Craig's Blog

Tue 19 Jan, 2010

Hey guys…

So last week we finished editing the video! It was really exciting seeing the finished edit, which looks very cool, and I can’t wait for you all to see it. I’ve also been working on a special little side project out here in Miami. A friend of mine is re-developing the Shelbourne hotel on South Beach and has asked me to help design a new club they are putting in there. I’ve always loved interior design, and as you know I’m into my gadgets, so we’re coming up with some really cool ideas. Also, it’s the first time I’ve got involved with something like this right from the start, so that’s been really good.

My mum and aunt came to visit at the end of last week which has been really nice…we had a belated Xmas together! I’m now back in London to start doing all the promotion for the new record.

I’m really excited actually because it’s all starting to come together. We’re getting the album mastered next week, which means making sure all the levels of the songs work together, and putting the songs in the order they’re going to be on the record. Then, literally in a week and a half’s time, we’ll have a finished album! As I think you all know, the album is Motown-inspired. We wanted to do a record that allowed me to record and perform songs that I’ve always wanted to sing, but really didn’t have the opportunity to before as I was constantly writing new material. It’s given me the chance to be able to do more classic songs that I love from this amazing era. People don’t always realise that Motown was about songs that came purely off the Motown Records label, it wasn’t a genre or a style. They had so many amazing artists, from Marvin Gaye to Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and The Temptations...to be able to sing those songs as well as having new songs on the album that I’ve written too feels really good.

Really looking forward to you all hearing it.

Peace, Craig

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