywhere and contains some great early gordon duncan tunes and performances and so i'm uploading tracks for a wider audience to hear. 

Track credits:
Produced by Hudson Swan
Arrangements by Hudson Swan and Ian Sherwood
Recorded at Tony's Acoustic Studio, Warrington, 1990

If you like you can download a high quality 96Khz/24bit wave by clicking on the down arrow above the track. If you do, I recommend you purchase a track by one of the artists off itunes (its only fair, right?)

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/gordon-duncan/id173125206
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hudson-swan/id263184958

cheers
distortion_buzz@hotmail.com

Sherwood, Duncan, Swan - Marjorie Lowe, Farewell to Erin, Fourth Floor, Upside Down at Eden Court

A sample of a some sound design for a video game. mixture of foley and creative synthesis

"Heart of Darkness" game sounds

This is one of a selection of less well known tracks by a 60s pop artist  I was asked by a client to recreate as an instrumental. There was no sheet music kicking about, so I had a great help from Gill Hunter kindly working out the chords and playing in the piano. Matt Rogers was my guy on drums, and I played in guitar and electric bass, midi strings, horn, trumpet and any other wee bits.

60s pop instrumental backing track

Audio engineer/musician based in central Scotland.

Part of my time is spent engineering live gigs - i'm the resident engineer at Twa Tams venue in Perth, and freelancing for various bands, festivals such as Doune the Rabbit Hole and companies such as Perthshire Sound and Light.

Other times i'm a studio engineer, freelancing out of Clearwater Studios in Perth, 7th Harmonic Studios in Edinburgh and available for location recording with my own portable gear. You might be surprised to know that many of the recordings on my Soundcloud page were tracked/mixed either partly or entirely outwith a dedicated recording studio.

When i'm not doing sound, i'm a gigging musician. I play fiddle and guitar mostly, in bands such as True Gents, Red Pine Timber Company, Emelle and others. I write my own music and really love to collaborate with artists on arrangements and string parts.

If you're interested in working with me in any way, please email me at david.macfarlane9@gmail.com, call 07742 525546 or contact me via facebook. Cheers!

DaveMacfarlane

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