I've been a drummer for 30 years, so I suppose I'm approaching this subject as much from a playing angle as a music producer one. But whatever my background, my job as both player and producer is to get the best result, as efficiently as possible, for the song...
Residential recording studio… sort of…
Ever since I started producing other people's music in my own purpose-built studios, I've always wanted to be able to offer a full rural residential recording studio experience. The sort of place you can book in to for a few days,...
“Away Away” – quietly returning to my ‘solo’ roots
I'm putting out a new 'solo' album in July called "Away Away", after one of the songs.
"Yeah, okay Dave, hundreds of other artists are releasing albums too", I hear...
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XI:XV – the new David Edward Booth compilation album
XI:XV (11:15) is a new "David Edward Booth" compilation of everything I recorded & released between 2011 & 2015, remastered late 2017. Why have I done this? Pull up a seat...
I don't get a lot of spare time. Between work, kids,... Booth’s acoustic guitar on Sunscreem track? Really?
Is that really David The Recording Booth playing acoustic guitar for 90s dance-music-pioneers Sunscreem? What is this madness?
A bunch of years ago in deepest, darkest Essex I did some acoustic guitar sessions for a couple of nearby musician/producers. They'd seen me playing guitar with AloneMe at a local festival and liked my style,...
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Working in Louis de Bernieres’ world…
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Louis de Bernieres, author, poet, musician[/caption]
I've been working with the splendid, multi-talented chap that is Louis de Bernieres for a few months. Yes, most people know him as the author of Captain...
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Louis de Bernieres, author, poet, musician[/caption]
I've been working with the splendid, multi-talented chap that is Louis de Bernieres for a few months. Yes, most people know him as the author of Captain... Have song, need recording, will travel… to Suffolk!
So there we were - my friend Carl Scott and I - pondering the universe over coffee, when the subject of residential recording studios came up. I was lucky enough... There are mugs, and then there are mugs…
This is the current operational selection of mugs at the Booth household. I can hear the question now...
"Why have you shared a picture of your mugs with us, David?"
Well, it's an 'individual' thing. A 'not the same' thing. A 'gloiously not conforming to a template' thing (unless... As Mission Statements go…
As I get older, I appreciate more and more how lucky I am to have a talent for music. As I type, I’m just a couple of weeks off turning 42. I’ve been involved in actively learning, performing, making, writing, being immersed in music since I was a kid, growing up in a house full...
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Back Home
After a thoroughly enjoyable couple of years based ten minutes drive away, I've moved my recording studio back to my home village (Debenham in Suffolk, UK, as you ask). Specifically, back to the grounds of my home. Why? Well, ten minutes commute wasn't killing me and the rent on the commercial unit wasn't extortionate... but actually,...
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