STUFF I THINK IS COOL:
"As engineers, we can
fuck things up more easily than we can improve them.
I believe we should spend our energy trying to improve our not-fucking-up
skills rather than coming up with wacky new ways to influence the sound
of the records."
- Steve Albini
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Studios I Like:
Abbey Road Studios, Westminster, UK
Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN
Ardent, Memphis, TN
Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL
Epiphonic Studios, Lenoir, NC
Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC
Inner Ear, Arlington, VA
Kudzu Ranch Recorders, Mebane, NC
Old House Studio, Charlotte, NC
Oxide Lounge, Bloomington, IL
Q Division, Somerville, MA
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome To 1979, Nashville, TN
Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA
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With Whom I Like To Work:
Daniel Coston, professional photographer, Charlotte, NC
Scott Craggs, mastering engineer, Boston, MA
Jill Goulet, professional photographer, Charlotte, NC
Dave Harris, mastering engineer, Charlotte, NC
Hot Sake, commercial music & film scoring, Charlotte, NC
Robert Preston, tech, Charlotte, NC
Dave Raphael, professional photographer, New York, NY
Joe Zook, freelance engineer, Los Angeles, CA
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What To Buy:
Aurelio's
Pizza, Chicago, IL- Mmmm
AwTAC - When you call two and a half years of development on a product "Awesome Channel Amplifier", it had better be just that. It is.
Chucks - Need I say more?
Famous Original Ray's Pizza, NY, NY- Mmmm
iZ Corp. - Recording the world.
Noble & Cooley - The world's best drums.
Paiste Cymbals, Sounds, Gongs - I like 'em!
The Playroom - Make a loud sound with your band.
Rickenbacker
Guitars - If it's good enough for George Shearing...
Rupert Neve Designs - Incredible audio lineage with an eye on the future.
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If You Don't Trust Me:
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Where To Buy:
Aurelio's Pizza, Chicago, IL- Shipping information
Ebay, the Netherworld
Fork's Drum Closet, Nashville, TN
Front End Audio, Columbia, SC
Memphis Drum Shop, Memphis, TN
MyCymbal.com, Memphis, TN
Studio
Tech Supply, Burnet, TX
ZenPro Audio, Columbia, SC
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Other Educational Materials:
Everything you wanted to know...
Old stuff rocks, Pt. II - Sad, but true
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Show Your Stuff:
Charlotte Jazz Society
Tosco
Music Parties
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Internet Services:
Community
Musician Music Classifieds and CD Duplication
Indie-Music.com
Musicians
Contact
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Site photgraphy by Scott Applegate, Dawn Batson, Daniel
Costen, Josh Daniel, Jimmy Dulin, Matthew Everhart, Carrie Garges, Chris Garges, Eric Garges, Fred Garges,
Jill Goulet, Jeff Hartman, Jason Hausman, Kelly Hebblethwaite, Jamie Hoover, Gaelen
Hurd, Chad Lawson, Flavio Mangione, Rachael Mangione, Matthew Mauney, Jeff O'Kelley, Rob
Preston, Dave Raphael, Tony SanFilippo, Barry Spurrier, Adam Sullivan, & Yale Wiegardt.
A HUGE thanks to Jason Hausman, Charlie Pratt, and Jay Garrigan for site
design.
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