{"id":176,"date":"2025-05-03T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T20:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/?p=176"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:46:41","slug":"cathkin-road-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Cathkin Road Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our friend, by happenstance, was the sole tenant of a grand house in Langside on Cathkin Road, and we couldn&#8217;t resist the opportunity to use its spacious rooms to record in before other tenants arrived we could disturb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recorded on several days, mostly just experimenting and jamming. Our most successful recording was of my friend and fellow Student, Conor Madden playing a piece he&#8217;d written for piano on the resident (and surprisingly in tune!) upright. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250402-Cathkin_Road-9094-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250402-Cathkin_Road-9094-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250402-Cathkin_Road-9094-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250402-Cathkin_Road-9094-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fraserhamiltonaudio.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250402-Cathkin_Road-9094-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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