STOP PRESS – This Friday at 9am The Small Change Diaries will be releasing another free download on Bandcamp for Valentines Day. The track is “This Heart Wants” Here are the lyrics from the first verse “You hit me like a soft freight train; I’m caught in these tracks These rails don’t run easy when […]
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Recording “Hey Rona” with The Small Change Diaries
Yesterday the full Small Change Diaries band was in the studio recording “Hey Rona” The inspiration for this song came from meeting Rona Soffer in Tel Aviv. Rona is an extraordinary individual who nearly died at aged eighteen in a car crash and was in a coma for a number of weeks and then in […]
1000 Likes on Facebook and more recording in the studio this weekend
Many thanks for everybody who liked our Facebook page, we just reached 1000 likes! See https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Small-Change-Diaries Our bandcamp page has to date had 1345 visits in the last 2 weeks! See https://thesmallchangediaries.bandcamp.com This weekend we’ll be back in the studio recording more tracks for the first Small Change Diaries album Many thanks to everyone who […]
2 more tracks now live on Bandcamp today
We are delighted to confirm that there are 2 more tracks now available as free downloads here on Bandcamp – https://thesmallchangediaries.bandcamp.com/music Here are the lyrics from “One Day I’ll disappear” our first ragtime number wonderfully sung by Jessica Bowie One day I’ll disappear, leave everything behind, Step off from this planet and all of its […]
First Radio Play for The Small Change Diaries this Friday and two more tracks on Bandcamp!
STOP PRESS – The first radio play for The Small Change Diaries will be this Friday, when Andy Coote plays “There’s Only one of you” at http://www.thesourcefm.co.uk/presenters/andy-coote In the meantime you can here this track on Bandcamp here https://thesmallchangediaries.bandcamp.com/track/theres-only-one-of-you-nick-cody Stop press – This Friday we’ll be adding two more tracks on Bandcamp – “One day […]
3 Small Change Diaries tracks now available as free downloads
We are delighted annouce that 3 free downloads from the 2015 SCD album are now available as free downloads here on BANDCAMP https://thesmallchangediaries.bandcamp.com/track/miles-ahead-nick-cody-jessica-bowie https://thesmallchangediaries.bandcamp.com/track/theres-only-one-of-you-nick-cody https://thesmallchangediaries.bandcamp.com/track/airport-codeine-blues-by-nick-cody We hope you enjoy them and please spread the word. After more studio time we’ll be announcing live gigs for 2015.
Back in the studio today for Production and Mixing first 7 tracks and writing with Jessica Bowie
Today I am back in the studio with Carl Rosemond looking at production and mixing for more of the first even tracks recorded last month. This requires a great investment in time to really make the material sound as good as possible. I blogged about this on my personal site here – http://www.nickcody.co.uk/blog/2014/12/music-production-and-mixing-for-the-small-change-diaries.htm Its a […]
Day 2 in the Studio with Jessica Bowie, Nick Cody and Rich Ferdi
This was quite a day! Yesterday we laid down the basic tracks for six different songs. Today myself (Nick Cody) Jessica Bowie and Rich finished all the elements to these six tracks as well as recording a seventh track as well. We now have seven of the 21 Small Change Diaries songs ready for the […]
Day 1 in the recording studio for The Small Change Diaries
We just completed the first day in the recording studio for The Small Change Diaries. Recording sessions always produces all manner of emotions, from inspiration, to frustration and everything in between. As soon as you “record material” it’s like shining a 1000 watt spotlight on what you are doing! For me it also shows that […]
Just 48 hours before being in the studio!
It’s now just 48 hours before the whole band is in the studio to record the first batch of Small Change Diaries tracks. Both myself (Nick Cody) and Jessica Bowie are also working on a bunch of new songs that are sounding terrific! It’s a new experience to co-write with someone and it’s fascinating to […]