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The State Of Things

January 21, 2010

I’ve just been reading a pretty fascinating ‘open letter’ from OK GO on the problems they’ve been having with their recent video (above) and their label, EMI. The video is actually pretty awesome.
Essentially, OK Go got famous for their clever videos (like this one) that got spanked around the web – served up via You [...]

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The Unfaithful Ways – congrats!

November 30, 2009

Gotta get a record deal, gotta get a record deal!
That has been the catch phrase for young indie musicians for decades, myself included. Hordes of long haired, guitar wielding mumma’s boys religiously following the teachings and trends of ‘Rolling Stone’ or ‘NME’ all pinning their hopes on the fact that it just might be them [...]

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RDU RoundUp – Sleepy Age in the recording studio

November 27, 2009

It’s been a while since I have talked and shared my thoughts and simply there’s no excuse other than the fact that we’ve been mental flat out busy! I am going to try and get this old girl of a blog back up to date over the next few days so what better way to [...]

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Julia Deans debut solo album recording

August 10, 2009

Last week we had the ‘always wonderful’ Julia Deans (FurPatrol) in at The Sitting Room recording studios recording tracks for her first ever solo album. It was a star studded affair with the a multitude of special guest appearances on the record. I wont name names yet but it’s going the be a KILLER album.
There [...]

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There is no depression in New Zealand – Chart

August 10, 2009

Christchurch music industry, audio production and recording studio support…. like a well fitted push up bra
We are extremely lucky in this country to have a music industry and government that supports our arts sector. There is regular funding available for musicians and artists whom which to apply for it and there is a WEALTH of [...]

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Wilco and Feist on Letterman

July 18, 2009

Just another quick post… and another Letterman clip. This time it’s Wilco with a lovely duet from Tweedy and Feist. The haters will probably say it’s boring and pedestrian but I love it.
The production and sound quality is unusually good too for a TV record. Enjoy!

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Recording, mastering, and post production from my bedroom?

July 3, 2009

Are recording and audio post production studios a big waste of time?
One thing that really bakes my noodle, yanks my chain or flicks my wick is what I call ‘old school studio mentality’. What I mean by this is in the past many studios used to pull the old call of ‘We’re the professionals’ or [...]

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Good Old Fashioned Quality – Jayhawks Style.

June 11, 2009

It’s taken me far to long to post about this, but how bloody good were The Jayhawks?

I managed to get my hands on some free tickets to see Gary Louris and Mark Olson play down at Al’s Bar a couple of weeks back. I went down not really knowing what to expect. My favorite album [...]

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Sleezy recording studios, musicians, marketing and who knows?

June 2, 2009

Who can you trust? Me? Probably not.
Ok, so it doesn’t just happen in the music or recording studio industry ,it happens everywhere, the outrageous claims, the smoke and mirrors, the half truths… but it seems to be everywhere I turn in this industry these days, and frankly I am both sick of it and think [...]

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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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