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Photo Shoot

A.J. — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:34:28 +0000

Did some new photos the other day. I just grabbed my hat and boots, my baby seal fur sweater, and my shiniest jeans. I fell down in this shot! lolz. Luckily my leather jacket broke my fall, cuz that corrugated metal siding would have hurt something fierce! But luckily this shot still captures my unique approach to bass playing. Left handed with my thumb and overtop of the frets with my ring finger. (PS. Those tumbleweeds stung!)

Right Coast Recording

A.J. — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:32:58 +0000

Thanks to Bobby, Tom, and Darry for having me over to Right Coast Recording to hang out, geek out on gear, and sit in on a session. What a great room. Killer gear, great people, and great sounds. Good things are happening over there and I’m sure I’ll be back to do some tracking myself. Be sure to check them out at www.rightcoastrecording.com.

In the studio with Jack Dillman

A.J. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:37:13 +0000

After a few years of talking about it and trying to make out schedules work, I’m finally getting down to the business of making the first Jack Dillman studio record. Jack is a staple in the Lancaster music scene, a talented songwriter, and a good friend. We did some pre-production work over the weekend and we’ll be slowly selecting and refining the songs for the album and getting everyone on board for the recording sessions. More to come. We’ll keep ya posted.

Les Paul Catalina Custom Shop for Sale! – SOLD

A.J. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:15:22 +0000

It’s with much internal debate that I part with my beautiful 1997 Les Paul Custom Shop. This is a Canary Yellow Les Paul from the Catalina Series. I bought this guitar new when a friend of mine’s high end music store was going out of business at the time. I remember walking in and looking at what was left at the time (not much!) and seeing it from afar. “That’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen!, I must have it!”

Hey, it is canary yellow! so it’s not for everyone. But as far as the sound… nothing beats it. I won’t bore you with the details, so if you’re interested you can check out the Ebay Auction or click on the link in the sidebar.

(just wanted to give props to Sebastian Spier, the developer of the EbaySalesLister widget for Wordpress. You can have your auctions listed on the sidebar of your site)

recording engineers and producers

A.J. — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:44:58 +0000

It’s a little known fact that recording engineers and producers can be some of the nicest, most helpful, and genuine people around. I’ve been lucky enough to ‘meet’ many of them through various message boards and email. I find that the majority of people working in this industry who love what they do are always willing to talk about their procedures and give advice if you need it. It’s so great to talk with someone who’s work you admire and not feel that you’re intruding in any way. Most of these guys and gals are happy to share with you. I think I picked the right profession.

Here’s a link to probably the best place to find these lovely folks:

: REP forums

PSW Recording Forums

Studio Rat

A.J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:23:43 +0000

Me watching me

Paul from Felix Lighter sent me this pic of me watching me while working in the studio. Eerie. In other news, we continue to work on the Stinging Nettles record doing backing vocals and added “candy” like backwards guitars, tamborine, other sounds. Now is the time when the record really starts to take shape and you’re making decisions and changes to make the album as a whole take shape. In many ways, it’s my favorite part of the process.

Recording Photos

A.J. — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:00:54 +0000

Marshall was kind enough to give me some photos from the ongoing recording sessions to post here. Thanks Mars!

Stinging Nettles: More guitars and Bass

A.J. — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:55:50 +0000

We’ve started the second batch of guitars for the Stinging Nettles record. This time it’s a telecaster. Again we’re going with a total of 4 tracks comprised of 2 amps, 1 room, and 1 direct. For amplifiers we went with two of the amps I have here: the Tech 21 Trademark 60 and the Epiphone Valve Jr. tube head. We ran each of these through a separate 2X12 cabinet. The tech 21 was mic’d with an SM57 and the Valve Jr had a Sennheiser 421. The room mic was an AT4033 and this time I wanted a better reverb-y sound so we propped open one of the doors in the tracking room and placed the mic in the hallway. This gave us a really cool hall reverb sound to blend in if we need. Half the tracks are done and we’ll finish up this second guitar on Sunday.

Bass has been done during the week while I’m here and when I have free time. Since it was just me I didn’t want to bother with an amp – yet, so I figured out a direct solution for the tracks. My bass is a ‘96 Fender Precision and I’m using the Sansamp RBI for a direct box. This unit is an amp modeling box and has a pretty good sound when running direct, but I also wanted to have another track to re-amp later on. Luckily the the Sansamp has affected and unaffected outputs so I was able to track an amp modeled track as well as a straight direct track. Very quick and easy and great for when you’re tracking alone. I think I’ve gotten 5songs done so far, so I’m almost half way there.