Les Paul – He started it all
Pro Tools- eat your heart out. (Click HERE to watch a video)
Jerry Cripe
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 […]
Mixing Sister Axe + 5 yr old guitar player
Sister Axe was back in at noon for mixing & basic mastering of 4 songs. The session went well and the band played well together so mixing was pretty easy. We started with one song, ‘Pierced Like Brosnan’ and brought it to completion. It took about an hour. We then did the car test to […]
T1stL – New Songs / New Album?
My own group Le Petit Protest was originally scheduled to play a show this evening at the Mercury Lounge in Goleta, CA. Unfortunately, we had some bass player problems (who doesn’t?!?) and we were forced to pull out. Anyways, because I thought we’d be performing in the evening, I set up a 9am start time […]
Mixing ReEarth / Meet and Greet
I went out dancing last night. IMO- Everyone in a band should go out and experience the power of dance music. Very compelling stuff. What I mean is you gotta learn how to rock the party