Archive for the ‘schools’ 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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Friday, October 7th, 2011
Jaime Michaels and I talked over Skype about gigs, touring, songwriting. He was in Santa Fe and I was in Atlanta.
Some mentions in the show include
Jeff Talmadge
Don Conoscenti
Jono Manson
Jonatha Brooke
Greg Greenway
Moira Smiley
Christopher Smith
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Folk Alliance
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Tags: gigs, paul simon, songwriting
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Conversation with drummer, percussionist, producer which took place at Song School in Lyons, CO. We talked about drum concepts, working with various artists, recording, the philosophy of sound and producing.
Jagoda
Song School
Swamp Cabbage
Ron Sexsmith
Tom Waits
Neil Young
AKG 414
T. Bone Burnett
OktavaMod microphone modification
Kate Graves
Tom Prasada Rao
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Tags: gigs, music festivals, percussion, producing, swamp cabbage
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
What a great weekend it was at SERFA! Loaded with music everywhere, workshops, concerts and showcases. Great networking and great fun as well. This year it was held at the Montreat Conference Center in Black Mountain, N.C. Folk Alliance is an organization promoting Folk Music and Traditions.
Artists at the conference were many but here is a partial list, many of whom participated in this show:
Al Pettiway
Amy White
Chuck Brodsky
Greg Trafidlo
Gary Mitchell, Molasses Creek
Steve Warner
Andy Cohen
Jeff Talmadge
Rob Lytle
Chris Rosser
Charlie Pilzer
Robert George
Fran Snyder, Concerts in your home
Elise Witt
Kari Estrin
Kim Richardson
Lauren Sheehan
Jon Shain
Austin Nash
Eliza Lynn
Joe Carlson
Sarah Schaffer, Adelle Cotton
Jacob Johnson
Todd Hoke
The Cloers
Lorraine Conard
Aiden Quinn, Friction Farm
James Durst , Star of the Podcast, check Facebook to see what he looks like today!
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Tags: conferences, folk, folk alliance, showcases, 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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Friday, October 29th, 2010
In this show I talked with Bryan Lopes, an amazing sax player. We talk about our experiences at Berklee, doing gigs over they years and various inside stories about being a musician. Bryan talks about backing up musicians like Chick Corea, Joe Williams, Stephen Stills and being a part of different bands behind comedians like Bob Hope, George Burns and Bill Cosby and gigs like playing the Democratic National Convention. Lots of strange coincidences – gigs we both did at different times etc. We talked about being forced to practice when we were kids and how it turned out to be our careers.
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Bryan Lopes Trio
Berklee College of Music
Selmer Mark VI saxophone
Jimmy Herring
Jeff Sipe
T.Lavitz
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Tags: berklee, gigs, Michael Brecker, sax, saxophone
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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 Charles Williams, an amazingly talented guitarist and composer about his work with Bernadette Seacrest and his own band The Bonaventure Quartet. He talks about how he became a musician and how an auto accident affected him, basically offering him a "free life."
http://prettygoodgig.com/mp3/20100524CharlesWilliams.mp3
http://www.thebonaventurequartet.com/
http://bernadetteseacrest.com/
Django Reinhardt
Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
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Tags: improvisation, jazz, music and philosophy, writing
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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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