AL NOBLE RESONATES TO THE 'VIBRATIONS OF LOVE'

Al's back !

Al never turns up to the PBGB Shed without at least one fresh song in his swag. Bet on that.

A little while back, Al was on board on a day we also happened to have the pleasure of the company of John Drews and Ken Vatcher, both of them seasoned A-team Shed players .................take a trawl through their Musos Pages to check out all the PBGB songs they have played on.

Anyway, Al pulled out a song he called Vibrations Of Love.  John settled down behind his keyboards and Ken manned the kit.  Mick stepped up with his harp, and Neil strapped on his bass.  Graham started hitting things.

Wasn't long before the thing started to take shape, and by the end of the afternoon we had it down.  THIS is what came out.

Vibrations Of Love is a haunting love song. A languid laid back lullaby that provides John some serious space to stretch out.

Al says............"This recording of Vibrations Of Love has moments of collective consciousness by the players, particularly in the refrain, which I'm very pleased with. It's a loose groove."

Well we like loose grooves Al, and had lots of fun laying this down.

We ?

Al Noble wrote Vibrations Of Love, sang it, and played acoustic guitar
John Drews played keyboards
Mick Nadin played harmonica
Graham Brown played percussion
Neil Porter played bass and electric guitar and produced the song 

Ken Vatcher played drums

JEM SAVAGE RETURNS TO THE PBGB SHED WITH 'INSENSATEZ'

A few weeks back, we had a long overdue visit by our good friend and long time Shed stalwart Jem Savage. 

Jem has made some outstanding contributions to PBGB songs over the years, but we were all surprised to realise that it has been six long years since he last recorded with us.

You can listen to the songs Jem has contributed to by visiting Jem's Musos Page...........click HERE

Jem, being the husband of Ken and Susie Vatcher's daughter Amy, is a regular visitor to Pambula Beach. Lucky us !!

Last time Jem recorded in The Shed ( 2013 ) he was close to completing his Bachelor of Music at Melbourne Polytechnic.

Now Jem is a full time professional musician, music producer and sound engineer.  

Beyond his Bachelor of Music he completed an honours year at the Victorian College of the Arts, where he was awarded the Dr Phillip Law Music Scholarship, recognising innovation in music. Jem is currently a graduate researcher, working his way towards a PhD in Contemporary Music at University of Melbourne.

Busy as that might sound, Jem is also Associate Producer with the Australian Art Orchestra (a combined tech, touring and administrative role). Jem also records and mixes music at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms Collingwood, and is Sound Supervisor for the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music.

Busy enough Jem ??

Jem's achievements just go on and on!  For a complete rundown, visit Jem's website.......... www.savagemusics.com. 

Anyway, yes, a few weeks back Jem and Ken popped into The Shed for an impromptu visit. We hadn't planned anything but were very keen to capture more of Jem's musical talents, so we asked him if he might be able to sort of "produce something on the spot".

Well yes, as it turned out, Jem might be able to do that.

Just two short hours later, Jem, with Ken on percussion, had finished playing, improvising and producing his take on "Insensatez" (How Insensitive - Carlos Jobim) in honour of recently deceased "father of the bossa nova" Joao Gilberto.

Listen to what Jem produced by clicking HERE     

Watching Jem do this was just amazing. He was a one man blur !

He started by laying down a bass track, which he did by playing the line on acoustic guitar then using a pitch-shifter to double it in a lower octave.

Next he added an acoustic guitar track, then some of his signature soprano sax.

Then it was time for Ken to add a couple of percussion tracks.

About ten minutes of Logic wizardry, and voila........... 'Insensatez' ala Jem Savage !

It was amazing to watch, a master class in Bossa Nova and sound production.

Jem Savage played Guitars and Soprano Sax, and produced the song.

Ken Vatcher played Congas and Shakers

Thanks so much Jem and Ken, great to see you in action in the Shed again.