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Started Jun. 24, 2009

Grubby Rehearsal Studios

Started May. 28, 2009

Are four notes enough?
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If anyone hasn't popped down to the Libertine in South London for a Sunday music, pizza and beer...it should be on the calender...Toby's done a brilliant job of putting together diverse, talented acts... Gray
May 10
Thanks for everyone who stayed seated during my experimental gig Sunday...It was fun but painful...shows you what I'm into...
May 10
A discussion started by Gray Dourman was featured
Is it time to retire the Blues?
An old friend was trying to convince me that English musicians were the finest comtemporary proponents of the blues in the world today...my response...just because it's 12 bar...doesn't make it the blues...I believe the blues is something that comes…
March 23
Gray Dourman added a blog post
New material on http://www.myspace.com/ironandhorse Started a new blog...http://magichelix.blogspot.com/ Have a look if you're interested. Working on a new project aimed at creating a new way to listen to and make music over the net but not ready…
March 9
http://magichelix.blogspot.com/
March 9
Struggling...soon as I get to where I thought I was going...it's moved somewhere else...
October 20, 2009
Gray Dourman commented on Toby Burton's group 'London Musicians'
I haven't been around for a while but I can say a 'happy birthday' and a 'thank you' to Toby for his efforts. Gray
October 1, 2009
Nigel Edginton and Gray Dourman are now friends
September 14, 2009
Gray Dourman replied to TripDave's discussion 'Then and Now'
Trip, I'm with you...I like the digital sound and if wasn't for aggressive, young creative minds we'd still be at the mercy of shit producers and lazy engineers. Taking control of my own sound has been a liberating and stimulating experience...isol…
July 24, 2009
Gray Dourman replied to Toby Burton's discussion 'What is your definition of "making it" in the music industry? (Started by Itsuka on the Fansite)'
Making It.... When I first heard my lyrics come out of a truly gifted and talented singer and watched an audience transfixed...I thought I had made it...didn't last long...that's the nature of 'making it'...it doesn't last...'making it' is the coca…
July 24, 2009
Gray Dourman added a blog post
Here it is. The project brief is come up with something that sounds different, fresh, innovative but don't make it so radical that folks can't peg it into their already listening. OK. Take chord subsitution, add world music rythyms, change the vocal…
July 10, 2009
Gray Dourman commented on Gray Dourman's blog post 'Alaska Studios...London'
Partysounds is a good lead thanks. But in my experience you can hire all the pros you want, but until you find one that has either had all the stuffing knocked out of him or one that really understands what you're looking for, it's like taking kids…
July 9, 2009
Colin Gillman commented on Gray Dourman's blog post 'Alaska Studios...London'
Hire a pro if you want one to follow instructions mate. Suggest putting an ad on Partysounds.co.uk
July 8, 2009
Gray Dourman added a blog post
Waterloo...testing out a singer...rehearsed in studio live room...smelled a little of mildew at first...got used to it quickly...sound good...equipment standard...atmosphere fine...train rumbled overhead but no problem...my body aches...song not goi…
July 8, 2009
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July 6, 2009
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computer
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Producer/Piano Pounder
Please tell us more about your band/music:
Write and Produce songs about getting old and feeling blue directed at, by and large men, who may have watched the Grateful Dead from a hill in Golden Gate park or listened to Lay Lady Lay in a hammock above a palm fringed beach. Looking to connect with those who've been married, had kids, married again, done this, done that, travelled and now...wonder...what do I do with the rest of my life?
What do you do for a living?
make music

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Sunday May 11...The Libertine

If anyone hasn't popped down to the Libertine in South London for a Sunday music, pizza and beer...it should be on the calender...Toby's done a brilliant job of putting together diverse, talented acts...



Gray

Posted on May 10, 2010 at 4:06pm —

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KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE....

New material on http://www.myspace.com/ironandhorse



Started a new blog...http://magichelix.blogspot.com/



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Posted on March 9, 2010 at 3:51pm —

Gray Dourman

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CONVENTION AND INNOVATION

Here it is. The project brief is come up with something that sounds different, fresh, innovative but don't make it so radical that folks can't peg it into their already listening. OK. Take chord subsitution, add world music rythyms, change the vocalisations and harmonies...and voila! a mess. I could be trimming the hedge but somewhere, somehow, once more before I cash in my chips, I'm going to get that review that says...'takes music one step further'.

Arrrghhh!
Gray Dourman
www.magichelix.com

Posted on July 10, 2009 at 11:48am —

Gray Dourman

Alaska Studios...London

Waterloo...testing out a singer...rehearsed in studio live room...smelled a little of mildew at first...got used to it quickly...sound good...equipment standard...atmosphere fine...train rumbled overhead but no problem...my body aches...song not going well...switch on deck...start recording...engineer Bob...quiet...efficient...knows the job...results...mixed...would use them again...location convenient...what you need is there...price is reasonable and I'm still looking for a singer...mature voi… Continue

Posted on July 8, 2009 at 10:13am — 2 Comments

Gray Dourman

The OX Remembered

Jon 'The OX' Entwhistle changed the way the bass was played and in doing so changed rock music forever. You can hear when Keith Moon died the way the Ox had to drop back and play the bottom. I've always been fascinated by the way certain combinations of bass and drums makes the sound so distinctive that you can almost tell which band it is just by listening to the drum and bass tracks. One of the reason all the reggae tracks of the '80s and early '90s sounded so similar is that Sly and Robbie pl… Continue

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 10:14am —

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At 2:40pm on July 6, 2009, Dolores said…
Oh, btw...your blog about Cohen...could almost say the same thing bout Neil...saw him at Hyde park ...he was incredible!!!!!
At 2:38pm on July 6, 2009, Dolores said…
I'm just listening to it now...blimey...it sounds like it could be a soundtrack to a David lynch film ;) very nice track. Are you in London Gray? I have no digi recording, so i'm gonna find it hard to do vocals unless we can record together. Or...you could have a cassette...lol!!
At 2:19pm on July 6, 2009, Dolores said…
Hello Gray...yeah, shall def. take a listen when i can access sounds...am at library net...and they have restrictions :( will def. PM you again soon. many thanks for your comments. btw...did you send a request on myspace? let me know.
At 4:13pm on June 30, 2009, Dolores said…
Hi Gary, aww, man, thanks for your lovely comment about my voice...'ethereal and elegant'...i love it! As for Grateful Dead...blimey, not heard their music in centuries...i'll go look for them online and see what the connection could be lol. Thanks for keepin' in touch. :) Dolores
 
 
 

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