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If no one else is gonna make a whole record that sounds like "Planet Caravan" by Black Sabbath, I guess I will.
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My wife and I were in attendance that night. It was a hilariously titled event: Yahoo! Presents Nissan Live at Fox Studios. We only knew it was a Herbie Hancock performance. Joni was a total surprise. Marcus Miller on bass. Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. Sometimes you get lucky.
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15 years ago this week, Joni graced the stage for @HerbieHancock's Nissan Live Set, where she treated 300 lucky guests to performances of "Hana,” “River,” and “The Tea Leaf Prophecy.”
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If playing on "Apostrophe" by Frank Zappa and the first Crosby, Stills, & Nash album are minor footnotes in your discography you're doing something right.
Rest In Peace Jim Gordon. I wish you could have gotten the help you needed.
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Not a bad guitar section there with Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), Jazz great Barney Kessel, Don Peake, and future TV show theme song juggernaut Mike Post.
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Thinking about the great and tragic life of Jim Gordon this morning. One of the best musicians of his time… from Pet Sounds to All Things Must Pass to Layla to Bongo Rock to Low Heeled Spark to Mad Dogs to Pretzel Logic to this Gold Star session for Sonny & Cher.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is also a #NewAcquisition for our #ResearchLibrary! On Recording: A Manifesto, by musician, producer, studio co-owner, and thinker is a beautiful 50-page philosophical treatise on the art of recording that’s focused on intent instead of gear. (1/2)
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good people, we just lost my old buddy spotski, a terrible blow. he recorded the minutemen's first stuff, I go way back w/this man. brother matt took this shot six years ago when spotski came to visit our pedro town... man, this is a terrible blow. I love you spotski forever.
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Wayne Shorter, my best friend, left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future. He was ready for his rebirth. As it is with every human being, he is irreplaceable . . .
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Some heavy hitters involved. Heather Sommerhauser and Ann Thaiss on vocals. Stephen Hodges on drums and percussion. Anna Glenn on flute with Carey Frank and Philip Glenn on Prophet 10. I played a lot of nylon string acoustic guitar!
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My friend Weston Currie made a short film called DEMENZA that lives in a world of its own. Somewhere between Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and Crispin Glover’s What Is It? Artwork by the great . Scored by yours truly on a Tascam 246.
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The world is a lesser place without Wayne Shorter.
Today seems like a good time to revisit his collaborations with The Rolling Stones, Allan Holdsworth, Joni Mitchell, and maybe his weirdest solo album, "Moto Grosso Feio."
RIP to one of the great artists of our time.
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Thinking about a couple lesser known Wayne Shorter performances on the week of his 89th birthday.
Here's Wayne playing soprano saxophone with The Rolling Stones on the Keith Richards tune, "How Can I Stop?" Produced by Don Was.
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Stoked to have hosted a few sessions for this record at BIG EGO over the last couple years. Love Tim's music and guitar playing. Another Krassner Klassic.
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hello, we made a new album! califone : villagers. it is a peach. it comes out may 19 you can pre-order now pocp.co/villagers . you can listen to the 1st song the habsburg jaw and watch this ridiculous video. psa: please try not to do royal inbreeding youtu.be/tsSxyI0CwBo
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For context this was regarding the duo record that Chad Taylor and I made a couple years ago called "Time No Changes." The thought of "funky bass" never occurred to us although there was a brief flirtation with having Stanley Clarke involved. Seriously.
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During my only lesson with Carol she told me that Brian Wilson and Frank Zappa were two of the only artists she worked with who did their own charts. She also told me I was a "pretty good guitarist" and that modes are "just teachers trying to teach."
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The studio was full of ringers on this one: Mike Baggetta on electric guitar, Tabor Allen on drums, Anthony Shadduck on bass, Carey Frank on organ and the great Danny Frankel on percussion. His tambourine reads: “A painting by Jasper Johns is equally accessible.”
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Recording notes: Royer R121 on Alicia's lead vocal. It's a figure 8 mic angled down with the opposite side toward the ceiling. Piano in the null. VERY little bleed with a full band in the room. ASC Tube Traps around the piano were crucial. Backing vocals are the only overdubs!
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Out today! I produced and mixed Alicia Walter's new single, "Right Noise".
This record just feels timeless to me. Great songs. No headphones. No click. Everything live in the room. Full length album out on BIG EGO Records in June.
Streaming & video here: lnk.to/RightNoise
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Over the moon to announce my second album, ‘Right Noise,’ is coming out on BIG EGO Records on 6/23/23!! ♥️🪩🕺 Listen to/watch “Right Noise,” the title track, out everywhere now!! 🎉
👉 youtu.be/NAlyw_nch4M
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Sending Marc Ribot’s guitar out to my Space Echo while mixing the new Maria Elena Silva record. Repeat rate and intensity to taste. Note the dummy plug in the “From PA” jack for 100% wet use with an auxiliary send.
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"The groovy thing about pop music is that it's wide open. Anything can happen."
RIP song titan Burt Bacharach.
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Sssh, you've wandered into the AD library for another installment of Book Club. This month, on creativity, 's On Recording, a 400-pager dedicated to The Byrds, on Sonny Rollins, & Amiri Baraka's groundbreaking Black Music.
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I wrote a little book called On Recording. It’s about recording but also about how to make things and finish them. Only 52 pages long. Comes with an audiobook. Only $18 on bandcamp.
schlarb.bandcamp.com/album/on-recor
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I don't really watch TV but god damn Poker Face is great. Finally something that has a soul. Feels like Altman directing Columbo. Second episode opens with Tom Waits and closes with Donald Fagen. Excessive use of solo banjo in the score. Highly recommended.
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Aquarium Drunkard reviewed "On Recording" alongside Rick Rubin's new book and might have come out ahead. 👀
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Sssh, you've wandered into the AD library for another installment of Book Club. This month, @RickRubin on creativity, @schlarb's On Recording, a 400-pager dedicated to The Byrds, @aidan_levy on Sonny Rollins, & Amiri Baraka's groundbreaking Black Music. aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/02/03/aqu
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I probably buried the lede by not mentioning my tracking setup for On Recording. Probably the only audiobook recorded onto a cassette tape with a little Roland Space Echo in the mix?! Thanks to everyone who picked up a copy today. I think we've almost broken even. 🙏
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New work with - man I have read this book about 15 times now and it is perpetually arranging my thoughts on being a creative even when this written about Chris' world as a studio owner and musician. It is easily applicable and inspiring to anyone who dons the cape.
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There is also a Kindle "print replica" version if you do the e-book thing. Going up on Audible in the next week or two.
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I wrote a book! It's called "On Recording"! About 52 pages long. Designed by who was exceedingly patient with my bullshit. You can order it over at bandcamp for $18 and it comes with a PDF and 90-minute audiobook.
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I love it when sound designers just go completely over the top with a sound effect.
Here's a scene of a woman tapping a piece of paper in "JFK" (1991).
SOUND ON.
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Finally getting around to mixing Dave Easley's new pedal steel album, Ballads. David Tranchina on double bass, Jay Bellerose on drums, Jeff Parker on guitar. Produced by yours truly. Out on BIG EGO Records this fall.
It's a stunner.
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Great interview with Mike Baggetta and Mike Watt over at Rock & Roll Globe talking about the new album we made with Jim Keltner. This response from Watt made me LOL.
rockandrollglobe.com/jazz/mike-bagg
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One of my all time favorite songs and guitar solos.
"Do it Jeff..." RIP Jeff Beck.
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Went to Donald Fagen's 75th Birthday Celebration at the Lodge Room last night to see a couple friends in the band. Wound up catching Tracy Ullman sing "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" and she broke my heart in 17 places.
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Psychic Temple Plays Planet Caravan is now one of the top 20 rock albums on Bandcamp?! Noticed a bunch of new orders coming in but have no idea why.
Thanks to everyone who picked up a copy!
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