“Honky Tonk is the New Punk Rock” – Recording Red Eye Junction 8/23/09

Red Eye Junction

These guys are on a mission.

Mixing Long Rider 8/20/09

I prepared some quick mixes for the band the day after recording and they spent a few days listening before our scheduled mix session.

When the band came in Matt (guitar) said that the mixes were actually great and needed only a few small changes.

I brought  the level of Matt’s guitar down to better match the level of Rodney’s guitar. We brought up a few solos, added a touch of reverb and slap echo to the vocals and we were pretty much done. We even had time to

Jerry Cripe and Friends – 8/18/09

Holy Cripe!

The Cripe-man was back in the studio and he brought along a few friends.  The guests were talented  musicians that  will be featured during his current round of recording.

Visiting the studio were:

Rio – Percussionist Extraordinaire

Tom- Surf Rock Drummer & Lucky Husband

?- Tom’s beautiful wife and a Wonderful Singer

John – Absolutely the greatest banjoist of all time!

We recorded two songs and I was able to meet with the musicians to discuss their involvement in future recording dates. I appreciated their driving up from Goleta and look forward to hearing and recording them.

After the session Jerry sent me the following text message:

“Wow! Tured out better than i thot – nice mix and w/a little cleanup be great…”

I really appreciate when someone takes the time to say, “good job”.

Good job to you too Jerry, its always my pleasure.

??? – In love and back in the studio! – 8/18/09

The mystery musician

??? was in the studio recording a CD  to give to his girlfriend.  I don’t want to spoil the surprise so I can’t say who ??? is.

I can say that ??? made a 4 song CD featuring just keyboard and vocals. And it was ???‘s second time at Certain Sparks.

??? is not from Lompoc.

No more clues.

More info later…

Long Rider – 8/15/09

Rock, Country, Jazz - Long rider plays it all!

Long Rider was in the studio putting together a demo CD to generate some more gigs for the band. I was excited to work w/the band because I’ve seen them live quite a few times and I’ve always been impressed.

The band plays primarily covers & performs regularly at Lompoc’s, Wicked Shamrock bar, and other venues on the Central Coast.

Their repertoire includes tunes by The Eagles, Steely Dan, and the Charlie Daniels Band.

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Gale their drummer brought in a set of electronic drums for the session.

The drum module offered only stereo outs which greatly limited our options for drum sounds