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Old Crow Medicine Show vs The Eastern – pt 1

April 27, 2009

My last show doing front of house engineering finished on Sunday and I had a couple of days in at Sitting Room Studios, Christchurch mixing some other music until Wednesday when we flew up north for two shows with US indie/bluegrass legends The Old Crow Medicine Show’. We?? By we I mean The Eastern and [...]

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Ten Must Reads For The Independent Recording Musician

March 31, 2009

Just wanted share a quick link to this great post with tons of advice for independent musicians and recording artists. Most of the bands who record at the studio are independent (bless their cotton socks!) so this is the type of info you need to read! It covers off loads of things from stuff most [...]

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Sigur Ros Secret Show (video recording)

March 24, 2009

Just watched this fantastic video of Sigur Ros recording a take-away show for La Blogotheque. I absolutely love Sigue Ros – the sounds they create are second to none and the audio production on their albums is truely mind-blowing!
The oppotunity to see a band like this in such an intimate setting is pretty cool. This [...]

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Recording Studio in christchurch gives away FREE boutique beer

March 23, 2009

Home-Brew ethics and philosophies:
Ok, so this may seem  a little out of the blue… a recording studio and audio production house writing about ‘Home Brew’ beer, the process, and the philosophy….but to be honest The Sitting Room is about creation, it is about vibe, it’s about appreciating quality, it is about having fun… and nothing [...]

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Orientation '09 – Day 8: Outside, in the sun, small stage and band wind

March 21, 2009

Day 8: The Burning Sensations, Green like Go + an Acoustic Duo.
The last and final day for me was a Sunday afternoon show outside in the Uni Ampitheatre outside the Foundry bar.
It was on a much smaller stage and the system was tiny in comparison to the last few nights (just dual 15’s and horn [...]

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Wildman Hillbilly Fuzz Rock

March 18, 2009

Boss Christ live @ The Harbour Sessions, Wunderbar, Lyttelton.
The Harbour Sessions is a bi-monthly showcase of Christchurch and New Zealand’s underground, DIY singer/songwriters and has been running for a few months now. The Sitting Room recording studios has been involved since day one providing the live sound for the night and as of last month [...]

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Cute 'Chelsea Motel' video interview

March 17, 2009

‘Chelsea Motel’ (Portland, Oregan) and their sweet little EP.
We have been fortunate enough in the last 3 years to meet so many lovely, warm and open musicians from around the world and when NZ country stalwards The Eastern recently mentioned to us that they had convinced a folk duo from the USA to come record [...]

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Sitting Room Recording Featured on Hipster Tracks

March 17, 2009

Last year I wrote and recorded an EP for my side project called The Sneezes. The Sneezes is comprised of Ben on bass, Ivor ‘Pants’ Richards on Drums (nepotism anyone?) and me on vocals, synths and guitars.
Our debut single ‘All We Could Do’ had some measure of success on RDU. Yesterday the track was accepted [...]

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Orientation '09 – Day 5: Katchafire, Soulsystem and sexy sound

March 13, 2009

Day 5: Katchafire, Soulsystem and sexy sound
Today the DBX driverack arrived, finally! Stoked, I really was. I have been desperately wanting to adjust the cross over frequencies and the time alignment. Just had a fiddle and instantly the system and room is now tight and singing like a princess (is that a  good thing?… do [...]

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Orientation '09 – Day 4: Autozamm, The Midnight Youth and Evy Lies

March 13, 2009

Day 4: Autozamm, The Midnight Youth, Evy lies and CRANKING the system.

I arrived at the venue today to find legendary Tube amp ‘Dr’ Guy Benfield standing at the FOH console already playing Toto’s – Africa loud as hell through the PA… I could only smile from ear to ear when I saw his beady [...]

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