Author Archives: "stac"

Hello! Im excited. I know Im excited most of the time but thats because Im doing exciting stuff! We’ve got a track to give you if you sign up to my mailing list!  My Music Business teacher at school used to say, There’s no such thing as a free lunch. I dont know if he

Thats the name of my album. My whole, wonderfully produced album. What a couple of months its been! When will it sink in? I dont think it will until its out, out in the world and listened to. 50% of me feels like Im desperate for people to like it, which I think is natural

What a day. My cousin and her mum came for the weekend and my Dad being the slave driver I mentioned on a previous post decided that he would get us to help him in the garden. Mine and Sams job was to move a wall of bricks (not a brick wall – there is

Up up up! Early and out! Recording trumpet by the wonderful Matthew Halsall today. He’s down in London for a residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club and Ive made him get up early and mission it in the joy that is Good Friday public transport services to record one song at half ten in the

So! The bulk of the recording is done. Done done done. Though as much as I try to stretch my imagination I am well aware of the fact that actually, we are probably only half way through and have to get it done in the next two weeks. Poor Scrimshire has got his work cut

Oh my giddy giddy gosh! What the hell am I doing? Im recording a bloody album! How the hell did this happen? This is mental. I dont know why but today it hit me. Specifically when the string quartet came in and recorded Head on Me and Cry To Me. I sat down and listened

Today was the most challenging. We had to get down 5 tracks all with 10 billion instruments on them… well 5 or 6 plus 3 backing vocals and a main vocal. Crazy shizballs. We had Matthew Halsall on Trumpet, Daniel Clark playing Double Bass & Harp and Magnus Dearness on Trombone. All playing four of

Whoooooooot! Day 1 is done! Im exhausted. I couldn’t sleep last night for excitement. I honestly had that feeling you got when you were a kid and it was your birthday or christmas the next day and as hard as you tried you just couldn’t get yourself off to sleep for thinking about what presents

Went round to Marie-Claires house this afternoon to do a test shoot for the video of the next single. It involves me singing in the bath. After I sang in the bath Me and Marie-Claire made pizza from scratch.