Archive for June, 2008
After a great family vacation/weekend up to Ashland, Oregon to see a couple of plays and enjoy the general ambiance of southern Oregon, I had to stop by radiostar studios on the way back down highway 5. What a cool vibe. The place had a writeup in the Jan/Feb issue of TapeOp (article not available online that I could find).
The studio is in the town of Weed, north of Mount Shasta (and there is a view of the mountain right from the facility). The town itself is pretty dead, it seems… not sure what the main industry is now, maybe the recording studio. Anyway, what a great place to do a recording. They feature analog and pro tools, a pretty healthy stable of Neve preamps, and just about all the experimental gear you could imagine getting your hands on. Old tube gear? All over the place. Drive-in movie theater speakers? Check. Classic guitar amps? Yep. They offer accommodations with your studio sessions as well, dirt cheap. They were really great to give me a tour, completely unannounced… and really, now I’m dying to record there just for the experience.
Their main room, studio A, is an old theater… giving you an option to record in a familiar performance/stage environment, even with an audience of your choice. I can see how that could elicit some great performances from a band.
Their owner/chief engineer/producer, Shirley Massy, has some major credits and a great attitude… seems like she’d be great to work with. Anyway, check them out…
Oh… and the plays? We saw a couple, and they were great… especially a western version of “Comedy Of Errors”… way cool.
Talked to Karl today… he introduced me to the ideas of Alexander Scriabin, and he is in the process of introducing me to his music.
Anyway, one thing of particular interest to me is Scriabin’s ideas about music and color, especially considering my idea for a new project utilizing both visuals and music. You can read about him at the link above, scroll down a bit. This is pretty cool…
I received an email a few days ago from Nicole, the lead vocalist of entamoeba… they need a bass player for an upcoming performance in San Francisco. I’ll post more information when I have it.
Tonight after the entamoeba rehearsal I spent a couple of hours in the studio and worked on a new piece… another piece for the collaboration with Michael Nold, possibly.
Other than that… not too much going on. No new work on the Papa Bueno stuff, or much else new to report.