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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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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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