Just Doing Demo’s

Look, writers; NONE of writers you most love feel great confidence or frequent inspiration. They just get their work done. They write badly.

— ANNE LAMOTT (@ANNELAMOTT) May 31, 2016

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec99/articles/kipper.htm

The recording sessions began with Sting and Kipper simply jamming ideas in demo form, and recording the results onto the Sony 48-track machines. Kipper explains the method. “We would jam every evening for about four or five hours and experiment. We did that for about four weeks, and then each morning we’d listen to the work we’d done the night before and write down the timecode of where we thought there was something good. Then we’d work that bit out and develop it to the next level.” These early jamming sessions proved to be the basis of an ongoing experimental recording process which would continue for the entire project. The working principle set by Sting meant that all recordings were in a constant state of ‘work in progress’. Kipper explains the theory: “Even three or four months in, we were just doing demos. Of course, in the back of your mind, you know you’re making a record, but you free yourself from the pressure of having to make something amazing. It’s a really valuable approach for Sting, because obviously there is a lot of pressure on Sting to write another hit song and do something that’s better than Ten Summoner’s Tales, or The Police.”

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