Life’s Little Questions

The ebb and flow of life has been poetically described in so many ways. I do like the biblical metaphor of hills and the valleys. I think it is nearly impossible not to identify emotionally with that metaphor if you can breathe, and you have ever taken in more...

Day 2 or Drums

Well another day of tracking on the drums for the CD. It was a great day in terms of getting some amazing cuts, but I had more technical difficulties today than I have had since the day I acquired all the new gear. It was a minor frustration to the sessions, and now I...

200 Posts and 2 songs

I picked up my repaired M-Audio board tonight, or should I say brand new board, which was a relief. When I brought it in for repair under warranty the good news was that the fellow at Long and Mcquade said hat he had never sent anything in to M-Audio before. He was...

Woo Hoo!!

So I had a successful drum tracking session on Saturday – really successful. I am using a loaner board (same model as the one I have in for repair M-Audio Project mix I/O – picture in previous post) Obviously there is some fear and trembling as I go deeper...

Minor? Setback

Like so many Canadian musicians I am a moonlighter. You take some of your precious “personal” time and you work away at creating something. Unfortunately that puts an emphasis on high productivity to get things done when you do have the time.Last Thursday...