I have tinnitus – a common problem amongst musicians and people who work and/or live in noisy environments. Quite a few well-known music personalities do also and have spoken up about it (Pete Townshend, Roger Miller of Mission of Burma, etc), but for those who are unfamiliar with it, tinnitus is a general ringing in [...]
I got into home studio recording over 20 years ago after purchasing a Tascam Porta one four track cassette recorder from Manny’s in New York City. Since then it has been a process of trying to maintain ‘right brain’ musical integrity while not over-using the necessary ‘left brain’ audio engineering side. Reinventing or even fully [...]
This the history and evolution of my recording set-ups. The idea was lifted from the liner notes to the Pete Townshend “Scoop” LPs.
Studio #1 1985-1989 Various east coast USA locales. 4 track. Purchased the venerable Tascam Porta-One cassette from Manny’s in NYC and a couple of Shure 57′s. Recorded ALOT of demos, ideas and several [...]
The Set-up
It is 1993. I have just moved from New York City to San Francisco. I’ve found a nice little studio apartment on the second story of a nondescript beige/pink building on Jackson Street – between Nob Hill and Chinatown – a steal at $550. There are parrots in the tree branches outside my window. [...]
The Plan
…Well, I figure the best bet is to go back over to Berkeley and catch Pete at sound check before the second show – somewhere between 3:00 and 5:00 pm. I climb into my 1989 Toyota 4Runner (ahh, a gem that got away – the last year it came with a removable top [...]
The Conversation
Shit! What do I say? I was silent for a few moments as I was a bit distracted by Pete’s gaze. He has very intense blue eyes. They search. He is obviously interested in people. Behind Blue Eyes and all that.
I finally started in by thanking Pete for his inspiration. That he was one [...]
