Six tunes, one session at a time: Cosyford gets its own record label

Once you manage a band, they want to make a record. In the studio the band plays behind the glass and you sit at the mixing desk. Pick a tune and press Record it!, and the band starts to play.

Then you play along. Notes slide down three faders, and as each one lands in its slot you tap the big button underneath (or press the arrow keys). Hit them in time and the tune sounds full; miss a few and that part drops out until you are back on it. A good take goes on the album board on the wall.

Six good takes make an album. Then you press the vinyl (hold it just long enough for a nice even disc), pick a sleeve and put it out. Albums sell, they go up the charts on Cosyford FM, and every album out brings another band knocking at the door: the Lo-Fi Hipsters, the Allotment Sound System, Drum & Bass & Flute, and Cosyfunk (Nigel on slap bass, who is a cashier at the Savings Bank the rest of the week). Last come the Cosyford Harbour Shanty Crew, with an accordion, a fiddle, a bodhrán and Albert on piano. They play down at the lighthouse and will only sign with whoever owns it.