The End of Infinity – Recording has started

studio

Head’s up!

So, today marks the start of the recording sessions for our new album. And, as the title of this post suggests, we have decided to stick with our original working title for the album – The End of Infinity.

Over the next couple of weeks we will be putting down the initial drum layers, essentially to get the outline timing for the tracks. Keeping the Raving man company in the studio during this time will be myself and Randy. We’ll weave in some Bass lines to help with the timing, and Randy wants to lay down a couple of vocal tracks as well. We have some grey areas on a few of the tracks, in that we are not 100% nailed down on the pace of them, so we’ll be experimenting along the way.

Leroy, Dave and Nancy will be landing at the studio early in June.

I wish that Jesus was going to be joining us, but I totally respect his decision to leave. It is a shame as this will be the first time without him in almost a decade. But, on a bright note, at least we have the rock-chick herself Nancy involved to keep us all in order. It is going to be fun. Hard work, yes, but fun as well.

Keep smiling.

Chuck.

Man down!

the band

Hey gang, Randy here.

I see that the rumour mill has been buzzing in recent weeks, so I guess it is time to put the record into some sort of official order.

Those of you who saw us on the recent tour would have noticed the line-up change that happened in mid-April when Jesus Smith stepped down for the tour citing ill-health.

Well last weekend we were all supposed to have convened at my house to discuss the plans for the up-coming recording sessions. Jesus was a no-show, and after some frantic calls and a personal visit to his home, it became apparent that Jesus was no-longer happy with remaining in the band. Whilst I can’t say I was surprised (as Jesus had been unhappy since bringing Nancy on-board), I am nether-the-less sad to have to announce the news of his departure.

Jesus has been with us for almost 10 years, and has provided an extra dimension to our distinctive sound, and even as recently as the writing sessions we had at the beginning of the year he was making some valuable contributions.

I made a personal plea to him to join us for one last time in the studio, especially as there was at least one of his songs in the mix to record, but unfortunately he did not wish to prolong his membership of the band any longer.

All I can say now is that I am very sorry that he has decided to go. He will be missed by all those involved with Voodoo Salami, and I am sure that he will be missed too by the fans world-over.

I speak on behalf of the entire band to say that we wish you well Jesus Smith, and hope you find happiness and success in whatever you chose to do next.

Regards

Randy

Thank you thank you!

on the road

Thank you thank you!

Thank you to all of our loyal fans and supporters who came out to see us live over the last few weeks. We really appreciate the support and feedback, and thank you for the kind words that have been provided on the new material.

We’ve got a couple of weeks “rest” before we prepare ourselves for entering into the recording studio. This gives us some time to refine and tweak the songs that we feel certain will get recorded.

Keep smiling and keep rocking.

Chuck.

Gig cancellation

gigs, on the road

Bad news everybody!

Tomorrow night’s gig at The Bucket of Eels has had to be cancelled. We apologise for the short notice, but this is totally beyond our control. It would seem that they failed to apply for a live performance licence!

We will look to see if we can include it on any future round of gigs.

Onwards and upwards.

Chuck.

Squad rotation

on the road

Hi gang.

The observant among you (who have seen us on this tour) will have noted the absence of keyboards. This has not been a deliberate policy of keeping it “heavy”, but more to do with the fact that Dave has actually been away for the last few weeks. He’s been over in the US doing mixing desk/production work for someone whom we are not allowed to name! Anyway, he is hoping to be back in the UK for our 2 gigs in May.

Rest-assured that “Keys and things” do feature in our new album!

In other “squad” news, Jesus is standing down for the remainder of the tour citing “exhaustion” (Manflu?). Fortunately for us, the ever capable and ever-ready Johnny Westinghouse has been called-up as a substitute.

Move-along now, there is nothing more to see.

Chuck

Running order change

on the road

Hi all.

Firstly, once again I have to tip my hat to all of you who have come out to see us on this tour so far. It’s been really encouraging to see your reaction to the new material we have aired thus far.

For the next few dates we are mixing up the running order a bit, and will be swapping out a couple of the new tracks for other new ones that have not yet been let loose in public. So if you have already seen us on tour so far and are planning to come along to another night, you’ll be treated to a slightly different setlist.

Keep smiling, keep rocking.

Chuck

Woah!

on the road

Wowzers!

A big thank you to all of you who turned out on the first 2 nights of the tour. We were stunned by the reception we got on the first night, and simply blown away by you crazy people last night.

Thank you all for the greetings of support and cheer, even when we royally fucked up one of the songs and had to start again! All part of bedding-in the new material I guess.

Tonight’s gig at the Slug and Lobster in Dukinfield is being brought forward by an hour – so we will be onstage at 8pm. This is because of a Council-imposed local area curfew, meaning the pub has to be empty and shut by 11:15pm. This means that Nancy will not be doing a warm-up for us tonight, sorry to the Nancy Killjoy Band fans out there.

Macca on the mix-desk has told us that he was mobbed last night for the set-list details. Guys, sorry, but for now the set-list is strictly “eyes only” until we have fixed the track titles.

Anyway, thanks again for the support, and keep rocking.

Chuck

The Song remains the same?

general

Hello all.

So it would appear many of you are curious about the title of the new album and the tracks. Given that we are planning to take some of them out on the road with us you would think we’d have the song titles pretty-well nailed by now? Unfortunately that is not the case for the majority. We have “working” titles for all the tracks, however this is purely for the writing and rough demos that we’ve been playing with on our Macs.

At the time of writing this post I know of only one song that we have named (and which everyone has agreed with!) – but I will keep that one under my hat for now.

It will be interesting to hear your feedback once we start gigging the new songs.

As for the album title… Well we are currently using a working title of “The End of Infinity”. Again, this is still being discussed.

As always, keep smiling and keep rocking.

Chuck.

** Tour Dates **

gigs

Exciting times!

As promised, here are dates for our “secret” gigs. The plan is to play a large swathe of the new material we have been working on, plus one or two of our favourites. Please note, these gigs are tickets-on-the-door only, so no advance sales. First-come first-served.

The “New material secret gig” Tour 2015
April 2nd The Dado Rail, Salford * Onstage at 7:45pm
3rd Knife and Fork, Prestwich * Onstage at 8:15pm
4th Slug and Lobster, Dukinfield ** Onstage at 9pm
9th The Sutton Weaver, Frodsham * Onstage at 7:30pm
10th Tumblin’ Jacks, Bootle * Onstage at 9pm
11th The Red Cactus Bar, Bickerstaffe ** Onstage at 9pm
16th Stoat and Otter, Woodseats * Onstage at 8pm
18th Friar Tucks, Covenham St Bartholomew ** Onstage at 8:45pm
23rd The Headless Cross, Cringleford * Onstage at 8:30pm
24th Green Dragon, Chipping Ongar ** Onstage at 9pm
25th Oscars, Much Hadlam ** Onstage at 9pm
30th The Bucket of Eels, Rainham * Onstage at 8:30pm
May 1st Sweeny Todd, Whitechapel ** Onstage at 9:30pm
2nd The Coat and Badge, Chalk Farm ** Onstage at 9:30pm

* no support

** plus support from “Nancy Killjoy”

 

We’re all looking forward to seeing you all on tour.

Keep smiling.

Chuck

Airing the new material?

general

Hello!
We had a bit of a gathering yesterday and one item that was discussed was whether we should try and “air” some of the new material before we take ourselves into the recording studio.
I know we have tended to be a bit traditional and only tour the new stuff on the back of an album release, but since we have started out on the new album differently (what with the joint writing sessions and all) we thought perhaps we should break with tradition and actually try out the new stuff before it is cut to wax! It would give you, our beloved audience, a chance to here and feedback on the new stuff, and it would also give us a chance to try it out for size and see how well it plays to a live audience.

With that in mind, we are in discussion with a handful of our favourite venues, to see if we can squeeze out a few live dates sometime in April. No details yet, so stay tuned to here and our other social media outlets for details.

Until then, keep it real people.

Chuck

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