Tapes and hooves
23 April 2007 00:09![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glenatronThis has been a very hectic weekend really. Yesterday was spent in the studio recording the first new Sequoia material to get taped in the last couple of years. The songs are sounding good, even un-mixed, and the recording was actually quite fun once we gave up on using a click track. It took most of the day to get drums and bass down, but the performances we ended up with were pretty accurate I think so hopefully the demo we're recording will impress the people it needs to impress.
Today, as I didn't need to be in the studio so early, we spent the early part of the afternoon with the ponies. We brought Zorro in and after shifting as much coat as possible ( and my parents arriving to see the new pony - I would say to meet the new pony but as mum can't get within about 5 metres without sneezing violently it would be a little inaccurate ) and getting a bit annoyed with his fidgetting on the yard I took him around to the school to do some groundwork.
Once he knows he's working he's very good so I was able to get some lovely leading work and very light turns and backing up from him along with some wonderfully responsive transitions where he matched my paces and energy very neatly. Having established that he was happy (and a bit less mouthy than he has been) and paying attention we tacked up and I did a little bit of riding.
When I rode him at his home before he came to stay with us he was quite different in the saddle to how he was on the ground- he tended to brace, stick on the ground and really try to take control of the situation. Today none of that was there, he was a little sticky in one corner of the school where he wanted to stop and talk to the people there but otherwise he was free-moving, light and responsive. We did a few minutes of just walking around trying to get the feel of one another with me experimenting with varying his walk and our directions, trying to keep my hands out of the way as much as possible (probably as a result of reading the Klaus Hempfling book ) and just exploring around a bit, finally we trotted a few wide circuits of the school - he has a lovely springy movement in all his paces, and called it a day. It wasn't a whole lot but he was amazingly good to ride, much better than I had any right to expect and it's left me feeling happy for the rest of the day.
After I got off we took his tack and headcollar off and gave him a chance to roll. He didn't really want to do that but he we was very with me, to the extend that he was leading and stopping absolutely accurately, matching me pace for pace without any physical connection between us. That was very awesome.
I tried to explain to him that it was ok to roll by demonstrating rolling, but he just looked at me funny and I got sand down my trousers.
For our first bit of ridden work I chose to ride on the halter- it's what we're both used to.
After that it was time to put him back in the field and as we were going to be there for a little while we thought it was a good opportunity of Zorro and Joe to get to know each other. We took them into Zorro's part of the paddock let them off their lead ropes and I stood back with my camera to catch the introductions.
That's it. They had a quick arch of necks, a squeak and went off to graze together.
Not overly photogenic, but actually very good news; they seem happy to tolerate each other, Zorro is in charge ( which suits Joe well ) and there wasn't too much running for poor creaky patch, although he's quite happy at the moment on account of all the bute.
It's been a hectic weekend but right now I'm pretty happy about things generally.
Today, as I didn't need to be in the studio so early, we spent the early part of the afternoon with the ponies. We brought Zorro in and after shifting as much coat as possible ( and my parents arriving to see the new pony - I would say to meet the new pony but as mum can't get within about 5 metres without sneezing violently it would be a little inaccurate ) and getting a bit annoyed with his fidgetting on the yard I took him around to the school to do some groundwork.
Once he knows he's working he's very good so I was able to get some lovely leading work and very light turns and backing up from him along with some wonderfully responsive transitions where he matched my paces and energy very neatly. Having established that he was happy (and a bit less mouthy than he has been) and paying attention we tacked up and I did a little bit of riding.
When I rode him at his home before he came to stay with us he was quite different in the saddle to how he was on the ground- he tended to brace, stick on the ground and really try to take control of the situation. Today none of that was there, he was a little sticky in one corner of the school where he wanted to stop and talk to the people there but otherwise he was free-moving, light and responsive. We did a few minutes of just walking around trying to get the feel of one another with me experimenting with varying his walk and our directions, trying to keep my hands out of the way as much as possible (probably as a result of reading the Klaus Hempfling book ) and just exploring around a bit, finally we trotted a few wide circuits of the school - he has a lovely springy movement in all his paces, and called it a day. It wasn't a whole lot but he was amazingly good to ride, much better than I had any right to expect and it's left me feeling happy for the rest of the day.
After I got off we took his tack and headcollar off and gave him a chance to roll. He didn't really want to do that but he we was very with me, to the extend that he was leading and stopping absolutely accurately, matching me pace for pace without any physical connection between us. That was very awesome.
I tried to explain to him that it was ok to roll by demonstrating rolling, but he just looked at me funny and I got sand down my trousers.
For our first bit of ridden work I chose to ride on the halter- it's what we're both used to.
After that it was time to put him back in the field and as we were going to be there for a little while we thought it was a good opportunity of Zorro and Joe to get to know each other. We took them into Zorro's part of the paddock let them off their lead ropes and I stood back with my camera to catch the introductions.
That's it. They had a quick arch of necks, a squeak and went off to graze together.
Not overly photogenic, but actually very good news; they seem happy to tolerate each other, Zorro is in charge ( which suits Joe well ) and there wasn't too much running for poor creaky patch, although he's quite happy at the moment on account of all the bute.
It's been a hectic weekend but right now I'm pretty happy about things generally.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 25 Apr 2007 09:38 (UTC)no subject
Date: 25 Apr 2007 10:08 (UTC)The Q&M stuff is so new we've only got those rough recordings, once we get some nicer ones we'll be giving them away to anyone who wants them...