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Sir Clive Nolan of Nolanshire is rumoured to be consulting leading Architects about the design and construction of a new recording studio.  He has asked us to suggest the best locations for such a progressive project. 

Any others not listed above, please suggest them.  Then Clive and his design team can do their research and pick the best location.

Gotta be a dog kennel, complete with an Amstrad stereo system with microphone mixing and bass boost. Oh and he would of course have a rather large dog in there with him, lovingly licking his face while he freaks out on the Rolf Harris stylophone.  ;D

Cunning poll my beloved.

Lorks A'Mussy...

Wot 'ave I started...?

I'll go for the MIDI-equiped Cattery, with Breakfast Bar, and a 24/7-hellicopter-shuttle to the manufacturers of a Polish-Vodka thing called 'Krupnik'...all wallpapered with Kate Bush-iconised tiling...

Thank goodness, bathroom it is, now, Clive can have have the choice of black and white keyboard style bartops, or merge the bartops with the keyboards, for a kind of "sunk in" effect.

Yep, adding to the sunken effect a corner bath/jacuzzi with a built in waterproof mixing console.

When the whole project is complete, a special guest will be invited to cut the black and white keyboard patterned ribbon with a large pair of fluorescent pink scissors.  Martin Orford has been asked to do the honours, wearing his 1980s special edition piano keyboard tie (as featured on the Wake album photographs of the band)

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I thought Underground is nicely isolated with ground around it so there won't be strange noises on the new records, and it's safe when a bomb is falling.

Quote from: Herben on Mon, 2005-07-18, 22:25:05
I thought Underground is nicely isolated with ground around it so there won't be strange noises on the new records, and it's safe when a bomb is falling.

tsktsk, do you think we want to hear grass-growing and worm-crawling on the next album....this is not Pink Floyd :P

Quote from: Peter on Tue, 2005-07-19, 09:47:27
tsktsk, do you think we want to hear grass-growing and worm-crawling on the next album....this is not Pink Floyd :P

If you play the album at the correct speed, then Alan is not growing grass...
...it is in fact the sound of eggs being fried...

And that worm-sound is a wasp...

;)

Quote from: Peter on Tue, 2005-07-19, 09:47:27
tsktsk, do you think we want to hear grass-growing and worm-crawling on the next album....this is not Pink Floyd :P

I never heard the grass growing, the cutting of the grass makes more noise. I once heard from someone who had a record with only the noise of a grassmower, the "song" lasted about 15 minutes.

Quote from: Herben on Tue, 2005-07-19, 20:15:41
I never heard the grass growing, the cutting of the grass makes more noise. I once heard from someone who had a record with only the noise of a grassmower, the "song" lasted about 15 minutes.

Aaaaah....true progressive rock....

Happy days, when you could make-up your own tune and lyrics to the sound of grass being cut, and still arrive at a credible double-vinyl concept album title....

MMmmm...pass the chillum, Peter.

Whats the difference between a concept album and a conceptual album?

Quote from: marcello on Tue, 2005-07-19, 21:30:19
Whats the difference between a concept album and a conceptual album?

Erm ... don't quote me on this but I think a concept means that all the tracks in their correct order tell the "story" of the concept, whereas a conceptual album deals with themes/ideas but the songs don't necessarily relate a story/series of events.

How was that?  Anywhere near reality?  Or mayhap someone else can tell it like it is.

In a tree... Call it Solace Studios. ;)

Just out of sheer curiosity... What's the matter with Thin Ice Studios?? ???

Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Wed, 2005-07-20, 00:44:37
Just out of sheer curiosity... What's the matter with Thin Ice Studios?? ???

Oh, nothing!  But these prog musicians, sometimes they go all experimental and decide to record somewhere else to get a certain feel on a particular track or album.

Clive's obviously in his bathroom/treehouse/kennel mode at the moment!  :)

Quote from: Xanxtuary on Wed, 2005-07-20, 19:26:26
Oh, nothing!  But these prog musicians, sometimes they go all experimental and decide to record somewhere else to get a certain feel on a particular track or album.

Clive's obviously in his bathroom/treehouse/kennel mode at the moment!  :)

Ah yes...I know that feeling...

I'm out-of-my-tree, go to the bathroom, and get sent to the doghouse...  :D

Meanwhile, I suspect that he's writing the lyrics...to a brand-new tune...

Er, sorry...Instant-Genesis...just add lager...

No, he's conceptualising a new concept album, that explores the difference between a concept, and a conceptual, er, concept.

Alternatively, if he's now got the same kind of headache that has rapidly overtaken me, he's been sensible and gone off down the pub...

Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Wed, 2005-07-20, 00:44:37
Just out of sheer curiosity... What's the matter with Thin Ice Studios?? ???

Have You been there at the Thin ice recording studio? I only know that people make nice music there but I don't know how they look, maybe they are underground as well! Do you have a picture of the Thin ice studio?

Quote from: Herben on Wed, 2005-07-20, 20:57:17
Have You been there at the Thin ice recording studio? I only know that people make nice music there but I don't know how they look, maybe they are underground as well! Do you have a picture of the Thin ice studio?

http://www.thinicestudios.com/ ;)

Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Wed, 2005-07-20, 23:54:40
http://www.thinicestudios.com/ ;)

Interesting site, but I didn't see any building, only what's inside. There is a nice overview of all the bands that played there, such as Threshold, Shadowland, Pendragon, Medicine man, Strangers on a train, and of course Arena and so on with all their records, interesting site I would recommend this to all Arena fans.

Well the reason why there's no photographic evidence of what Thin Ice Studios look like from the outside is because ...

the studios are actually literally beneath some very thin ice.  There's a kind of pond thingie, perpetually covered in a coating of thinnest Verglas ice, and neath the ice lies the waterproof recording studio beloved of Arena, Pendragon, etc ...

In order to access the studio, one has to be either a band member, production type person or to have been specially invited (and thus given the password which allows ingress through the Crack in the Ice ...)

Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-07-24, 15:03:22
Well the reason why there's no photographic evidence of what Thin Ice Studios look like from the outside is because ...

the studios are actually literally beneath some very thin ice.  There's a kind of pond thingie, perpetually covered in a coating of thinnest Verglas ice, and neath the ice lies the waterproof recording studio beloved of Arena, Pendragon, etc ...
In order to access the studio, one has to be either a band member, production type person or to have been specially invited (and thus given the password which allows ingress through the Crack in the Ice ...)

Ah, now that you say it, I think I must have went past it two or three times on my way to meeting Treebeard some time ago.

Quote from: Peter on Sun, 2005-07-24, 16:23:34
Ah, now that you say it, I think I must have went past it two or three times on my way to meeting Treebeard some time ago.

No doubt on the way to one of those oak music festivals!

Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-07-24, 18:54:19
No doubt on the way to one of those oak music festivals!

hummm harummm :)

Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-07-24, 18:54:19
No doubt on the way to one of those oak music festivals!

Treebeard was no oak but an Ent, some living tree in the film Lord of the rings, the Ents went to destroy the works made by Saruman some great wizard, who went crazy.

Quote from: Herben on Thu, 2005-07-28, 19:37:28
Treebeard was no oak but an Ent, some living tree in the film Lord of the rings, the Ents went to destroy the works made by Saruman some great wizard, who went crazy.

wiseass! nevertheless he could have had many oaks as friends.

Quote from: Peter on Thu, 2005-07-28, 20:51:22
wiseass! nevertheless he could have had many oaks as friends.

Yes Saruman took the oaks down and then Treebeard and his friends got angry

A Treehouse is a nice place I think! Deep into a dark forest where Clive can be one with the nature, the animals and his equipment. Wonder how Arena's next album will sound!  ;D

Quote from: Mark Jan on Fri, 2005-07-29, 16:53:23
A Treehouse is a nice place I think! Deep into a dark forest where Clive can be one with the nature, the animals and his equipment. Wonder how Arena's next album will sound!  ;D

You need a very large tree than!! otherwise you can't put all the equipment to make music in it

I feel that an Ent would be sufficiently large for the band's purposes and also the atmosphere of being in such a sacred forest would give the recording a truly awesome vybe!

I've always liked the idea of Ents and also the Dryads from Narnia, being a bit of a tree hugger myself.

Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sat, 2005-07-30, 13:27:47
being a bit of a tree hugger myself.

You also whisper to the tree's and are they answering it? Than You really get a strange cd with people whispering to trees and trees answering, like some scary movie. Just keep it at the thin ice studio, I think they make good music there so don't let it get spoiled by some tree whispering.