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Musical Numbsculls

January 18, 2010

I guess one of the occupational hazards of owning a recording studio is the feeling of numbness when it comes to music. I try and keep what I listen to fresh but, inevitably, it doesn’t always happen. If fact, at the end of last year, I was feeling particularly jaded and uninspired – not a [...]

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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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"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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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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