So it's my first blog in a very long time and it's taken 27 days of this year to get this one together, so what's the deal.....well getting my stuff together. Currently writing new songs I intend to post more 'rough' clips of me recording and writing my tunes.

.........we'll see how that goes.

Anyway the first one is up, check out the YouTube page for "Lucy" 

See you soon

R

So we've been working on an alternative style of performance, I'm not really an acoustic guitar player, electric is where it's at for me and that normally means power blues & Soul LOUD. not always appropriate especially for those intimate gigs.

So we've been working on performing our tunes in a different manner; chilled. So the electric guitars going no where, but the drumkits gone and in  it's place is the trusty old acoustic act favourite the 'Cajon' although this time played in an appropriate fashion. oh yeah.

looking forward to it, it's sounding good, & coming soon to a venue near you.

R

 Hey,

Just a few words to catch up.

Things haven't been too busy round here recently, But I've been suffering with a long term sore throat, since around christmas time, including losing my voice at the Christmas recording sessions.....hence the delay in new vids/recordings, I'm gonna have to overdub some vocal parts, not the point of a live band session but hey.

Theres a new video from last week @ The Bedford on the video page

Even performing a few bit parts in songs left me with a rough voice the next day.

Fingers crossed things are improving.

see you all soon

Ryan

So what have we been getting up to over the festive period? between Christmas and the new year we booked ourselves into one of London's top vintage tracking rooms and recorded some of our staple originals and covers as a full live band, all filmed in glorious HD. So what can you expect? well in the coming weeks expect to see some new Videos, Photos, Downloads plus some new tunes!

Keep checking back and don't forget to sign up to the maling list, (There could be some freebie tracks heading your way).

See you soon

R&J

 Here's a post for all you guitar players, this is  clip from 'Tomorrow' from our new record 'This Time Around' its the first recorded guitar tone I am truly happy with, It's a combination of my favourite guitar with my favourite Z amps.

So the setup sounds good....... I just need to capture it. In comes the mighty Royer R121 ribbon mic, this mic seems to be able to capture the way a guitar/amp sounds without having to resort to EQ/compression etc. Love it.

Guitars track setups:

Strat rhythm guitar: Strat spilt into two amps with a lehle dual: 1 into a Dr Z Carmen Ghia head/Dr Z 210 cab mic'd with a Royer R121 a little bit of a sennheiser 421 and a coles 4038 as a room mic. I also had my Dr Z Jaz head/Dr Z 112 (vintage 30) cab on just feeding the room mic.

335 rhythm gtr: 335 into the Ghia/112 (vintage 30) cab recorded with a coles 4038 a bit of the R121 mixed in and the 4038 room mic. This track features the Jaz's awesome Trem.

Lead Gtr: This track for me is my tone captured. My Strat into an xotic BB preamp pedal into the Ghia Head/210 cab mic'd with the Royer 121 with a bit of 421 and 4038 mixed in + the coles 4038 room mic. awesome.

No compression, small amount of mix eq. thats it pure DR Z amp tone.

have a listen, let us know what you think. and check out these amps.

Ryan

So the new record is here.

Official title 'This Time Around' contains five new original songs:

1. Out Of My Hands
2. This Time Around
3. Tears Could Speak
4. Tomorrow
5. Blue Skies

This Time Around is currently available worldwide on itunes and from our store. physical CD copies will be available by the end of this week.

Please feel free to let us know what you think, send us a review, comment on itunes or post on our twitter page.

see you soon

Ryan & Jem

 Hi guys and girls,

So we're pretty much there, the new record officially has it's title: 'This Time Around'. All the music work is now complete. Today we sent the final details and changes to the Masters, secured the CD manufacturer and started design on the artwork.

We've decided to continue the theme of the uber cool first EP packaging, it's not cheap but hey we put all this effort in, and you guys get something decent for supporting us.

Track listing will be as follows:

1. Out Of My Hands
2. This Time Around
3. Tears Could Speak
4. Tomorrow
5. Blue Skies

So when can you expect a listen.

Tracks will be available for download from www.ryanandjem.com next week, itunes will take slightly longer will keep you posted. and CD's are a couple of weeks away.

Hope you're looking forward to it.

See you soon.

R&J



 

 

Recording is now complete and mixing is almost finished, Mastering and Duplication in the next few weeks. Hold on in there its going to be worth it.

R&J

 

The new pedal board setup.

Signal chain: Xotic AC Booster (set for mild overdrive) > Xotic BB Preamp (higher gain) > Xotic EP Booster (Volume Boost) > Boss TR-2 Tremolo > T-Rex Replica Delay > Lehle Dual amp switcher, feeeding the Tuner and either The Dr Z Carmen Ghia, Jaz 20/40 or both amps together.  Board powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus. 

Power Cable In, Signal Cable In ,Signal cable out, job done awesome tone.

R

Had an awesome session @ Miloco studios yesterday, completed guitar tracking for the next batch of tunes, Jem spent the day filming, Umil took very naturally to sitting in a producers chair and not doing much, and dave just couldn't stop smiling, could have something to do with the ampeg 8x10 bass tone and Luke 'Legend' Rao has definately found his calling sat behind a vintage Neve console. Stay posted for pics and videos of the session.

R&J