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Recording - This Is The Life

Producer Pete Wilkinson met singer Amy MacDonald after he posted an ad in the NME asking for talent for his new production company.

Out of thousands of respondents, Amy shone through, and shortly after their first meeting, the pair were recording This Is The Life, an album that would go on to sell three million copies worldwide and top the album charts in numerous countries.
Focusrite have been behind Amy's sound from the very first sessions in Pete's home studio "We work in a very lo-fi way where Amy comes to my little studio at home and she puts down her vocal. All of Amy's vocals have been recorded through my Focusrite Voicemaster Pro, and the vocal that we do through the Focusrite is the vocal that the mix engineer and mastering house ends up with."
"All of Amy's vocals have been recorded through my Focusrite Voicemaster Pro, and the vocal that we do through the Focusrite is the vocal that the mix engineer and mastering house ends up with."
But it's not just Amy's vocal that gets the Focusrite treatment. Joe Fields, Pete's engineer of choice, continues: "When Pete brings the template in, we replace the instruments to try to get it sounding how he had it in his studio. We start with drums then bass and guitars, then live strings. We tracked the strings and most of the drums through Focusrite ISA428s."

Amy's second album is due for release in March 2010.
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Amy MacDonald

Amy MacDonald http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/ Amy Macdonald (born 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish singer and songwriter who is currently signed to Vertigo Records. Her debut album, This Is the Life, was released on 30 July 2007 and has sold more than 2.5 million copies. Her first single, "Poison Prince", was released on 7 May 2007. She played shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival and Beladrum Tartan Heart Festival. Amy is signed to record company Vertigo. Amy's vocal range is contralto. Macdonald started playing on stage acoustic gigs at 15. Her influences include Travis, The Killers, Pete Doherty, and Bruce Springsteen. After several shows in mainland Europe, Macdonald played at festivals such as V Fest during the summer of 2008.