February 2012
7 posts
Things coming together
Left to right: Jan, Aggi, Felix, Mac, Chris. photo by Winfried Zang
Whew, last week’s sure been busy – but it’s also been very rewarding.
A long rehearsal on Wednesday, gigs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and a recording session with Robert Oberbeck on Saturday afternoon.
A short recap: On Thursday we were at Beavers, one of my favorite venues. Opening for us were Lick And A Promise as an...
"Rauchig, kratzig, knatternd"
Aus dem Main-Echo vom 27. Februar 2012
»Glad-Bag-City« hat den Blues
Doppelkonzert: Starker Auftritt von der Magic Ed Combo und Markus Rill & The Troublemakers in der Glattbacher Mühle
Glattbach Was für ein Abend: Am Freitag wurde Glattbach zu Glad-Bag-City und mittendrin stand die Gladder-Bagger-Mill - die Glattbacher Mühle. Denn bluesig-rockige Klänge hielten Einzug in das Glattbacher...
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Rules of writing - or not
As you may or may not know for several months now I’ve been writing a monthly column on songwriting (usually they’re 1 1/2 to 2-page articles) for Gitarre & Bass, Germany’s most-read magazine for, you guessed it, all things associated with guitars and basses.
Writing about music is challenging and rewarding. I don’t declare unbreakable “rules”. I much...
Rill entschleunigt →
Eine Konzertkritik vom Auftritt am Freitag, 3.2., im Bürgerzentrum Augustdorf. Klickt auf die Überschrift, um dem Link zu folgen.
Done tracking
Hi guys,
we’re all done laying down basic tracks for 14 new songs at 7V Studios in Bockenem. Felix (guitar), Chris (bass), Aggi (drums) and I were up north from Thursday to Monday and we had a terrific run. In fact, we were done tracking on Sunday afternoon - that’s when Aggi drove home. On Monday, Chris and I decided to give this one all-acoustic song a different arrangement....
Tracking at 7V
Hi guys,
here’s a short video with handycam material to show you our recording setup at 7V Studios. We’re done tracking and things sound wonderful!
You hear snippets of “For The Stars”, “A Braver Smile” and “Never Come To Know”.