Magnetude!!

Well we've started more work -- this time on our new show for Edinburgh, MAGNETUDE. I don't know why I keep writing that in uppercase, but it seems to convey the importance of the show to us.

Anyway, I've made a new website for the show... it's www.magnetude.co.uk. There is not too much up there at the moment, just the flyer for the show, but when we have more information we'll put it up.

There is lots to do for the new show -- for those of you who've known The Magnets for a while there'll be new songs, new talking, new amazing vocal feats (or something!), new dialog and a new ending. For those of you who've never seen The Magnets...umm, I guess it'll all be new!

We've got a great producer, a wonderful director, a witty writer and a very successful PR person involved so hopefully with the team around us it'll be a big hit. Well that's the plan.

Righto, off to contemplate more songs and stuff for the show.

Nic
xx

Holiday Time

Having been recording for several weeks, our producer Jon is finshing the mixes on seven songs. These include a spanking new version of London Girls, Gone - a ballad of environmentalist angst by Steve, a dreamy tale with a twist called If You Were Mine by James, and another top pop tune by me called Something About That Girl.

We have been excluded from the studio for most of the week so that Jon can work in peace, so we're rather looking forward to hearing the end result. I can already promise everyone that they won't have heard us sounding quite like this before. We're calling it our brand new 'V'n'B Sound'...or whatever.

It is holiday time next week. Nic is already in the US, James is off to Turkey, Andy is going somewhere hot, and I staying here in sunny Altrincham oh joy.

Election night in the studio

Given that we were singing at the Labour Party's election night party in 2001, it was odd to spend election night 2005 in the recording studio. Steve, Jon the producer and I were working on a new track of mine called Something About That Girl, and put in a late one, recording until 4.3oam.

Being an ardent politico I'm was really glad the studio has broadband and that I could watch the coverage on BBC1 in between takes. Given that the result was much closer than it might have been, the adrenaline created actually made singing much more fun. It is often hard to get motivated in the confines of a little booth, and a little bit of nervous energy goes a long way to helping get over that.