Searchit was an honour to have so many of my dearest friends at a surprise birthday party.in fact it was overwhelming.a slick live band with various star turns from guest singers.an amazing evening.love was in the air.
couple of weeks later i was lucky enough to attend todd's rehearsals for the hammersmith show.i shook the genius's hand.a wizard.a true star.the show was like crazy theatre.check out the posts on youtube.my inspiration.
meanwhile at the studio this year we've had the fabulous pixie lott come by for some songwriting.voice sounding even better.
also collaborating at 'the swamp' were up and comer liam o'donnell,norwegian pop star lise karlsnes,songwriter ina wroldsen and noisettes drummer jamie morrison.
below you can see mads and pixie deep in creative thought...is it a hit? are we winning?
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( 0 / 0 )our thoughts and best wishes go out to five a sider,webmaster and friend tony young who is recovering from an operation.you couldn't meet a more positive and life affirming person.get well soon tony.
pictured below are a couple of our other friends at 'the swamp' namely groove driver tom meadows and songwriter jon green.
tom is pleasuring himself with a delicious sepia toned rhythm on the premier 'royale' kit.
jon is currently wearing a gretsch black falcon whilst working in our new protools room "studio j-krunk"
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Me,Joe Kentish (A&R Pixie Lott) and Mads...
According to Nielsen Music Control, Pixie Lott is the only UK or International recording artist of the last 10 years to have their debut three singles chart at Number 1 in the UK Airplay Chart.
Melody and lyrics...a super talented singer...and a few friends...
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( 3.1 / 46 )pixie tops the airplay chart with our song 'cry me out'.three UK number one airplay songs in one year ain't bad at all.
thanks to bev,joe kentish,bill,venetia mills,georgie mcavenna,jon green,david tench,sally herbert and everton nelson,paul adam and anyone who knows me.
we've just recorded pix singing her own version of 'silent night' for a free christmas i-tunes download and also a cover version of 'when love takes over' that will be available on a deluxe album next year.
other stuff.
we had a 'the first steps' songwriting reunion last saturday.two new songs from chris and me.
mads,jon green and i submitted a song for kylie.hope she sings it.the song is on the new tunes page called 'come home'.
talking of 'home' eliza doolittle releases her EP with our song "go home" included.she's a new UK singer songwriter with a ton of personality.check out the sampler http://www.elizadoolittle.com/?src=mp3.
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( 3.1 / 48 )a remarkable time.a career high....
mads and i had songs on the top 4 compilation albums in the UK chart.
No 1 Clubland 16 Boys & Girls (Pixie Lott)
No2 Pop Party 7 Boys & Girls (Pixie Lott)
No3 Dreamboats and Petticoats Volume 3 Dream Baby Dream,You Won't Catch Me Crying
No4 Live Lounge Mama Do (Newton Falkner cover version not bad at all)
No 8 Now 73 Mama Do (Pixie Lott)
we worked with pixie on her radio one 'live lounge' performance with a coldplay style arrangement of "when love takes over".(originally kelly rowland and david guetto).pixie's band joined by the best string quartet in town.
as usual she sang with soul and made the song her own.
recent visitors to the swamp include lizzy pattinson to sing some of our kylie minogue song pitches.(all refused so far).
also we welcomed back darren hayes and wrote another song for his solo album.a brilliant lyric and plenty of laughs.
ttfn
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