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almost time for a listening party

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Created: 21 June 2022
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I took the opportunity to put all the tracks into a play list and have a listen through. That's a good sign.

Some stuff is still pretty bare bones tho, and it would be famous last words to predict how long it will take to complete the last stuff.

AJ is working on 2, Ben is working on 1, I have 4 at 'mixed-or-close-to-it' stage and 2 finished, with three more in 'likely to arrive soon' state.

Word got out. People have noticed we're back in the studio. Oops. I figured we have been hiding in plain sight for so long that no one was looking :)

This is the most diverse album since Curious Assembly. Good to see we haven't settled down yet.

I am way too cautious to put a time frame on it. It's taken a while. Yeah. 

Meanwhile imma do some more cheap videos.

We're trying to get the next eps of downtime back online. Covid, weather, etc etc, has not been easy to organise. Oh and big ups to Cellar Dweller P. for his riotous success. Nice to know we have fans in high places.

New Shows for 2022

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Created: 12 June 2022
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, but we have shows in the wild. With people. As long as....fingers crossed right?

Town Hall Hotel Newtown
30th July 2022: 10:00 pm - 1:00 am

SydBluesSoc Birthday Party Lazybones Marrickville
6th August 2022: time tba

Marrickville Bowlo
28th August 2022: time tba

Town Hall Hotel Newtown
7th October 2022: 10:00 pm - 1:00 am

Miss Celie's
8th October 2022: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

5th Annual CRAB festival COOMA 9-3.

Stay healthy out there.

Stormcellar - Midnight in Memphis

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Created: 10 June 2022
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stormcellar music vids since 2008

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Created: 09 June 2022
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Doncha love spreadsheets? imma make some Uber Cheap vids for some of the songs, as part of a post covid budgeting cutback program and also for some artsy reasons I wanted to do some bare bones stuff. Short story long, I'm not sure whether it matters what the clip is, anymore. People are using Youtube as a jukebox. seems more important to have the songs up than to do big clips we can't afford. It's cheap to write an expensive idea. Expensive to make it.
As I started thinking about the idea, i figured I'd look at how many specific music videos I've made since we started. Turns out it's 43.
Brave with your Heart Pt 2. (Dome)
Brave with your heart, pt 5 (Valiente Corazon)
Chalk Angels
Chase the Dragon (to Be with you tonight)
Cheap Hotel
Country Radio
CROSSFIRE
Dirty Work (COVER)
Don't Get Around Much
Don't Take It So Hard
Down & Dirty
Downward Bound
Eight Days After
Even In a Lifetime
Everywhere Feels Like Home - Ecstatic Yeti Mix
Everywhere Feels Like Home - Strings Theme
Feel so blue
goin downtown
Hard Times
Heavy Weather
Hidden Hands
I'm better off without you
Little Big Bird
Looking Glass
Lucky Streak
one in a million
Onward Traveller
Pirouette
Pirouette (Acoustic)
Put on your sunhat, Sweet Adeline
Rock River
Roscoes Boogie
Sail Away
Sail Away (Cypher Remix Rev 7)
Shoshana
Slipping Through These Blues
Suit Yourself
Swamp Monster
Texas Rosie
Upside of down
We The People
Yamanote Line (Hi Stylin Women)
You can't push me away
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37CC7FAACBC1DDF5
 

Well organised recording studio? oh how we missed you

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Created: 09 June 2022
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Fr fr no cap, as they say on the web these days.

Whilst being grateful to have been able to work on the new stuff during COVID using the gear we had available, oh my goodness was it nice to go into a well appointed studio again. Monitoring? check. Setup ease? check. Even a new drum kit. Theo was pretty stoked with the Gretsch kit Ben has, he made happy drummer noises.

I felt like I needed some guidance on final vocals, so I was glad to see Ben. Even gladder when he got a ping on for Strange Pleasures and volunteered to mix it. Really? WOOOOOT!

Another one off my list. 

We're due to meet and review the current batch. There are 3-4 that still need some work, the rest are moving towards 'we've done as much as we know how to do' status.

Some new shows coming up. Things are going to the New Normal. Whatever that is.

With some luck and continued perseverance, we may see the next album within a few months.

To support the completion of our 13th studio release, donate here: paypal.me/stormcellarband I wanna add strings :)

another small move forward

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Created: 02 June 2022
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It's getting there. Wow. Final vox done on 4 songs. ish. I think.

It's also at the point where i need to consult a spreadsheet to work out where each one is up to and who's mixing it. Ben wants to have a go at 'Strange Pleasures' which is cool. Sort of. I mean the idea of this thing was DIY so...err...hard to turn down the offer tho. As in OF COURSE YES.

Mama di'n't raise no fool.

Elapsed time tho is...2 years-ish. I mean yeah yeah Covid/End Times/Alien Invasion what have you, and yet....still? Ok yes we released an EP and a live album. Ok fine. But this shi...stuff...has taken...err...the time it took?

One day I'll ride off into the sunset on a Buffalo. Today is not that day. guy on a buffalooooo.

There's still a bunch of stuff to go. Plus more tracks to round it out to the requisite target number.

You know I came here to sort of say' hey we're making progress' and now I think about it there's a lot more to be done and not as much as I think.

I get that each album has been its own unique trip. I mean, journey. Who am I to say that this total chaos is not the best way to make an album.

Meanwhile, we can sing along with guy on a buffalooooo


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