woke up this morning with the sounds of wind in the trees outside my window, and a definite chill of winter in the air.it was 5 o clock. isnt it typical that when your body needs it your mind gets all stubborn and independent and decides it wants to wake up.ill go back in a minute.
well, the albums are done, they finally got to a point where like slithery snakes i got them quiet enough to be pinned down and get measured up for sleeves and a record jacket, ready for release. making and releasing 2 albums is bonkers. i have to rethink things through in english or think in welsh when ive been talking through things in english and same goes in interviews ect. still its exersize for the brain, and i never did get round to doing that on the ds.
after then, touring with teel and mason again which is always great .thats the last 2 weeks of october.so thats coming up soon
. yesterday i met robyn hitchcock on my 6 music show.its always a pleasure to meet people whose music youve admired for years. i went back to listen to 'gotta let this hen out' and was amazed at the production. id listened to it on home recorded cassette as a kid...cassettes have got a lot to answer for. mine were dusty, old, stretched,left out in the sun and loopy for real at best.i thought thats how the music sounded then...all those albums...
so the sound of the same music in 2010 was like the viewing the world through a new window. i was amazed. but its also a great way of measuring a huge chunk of time thats passed. and its an improvement not a deterioration.
see you soon, through a clear window i hope,
xc