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March 2009 update

March 2009 update The final studio diary entry of the album. We're well into the mix now, Chuck contemplates at the Neve 88R As quick shot of Richard with the Monteleone Isabella Dan behind the Rogers mid 60's drumkit with a Sonor snare which was made for the 2003 tour which never happened. The song [...]

March 2009 update2024-02-20T11:25:19+00:00

March 2009

March 2009 A pleasant surprise as whilst we were mixing Sir George Martin dropped in to have lunch with Chuck, Mark and myself and to have a look round British Grove for the first time. He was most impressed of course. We spent quite a while reminiscing about the marvellous times we had on the [...]

March 20092024-02-20T11:25:45+00:00

October 30th

Yep, we're still here. Obviously there's not too much I can say about the music but Mark and I are continuing to shuffle along our merry path towards sonic bliss.We've come across some interesting little discoveries with mics and pre-amp combinations and have been experimenting whenever possible and appropriate.The other day we recorded a guitar [...]

October 30th2024-02-20T11:26:38+00:00

Dire Straits Live Box Set 2023

It was a good four years ago when the idea of a DS Live Box set was first discussed, and the idea of assembling a project of this depth was daunting, to say the least. The history of the band, of course, extends beyond my first involvement in 1984, so I was thrilled to have [...]

Dire Straits Live Box Set 20232023-10-31T18:42:17+00:00

2023 Studio Diary 3

Studio Diary - Spring 2023 Well who would have thought? A whole year has slipped away since I last updated, and I'm buggered if I know where the time went. The album that Mark and I started working on way back in early 2021, seems to have taken on a life of its own, morphing [...]

2023 Studio Diary 32023-07-06T08:12:33+00:00

A day-trip to Redonda

A day-trip to Redonda A story from the recording of Brothers In Arms It's been on my mind for many years to write this story. Cast your mind back to 1984, I had just joined the band and off we flew to Montserrat to record the album 'Brothers in arms'. Alan Clark and I were [...]

A day-trip to Redonda2022-10-18T13:29:16+00:00

2022 Studio Diary 2

Lacing the Studer A827 Surfacing from our self-imposed isolation, four weeks of re-ignited friendships, stories, laughs and of course, recording, we struggle to comprehend the unfolding horror in Ukraine. Our thoughts are with its people and the families who have been separated and forced to flee their homeland, many of whom are trapped. Their bravery [...]

2022 Studio Diary 22024-03-23T22:23:22+00:00

2022 Studio Diary – 1

The stage is set... ...and the sweetest of reunions is finally here. Long travelled and bleary eyed, the US half of Mark’s band arrived this weekend narrowly dodging the chaos of the latest winter storm. Five Northeastern US states declaring a state of emergency moments after the boys took to the air. Glenn, Richard, Jim [...]

2022 Studio Diary – 12022-04-25T07:19:59+00:00

25th September 2019 – New York NY

The Iconic Holy Temple of Rock and Roll, as Billy Joel once described Madison square Garden, was to be our final destination of this very special tour. The last time we came here was as Dire Straits in February 1992 and before that, October 1985 when Billy Joel guested. My recollections of that night are [...]

25th September 2019 – New York NY2022-04-25T07:20:00+00:00

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