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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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Orientation '09 – Day 7: Tiki, P-money, PMC, Concord Dawn

March 21, 2009

Day 7: The Tour of Dirty
So last night with Liam and the mint chicks was totally hot.. I loved it, it was the highlight of my week as FOH engineer and pretty much conceded that it couldn’t get much better than that. Dj’s, drum n Bass, hip hop and MC’s aren’t normally my cup of [...]

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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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Orientation '09 – Day 6: The Mint Chicks, Liam Finn & The Bats

March 17, 2009

Day 6: The Mint Chicks, Liam Finn & The Bats
Last night went really well although was a little quieter than I was hoping but I am pretty pumped about tonight’s show. 3 of my favourite kiwi bands of all time all on one night, it’s as though the event organiser put tonight together especially for [...]

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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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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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Brilliant new Depeche Mode music video – "Wrong"

March 5, 2009

I love this video. It’s a great song with a really intense concept for a video. One of my favourite things is when extra sounds, noises and effects are added to a music video over the top of the existing track – done to great effect here. Patrick Daughters (director) has produced a brilliant gritty [...]

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