Recording diary - Day 2

Day two of making what will become the biggest selling album since Michael Jackson's "Thriller" begins at about 3pm when I leave work and head down the M4 to the studio. I arrive at 3.30pm to hear some sawing and hammering going on and no Boris present. I use this opportunity to go for a walk to the Tesco down the road.

So I remember then that my girlfriend sent me a pretty good picture message the day before...

This makes me chuckle for a few minutes. Being a vegan and having a Tesco Metro as your only choice means you pretty much have no choice in what you eat, so I go for crumpets.

Lewis is coming a little bit later today as he is at home sorting out some police fine or something so Me and Boris crack on with the bass part to "Weston Terrace", Boris nails it in one.

Our good friend Pete comes over to check how we are doing and attempts some ollies and kickflips on a trampoline.

A couple of hours happen and Lewis does in fact return.

We now have studio nicknames which will last until the album is finished. Nicky is "Johnny Onetake", Boris is "Johnny Nomoan" and Lewis is "Johnny Cotton".

We record 4 songs today, slightly less than yesterday (11) because all of todays songs were completely brand new - in fact it was the first time Boris and Lewis ever heard them, so productivity took a dip today. Songs came out pretty cracking though.

So this is how we stand at the end of Day 2. We have 45 smiley faces, when we get to 88 smiley faces we will have completed the album. I must note after yesterdays confusion... Vocals make up 22 of those potential faces.. and we aren't starting them until all the music is done. So to finish all the music we need 66 faces - and we have 45. Hope this clears it all up.. a couple of you seemed confused by our system.

so tonight (Day 3) we are hopefully going to finish the music ready to start vocals on Saturday and finish them next week.