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I think we met behind Bogart's. Mebbe no one should know. Oops,I did it again. Ah, I'm not the pictured front man Daddy Luthor, I play the guitar in the band and did the recording. So indeed, I don't know the whats and wherefores of your tale. That neighborhood has changed a lot but Bogart's is sti...

I like to keep you guys'es in the loop on my stuff, so...

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My standard response is that people do not respect that which they do not pay for, and there is no end to the egomania that exists at the bottom of the talent food chain. No matter what is said at the beginning nor how long you have known them, once people see that attention is being paid to them an...

Here's some roughs from a group of songs I'm working on. There are some low end issues which I believe I can resolve with some new monitors that are en route. Any feed back welcome.

http://soundcloud.com/daddyusa/black-bone-ridge

http://soundcloud.com/daddyusa/sick-freak

The way I see it is that there are many possible types of relationships between labels and artists and producers and artists. So it's wise to be clear from an early stage as to how you see your role and what the expectations are, which would be in effect unless negotiated otherwise. If you're wearin...

To be fair, comparing current music to current trends is probably one of the least arbitrary things a reviewer can do. On the other hand, comparing Rhianna's "Umbrella" to Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica -- now that would be arbitrary. The thing is, the subject of the review may not have any...

Sure, we sometimes criticize reviewers for their arrogance, but whenever that's true, I'm not sure their arrogance often comes from deeply-held personal convictions. I agree, which relates to the point I was making in the second sentence of my post above. I don't think that hate for reviewers is ne...

Music, as much as any other art form, really needs an expert viewpoint in order for a review to be useful and worthwhile. But most people consider themselves to be qualified music reviewers, and therefore they tend to dislike music reviewers that profess more than average dude levels of knowledge or...

That's kind of interesting in concept though not clear how this is new, as for example my Fender Bassman 59 RI I changed out the solid state rectifier for a tube that fit in the same socket? there's a pretty big difference between changing out a gain stage in the signal path from tube to SS, compar...

I used to look at each person's individual journey into music in the usual way; that it started with what they heard early in life, and unfolded according to the succession of music they heard from there, for all reasons (peer exposure, personal curiosity, happenstance). But that's an external narra...

I was just reading the interview with Steve Hoffman on the main site wherein he talks about warming up some of his remasters by passing them through Telefunken 12ax7's. Out of curiosity, I looked at tubedepot.com, from which I've gotten tubes before. They have three NOS Tele 12ax7's...for $1,300 a ...

I play upright, so I've tried a variety of approaches at different times. The two that I use now are as follows: either a not too bright LDC about 4 inches above the treble side f hole slightly closer to the center line; or a ribbon mic straight out from the bridge, about a foot away (if I had an RC...

In regards to the price difference.... sure 609s are inexpensive, but they're also not that good, and honestly, pretty flimsy in construction. It's always seemed more logical to me, to invest a bit more on a tool that will last and perform to a standard right off the bat, rather than buying cheap a...

As I said, I've never used the 906, I just read the comment which was intending to show something to those of us who don't own the mic and therefore can't use our ears, and then looked at the proof he was offering and found it to say very much the opposite of his point. Take another look, the red l...

Where are you seeing those frequency response charts? The ones I'm seeing on those links (and doing the comparison of charts on Recording Hacks) are showing that the RE20 is flat to around 70 or 80hz like you said, but the 906 rolls off around 250hz. I don't have any experience with the 906, but I ...