Clare's Journal

So it’s the end of Day 3. The boys, Darran Muller and Mark Peric were back in the studio with us to record drums and bass on the last 5 tracks. We arrived in the rain at 9am and spent the morning working on upbeat tracks ‘My Heart Aches For You’ and ‘Freedom’. I waited [...]

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Well, it’s not really day one since we’ve been working on these tracks for a month but it’s Day one recording in the studio. The morning was spent setting up drums, ironing out strange buzzes with the bass and heading out in the rain for coffee. By midday we started recording… The studio is on [...]

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Not too much to report as of yet..met up with the band yesterday and run all the songs. It went really well.. keen now to get into the studio on Monday!!! I’m a little frustrated because I’m feeling under the weather.. my throat is sore and dry.. I haven’t been sick in so long and [...]

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The songs have finally been chosen from around 50 tracks I’ve written over the past year. The last few weeks have been spent working through the songs, making sure they are exactly how they should be, making small changes and building arrangments. Now.. we rehearse with the band and then come Monday morning we head [...]

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Hey all,
It’s been a while since I blogged. I’m bloody hopeless!!! So anyway I’m writing this from my iPhone. Pretty cool. I love this thing!
So.. I get married next weekend!!! Can you believe it!! Not long now.. Most things are done.. Not much of a stresser so my plan is to have a fun week [...]

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Hi everyone,
Just a bit of exciting news to let you all know that my song, ‘Take My Breath Away’ has been featured in the movie trailer for Uma Thurman’s new film, ‘Motherhood’.
I’m pretty excited!!  I must say I am a bit of a sucker for a romantic comedy particularly when it’s set in my favorite [...]

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I’ve been back in London nearly a week now. The sun had been out and it’s actually hot! Well not Australia hot but nice none the less. I’ve spent the last few days outside, writing songs… I just finished a song which I think I’ll call Reasons Why. We are getting pretty [...]

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It’s sunday… I slept in this morning…
I had the most amazing experience last night. It was about 2am I was waiting for the train in the 42nd street subway. A man was sitting on a bench in the middle of the platform.. busking, singing ‘Heard it from the Grapevine. One of my favorites [...]

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I’ve had a crazy few weeks so it’s nice to have a few days off. I’m in one of my favorite city’s… New York! Yesterday I hung out at the park in the sun. I’m missing my dog so much so I placed myself in the middle of a off leash dog [...]

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I’m sipping green tea in a cute little cafe between Bayswater and Notting Hill in London.  Watching the world go by….  I arrived here a week ago and so far I’m loving this city.  I had my doubts, having been here in winter a couple of years ago.  Now that it’s spring and the sun is out, [...]

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