Examples Of Work.
‘Don’t Ever Say’ - Mixed / Produced
A band from Leeds who I watched at the Futuresound competition of Leeds. I saw a lot of potential in the song with the catchy verse guitar hook and vocal melody and went on to help re-arrange the song, produce and mix it. I played the drums too when their drummer couldn’t make the session.
‘American Love’ - Mixed / Recorded / Instrumentation
I recorded and mixed this peculiar track which sees an ariel pink meets 80’s new wave lost cassette feel. I also played synth parts and programmed the electronic drums.
‘What Can I Say’ - Writing / Arrangement / Production, Instrumentation
‘The Pigeon Detectives’ first 2 records projected an in your face punk-indie rock meets pop style, and while we were proud of the success, we began to seek a greater depth in songwriting and perhaps a greater depth to our sound. This is one of my favourite songs with the band. I co-wrote and arranged the track. I played the drums, timpani, moog voyager and microkorg. I also worked with Justin Gerrish (Engineer / producer- Vampire Weekend, The Strokes) to get the mix to it’s final state.
Wolves’ - Writing / Arrangement / Production / Instrumentation
I worked hard with the rest of the band in developing the style, make up and instrumentation of the 5th ‘The Pigeon Detectives ‘ album ‘Broken Glances’. With ‘Wolves’ I always found it should have a dark and cinematic feel, yet still hold some lo-fi tendencies. Once we nailed this track, the rest of the album could easily follow suit, it became the DNA of the record. I played the drums (run hot through an Alice broadcast mixing desk), co-wrote and arranged the track.