Steve and Matthew met in the lowest Maths
stream at school. Immediate friends as a
result of a mutual hatred of Maths and love of
music, they formed the two-man band,
RussWall. One of RussWall's first recordings
was, notably, an audio story called "Seal Cull"...
it was a sign of things to come.
Once Steve was involved, the story and characters
really came to life. Bringing lots, including some vital plot
to the story, Steve's input meant Rockford's Rock Opera
took on a whole new dimension.
2006
Scriptwriting and recording continued throughout 2005 and by early 2006 the structure of the story was established and the recording of the full version of Rockford's Rock Opera began.
By this time our sound engineer, Sean, had departed for
medical school and been replaced by the equally talented,
sound engineer, Steve Cooper. Also, around now, Elaine
started learning Photoshop on her Apple Mac and Matthew
started using Logic 7.
"Looking back on it, this was a huge turning point
as it allowed us to spend hours and hours
perfecting both the look and sound of Rockford."
Matthew and Elaine recorded many of the sound effects and played several characters.
Matthew spent hours in the attic recording and writing songs and experimenting with sound effects
