GUEST BLOG - The True Vaults recording in LA
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Across the Line has been playing music written and performed by Tanya Mellotte (originally from Scotland since her time with Belfast Peel favesÌýand more recently . Recently Tanya packed her belongings in a little knotted hankie on a stick and jetted off to Los Angeles. Within weeks she was Djing and plotting a new record and ATL has been playing the fruits of her labour on the show. We're a curious bunch though and demanded more info....
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I’m not really sure why it’s taken me so long to get around to making my first solo record. Maybe I just wasn’t ready until now, maybe I was just having too much fun making records with other people, but finally it felt like it was time and so I found myself in the City of Angels in the far more pleasant climes of California.
Los Angeles is a great place for a musician, you are surrounded by amazing, hard-working, creative people and most of them are getting by just fine.Ìý
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I stayed in various places, from the hills of Echo Park to the historic Laurel Canyon (just a short walk from the legendary country store where everyone from Jim Morrison to Joni Mitchell used to hang out) and I was curious to see what influence my surroundings, and the beautiful weather, would have on my writing. I would later discover it had definitely crept in there, both sonically and lyrically.
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Anyway, after several months and a few pep talks, I eventually emerged from my Garageband cocoon with more than an album’s worth of demos. Soon I had a producer on board, studio dates booked and a band in place. On arrival at the studio I learned from owner/engineer Pete Min that De La Soul had just been in for a session. Sweet.
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The mixing is now complete and I’m about to move on to the mastering stage. I’m currently back in the UK, hanging out with family and friends, and trying to get used to the cold again. I’m really excited to start letting people hear the new music and to start getting some feedback, so please feel free to get in touch and let me know what you think!
Tanya Mellotte, March 2012
(photos courtesy of Claudia Bruce)
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