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 […]

Recording Sister Axe

Sister Axe are one of the winners of our monthly studio time giveaway. They won 5 hrs/ recording time and are here @ Certain Sparks Studio to record some Punk-ROCK. We started at 10am which was a little rough for me. I’m more of night owl. But once you’re awake and working it feels nice […]

Groggily Clogging the Cogs with our Soggy Blog!

The ‘Certain Sparks – Studio Blog” is a written record of our daily recording sessions, lessons, & new gear installations. I’ll try to be honest about the problems bands occasionally face while here in the studio and give praise where praise is due. Enjoy!