February 2012
2 posts
Glory Days
These guys from Jersey certainly know how to hit some good ol’ rock n’ roll. Great sense of humor too.
Osekre and the Lucky Bastards
Osekre, the protege of the late Kiki Gyan of “Osibisa” fame; one of the few African bands which dominated the global music scene in the 70′s. I find it hysterical that he calls himself “a Lucky Bastard” having watched Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America back-to-back for a week as his orientation to the U.S.
We had a great time at Rubber Tracks recording his new songs. Thanks Osekre!
January 2012
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November 2011
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October 2011
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WatchI’m back co-producing another album with the Reverend John DeLore. This time, the Rev is need of your help. In addition to recording the whole album live in the studio in three days, John’s cousin Keegan filmed the session, as well as a bunch of interviews & some artsy footage of the city. It’s going to be a very cool trans-media album release, which is where most of the extra...
September 2011
4 posts
I recorded six songs in five hours with country artist Luba Dvorak for his new album.
Great band. Great group of guys…They also covered one of my favorite Little Feat songs, Willin’.
I just mixed an Electro/Dancehall track called Pussy Galore for artist/producer 77Klash. We didn’t really talk about it, but I’m guessing he would like to get it in the new Bond movie somehow.
Finished another productive day with Cleveland/Queens artist OHBO! NIYRE.
Viva Viva
I just finished working with the great Boston band Viva Viva. They were awarded the Golden Record by Converse at SxSW this year, which gave them the opportunity to record for two days at Converse’s new studio Rubber Tracks. Fortunately, I was matched with these guys to produce/engineer the session.
I didn’t really know what to expect when meeting the band, but I was super excited to...
July 2011
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June 2011
2 posts
WatchI’ve been working on a series of bumpers for VHX.tv, the latest creation by my brother Casey Pugh. The end of this video is an example of one of the bumpers I designed sound for.
May 2011
2 posts
WatchFrom the show Treme. Here is the best line I think I’ve ever heard from a TV show.
April 2011
2 posts
WatchWhat happens when you mix a rocket scientist and an audiophile? You get Professor Edgar Choueiri, inventor of three-dimensional audio. Apparently all you need is two loudspeakers to hear true 3D sound.
March 2011
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December 2010
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WatchI co-produced, recorded and mixed this short instrumental piece composed by the Reverend John DeLore for use in a 30 second Zippo commercial, directed by M. Keegan Uhl. The cinematography is awesome and the music works better than I could of imagined. Nice work Keegan.
By the way, that’s me playing the bass reeds of the accordion with David Cieri on the other half of the accordion (yes, a...
October 2010
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September 2010
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Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym...
Skinner’s children said their father was never completely comfortable with being linked to the band but did grow to embrace it.
“He made a lot of new friends,” Moore said. “That in itself really brought a lot of wonderful people in our family’s lives, simply because they were Lynyrd Skynyrd fans, and they wanted to meet Dad. They loved him. They’re part of...
August 2010
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July 2010
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June 2010
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May 2010
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WatchThe White Room
by Sharif Hamza’s Poetic Take on Dior Homme Fall 2010
The Nowness is a beautiful site I just found that thrives on the creative inspiration of today’s forward thinking artists. I found this website through Kevin Blackler, pianist, mastering engineer and all around good buddy, who wrote and performed all the music for this video.
Funny how the Nowness claims to be...
April 2010
2 posts
A music artist online makes how much?
I thought this was just too pretty not to post on my blog even though I’m just regurgitating it from everyone who posted it on Google Reader.
March 2010
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February 2010
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At one time I was a member of Facebook. All this absurd, intangible junk constantly up in my grill piece, driving me insane. Cows being thrown at me, drinks given to me that I can’t drink and too many trivia games. Fortunately I found that I could deactivate my account, but later realized that deactivating still leaves all my information intact for everyone else to see. So, permanent removal...
Abbey Road Studios for sale...wtf?!!!
Apparently historic Abbey Road studios in London is up for grabs causing stupefaction for many. Especially for those the music industry.
Sir Paul McCartney has led calls for the studios to be saved, saying he had “so many memories there” from his time with the Beatles. “It still is a great studio,” he told the BBC’s Newsnight. “It would be lovely if...
January 2010
6 posts
Tacet
When George Bernard Shaw was a music critic, he dined one evening at a restaurant with a mediocre orchestra.
Recognizing Shaw, the leader sent him a note asking what he would like them to play next.
Shaw replied, “Dominoes.”
via Futility Closet
December 2009
21 posts
CD sales are down, vinyl and download sales are... →
Albumcredits.com
Finally! A website that organizes, will eventually be user update-able and navigates discographies extremely well….Sort of. According to Murat Aktar, President at Sterling Sound, there are many updates coming to the site, but they’re waiting to get more users. Search your name and sign up if you’re on here.
Seriously…don’t you think they could’ve used a better...
via Katie Paterson
Sound recordings from three...
WatchA trailer for the album and a short documentary made from my latest production, Kara Suzanne’s Parlor Walls.
Recorded at Dreamland Recording, an old church converted to recording studio in the woods near Woodstock. We spent a week tracking everything on the album. A blissful experience away from the city and from people. A time and place captured in my mind and resurrected upon every...