Comments on: Bernard Chabert http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/2009/07/bernard-chabert/ mimi la twisteuse's à la carte, music that's rare and well done! Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bernard Chabert – an Interview | à la carte http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/2009/07/bernard-chabert/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Bernard Chabert – an Interview | à la carte Tue, 31 May 2011 00:17:58 +0000 http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/?p=223#comment-279 [...] July 8, 2009, I wrote about Bernard Chabert, a French musician of whom I knew little about, but whose music I thought deserved to be heard and [...] [...] July 8, 2009, I wrote about Bernard Chabert, a French musician of whom I knew little about, but whose music I thought deserved to be heard and [...]

]]> By: Bernard Chabert – L’entrevue | à la carte http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/2009/07/bernard-chabert/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Bernard Chabert – L’entrevue | à la carte Thu, 19 May 2011 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/?p=223#comment-273 [...] 8 juillet 2009, je partageais sur ce blogue mes EPs de Bernard Chabert, un artiste que je ne connaissais pas, mais qui, selon moi, méritait [...] [...] 8 juillet 2009, je partageais sur ce blogue mes EPs de Bernard Chabert, un artiste que je ne connaissais pas, mais qui, selon moi, méritait [...]

]]> By: bernard chabbert http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/2009/07/bernard-chabert/comment-page-1/#comment-223 bernard chabbert Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:48:36 +0000 http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/?p=223#comment-223 It's quite funny to find, many years after the facts, comments regarding these two years I spent as a rockman... I went into it by accident, almost, through a friend who was the boss of EMI France rock catalog. I ended up in the Porte de Sévres EMI studios, where the Beatles had recorded pieces of Revolver, and with a little help from good friends, all of them amateur musicians (just like me), we recorded something like twenty songs I had written. I was playing the solo guitars and keyboards, and singing. Because I had quite a transparent voice, we used lots of dual recordings, but remember this was in 1969, and technology wasn(t what it is now. For instance, the telephonic voice in Helga Selzer was just that: I sang it from the studio telephone, direct into the console. Another problem we had to face was that at the time it was very difficult to request from sound engineers max levels near stauration, and having a full, solid sound was really a big question. We did funny things, like record the rythm guitar for Easy Lazy Lizzie from the ceramic-tiles toilets of the EMI building, two levels below the studios. By the way, the correct title for Helga Selzer is Helga Selzer, the wording Alka Seltzer being mentioned in the lyrics as the girl's nickname because of her early morning hangovers. Well, I could go on about all this for quite some time, but wanted to say hello anyway. And about what happened after all this: my goal was to become a newsman, and my passion was (and still is) flying and flight, from old romantic wood and fabric aircraft to space flight. While I was recording and making my own little way through the showbiz world, the Apollo flights were aimed at the Moon. As some of my songs became charts meat with Europe 1 broadcasting company, I finally asked them if there was room for a space reporter in their ranks, and switched to journalism in 1971, going to Houston and elsewhere to cover those incredible adventures. I'm still in flying and journalism, and a TV producer of documentaries, and flying a bunch of old machines (even getting heavily involved in big-time filming, with "Amelia", the story of Amelia Earhart with Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and my Lockheed Electra) with my son, who's an airline 777 pilot and also a hell of a good guitarist, in the SRV vein. Well, the end of the 60s was a great time for rock and roll. And I'm thinking about re-recording some of the not published songs, just for the fun of it... Take care, BC It’s quite funny to find, many years after the facts, comments regarding these two years I spent as a rockman… I went into it by accident, almost, through a friend who was the boss of EMI France rock catalog. I ended up in the Porte de Sévres EMI studios, where the Beatles had recorded pieces of Revolver, and with a little help from good friends, all of them amateur musicians (just like me), we recorded something like twenty songs I had written. I was playing the solo guitars and keyboards, and singing. Because I had quite a transparent voice, we used lots of dual recordings, but remember this was in 1969, and technology wasn(t what it is now. For instance, the telephonic voice in Helga Selzer was just that: I sang it from the studio telephone, direct into the console. Another problem we had to face was that at the time it was very difficult to request from sound engineers max levels near stauration, and having a full, solid sound was really a big question. We did funny things, like record the rythm guitar for Easy Lazy Lizzie from the ceramic-tiles toilets of the EMI building, two levels below the studios. By the way, the correct title for Helga Selzer is Helga Selzer, the wording Alka Seltzer being mentioned in the lyrics as the girl’s nickname because of her early morning hangovers.
Well, I could go on about all this for quite some time, but wanted to say hello anyway.
And about what happened after all this: my goal was to become a newsman, and my passion was (and still is) flying and flight, from old romantic wood and fabric aircraft to space flight. While I was recording and making my own little way through the showbiz world, the Apollo flights were aimed at the Moon. As some of my songs became charts meat with Europe 1 broadcasting company, I finally asked them if there was room for a space reporter in their ranks, and switched to journalism in 1971, going to Houston and elsewhere to cover those incredible adventures. I’m still in flying and journalism, and a TV producer of documentaries, and flying a bunch of old machines (even getting heavily involved in big-time filming, with “Amelia”, the story of Amelia Earhart with Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and my Lockheed Electra) with my son, who’s an airline 777 pilot and also a hell of a good guitarist, in the SRV vein.
Well, the end of the 60s was a great time for rock and roll. And I’m thinking about re-recording some of the not published songs, just for the fun of it…
Take care,
BC

]]> By: Octavio S. http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/2009/07/bernard-chabert/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Octavio S. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:36:08 +0000 http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/?p=223#comment-140 Ah oui alors ! J'adore. La reprise de Hot Legs est rigolote: je ne pensais pas que quelqu'un oserait essayer de refaire ce morceau si 'studio'. Selon moi, un exemple rare (avec Pierre Vassiliu) d'un musicien continental qui réussit à capturer l'essence anglaise sans faire de simples pastiches. Merci beaucoup ! Ah oui alors ! J’adore. La reprise de Hot Legs est rigolote: je ne pensais pas que quelqu’un oserait essayer de refaire ce morceau si ‘studio’.

Selon moi, un exemple rare (avec Pierre Vassiliu) d’un musicien continental qui réussit à capturer l’essence anglaise sans faire de simples pastiches.

Merci beaucoup !

]]> By: robert http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/2009/07/bernard-chabert/comment-page-1/#comment-139 robert Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:13:59 +0000 http://www.zoizoi.com/blog/?p=223#comment-139 Merci pour ces chansons très agréables. C'est vrai que c'est du Beatles tout craché :) Merci pour ces chansons très agréables. C’est vrai que c’est du Beatles tout craché :)

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