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by Juliette | 10.21.11 | Latest News, Record Producing
We’ve had a wonderful week recording Christmas songs with Joe McElderry. Rumour has it, Mariah Carey insisted on fake snow and decorations when she made her Christmas album. I could only find a manky old bit of tinsel to put in the studio, but luckily Joe doesn’t have a high maintenance bone in his body. Give him a diet coke and he’s happy.
Mixing the record this week so rather sleep deprived and mastering on Monday which means we deliver by the Tuesday of half term week which will keep my daughter happy. It also gives us time to get excited about Alfie Boe’s new release on October 31st. More »
Tags: Alfie Boe new album, Christmas albums, Classic Roack, Mariah Carey
by Juliette | 10.07.11 | Film, Latest News
First Night had it’s ‘first night’ this week at Canary Wharf. It was very strange finally seeing it in a big cinema and even stranger hearing my voice coming out of someone else’s mouth (I’m the operatic voice of one of the actresses). The party after was at Boisdale’s and consisted of champagne, brandy, and oysters with brilliant live music from Reuben Richards & Soul Train. Fantastically la di da and lots of fun people watching to be had although these kid of events always leave James and I with an overwhelming desire to get chips on the way home and we looked ridiculously over dressed in our local chippy.
Sarah Brightman, who stars in the film looks so ridiculously young in the flesh she simply has to have had some help although she is also naturally teeny tiny and that is natural (she told James she simply doesn’t eat). I think she used to be a dancer which must help. More »
Tags: Sarah Brightman acting debut
by Juliette | 09.23.11 | Latest News, Record Producing
In full flight
I’m sitting in a café near Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the sun is shining and I’m about to record the world famous tenor Rolando Villazón. WOW! The day is only marred by the bag-inducingly early start I had this morning and the soggy fried potatoes which were swimming in oil next to my overcooked pork schnitzel for lunch. Tried to explain to the waitress why I had left most of it but had to give up in the end as my German is too poor and it was getting slightly ridiculous when the two of us resorted to our equally dismal French in an attempt to communicate with each other. More »
by Juliette | 09.15.11 | Singing
Concert dates for 2011
- Friday 1st April at 7:30pm, Taverner: Fragments of a Prayer with Brighton Festival Chorus at St Bartholomews Church, Brighton. Tickets: £18, £12 (conc) from Dome Box Office
www.brightonticketshop.com
- Saturday 2nd April at 7:30pm, Taverner: Fragments of a Prayer with Brighton Festival Chorus at St Bartholomews Church, Brighton. Tickets: £18, £12 (conc) from Dome Box Office
www.brightonticketshop.com
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by Juliette | 09.14.11 | Current Projects, Latest News, Singing
The film started shooting this week so no more breakfasts at Mr Hoffmans house. (Sorry, had to drop that one in.) More »
by Juliette | 09.04.11 | Current Projects, Latest News, Record Producing
We got back from Italy yesterday and I’m already going through my annual review of how much better our lives would be if we relocated to a ramshackle old farmhouse in the middle of the Italian countryside and grew olive trees. The kids would be running around barefoot and bronzed, everyday would be sunny and magically there would be no need for earning money as we would simply sell our homemade olive oil and swap a goat with a local farmer whenever we craved a steak. I’ve had the same fantasy about Paris, Majorca, New Zealand and pretty well every holiday destination we’ve been lucky enough to enjoy (with the possible exception of Edinburgh – it rained constantly).
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Tags: Joe McElderry at no.5
by Juliette | 08.22.11 | Current Projects, Latest News, Record Producing
Joe showing Arthur Sesame Street on his laptop
Off on holiday tomorrow. It’s been a mad couple of weeks of work including partying at Joe McElderry’s album launch, being phoned whilst queuing in Legoland for a rollercoaster by Dustin Hoffman, madly recording some fantastic elderly musicians who could all teach me a thing or too (google trumpeter Ronnie Hughes, violinist John Georgiadis and baritone John Rawnsley) and fitting in pre-holiday appointments at Great Ormond Street for the boys. James has been in Jersey this weekend conducting Alfie Boe so I’ve had to do all the packing with the twins climbing in and out of the suitcases. Crazy times but I’m never bored. More »
by Juliette | 08.01.11 | Current Projects, Latest News, Record Producing
It doesn’t matter whether you are into opera, pop, country or Gregorian chant for that matter, there is something very pleasing about hearing a naturally good voice. Some people make it sound easy and some people make it sound hard. Joe McElderry is just a very natural, easy singer. We mastered his record today and it’s now been sent off to be manufactured for release on 22nd August – nothing more we can do, time to cross fingers.
Tomorrow is our 1st day off in 3 weeks, which means a family trip to Legoland. Neither of us are particularly into rollercoasters but we have a 9 yr old who is, coupled with a fair dose of parental guilt about being so busy during the 1st week of the holidays! More »
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