SAE Magazine 12-2

+++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok +++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok +++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok ++ +++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok +++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok +++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok +++ News +++ Robin Gibb remembered in Bangkok +++ News +++ Ro BangkokCampusNews ➤ In the UK Simon has also worked with Brian May, Lenny Zakatec, John Miles and Madeline Bell as well as more recently with Robin Gibb and Peter Andre. In the summer of 2010, Simon was asked by Robin to produce a new single for Peter Andre that was composed by Robin Gibb and his friend Mike Reid. After visiting Robin at his home in Oxfordshire, Si- mon took away the demo of the song and began working on the tracks. Next up was a vocal record- ing session at Peter Andre’s house with Simon and Robin in Peter’s home studio. The final part of the recording was laying down Robin’s back- ing vocals in a studio in north London. These ses- sions all happened within several weeks of each other and were subject to Robin and Peter’s busy schedules. With Peter’s vocals at just the “first try” stage it was agreed that Peter should re-voice the song in a “proper” recording studio and in less of a rush. Both Robin and Peter became very busy so the project sat on the shelf for a while. Robin continued his other projects, including Ti- tanic Requiem with his son RJ. After this Robin became very ill with his intestines and then cancer and was in and out of hospital. After moving back to Thailand, Simon began his work with SAE Institute teaching international and local students giving lectures in English and also in Thai. After hearing of Robin’s passing as he started work on a Monday morning, Simon decided, as part of the “advanced mixing” lessons, to allow the stu- dents to edit and compile the harmony tracks of one of the world’s greatest artists. This would be a rare treat and experience for the students, and a great tribute to the memory of Robin Gibb. This song is an exclusive un-released work, Simon ensured that all recording devices were switched off, and the session files were deleted at the end of the lesson. The masters now sit safely on Simon’s hard drive waiting for Peter Andre to come over to Thailand and finish the song in Robin’s memory. n 258 SAE & SAE ALUMNI NEWS // Intercontinental NEWS Index

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