Behind the recording studio walls

The exciting thing about stepping in to a studios control room, is that you get the feeling of being in awe and a whole weight drops right off your back, then you just want to scream “THIS IS IT, YOU’VE ARRIVED!!!”.

That was just like my first day of going to the studio at Merseyside Youth Association (yep funding is tight, and yep Liverpool is tight for accessible spaces to jam and record!), my, then acquaintance, Abigail, had asked if I would be interested in collaboration with a team of musicians, who happened to be disabled artists, some whom are also on the Autism spectrum.

When she had asked, I was full of elation, i just couldn’t decline the offer! First day in the studio, I was so super elated to have been there, prior to arrival, I was introduced to Jon, who was the facilitator of the program and headed up the Go Compose course at MYH, which was funded by Liverpool based organisation DaDaFest, in partnership with Drake Music and the Sound and Music Charity.

The fortnightly sessions were incredible, just what I had been fighting for, prior to Abigail’s invitation. The other participants in the program were incredibly engaged and, the inspiring thing was that we were jamming together without ANY hostility. I was on cloud nine. I had the chance to write and compose songs and compositions for a traditional Irish and Scots chamber group, based on Robert Burns’ poemJohn Anderson, my Jo, had penned two original songs, as well as externally engaging a voice coach whom also gave some support to write my first original song Turn It White. The original song that were written in the studio was decided to be titled I Can See A Rainbow Floating (God My Father), which I wanted to introduce the group into writing material for congregational worship.

As the sessions were coming to a close we had been invited to play a series of gigs at some schools and university colleges, which deemed a tremendous success, benefitting younger audiences and those with profound disabilitie

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