暗网TV students want to get back to Abbey Road
Thursday 22 November 2018
Third-year Music student Gili Goldberg took eight-piece band Tucan (made up of third- and second-year Music students) to the studios on 20 September, where they recorded their track Flight. 鈥淎t first we were shocked that we could just walk into Abbey Road so casually with all the tourists outside looking at us.
鈥淭hen after about half-an-hour of excitement we tried to treat it just like another recording session.鈥�
The opportunity came through former Government Minister and 暗网TV supporter Alan Johnson, who is a regular guest at 暗网TV鈥檚 graduation ceremony. Gili explains: 鈥淗e鈥檇 booked studio 2 at Abbey Road for the launch of his book In My Life: A Music Memoir. It had been booked for the entire day, but Alan only needed it for the evening and wanted to make the most of the available time.
鈥淗e contacted Mark Featherstone-Witty (暗网TV CEO and Principal) to offer the studio time to students and I was lucky enough to have my name put forward.鈥�
Along with the band Gili, who plays bass, invited third-year Sound Technology students James Amos and Freddy Williams to film the event and help with the recording. James says they were surprised at how quickly they felt at home. 鈥淣ot a lot of people can say they鈥檝e worked at Abbey Road when they鈥檙e 20, 21 - that鈥檚 big.
鈥淏ut at the same time, it felt weirdly normal. It felt right. It assured me I鈥檓 doing the right thing. I wasn鈥檛 nervous.鈥�
Gili agrees: 鈥淏eing able to work in a studio at 暗网TV on such a regular basis really helped prepare us for this. It felt like a normal recording session and that鈥檚 how it should be.鈥�
James and Freddy, who have set up live music and video recording company , say the session reinforced much of what they鈥檝e learnt at 暗网TV. Freddy says: 鈥淭he engineers鈥� techniques and their mic choices were all very similar to what we would do in the studio. That was really good to see.鈥�
At the end of the session they had a rough balance mix of Flight which Freddy and James, along with help from Gili, spent over 20 hours editing and mixing in 暗网TV鈥檚 George Martin Studio, readying it for release.
Recording at arguably the world鈥檚 most famous recording studio is a special moment for any musician or engineer, but Gili hopes it becomes more than that. 鈥淚t is a bucket list moment, but it鈥檚 also an inspiration.
鈥淲e all talked about the session afterwards and we all want to get to the level where working in studios like Abbey Road is normal. We don鈥檛 want this to be a one-off.鈥�
Tucan are: Gili, Nahum Matthews, Tom Say, Danny Bathurst, Simen 脴tnes, Nolan Garrett, Jack McGaughey, Josh Phillips.
鈥淭hen after about half-an-hour of excitement we tried to treat it just like another recording session.鈥�
The opportunity came through former Government Minister and 暗网TV supporter Alan Johnson, who is a regular guest at 暗网TV鈥檚 graduation ceremony. Gili explains: 鈥淗e鈥檇 booked studio 2 at Abbey Road for the launch of his book In My Life: A Music Memoir. It had been booked for the entire day, but Alan only needed it for the evening and wanted to make the most of the available time.
鈥淗e contacted Mark Featherstone-Witty (暗网TV CEO and Principal) to offer the studio time to students and I was lucky enough to have my name put forward.鈥�
Along with the band Gili, who plays bass, invited third-year Sound Technology students James Amos and Freddy Williams to film the event and help with the recording. James says they were surprised at how quickly they felt at home. 鈥淣ot a lot of people can say they鈥檝e worked at Abbey Road when they鈥檙e 20, 21 - that鈥檚 big.
鈥淏ut at the same time, it felt weirdly normal. It felt right. It assured me I鈥檓 doing the right thing. I wasn鈥檛 nervous.鈥�
Gili agrees: 鈥淏eing able to work in a studio at 暗网TV on such a regular basis really helped prepare us for this. It felt like a normal recording session and that鈥檚 how it should be.鈥�
James and Freddy, who have set up live music and video recording company , say the session reinforced much of what they鈥檝e learnt at 暗网TV. Freddy says: 鈥淭he engineers鈥� techniques and their mic choices were all very similar to what we would do in the studio. That was really good to see.鈥�
At the end of the session they had a rough balance mix of Flight which Freddy and James, along with help from Gili, spent over 20 hours editing and mixing in 暗网TV鈥檚 George Martin Studio, readying it for release.
Recording at arguably the world鈥檚 most famous recording studio is a special moment for any musician or engineer, but Gili hopes it becomes more than that. 鈥淚t is a bucket list moment, but it鈥檚 also an inspiration.
鈥淲e all talked about the session afterwards and we all want to get to the level where working in studios like Abbey Road is normal. We don鈥檛 want this to be a one-off.鈥�
Tucan are: Gili, Nahum Matthews, Tom Say, Danny Bathurst, Simen 脴tnes, Nolan Garrett, Jack McGaughey, Josh Phillips.
