Hi there!!  Thanx for tuning in.... I´ve been playing in different Quo coverbands over the years, strangely I don´t have one recorded demo left. So I decided to make some new demo recordings of Quo songs. I called my friend Mikael, he and I played in a band called "Stolen Status"  15 years ago. I asked him if he wanted to join me in this little project. Mikael with his Rossi guitar skills, and me, with my Parfitt style....Thankfully he said YES!! So there it is...2 friends that don´t have the time to be involved in a band...so why not enjoy Quo music this way? One song maybe takes a while to get recorded due to lack of time and miles apart, but anyways...if the result gets good it´s worth waiting.....Hope you have as fun listening to the demos as we had recording them!!

Yours sincerely

Jan and Mikael

This is a "diary" and a short story behind the recordings.
We decided early on that we wanted to use a "drum plug" instead of a real drummer. Simply because there´s seldom a good drummer available and free at the time, or they simply don´t have the time.
And the benefit of a "drum plug" is....they don´t argue back...hehe...

1. Rocking all over the world....
What Åke and I did to start with was to do a drum backtrack. And then I recorded the rhythm guitar and bass to it, and Åke played the tambourine.
After that we sent the track in mp3 to our friend Erik,and he recorded the piano on it in his own studio. He sent us the finished piano track back, and we simply paste it in.
Next thing was for Mikael to join and put lead guitar and lead vocals on the track. (he discovered that after 15 years break from playing and singing it was hard work with a sore throat as result)
Rocking all over the world is in quite high pitch really..... Then we were finished... It´s simple as that!!...hehe...Just kidding...To be honest...we struggled quite hard to try to get the Quo sound to the track.

The real hard work is at the end...producing and mixing...When you start to analyze the songs you discover that it isn´t as simple as some folks say...it´s just three chords...YEAH RIGHT!!
(trust me I´ve been trying for 25 years).... maybe we could have chosen a easier track to start with....a track that didn´t include so much instruments... Buuut we didn´t...hehe...
We decided that the next song should be a straight forward guitar based boogie track....

2. Caroline...
...So we chose " Caroline" ... This time Mikael joined in from the start. First thing was to choose tempo. Åke said: Ok guys , try and find a tempo that feels natural and relaxed....
I leaned back on a chair and tried to relax and we took off...Boom! spot on, it felt right from the start...We decided to play in that tempo and did a drum backtrack.
When that was finished, I played the bass to it, so when we record the guitars it would feel like playing with a band. The bass took only one take...and then on to the guitars.
And if I remember it correctly, the guitars took only two takes. It was going fast forward and soon we were doing the vocals. If you listen to the Caroline vocals Francis sounds very relaxed and laid back.
And we tried our best to get that feeling to. I think that Mikael nailed it..sounds great. Caroline was a little bit easier to record, by that I don´t mean that Caroline is easy to play in anyway.
You still have to have that drive and energy... but not tooo much energy..it still have sound relaxed. Being a bass player and a rhythm guitarist and having the opportunity to play both intstruments on these recordings, I´ve discovered the hard work the Quo rhythm section is doing. It´s not easy in any way...believe me. It needs a lot of practice, but formost ...you have to have the love and heart for Quo music.
And by the way, chosing tempo... Quos Hello version is 4:19..ours is 4:21...We discovered that when it was time to produce the track...coming so close just by "feeling"...Does it mean we listen too much to Quo??

-: Serious illness...
2009 - All recording is postponed on the future due to illness.

2010 - Mike is starting to recover from his illness and we picked up recording again.

3. In my chair
2010 Aug 8th, IMC is now recorded and is on producing stages. So if everything goes as planned, we should be able to put out "In my chair" in late august....
I have had a big task learning the recording programme and programming the drums. And producing !!?? Oh man....god damn it´s difficult.
After a while I realized that our friend Åke better make the final touchess. So at last it´s ready put out 2010-09-24. Enjoy!!


4. Rollover lay down
We are currently recording Rollover lay down. The final touches has been made on the guitars. Our friend Andreas going to do the drum programming...And then there´s the hardest bit left...vocals...
God damn it´s hard to sing with that laid back feeling that Francis have, it´s easy to sound to "stiff" when singin it. It takes time to nail the flow that the "bastard Francis" has...
We´re going to Åkes studio for the finishing touches on the vocals at the end of February 2012.

5. Paperplane
The drums are programmed and bass is recorded. As soon as Rollover is finished we´re gonna jump on to Paperplane.