Archive for the ‘studio’ Category
Friday, December 16th, 2011
David Leonard and I got together one day for a chat and talked about songwriting, recording, arranging and various experiences we had over the years. His web site is revealaudio.com
NSAI
Paris Recording System
Pro Tools
Russ Berger
Linda Davis Some Kind of Woman
Kinleys Takin Our own Sweet Time
Drawing on the Right side of Your Brain
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Tags: gigs, recording, singer/songwriter
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Show #25 with Alison Prestwood, session and touring Nashville bassist and now an attorney! She has some great stories about playing with a bunch of different folks. Headed to a gig with Shawn Colvin on the Tonight Show, hay bales on stage before a Rodney Crowell concert, and many other stories make for an entertaining show.
Rodney Crowell
Bluebird
Waylon Jennings
Shawn Colvin
Patty Loveless
Dead Reckoners
Kevin Welch
Kieran Kane
Kate Markowitz
Nashville
Kenny Vaughn
Michael Rhodes
Tom Grose and the Varsity
Bill’s CD “spinning the world” almost sold out!
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Tags: bass, Nashville, Olivia Newton John, Rodney Crowell, sessions, Shawn Colvin, studio
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Ralph Taylor had me on his radio show on July 7, 2011. I played some songs and told some stories, talked about my songwriting process. Ralph and i became great friends soon after this meeting. Seems like we had known each other for many years instead of a few minutes. Ralph does the show every Monday from 6 to 7 PM EST and you can check it out on the web site: http://www.brenau.edu/.
We talked about songwriting, Berklee, Steve Vai, guitars, David Wilcox, Kerrville Festival, Planet Bluegrass, my local gigs like Brookwood Grill and Goldfish, world travel and a whole bunch of other stuff.
It was a great time!
http://prettygoodgig.com/mp3/20110718PGGtaylorkahler.mp3
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Tags: gigs, house concerts, radio, songwriting
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Brian Ashley Jones is a really great singer songwriter musician whose music covers a bunch of styles and venues. Brian is at home playing blues, jazz, Americana and a bunch of other stuff. He talks about working with Donna Hopkins and songwriting. It’s an interesting road he’s been on and continues to travel! He currently is touring with Tisha Simeral, who is a fantastic bassist. One interesting aspect of this conversation is the idea of working in different markets to keep the schedule full – a different take on multiple income streams.
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Tags: gigs, recording, singer/songwriter
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
I talked with Joel Morris, drummer, percussionist, educator, recording whiz about his various experiences teaching, playing gigs and hanging out in the studio. We covered a number of topics and subjects including:
The Lovett School
building an LA2A
Goodsell Amplifiers
The NT1A mod by Michael Joly
RE20 Microphones
SM7
The Xtranormal DIY animation site
Band at the Wedding
Toft Mixing Consoles
John Keane
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http://prettygoodgig.com/mp3/20110511prettygoodgigJoelMorris.mp3
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Tags: drums, lessons, recording
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
I talked to Michael Wynne, producer, engineer, teacher, composer, songwriter, vocalist, tech guru. Michael teaches at AIM inspiring others to become a Pro Tools whiz. We talked about the ipad, iphone, Reason software, Seven Day Fool, AT 4033 and Shure SM7B microphones and a bunch of other stuff. What’s happening in the music business and where do you see it headed? Michael once told me there is more music in video than there is in recording bands and singer songwriters.
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Tags: pro tools, recording
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
In this episode I talk to John McVey, a very talented musician, songwriter, producer. His full time job is producing and engineering in a studio called Coupe Studios and he has just released his third CD called “Unpredictable.” The conversation really took off on a journey and while I expected we’d talk about gear and writing and recording, we ended up going to a number of other interesting ideas.
John McVey
Durango Songwriters Expo
Duke Levine
Kids Food Basket
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Tags: producing, recording, songwriting
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
In this episode I talk with my lifelong friend Tom Owens. Tom is a talented musician and composer who plays brass instruments and guitars and records his own music. Tom talks about being into music as a hobby. Music is a huge love for him but he has chosen not to depend on it for a living. After the podcast he talked about a concept of rhythmic dissonance. I wish it had been included but basically it refers to having two musical figures that are similar but not exact, play against each other – for example a figure with a bunch of dotted eighths in a row is sort of similar to a triplet and when you play the two against each other it is an interesting poly-rhythmic sound. He uses it extensively in his tune “Cheese and Crackers.”
http://prettygoodgig.com/mp3/20100610tomowens.mp3
link to Tom’s info and free download of “Cheese and Crackers.”
Parker Fly Deluxe
Gibson ES-175
Eastman acoustic guitar
Line 6 Gearbox
Light Bag organ VST
Morley Bad Horsie Wah
Plug sound drum and percussion VST
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Tags: Kroger computer code programming, University of Cincinnati, VST plug ins
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
In this episode I talk to my son Justin Kahler who shares his experience attending SAE (School of Audio Engineering), being an intern at a studio, and then beating very tough odds, hired on as assistant studio manager.
http://prettygoodgig.com/mp3/20100524Justin.mp3
tunepusher.com
tapeop.com
soapboxstudios.com
Presonus Studio One
Pro Tools
Ableton
Young Jeezy
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Tags: audio school, hip hop, recording, SAE
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