What About You

'What About You' (featuring Paul Richards pictured above)
(from the album: 'Take It to the Bridge' 2009)

Probably the most romantic track on the album and we did wonder whether we should include it (!) but hey ho we all need a little romance in our lives and maybe this could be a chart hit for the band!

Lead vocal is by Paul Richards, pictured above when he was recording at St Georges Hall, a beautiful acoustic venue in Bristol (UK). Paul is a great singer and he was first choice to sing this song, only problem was he's moved some miles away but as he has his own studio, the easy solution was to send him a backing track and for him to record the vocal at his place.

He recorded several versions of the vocal at 96Khz, 32bits, for those who might want to know, which did present a bit of a problem as our Pro Tools system would not accept 32bit files(!) but once it was all converted, we had file compatability and the track could be mixed and mastered.

The main female backing vocal is Abby, but Lexie and Danni are also singing the angelic harmonies.

Having mentioned St Georges above, I would add that the acoustic piano was also recorded there. The acoustic piano is a very expensive Steinway concert grand and at the end of a long day recording other people and their songs, I happened to have the backing track on my ipod and with the mics still set up from earlier I quickly recorded to the backing track.

Drums: Steve Wilson
Bass: Richie Blake
Rhodes & Piano: Paul Raymond
Backing vocals: Abby Tweddle, Danni Douel & Lexie Raymond
Lead vocal: Paul Richards
Soprano sax: Paul Raymond
Engineer: Ace Taylor
Production & mix: Paul Raymond

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/184320621/Dr_Sax..._What_About_You.mp3