Recording Setup

All three CDs were recorded at Sound Mine Studio in Perth, Western Australia. The studio engineer is Lee Buddle, who specializes in acoustic music.

For the Winter's Tale CD, we spent a while trying some new microphones and after much deliberation went back to the setup used on Night Fishing.

The setup is an X-Y stereo microphone pair, using a Sennheiser MKH-40 and a Neumann TLM-170. Each mic went through an analog Millenia STT-1 Origin pre-amp.

Night Fishing and In the Duck Shed were recorded with a Lowden O12 guitar, and A Winter's Tale was recorded with a Taylor 514ce.

Lee's skills extend to the producer role, as well as extra instrumentation and mastering. Perth really is lucky to have such a talent available. 

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Recordings

Here are 4 full songs from each CD. These are Flash audio players, like you find on MySpace.  If you have any problems, click on the medley sampler links instead.

Please note these are for personal use only and are copyrighted to Simon Fox. Enjoy !

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A Winter's Tale - Released 2006

The latest CD, all solo acoustic guitar compositions. This one has the most guitar detail of the 3 CDs, with tunes ranging from ambient candle-burners, to Celtic, a frail-picker tune and some bluegrass.

Sampler Medley Track 5. A Winter's Tale 10. Ninety Mile Beach
1. The Deep North 6. Outpost 11. Tromso
2. Powderhorn 7. Early Hours 12. Off the Grid
3. The Gathering Storm 8. All at Sea 13. The Nightwatchman
4. A Month of Rain 9. Any Day Now 14. Kettle of Fish

                         

Night Fishing - Released 2003

The most produced CD of the three, with 8 tunes including accompaniment with some ambient keyboard, violin and djembe. Features the pretty tunes Night Fishing and The Fisherman. 

Sampler Medley Track 5. Eleven Icebergs 10. Murren
1. The Ullapool Decision 6. Purple Turtle 11. Martingale
2. Potato Van 7. Inlander 12. Topanga
3. Smithy's Porridge 8. Sleep 13. Night Fishing
4. Airwell 9. The Fisherman 14. Mapping the Paddocks

 

In the Duck Shed - Released 2000

This first album is a bit of a sentimental favorite. Kind of has a nice innocence about it, a little more free-form than the others. A good red-wine CD.

Sampler Medley Track 5. Murren 10. Chalk Farm
1. Burlington 6. More Ducks 11. The Windemere Days
2. Wintergreen 7. Lonely Train 12. House of Stairs
3. Smithy's Porridge 8. The Lazy Farmer 13. The Bath People
4. Wormwood Scrubs 9. Lakes Entrance 14. In the Duck Shed