Mike Spillane (guitar) and Lewis Scott (vox) cover Jack Johnson's track "Better Together" in a quick live session to promote Witney Music Festival!

Mike & Lewis - Better Together (Jack Johnson Cover)

A "work in progress" mix constructed from various moments of jamming at Shaken Oak Studios in Jan 2011, which was organised by the lovely people at Autumn Shift.

Oktava and Rode condensers captured most of the acoustic sounds (including a cajon and hang drum), with some phasing issues. Bass and guitars were amped and also DI'd. All mics and guitars ran straight into Focusrite preamps, and then Logic running on a MacBook Pro with MOTU 828mkII interface.


Autumn Dawn

One of the tracks I've been working on with former Agents of Jane frontman and thoroughly lovely chap JP Davies. JP and band are set to return to Shaken Oak in October to record a mini album!

This track was constructed from a long jam session, with JP then returning to the studio for the vocal overdubs. It needed a lot of tweaking because of the uneven tempo and ad hoc structure, but the final result is pretty damn awesome, if I say so myself!

JP Davies - Holy Ghost

"Apophenia: The human tendency to see patterns that do not exist."

Improvised solo piano, recorded approximately 5:30am June 4th 2016 at Shaken Oak Studios. 

1935 Challen baby grand piano, 2x Telefunken ELA M260 mics.

Piano, recording engineering and post-production by Arthur Young.

Apophenia

A few years ago, I did a remix of the Damien Rice track "Cannonball". more or less on a whim, and to try out some new production techniques. Tonight I
 thought I'd give it a bit of a re-tweaking, having heard the original track in the charts recently - the result is, well, Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream shacked up in an opium den... 

I'll be curious as to what others think!

Shaken Oak Studios - Waves

A homage to both the Chemical Brothers and The Ozric Tentacles, recorded in Logic 9.

Chemical Tentacles

A cover version of the theme song from the 2008 film "The Wrestler" (song originally written and performed by Bruce Springsteen) recorded by Oxfordshire country band 1000 Mile Highway at Shaken Oak Studios in October 2010. Produced by Arthur Young.

The Wrestler

Live jam at the Shaken Oak Sessions with bass overdubbed afterwards. Craig Rainbow-Ninja on percussion and backing vocals, Michael Stanton on guitar, Daniel Waples on hang, Arthur Young on bass and rocking the mic is Kevin El Poeta.

Synchromistic Acoustics - Energy Shifts (Oh Yeah)

Bethan (flute) and Dan (hang) jam together at the Shaken Oak Sessions - this is precisely why the tape was left running all the time, to capture beautiful vignettes like this. 

Ambient recording using a pair of Oktava MK-012 condensers via a Focusrite Stereo preamp and MOTU interface into a MacBook Pro running Logic 9.

Shaken Oak Sessions - Fireside Flute and Hang

One mic demo recording of a New Orleans-style blues.

Trunpet: Alan Fraser
Guitar: John Lanyon
Bass: Arthur Young

Recorded at Shaken Oak Studios, Feb 7th 2013. 

Room mic: Neumann U87
Preamp: Universal Audio LA-610

New Orleans Blues

Solo track from Oxford singer-songwriter JP Davies, recorded as part of the first Shaken Oak Sessions, in late 2010.

JP Davies - Four Letter Words

A slightly revised mix of a track recorded by the Synchromystickz Acoustics recorded at the Shaken Oak Sessions in October! Craig Rainbow-Ninja on percussion and backing vocals, Michael Stanton on guitar, Daniel Waples on hang, Arthur Young on bass and rocking the mic is Kevin El Poeta.

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