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In this thread (https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=297061) I promised a pic and a sample when my Carvin Carved Top finished following me home from San Diego. So here it is. First down and dirty jam And a down and dirty pic:

So I'm in San Diego for a few days. I'm a big fan of Carvin--the whole live rig, a recent legacy amp--and thought it would be fun to stop by and see (just SEE; I don't need any more gear) their goodies in a real music store setting instead of a catalog. So I rented a car and headed to the...

T minus 48 hours to my new Carvin Legacy. Just sayin. :)

For months I've been working on musical projects for other folks. After finally coming up for some air, I wanna sit down and get back to where it all started: a dude playing a guitar. Problem is--there's nothing there. I'm stale and the more I play the more I suck! A little light bulb comes on...

After an absolutely wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas day with my family--I just topped it off by closing the deal on a new Carvin Legacy 2x12 combo. Made a great day even better. Now I wait...should be here soon, right?

A few weeks ago I posted about my first Frankenstrat (on the left in the photo). Well after finishing a grueling recording and mixing project (it's in new jersey being pressed right now!) I rewarded myself by getting around to putting together the tele parts I'd been acquiring for the past few...

Some specific issues: Are the vox too hot? Is the big orchestral climax near the end "convincing?" Any other comments on the mix are appreciated. Thanks for your time! http://www.repentantgoat.com/chronicles/mixes/done/sues_song_B.mp3

Put together my first Frankenstrat this weekend. Compared to my '94 whitey, its an ad hoc tour of the decades: transparent natural body (which for some reason, says "70's" to me), some funky overwound 60's grey bottom pickups, and a 50's reissue neck (from '06). Just finished it and did a basic...

Intro After posting an acoustic piece in the clinic (post here) I got a few questions about my approach to recording acoustic guitar. So at the risk of boring some veterans, I’ll spell it out here. Sometimes I think it's hard to imagine the benefits of stereo recording and double tracking when...

I couple weeks ago I posted a little 48 second acoustic dittie that I did just to decompress in the midst of other projects. Well just 2 days later, I was approached and asked to create a short, acoustic, earthy little soundtrack (I mean real short) for a promo video/commercial. I thought the...

I have a hard time dialing in her vox. (It's no doubt revealing a weakness in my monitoring setup.) When I have it sounding right in the studio, the vox are too hot when I check it on a CD in my car. So I'm curious how this mix holds up around the planet. (Any comments--vox or otherwise--are...

Here's my secret formula for the just right mix of thud and punch on my kick:

I'm knee deep (okay, neck deep) in a double CD project for someone else. Recording, mixing, writing & playing all sorts of extra parts. I love her music, and it's a pleasure to work on--but my head is swimming in cellos, drums, flutes, brass, violins, eqs, comps, 'verbs--and its easy to forget...

Anyone here familiar with Mixerman from the Womb? Or maybe you've read Mixerman's Diaries? I read 'em online a few years ago (sans ending of course) and recently saw the hardback in a bookstore. Even though I'd read 80% of it, I had to have it. Reading it right now and it's a blast...

I'm curious how the drums hold up in the mix--snare especially: is it a bit dead and lifeless? Actually, feel free to comment on anything you like (it could all help) but right now I'm trying to settle on the drum sound for this project. (FYI--the bass guitar is a scratch track.) Feel free to...

Took my son off to college this weekend, and just couldn't resist dropping into the local banjo mart. I like to scour the used goods and in this college town, there were a lot more used goods than up in St. Lou. Anyway, I picked up a Vintage Pro Co Rat. (Not that it's 30 years old, but it's the...

Here's the deal: I upgraded my Cubase SX3 to Cubase 5 when I recently got a new machine. I had this project started in SX3 and am continuing it in 5. I've got vox (1-3 tracks) and a fairly hefty midi grand piano sample going in each song. I'm now adding drums and percussion--10 tracks...

This is actually an old project that's finally getting done. I had posted a few tunes from this piano player singer that were of the solo/ballad type. The album will have some more fleshed out tunes as well, and besides the recording & mixing, I'm doing the fleshing out. Tricky part is, because...

You can see from the photo here that all my gear is basically piled in and around an old workbench type desk. The workbench is 4 feet by 8 feet and the new desk will be about that size as well (though deeper than 4 feet with the wing-like extensions on the left and right). It doesn't look that...

The following video is: Four minutes of your life you won’t get back. What happens when a guitar hack wants to play with his new video software. Another diversion from writing and recording a real song. All of the above. Decide for yourself here.