Tim Dowling: my band is recording in rural Devon and I’m

We hoped a studio filled with vintage equipment will create a more organic sound – but it just means my mistakes are harder to fix

I’m driving along a narrow lane in rural Devon, looking for a recording studio. According to the satnav I still have a mile to go, and I am very much hoping I won’t meet a car coming the other way before I get there.

A bit further on the satnav tells me to make a left turn, which proves to be unexecutable: the angle is too sharp, the incline too great. I drive for another two miles before the road widens enough for me to pull over to read the directions I was emailed.