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Another step towards getting the next track out for Christmas...we spent most of yesterday re-recording the vocals for Big Ideas. Im glad we did it as the old takes were from 4 years ago and were a bit rough around the edges. However, the song isn't an easy one to sing over and over it was one hell of a slog (sorry Paul)! The new keyboard lines Steve layed down last week are sounding good, now its over to Paul to get all the guitars and mixing finished, theres a lot to be done!

Meanwhile I've got a couple of weeks to get a video together...

Big Ideas vocals

So you've already probably seen this by now - yes, over 345,000 people (probably way more than that by the time I've finished typing this) are intent on stopping whichever X-Factor puppet wins this year from scoring the default Christmas number one, by buying Rage Against The Machine's Killing in the Name on Sunday. Sounds pretty funny, particularly since the song contains about 16 'fuck's. Read more »

Ahh the English countryside, the rolling hills and beautiful views... or the pissing rain and murky skies of a wet Sunday afternoon in Alfriston. Yes, the filming of the Green Scenery video was somewhat of a battle against the elements, luck was certainly not on our side that day in late September.

The mixing of the Green Scenery audio was nearing completion, but we had run out of time to get some of our grand video ideas into action, so we agreed that something more simple to fit with the track was required if we were to maintain a steady release of material from the new album. In the weeks leading up to the day of filming, the weather had been amazing, lovely long shadows on the ground, leaves starting to fall and a bright, low, autumn sunshine. So, it seemed a perfect time to get out and shoot some nice shots of the band outdoors for a change, as this was surely the most fitting track for such an excursion. Read more »