Lotsa Stuffa

It’s been a while since my last post and a lot has happened.
I finished mixing the new Masters Of Reality record.
It is currently being mastered. Immediately following MOR, Melissa Auf
der Maur returned to The Hacienda to record a score for her short film,
OOOM, with a great band called Entrance featuring
Guy Blakeslee, Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, Zwan), and Derek James.
I really enjoyed working with Entrance. They got serious skillz and I
hope to work more with them in the future!

I was then approached by Spinerette featuring
Brody Dalle (The Distilers), Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers), Alain
Johannes (Queens Of The Stone Age, Eleven), Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Pear Jam, Eleven) to mix four B-Sides. This consisted of two
originals and two covers and they all frickin’ rocked. I also had the
pleasure of listening to the record……. very impressed! Brody has
quite a presence so look out for Spinerette in the near future.

Jumping
dimensions, I got to reconnect with the illuminous Mike
Garson. We spent
a few days compiling original lullabies with variations on Brahms’ .
It was such a contrast going from very loud rock to incredibly soft and
quiet solo piano. Spending a good portion of a day testing mic placement
and gear selection was a treat and Mike’s ears and insight was invaluable.
A well built, well tuned piano is truly remarkable with infinitely complex
overtones.

I entered the modern country dimension with Mark
Christian (Merle Jagger, Smith & Pyle). He test drove The Hacienda producing a
couple songs for Nashville artist Aly
Sutton. We worked really fast and
were stoked on the results. The newly built live room is yielding great
drum sounds. David “Jonsey” Henderson (Goon Moon, UNKLE, Smith & Pyle,…)
came in to beat on some skinz. Aly has a great voice and a bright future!

Leaping into yet another dimension, I’m currently working
with earthlings?. We’re just about done recording six very eclectic songs
for a forthcoming EP. More details to come!!!!!