Megasonic Sound http://www.megasonicsound.com Recording Music and Voice in Oakland, CA. for over 20 years. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:22:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 David J tracks two new songs http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=396 http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=396#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:52:00 +0000 jeremy http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=396 I spent today recording a couple of songs for Mr. David J. of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets fame. This has been a lot of fun and very rewarding. I grew up on a steady diet of Bauhaus, Joy Division, Sisters Of Mercy and dozens of other similar bands. David’s voice transported me back to [...]]]> I spent today recording a couple of songs for Mr. David J. of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets fame. This has been a lot of fun and very rewarding. I grew up on a steady diet of Bauhaus, Joy Division, Sisters Of Mercy and dozens of other similar bands. David’s voice transported me back to my youth and I was in goth heaven all afternoon.

An unexpected bonus from today’s session: we used the piano that I moved in to the studio several months ago (courtesy of Bob Crawford). The piano has a ton of character- it is not a clean pristine instrument, but has lots of warts and wrinkles. For that reason, it hasn’t seen a lot of use yet. I am planning a rehab project, but it is a “long term” plan. The instrument is great for the right kind of track- like the one’s we recorded today. The personality of our piano really brought these songs to a wonderful place- sort of like David singing to you in a dive bar. We were all really digging it.

A further bonus- David sang into the Innertube audio retrofit for one of my Gefell UM70 microphones. He exclaimed “Bloody hell! This mic is wonderful!: I agree. Innertube designed an amazing circuit for the Gefell capsule. I haven’t heard a microphone perform this well in quite some time. A very special sound indeed…..

]]> http://www.megasonicsound.com/?feed=rss2&p=396 0 WFMU broadcast prep. http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=320 http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=320#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 17:29:33 +0000 jeremy http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=320 Here is a great video shot by Billy Jam, DJ on WFMU, as we were sound checking before a live broadcast on April 30, 2010.

The video really shows off the isolation and acoustics at Megasonic. It also provides a bit of a tour of the facility. Enjoy!

]]> Here is a great video shot by Billy Jam, DJ on WFMU, as we were sound checking before a live broadcast on April 30, 2010.

The video really shows off the isolation and acoustics at Megasonic. It also provides a bit of a tour of the facility.
Enjoy!

]]> http://www.megasonicsound.com/?feed=rss2&p=320 0 Time to start trading! http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=301 http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=301#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:29 +0000 jeremy http://www.megasonicsound.com/?p=301 I have been prepping for the debut performance of Saul Goody And The Purple Traders. Friday, March 26 at the Roll Up in the Vulcan Studios. East Oakland, CA. While doing some stem research(!) I ran a mix of “Piano 12″ the third installment of the SGPT saga. It lives in the jukebox. Best listened to on camel [...]]]> I have been prepping for the debut performance of Saul Goody And The Purple Traders.
Friday, March 26 at the Roll Up in the Vulcan Studios. East Oakland, CA.
While doing some stem research(!) I ran a mix of “Piano 12″ the third installment of the SGPT saga. It lives in the jukebox.
Best listened to on camel back. I guess you could fake it on a horse, but you don’t get the same sway…

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