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  • Video // Daniel March and Sam Nafie // Little Drummer Boy

    Video // Daniel March and Sam Nafie // Little Drummer Boy

    SamNafieDanielMarch2We’ve been hard at work putting together 27 videos for an Advent Calendar, this was today’s.

    Sam Nafie and Dan March are two Australians who are based in London. Daniel was in for a solo acoustic session a couple of months ago and we were so impressed that we asked Daniel to come to do another track for us for Advent.

    This time, Daniel brought along his mate Sam Nafie for a rendition of the David Bowie / Bing Crosby classic, ‘A Little Drummer Boy’.

    Sam has a great voice but Daniel’s guitar playing is outstanding. The audio was also recorded for broadcast for Premier Unsigned at Christmas. Have a look…

  • Video // Becca Folkes: It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

    Video // Becca Folkes: It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

    Sometimes you meet artists who just have it, they have it without even trying. If you want to call it the X Factor, do, but it’s something special. One such artist is Becca Folkes. For Christmas we had some people come into the studio at work and perform a Christmas song. Some did originals, other take on classics.

    I never heard of Becca Folkes before that but herself and the people that surround her have everything down to a T! They know what they are supposed to be doing, they’re pros. They come, don’t complain, get stuck into the session and when they the rehearsing stops and the performing starts, they ooze quality, with Becca, the shining star front and centre.

    An incredible talent, remember where you heard the name first!

    I recorded this track, Mr Phil Maltz, did the magic with the cameras and lights and shiny things..

    Enjoy

  • #AddYourVoice – Black History Month

    #AddYourVoice – Black History Month

    Back in September, we wanted to come up with something for Black History Month for Premier Gospel. The Gospel Team came up with the idea of having some people giving their opinions on topics, which affect their own communities.

    So guests were asked to give their opinions but what was lacking was the option of giving listeners a way to interact. So I came up with the idea of using #AddYourVoice. This meant that this series would have a longer shelf life than just Black History Month and the series could also be rolled over to incorporate other questions and topics.

    I came with the idea of using regular voices (people from around the office) to intro and outro the video pieces and not over processing these to make them some more human and relatable.These were also used as radio promos on Premier Gospel to direct listeners to the website. I also came up with the bed for when each subject is speaking in the videos. I wanted something that would keep the momentum but I knew it would also be low in the video mix, as to not interrupt or detract from what each was saying.

    Here’s two of the videos:

  • Video: Natalie Phillips – Silent Tears

    Video: Natalie Phillips – Silent Tears

    Thought I’d share this with you. About ten days ago, Natalie Phillips came into work to record a couple of songs. On this particular day, I in particular, was faced with a challenge. This had to be a very quick session. Natalie was coming in for 2 and I had a meeting, that I couldn’t get out of, at 3. Plus I couldn’t be late, as I was late for the last one, because I had been recording a session that ran over.

    Natalie arrived a little after 2, and myself and Phil Maltz (camera and lights) set up. I had a problem, there seemed to be something wrong with every cable I picked up. After costing myself an extra 5/10 minutes going through cables, I literally had 20 minutes to get two songs recorded. After a very quick soundcheck, literally a verse and a chorus of one song, we went for a take. Against time, every second counts and as the song was just kicking in, the guitar player stopped ‘Sorry, I made a mistake’. Trying to remain calm, it’s now 15 minutes to meeting time. We started again and flew beautifully through one track. Then Natalie asked ‘Do we have time for another?’

    One take, ‘Silent Tears’ was filmed and recorded and I have 5 minutes to spare before the meeting. Great performance from Natalie too.