Angel Band Project

The last couple of days I have been pro tools operator for the Angel Band Project recording session @ london bridge studio. Engineer Chris Shepard from Chicago was fantastic to work with, and the whole session was smooth. Please visit the Angel Band Project blog and donate: http://angelbandproject.wordpress.com/.

Q13 fox here in Seattle covered the story which you should be able to view below.
 

Mixing Tess Henley @ Electrokitty

I'm currently working with r&b/pop/soul singer Tess Henley mixing two songs for an upcoming release. Please visit her myspace page and give her support: http://www.myspace.com/tesshenley. Bellow is a picture of some of the signal flow I was using. I'll let you know when the song are released and where you can find them.

Robert Lang Studios

I visited Robert Lang Studios for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Jonathan Plum was getting some drums sounds with house engineer and drummer Nathan Yaccino. Steven and I both figured we should sport our London Bridge Studio t-shirts. Here is a pic of us in front of the ssl-4000g.

The Hearts of Men

Working with Danjuma Mallum and his actor for the short film The Hearts of Men. We worked on the movie's heavy voiceover as well as some dialogue replacement in the overdub booths @ London Bridge Studios. I am also currently scoring the movie 15 minute short.

Long Time No Blog

Long time no Blog. I've been pretty busy this month, but the next couple of posts are some of the highlights.

Gig @ the Sundown Saloon w/ Christian Smith

I played tenor last night in a newly formed group with Christian Smith on guitar, Vern Lawton on drums, and Ken Strong on bass. We played all original music by myself and Christian in 3 hour long sets.

Seattle Symphony - Sibelius, Rachmaninov, and Adams

Last Thursday I went to the symphony and saw some great music. Guest conductor Robert Spano is intense and emotive (what more could you ask?). Sibelius' "Pohjala's Daughter, Op. 49" was beautiful. Then guest pianist Dejan Lazic killed on Rachmaninov's piano concerto #2. The piece demands an aggressive player, and Lazic got the job done. After the intermission (after 1/4 of the audience skipped out to miss the discordant Adams' piece) was "Harmonielehre." If kind of made me laugh because after the first movement, there was the little old lady rush for the door... "oh no... so crazy... must leave..." To me the harmonic language was barely on the brink of being out. The orchestration is beautiful... I loved the unison harmonics and false harmonics in the strings. The end of each movement seemed to me to have a nod to the minimalists. Very good concert, and if you're reading this and didn't go... you missed out!