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Hey guys,

I've just got back from a few days away in my favourite place Brighton. I love spending time by the seaside and it's crazy that a hour and a half train ride can you take somewhere that is the total opposite of London.

It is the most chilled out place to spend time in and surprisingly the weather was so hot during the day I had to pack dresses and slap on a lot of SPF for my fair skin. It was the perfect getaway because we literally just chilled out a few days and mainly just had picnics on the beach and ignoring my phone! When I have time off work I will literally turn off my work emails, and just ignore my phone. Whenever I go to Brighton it's the one time I am the most relaxed so I always try to bring a book with me because I am way more likely to read and not be glued to my phone.

The beach was beautiful, the new eatery spots are gorgeous with yummy menus and honestly I was living my best life. Every time I go to Brighton the second I get off the train and see the beach I instantly relax, it's like all the stress, drama and everything just floats away and I love that feeling. It honestly lifts my mood so anytime I feel like I need a break we pack our bags and go Brighton. Ironically while I was on the beach reading my Harry Potter book I was getting a million ideas for blog posts so the trip definetly did me the world of good.

Tomorrow I will be back with a makeup post so take today as your sign to relax,curl up and watch a movie or read a book and just relax.

Lots of love

Bella x x

In “A Little More” detail...

The video Tim Larcombe & I have put together to accompany my latest single “A Little More” is largely made up of footage I took over the last 18 months or so during our time writing and recording together.

Lots of the footage was recorded on my iPhone, as I travelled between Brighton (where producer Tim’s studio is) and my home in Suffolk, back to Brighton, and back to Suffolk... over and over again weekly, for the most part of a year. Some of the video snippets were taken on Tim’s Canon 5D Mark II. It isn’t hard to tell which is which!

The video is bookended by footage recorded by Tim in Brighton, during which I play the introduction of the song live on the studio Bentley upright before the recording itself takes over. The colour-block frames, which punctuate the video, are designed to be reflective of the line “I might just black out for a while”.

As some of the footage included is very fragmented, fleeting, or might just seem fairly obscure, I thought I’d provide a bit of a run-down of exactly what’s what, in case there were any parts that left you wondering:

0:00-0:40 Corridor of Tim’s studio in Brighton, featuring a few pieces from his rather extensive Magnus Gjoen collection

0:41-1:03 Into the main studio room! NB our growing postcard collection balanced on the Mellotron & atop another Gjoen, weekly fruitcake from Kev, Googlings of Vivian Maier, aaaand my back: hey!

1:03-1:16 Track takes over from live studio recording

1:17-1:24 Waves filmed from Brighton Palace Pier

1:25-1:37 Brighton studio antics

1:40-1:45 Cabbage White butterflies on the lawn at home in Suffolk

1:46-1:47 London Underground en route to Brighton

1:47-1:53 Recording piano parts on the Bösendorfer grand at Real World Studios near Bath

1:54-1:56 More Brighton studio tomfoolery

1:56-1:58 Spot the aeroplane trail A in the sky on the train to Brighton

1:58-2:00 Rain through the window of Real World Studios

2:00-2:04 Silhouette of my hand on the wall of my home studio setup in Suffolk, filmed whilst writing & recording a demo of one of the new songs to send over to Tim

2:04-2:07 Roland TR-8 drum machine, Tim’s studio

2:08-2:12 Morning sun through the laurel trees at home, Suffolk

2:12-2:13 Train into London - seems to always be full when I’m travelling to Brighton, so I’m nearly always standing between carriages!

2:13-2:15 Recording the sound of pencils crunching together for an ambient track. Obviously. (Please refer to Real World Studios post below to learn more about the origin of these particular pencils....)

2:16-2:17 Vintage Hammond Leslie amp at Real World

2:18-2:20 Walking through barley field near my home in Suffolk

2:20-2:23 Silhouette of self on a beach hut in Frinton (summer break from the studio to fulfill annual coastal Milner tradition)

2:24-2:28 Walking near my home in Suffolk

2:28-2:30 Tim at Real World

2:30-2:31 Stairwell inside Brighton Seafront Travelodge, i.e. my home from home for most of last year

2:31-2:36 Dappled sunlight, Suffolk

2:36-2:40 Recording at Real World

2:44-2:47 Barley in the breeze, Suffolk

2:48-2:50 Tim’s studio, Brighton

2:51-2:53 Tim having a go on the Baldwin Fun Machine at Real World Studios. Watch out also for a fleeting glimpse of our fantastic studio engineer Patrick here...

2:53-2:56 Walking into the Wood Room Studio at Real World

2:57-2:59 Pre-studio walk through Preston Park Walled Garden, Brighton

3:00-3:05 In the Brighton studio, recording alternative percussion with chefs Ollie, Will & Dario from our favourite Italian restaurant: think knife sharpeners, stock pots, metal bowls and tin foil... Results were dreamy.

3:06-3:07 Hove Plinth

3:07-3:10 Frinton beach

3:10-3:12 Full moon from Brighton & Hove seafront. The giant pole-like construction is the British Airways i360

3:23-3:25 Glittering summer sea, Brighton

3:25-3:27 Pride pavement of Brighton Seafront, battling against the gusts!

3:27-3:29 Tim & the Moog

3:29-3:31 Practising on the upright in Tim’s studio

3:31-3:39 Rush hour paws, en route to Brighton for the week

3:39-3:41 Back home, my brother in his Halloween mask

3:42-3:48 Pedals, pedals, pedals... producer!

3:48-3:50 My train arriving into Brighton

3:50-3:52 The studio Sage coffee machine <3 <3 <3, Brighton

3:56-3:57 A very aesthetically satisfying plug-in

3:57-4:00 My view over The Steine from another Brighton hotel room (soon to be followed by a trip to A&E after splitting my head open on a low-hanging light fixture!! Oops)

4:01-4:04 Our incredible drummer Stu Wilkinson recording parts at Real World

4:04-4:08 A bridge somewhere in France, during a short trip there with family in Summer between recording

4:09-4:11 DAVID LYNCH! On Tim’s t-shirt though. Damn.

4:12-4:15 Another silhouette, in blustery weather back home

4:16-4:20 Micro piano, unusual percussion & Wes Anderson books, Tim’s studio

4:20-4:23 Baaaassssss

4:28-4:30 Camera in my face

4:30-4:32 Scotch pine at home, Suffolk

4:34-4:36 Synth stack, Tim’s studio

4:37-4:39 Stu recording drums for the tracks at Real World Studios

4:40-4:43 Studio pirouetting at Tim’s

4:44-4:46 Supper time at the Real World Studios residence ft. audio engineer Patrick & his pud

4:47-4:51 Russel Hobbs, Tim’s studio

4:52-4:54 From either side of the vocal booth window, Tim’s studio

4:54-4:55 Real World Studios

4:56-4:59 View over Brighton from Travelodge stairwell

5:00-5:03 The Rockery, Preston Park, Brighton

5:16-5:19 Sparrows at Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Normandy

5:20-5:27 Stormy seas, Brighton & Hove Seafront

...fin.

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