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Sell it all, baby
It’s not unusual for Joel and I to start selling our possessions when trying to finish a project. For years we’ve had a revolving door through which guitars, amplifiers, cameras, lenses, lights, computers, and innumerable other memorable and not-so-memorable items come and go, depending on whether they are worth more to us as tools or…
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I have been placed under a Voodoo hex…
Orson Welles once claimed that the reason he became increasingly unable to finish any films as his career progressed was a Voodoo curse placed on him by a witch doctor while he filmed a documentary in Brazil. Lately Joel, too, has been fond of muttering in a low, theatrically serious tone “I have been placed…
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Third time’s the charm…?
There are already two attempts in the books at getting Sex & Sound EP mixed in a high-quality and timely fashion, and we are now trying for a third, and we hope, last time, to bring this recording one step away from completion. The tracks have been sent to a producer/mixer/engineer in Austin, Texas and…
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Vampires, sequins, & some new photos
Today I put the final touches on two new photos of Joel and I for Sex & Sound. From the beginning I knew that sequins were going to be a big part of the equation, but our vampire-like qualities took me a bit by surprise. Are you a little scared that Joel might try to…
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USPS HD
So we put our life’s work into a cardboard box and shipped it off to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the surface it seems to be questionable judgment, but in reality, not a bad call. 15 months into the recording of the Sex & Sound ep, a hard drive containing the completed tracking sessions is on its…
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STRIPE CLUB
With the EP nearly finished, Joel and I got out the tripod, our wedding photography-worn camera, and some hot pink H&M tights for some work on a couple of press photos for Sex & Sound. Check out the two finished photos below. Hooray for cheap legwear, mini-blinds and a completed project!
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Recording a little More Guitar
So we ducked into Big Scary Tree Studios to do some quick guitar fixes on one of the tracks we’ve been working on… it only took a couple hours but it was pretty cool experience. Jeb Lipson, the proprietor has put together an absolutely beautiful collection of vintage guitars and amps that made getting the…
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Hot Russian spies?
Some things went down on the recording this week…secret things. I suppose hot Russian spies weren’t really involved. They were all over the news when we were in the studio, though…and on the mind of our recording engineer.
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Ready or Not…
It’s time to start mixing! So Graham got us moved into studio 1 and started bringing up a mix. I joined him after fulfilling my personal assistant duties for the day and helped to fine tune some of the balances and make treatment decisions on several tracks. However when it came to the real “mixing”…