Category Archives: Audio Grab Bag

If you’re planning to move to Lincoln Park, know there’s an “Everybody Hide!” advisory.

Lincoln Park is apparently in Huntsville. Here’s the advisory. Okay, whoops — I’m waaaaaay behind the curve. Tweet This Post

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One of the first things I ever recorded.

Actually, the very first thing I ever recorded was at age 13 with our band, which consisted of me, drums and a bass. We were all quite dexterous with our instruments, but we knew diddly about composition, so the recording … Continue reading

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Mix while waiting for words

Against all previous experience, this one actually seems to be improving with further mixing. Usually I get to a point where either I can’t tell if it’s getting better or I know it’s getting worse. Still on the upswing here. … Continue reading

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August Sketch.

This one is making some progress, I think. And, yes, that’s the little figure from “Breakdown” in there, probably because Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are in town next week so they’re top-of-mind. Another part of this one reminds me … Continue reading

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Gasoline Alley cover revisited.

I’m not sure if I improved this one as much in the remixing, but I did like it enough to drag out of the covers bin and tweak it. What I like about this is the resonator guitar sound. It’s … Continue reading

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Southern Accents cover remixed.

UPDATE 7-23: The vocal was too loud from last night’s mix. This is the final. It also replaces the one on the Free Downloads page, so if you’re one of the 41 people or bots who downloaded the previous version, … Continue reading

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Three tracks, three instruments.

I’ve had a productive day so far in that I cleaned out a drainpipe and recorded this. You might recognize it from a few post backs when I was sharing the nice sound of the repaired Twin Reverb. I didn’t … Continue reading

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Playalong time

The new Petty release MOJO is out, and it really interesting in that a whole new set of influences come through that we haven’t heard in the hits, and the band itself bluesier, jammier, dirtier than we’ve heard on the … Continue reading

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Bludgeoning the last song.

Revisited “No Bones” with a melody tweak and re-”sing.” Took out some brittleness in the mix and upped the voice since I heard a complaint about it being too low in level. Since I could not choose which version is … Continue reading

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More than you ever wanted to know about the latest track.

For those who think the creative process is always like some orgasmic catharsis, let me counter with a rundown on how the latest track, “No Bones” came into being. (The final version is here and on the downloads page, the … Continue reading

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