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"digidesign and ProTools, it's time to die" – Grim Reaper

April 27, 2009

Recording software: Music industry and studios take note!
Isnt it funny when certain items, software, guitars, shoes, clothes, anything really become what is known as ‘the industry standard’. I find this term and phenomenon totally bi-polar, it’s either perfectly warranted and the item is by far and away the leader of the pack, OR it’s almost [...]

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Old Crow Medicine Show vs The Eastern – pt 2

April 27, 2009

Wellington: – The Front Room, Thurs night
We spoke at the airport this morning about the guitar blow out and I took it upon myself to take Adam’s two guitars that BOTH seemed to be stuffed now and when we got to Wellington arrange for them to be seen to, and at ALL costs get them [...]

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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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A brief look at Coldplay's studio

March 12, 2009

In the video Chris Martin gives the interviewer a quick tour of the Coldplay studio in Camden (studio part starts at 1m 19s). Of particular interest is the list of ‘rules’ on the wall one of which is that Coldplay will never write an album that is longer than 43 mins or has more than [...]

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