The Monthlies – Come on Eileen

For about two years now I’ve been working with a fantastic LA based indie/pop band named The Monthlies. Over the past few weeks we’ve been putting the finishing touches on their upcoming EP titled “Horror Flick“, which will include a very cool version of Dexys Midnight Runner’s ‘Come on Eileen’. If you search YouTube for this song [...] Read more »

The World’s First Album Cover – Alex Steinweiss’ Greatest Hit

From Undependent.com While there is no shortage of interest in the album cover medium, there’s no obvious web page out dedicated to the world’s first record cover. I’m apparently I’m not the only one looking for it (See: “Anyone have a scan?“) I’ve seen scattered images from articles about Steinweiss but I’ve not found anything resembling [...] Read more »

Audio has gone digital. Get over it.

There has been a lot of chatter from Audiophiles lately about how the quality of compressed digital audio is far less superior than analog. This, along with the loudness wars (which I am not going to get into today), is apparently ruining the listening experience. I have three words for these people… GET OVER IT! We [...] Read more »

Tinnitus cure ‘is a step closer’

from BBC News Scientists believe they are a step closer to curing tinnitus after they have found what could be the root cause of ringing in the ears. Studies show hearing loss can go hand-in-hand with over-excitable nerves within brain areas that process sound. This uncontrolled nerve activity causes the noises that plague people with [...] Read more »

Studio Projects C1 Mic

  The Studio Projects C1 Microphone is a GREAT mic for the money!  I wasn’t sure about ordering one of these C1’s until after I tried out their Studio Projects B1 mic which was a very nice mic.  The comparisons of the C1 to the Neumann 87 are somewhat accurate, who is really going to ever say [...] Read more »

Disk cutting tutorial

This is a very cool video from Mix magazine showing an engineer cutting an actual disk. The studio is Infrasonic Sound which offers this quick tutorial on the analog disk cutting process. Check it out here. Read more »

Walking on Glass

I spent the last several weeks working on some new tracks in the studio.  The latest track “Walking on Glass” was a great opportunity to play the Turkish Oud on a track.  I would usually use the Arabic Oud which has a slightly deeper tone but I dropped the tone of the Turkish down a [...] Read more »

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