Finally, a gig I can say I was at. I have worked this year, I just can’t tell you about it. And no, that does not mean they were super secret special gigs! But this one was nice and catering was on point 🫡
Mercury Prize 2025
Featuring a bare trophy, and @johndodkin mixing Wolf Alice (picture taken before he changed into his stage leotard).
And finally myself & @tim.hawes1 celebrating the life of Kim Lewis, sound engineer and ball of dancing energy with a toast of vimto at 21.00 on the load in. ❤️
I have been mixing some Doves shows this summer. They are great.
Last night I had a career first where the guy in the middle came up at the end:
“Are you the sound engineer?”
(Normally this could go one of two ways)
“Er… yes?”
“Here’s a tip. It sounded great”
And he handed me £10!
Guy on the right turns up. “Are you the sound engineer?”
(However this turns out, at least the stats would show a 50% satisfaction rate)
“Loved it, thank you”
Trevor Gilligan apparently he knows what he is talking about as he is your mate!
Popped into fbn studios and there’s loads of arty pictures of people who’ve rehearsed there. Quite hard to tell who some of them are, but I did recognise this one, I assume it’s from Stephen Merchant and David Preston’s stand up tour a few years back?
1941 Pastel of José Tomley (24 years old?), on brown parcel paper because of paper rationing.
Next to Lara Snow, great granddaughter (11 1/2 months). I was carrying her past this morning and noticed the curls and similar colour top 🥰
I got to attend a number 1 party yesterday for Courteeners’ album “St Jude”, and many threads of the last 15 years drew together.
Ali Tant was the person pushing this in the corridors of record companies and meetings with lawyers. We met when he worked for Dance to the Radio in Leeds back in ~2007 with Forward Russia and The Pigeon Detectives.
Joe Cross (bass) is in the photo with me. I recorded demos for his first band, Performance, and then observed as he became a producer. Obviously he didn’t listen to anything I said as he’s now done very well for himself. This is his second number 1 in 12 months as he also wrote/produced Louis Tomlinson’s album.
Conrad and Dave at SJM management have built up a very successful management roster and it started back with the Courteeners.
And then of course the band. They’ve stuck with it through thick and thin, and have had to take big risks - but they’ve always trusted in themselves and bet the house on their instincts. They’ve definitely worked for this award.
Well done all of you!
@thecourteeners -10 year anniversary of St Jude album. Full house!
Means poor Dave @adlib.co.uk has been putting up with us for 10 years too! #patienceofasaint
@cassiuscreative & @negearthlights - lights
@adlib.co.uk - sound (and too many other things to list)
#universalpixels video
