Keeping the process afloat.

04/02/24

I'm getting as much as I can done recording wise, at home on the old narrowboat.

It's all going accordion to plan.

Day (or rather night) 2 in our makeshift studio and it's time to laydown some melodic keys and some pumping accordion.

Simon recorded his bass lines the modern way; remotely and dropboxed me the wavs... and Wav not, I mean why not?

Carry On Cajon

 In our makeshift studio tonight for some acoustic percussion recording.

Recording prep.

 

The Rode to Recording

A couple of days ago I started a recording project with, refreshingly, no plan, no EP in mind & no particular direction.

Yesterday I also at long last finally invested in a decent quality condenser mic which straight away made me realise how much work it used to take to make my precious model sound good... So maybe this project just stated getting more serious?

Three is the magic number.

Jose Left, me on the right (from youtube - Boxing Day tracking)

It feels like my life in music is currently much less exhausting than usual but that’s actually because I’m still not doing much in the way of live music and rehearsing, both of which demand a lot of physical and emotional energy, considerable travel and lots of humping heavy equipment around. So it’s easy to feel that I’m not doing much at present.

The truth is though I’ve currently got three recording projects on the go; José continues with his next EP for which I am contributing some composition co-wrtiting, lyrics, vocals and guitar. A previous collaborator Jase (Jason Louth - see a previous co-write “When this Flower Opens” in my back catalogue for instance) has also asked me to write & record vocals for him. 

I’m also producing and experimenting with what will hopefully become the next Kitten Jynx releases (& the first that will have widespread availability beyond some Bandcamp loops). This is electronic music that might fit somewhere in between ambient, trance and EDM though to be honest I’m a bit out of my depth here in terms of knowledge (but not enjoyment) so my approach here is one of exploring production possibilities and having fun with it, which I hope will reflect in the finished tracks. All of course fitting in with working with lots of music students of various species.

Blue Yellows rehearsals are booked along with our 1st festival appearance or two of 2022 so normal, exhausting but exciting service will soon be resumed!

Future Kitten Jynx sounds?

Mixin in the Kitchen.

29/06/2018

Last night our producer for current recording project with The Blue Yellows,  Mr Tim Lee, was back with us to do some sterling work getting some tracks fixed up and mixed down.

Rafflesia Dreams is OUT NOW!

LisUpdate ten & donwload here:
Listen & download at https://jonathantarplee.bandcamp.com/album/rafflesia-dreams

@JonnieGitAhhr Hidden Shallows hit the ipod mix today - between Kula Shaker & The Beatles! It's a stand out track from #RaffelsiaDreams x

— The Inept Rebel (@TheIneptRebel) March 26, 2017

Music Review: Rafflesia Dreams by Jonathan Tarplee https://t.co/SIrQqk67s9 pic.twitter.com/c3jHSfrNVF

— Tim Lee - Songwriter (@timleesongs) March 20, 2017

@TheIneptRebel Did you notice the sound of my kettle boiling towards the end of the track? #worldexclusive 😜

— Jonathan Tarplee (@JonnieGitAhhr) March 28, 2017