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Here’s another one of my favorites. Radiohead, The Bends is filled with interesting textured sounds and the performance comes across with plenty of passion. This album makes me want to get out of my chair.
Here’s one of my favorite albums. What’s an album? You’re too young to be reading this blog, get outta here. Just kidding, you’re the reason I’m writing this post.
It seems that the single is dominating the music industry these days so I thought I would share some of my thoughts on some of my favorite albums, or collection of songs be it record, cd or even download.
The first in my series is Skip, Hop And Wobble
by Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg, and Edgar Meyer. The recording quality is excellent and the musicianship is inspiring and soulful. I recommend this one to all of my musician friends.
1. Have the arrangement of your song planned out. The best way to do this is to chart it down including the chord changes. As much information as possible will save you time and money in the studio.
2. Know the tempo’s of your songs. Make sure you and your band practice with a metronome. This one always seems to be very difficult to really make happen but is probably one of the biggest things that separates the pros from the amateurs.
3. Determine in advance who will play solo’s and how long the solo will last.
4. Often times it takes just as long to mix your recording as it does to actually record it. Sometimes even longer. Depending on the studio you go to, there may be some more steps you need to take before it’s ready to go to press.
5. Be on time. Many studio’s bill you for the actual time you book the studio so be sure to arrive early with all of the accessories you need to perform your best. New sticks, drum heads, water, guitar strings, picks, snacks, and whatever else you can think of that you might need.
Jamey Warren Bass
Here’s a watercolor of me playing bass while the 30-ot-Hix were playing at Pine Creek. I’m surprised at how much I look like my dad, particularly his album cover for You Got The World on a String which was illustrated by his friend Eugene Kenny Wilson.
I recently accepted a full time position as product development manager for HeadRoom, the center of the headphone universe. At least that’s what I see one of my biggest challenges to be, that is making sure HeadRoom is the number one place for all things headphone. I’m super excited to be working there again and look forward to collaborating with their diverse and talented crew. Though this is not necessarily that new for me as I have been consulting with HeadRoom for several months and was previously employed in a variety of positions for four years. I took a short break for a couple of years to focus on my own personal and professional goals. Now I’m back and I’ve realized how inline HeadRoom’s goals are with mine and can’t wait to get the ball rolling.
The hardest part for me has been focusing my efforts on what is most important. While there are a lot of reasons why a product may or may not see the light of day, here is a small opportunity for you to influence the future of what HeadRoom has to offer.
What would your favorite headphone related product look like?
Describe your ideal headphone, headphone amp, ipod accessory or general audio widget in the comments section below.
I’ve been having a lot of fun getting my new website together. I’ve also been trying to bounce down some rough mixes for the 30-ot-hix. I will be uploading some new music soon.
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