GOD'S PLAYGROUND....

I have been working hard but quietly for months now on the next phase in my music career and I have developed a concept that I am really excited about. I have been gathering quotes, creating vision boards, studying artist and band profiles and bascially engrossing myself in preparation. Nothing matters more however than being in the studio putting the music together. Writing a song is a creation that comes to life when I go to God's playground, which for me is the studio! It is here that the fun begins.The chords, the riffs, the pushes, the harmonics and all the other sweet things that develop when production begins. The build up to the studio for me begins a few weeks before I get there. I gradually become more and more excited as though I am packing my suitcase and boarding a plane to sunny Spain or some tropical island. I prepare what I am taking with me, what I am going to do when I get there and accept I will experience a mild depression when I return home...

WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS

It is day two today and I am in the expert hands of Martin Quinn at JAM Studios in Kells, Co.Meath. I had a frustrating start to the day when my piano part for a new arrangement of 'Just For Today' got the better of me at times but I got there in the end. It is close to 5pm and guitar parts are being laid down on 'Let You Down'. There are sentiments of so many of the bands and music genres I enjoy throughout this track and it's definately a strong contender for the single release off the EP. Mind you, I feel that way about every track as we move through them, upgrading and tailoring them as we go. I can't contain my excitment at times and find myself giddy and distracted at a time when I should remain more focussed than ever!

MR DAVE GOUGH

I can only compare the attachment I have to my songs to the attachment and bond I suspect you have with your children. I don't have any children so I am making an assumption here and it may seem a little dramatic. But my comparison is based on the fact that each of my songs are so precious to me that I can't bear to let them get lost or abandoned in the big old music world that is surrounded in so much pessimism and doubt. Each one of my songs has it's own personality, it's own special talents and there are totally different reasons why I love each one of them so much. I treat them with the same respect whilst accepting that they have different needs and purpose. After all I created them from scratch and want each one to make an impact on the world! This might explain my initial 'single' releasing strategy as opposed to releasing 'albums'. That strategy changes slightly this year however and I will put three new tracks out there all at once on my debut EP 10,000, out on the 10th August. Two of last year's 'little ones' will also accompany them to form a 5 track EP, which I will promote and sell from August through to the end of the year. I will also release another song, not featured on the EP as a single on the 30th November.

Day two is coming to a close now and time to put the music away for a few hours.. Well, that's a lie really, there is no getting away from it, not now that the songs have started to really make their mark on me. I will go over and over the structures and the arrangements and take sleep breaks in between!! I would say that I will have some rest when the studio part is done in a couple of days but that's a lie too. The truth is, I will commit to those songs so intently that I will live and breathe giving them the best start in life over the coming weeks and months...

Chat soon xx

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