A poem

I’ve been compared to Eric

Yes I’ve been compared to Eric
And the reason why, is that
Our styles are so very similar
When I’m plucking at my Strat.

As my fingers surf the fretboard
And my feet control the pedals,
I wear these words around my neck
Like a row of polished medals.

Maybe they’ll give me a name –
Something like Slowhand
And girls will scream when I play
Lead in a massive blues-rock band.

I could have got big-headed
I think you get the gist, so
I suppose it’s not so bad to learn
That they meant Eric Bristow.

The "stars" that never quite made it

I really must get round to doing a poem based on this one day. Here's a few of the solo artists who, for some reason, never quite made it to the top ...

Fred Zeppelin
Derek Andy Dominos
Eartha Windenfire
Kate Usquo
Colin (US pronunciation) Stones
Damon Corner
Herman Hermit
Rudy Blues
Jeff Starship
Ron Etts
Bing Crimson
Bea Gees
Tim Tations
Sue Preems
Brad Company
Jack Sabbath
Sue Oystercult
Dee Rex
Che Cargo
Steff Leppard
Dinesh Mode
Jen Ursiss
Menna Twerk
Lou Order
Pat Shopboys
Shelly Marr
Stan Dauballet
Kyle Council
Sue Pertramp
Dai Doe
Frank Ferdinand
Cath Abian

Recording an album

Despite what you may hear from the cocaine addled, work shy, self obsessed buffoons who rise like faeces in a bowl of custard to the top of the pop world, there is absolutely no need to take two years to record one hour of music. Think about it, do the maths - that works out at about 7 or 8 seconds per day. Well, 10 days ago, I, and four mates, went into a recording studio with the intention of recording more than an album's worth of material in under a day. Did we do it - yes. We started recording at 9:30 and by 12:30 we'd recorded 14 well known songs (minus any backing vocals). A bit of lunch was had then we put on some vocals, mixed it all and were done by 3:30! Want to hear some excepts? Well, we edited all the songs down to about 90 seconds each (we recorded some this way with verses and choruses missing, others are simply faded in or out). A couple of things I should say: 1) We recorded live (i.e. all at once and generally used the first take, due to time pressure) as we wanted to give a real live effect, not a note perfect, studio edited copy of a song. 2) Yes, we know there are mistakes and bits that should be done again, but we didn't have time 3) The quality on the web is not CD - well, your PC speakers are probably crap anyway! 4) The website lists any cheats/edits that we did do 5) This was the first time in a studio for some of us, so be gentle! Info and song excepts at http://www.clubsec.info/mistabeat.aspx