Category Archives: recording
January 1
January was an incredibly rewarding month for myself and Jon Bolles. We started work on his second record together in the summer of 2011 between school, Italy, a hurricane and a few other adventures. When the fall came around, Jon trooped back up to school and we tucked the project away to revisit at a later time. Around November, I started planning our follow-up to the summer sessions. I was ready for a change in scenery and had always wanted … Continue reading
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Slate Virtual Console Collection
I saw the Slate Virtual Console Collection bundle going for half price the other week so my curiosity peaked and I ended up purchasing a license. There isn’t much noise about this plug-in yet which I’m guessing is because it’s still fairly new. I’m not going to review this plug-in, I am no professional reviewer and anyone can get a demo and try it out on their own. But! I do have an A/B comparison and I do think the … Continue reading
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Why do we record?
This is the broadest question I could ask that has to do with recording. Everyone would give me a different answer, everyone. It’s a hobby, it’s a way of life, it’s a way to share your music, it’s fun. I get that. I get all of that. Still I ask, why do we record? My friend Chris once posed a question: Would you rather live a short life creating music reaching millions of ears or a long life creating music … Continue reading
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Murder Over Madison “Castle”
Jon and I spent a lot of time recording together this summer despite his week long trip to North Carolina, month long trip to Italy, drive across the country, and an interruption from hurricane Irene. Somehow between all of that we were very productive — recording occasionally on weeknights and on weekends for most likely twelve to fourteen hours at a time. A lot of the recording we did this summer was very experimental. We did a lot of work … Continue reading
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My first Telefunken
This past Thursday I took a trip up to the Telefunken Elektroakustik HQ with my long time musical friend and recording enthusiast Brian Martel. We met up with Ryan Loftus, a design engineer and technician who works mostly on the RFT series microphones. I had sent an e-mail to Telefunken with questions in regards to the Telefunken Copperhead that I purchased several months ago. Ryan replied to me directly and because Telefunken USA is practically in my backyard, they were … Continue reading
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