Studio Day 7

February 26th, 2010 | By Kal

Collaboration rules.

When we first embarked on Mubla 2.0, we didn’t realised just how powerful the idea of getting people out there to comment on our music was.  As time has gone on, and you’ve posted your thoughts on our songs, it has been amazing as to how useful it’s all been.  I’m not just saying that.

And it’s been the same with collaboration.  I couldn’t have predicted just how much the people we’ve worked with would have contributed to the songs.  Just look at how much Dave added with his Violin last time we were in the studio.  And the same can be said for Matt.

It seems obvious.  Songs need drums.  But at the very very start of this process, we thought we could do without, with our instrumentation coming to the fore.  It’s safe to say we snapped out of it – OK, so every song doesn’t need drums, but some do, and today that’s what we achieved.

Matt added drums (or percussion to give it it’s posh title) to all 5 songs, and while we knew what we wanted going into the session, he was able to lay down his own ideas that made us sit up and say, actually, that’s better than I could ever have imagined, let alone played.  So thanks Matt!

If you want to hear some of Matt’s handy-work, we’ve uploaded today’s version of I Wanna Know, complete with drums, already.  I really like the way he compliments the violins, but tell us what you think!

Oh and if you play an instrument, and have ideas for our music, at least get in contact.  I can assure you, the pleasure will be all ours!