About this episode
Back in summer 2020, John headed over to The Church Studios to catch up with James Vincent McMorrow, Paul Epworth and Lil Silva to talk about how they wrote, recorded and produced James’s album ‘Grapefruit Season ’. Taking tracks from Dublin to London to LA and back, James talks us through the myriad of iterations the songs went through, exploring the different writing situations and how all of his collaborators had such varied musical impacts. Paul and TJ lend their producer expertise pulling out individual stems and breaking songs apart, as well as discussing their approaches towards bringing energy to the studio, and sharing thoughts on how production, sounds and songwriting are one and the same. Listen to find out about the lyric James spent all of his life waiting for, why Paul was such a terrible studio assistant and how a serendipitous ‘adapter’ hunt led to the trio’s partnership. Tracks discussed: Headlights, Gone, Paradise LINKS TO EVERYTHING TAPE NOTES https://linktr.ee/tapenotes Listen to 'Grapefruit Season' here. 'Grapefruit Season' - Sony Music Entertainment UK Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective GEAR MENTIONS Sequential OB6 Moog One Moog Grandmother Paul's Big Modular Moog Teisco Synth Xfer Serum Synth Roland TR-808 Spectrasonics Omnisphere Universal Audio Apollo Twin Mellotron iZotope Iris Faith Saturn Guitar LinnDrum ProTools ProTools Air Kill EQ Apple Mac OUR GEAR https://linktr.ee/tapenotes_ourgear HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW If you'd like to help support the show you can donate as little or as much as you'd like here, (we really appreciate your contributions :) Donate KEEP UP TO DATE For behind the scenes photos and the latest updates, make sure to follow us on: Instagram: @tapenotes Twitter: @tapenotes Facebook: @tapenotespodcast To let us know the artists you’d like to hear, Tweet us, slide into our DMs, send us an email or even a letter. We’d love to hear! Visit our website to join our mailing list: www.tapenotes.co.uk