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Hi All: The RPM Challenge starts Feb 1st. The challenge is to record a complete cd in a month. For me that is no challenge, so I decided to challenge myself to do 28 full cds in the month of Feb. That is 1 a day. I work full time as a special education teacher, so 7am-3pm is blocked out...

Hi All: I have the day off for snow and am in my studio. This song was the first thing out of my mouth, and as soon as it was done, I got a strong message to send it to all I know. Why I asked myself? I have no idea. So here it is. The name of the song is - Please Listen to This Song. I...

Hi All: I got my main mic preamp back in action and the songs are coming out faster than I can keep up. I get in these states often and love it, but it consumes all my waking hours outside of work and eating. Here are the ones I did tonight and I have a dozen more still to listen to/mix: I...

Hi All: I bought a pa system that was in a big dept store. I wanted the rack for my gear and 2 power amps and a a pa head came with it along with a few odds and ends that hooked up to it- power supply and relay, makenzie digital feedback eliminator Model FE 2, McGoohan 1 watt amplifier model...

Hi All: Have you ever put something in the shop and missed the heck out of it??? I have been using an altec lansing 1592A mixer as the preamp on the vocal/harp mic. Early last summer it started cracking and popping. It is a vintage piece and the capacitors were failing. I sent it in to the...

Hi All: My main vocal/harp preamp-an old altec 1592A mixer- has been in the shop for over 6 months getting totally restored. I have been missing it a lot and found another in great shape the other day. I eagerly hooked it up a few minutes ago and did this song with it. Man I love this preamp...

Hi All: I just recorded some songs about the new year. They are a bit on the blue side. It made me feel better, maybe it will help you too ;gu; Walter 2008 a mighty rough year hopes for a better year on the lighter side happy new year with a tear...

Hi All: I have a UAD-1 card and am doing a 14 day trial with thier mastering software components. I record with samplitude and it has a mastering bundle that I have been using that exclusively for 4 years. My question is this. How does the UA precision line stuff rate compared to what else...

Hi all: Judy and I had a turkey diner tonight and it was sure good. I ate a lot and I think that tryptophan did its job with finding a groove. I recorded a couple songs after eating and it just felt like I found a new 1 man band on my feet and hands. Maybe I will have to start eating tryptophan...

Hi All: I recorded 2 solo harp/vocal songs today and got them up to youtube and off to John. I too often forget how much fun I have just playing the harp solo. The worst part was trying to line up the soundtrack, which I recorded on my studio gear as I played and the video (I muted the video...

I am wondering what are the differences between the cheap phantom power and expensive ones. Thanks. Walter

Hi All: I learned this tuning from Louisiana Red when I use to live with him. I love to mess to with it. I don't sound like Red, but he sure is in there somewhere :lol: . I have been recording a bunch with it today. I also have been reflecting on things like when I was younger gigs seemed...

Hi All: I recorded some songs last night with my first electric guitar. It is a no name kay like guitar that has a special vibe to it. Here it is and here are the songs http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=71994638 I will always love you Judy Finally got...

Hi all: I love to scat. Anyone else? I listen alot to Big Joe Williams and he is a master IMO. I am not sure if mine would be sanctioned by the scatting community, but I love doing it. I did this song tonight called scattin to the lonesome blues you can hear it at the link below. Walter...

Hi All: Here are some new songs: living 1 big lie blues seem to follow me everywhere sick in a forgien land hate to see you go with my family for thanksgiving (my first in over 20 years) goodbyes and good friends with my father at the shop rite store once he was somebody people let me down but...

I mixed the remainder of songs from the session I did with Gwen. The first one is a beautiful song she wrote about Mary and the baby Jesus. Gwen is autistic and writes some great poems that I back her up with music in my 1 man band format. Here is the link. Walter...

Hi All: Some here are familiar with Gwen. For those that aren't, she's a 20 year old autistic savant. Her areas of expertise are the histories of: music, tv, movies. She is a student in my special education class and we have hit it off having these things in common. I take her in my studio...

Hi All: I did these tonght with the paino and 1 man band. I am able to split the keyboard to a bass sound on the bottom and a piano on top. These universal audio plugins sure are killers! Walter lost and gone from me rock me in the morning too old and broken twisting the harp like a lemon...

Hi All: Outside my basement studio is about 800 sq feet of open space. the floor is concrete, the walls cinderblock and the ceiling wood. I placed a princeton reverb reissue amp (sitting on a tom drum case) outside the studio and placed an AKG C414 about 5 feet in front of the amp at mid...

Here are a bunch of new songs from the last few days: busting parking meters for 45's in my own kind of groove truth, lying, trying them was the days asphalt in my blood the hippies got tired of eating rice and beans me and jimmy carl black RIP Jimmy Carl Black Boogie memories of jimmy carl...