Stanton Demo Recordings

In the beginning of August I recorded some stuff of my own with Bert Huysentruyt as a sort of demo for a band that I'm putting together. We borrowed lots of stuff from friends (especially some great fetish guitars and fetish mics) and started messing around. The demo hasn't been mixed yet, but you can hear an unmixed version of the song 'In Your Light' on Bert's website: www.berthuysentruyt.com If you like it, stay tuned and I will soon post the address of the band's wesite. The band's name is Stanton.

This is me recording the slide take of an acoustic song on a vintage Guild through a Neumann U87. What a sound!

Some guitars (sorry guys, there will be quite some gear talk and guitar fetish in this entry).

Trying out a banjo and drums tune in the studio.

With Guild and Neumann again.

The interface we used was a firepod. Just 8 channels, but since we recorded everything separately, this was usually enough to do drums.

Bert's amp with my Peavey guitar amp (a classic 50 - 212) and Stokki's Vox in the background.

The workstation.

Bert's kit, fully mic'd

All work and no beer makes Johnny a dull boy.

The Cubase page for one of the songs.

Captain, we have a major breach in the warp core!

The Neumann in Bert's snare case, about two meters in front of the bass drum. Gives great sub.

Ready for some more acoustic stuff.

Bert adjusting some mics.

Me, putting down something twangy.

The second session.

Guitar Heaven.

Nicolas Rombouts, helping us out on double bass.

Listening to a vocal track.

Daddy's Darlings live @ Eindhoven Jazz & Blues Festival

Here are some pictures from two gigs we played on the Eindhoven Jazz & Bues Festival on August 25th and 26th with the band Daddy's Darlings & the Big Bang Boys. With this band we play Andrews Sisters songs. Wanna know more? Go to www.daddysdarlings.be

Me, at the hotel in Eindhoven

Stijn, the piano player.

Bert Huysentruyt - aka Swing Master - the drummer of the band

Here's two shots from during soundcheck - in the first picture you can see Bert's drumkit and the guitars I use for this band (an Ibanez Artstar, a Fender Strat vintage reissue and a 1955 Bronson Singing Electric lapsteel). In the second picture I'm trying out some pedals: a Morley volume pedal, a Wasabi (danelectro) boost & overdrive pedal, a danelectro tremolo pedal and a Boss Chromatic tuner.

Jokke Dubois, on bass.

And two pictures of the ladies. First pic: the girl with the big smile is Ariane, the newest Darling. Second pic: Darlings Marlies asleep in the car on the way back from Eindhoven.