Kevin and Danny Levin’s of The 1st Line were in to comp the vocals we previously recorded and re-record small portions of one song. Dom (drummer/leader) came in around 7 and we worked on cleaning up the tracks ( fades, edits, etc.) The band likes to go home with rough mixes and come back in […]
The Cripe-man was back in the studio and he brought along a few friends. The guests were talented musicians that will be recording later. Visiting the studio were: Rio – Percussionist Extraordinaire Tom- Surf Rock Drummer & Lucky Husband ?- Tom’s beautiful wife and a Wonderful Singer John – Absolutely the greatest banjoist of all […]
I prepared some quick mixes for the Long Rider band the day after recording and they spent a few days listening before our scheduled mix session. When the band came in Matt (guitar) said that the mixes were actually great and needed only a few small changes. I brought the level of Matt’s guitar down […]
Long Rider was in the studio putting together a demo CD to generate some more gigs for the band. I was excited to work w/the band because I’ve seen them live quite a few times and I’ve always been impressed. The band plays primarily covers & performs regularly at Lompoc’s, Wicked Shamrock bar, and other […]
My session with Jerry Cripe started at 4pm and I was looking forward to it ever since we last met. Jerry is quite a character and I always enjoy our sessions. He first came to Certain Sparks with the simple goal of making a 5 song acoustic & vocal “demo”. We completed the first sessions […]