Category Archives: music

Womb with a View

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Gordon

I recently renovated Womb With a View, my home studio, after acquiring a large new desk/console. I used this opportunity to reconfigure and simplify, including wiring up a patch bay for maximum flexibility of its components. This also means that … Continue reading →

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Meth Lab for Flutie

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Gordon

Shamelessly pilfered from a variety of sources, here’s another collection of fake band names that made me giggle like a seventh grader. Some of these will turn up on MySpace profiles soon enough. I’d warn you about the offensive content, … Continue reading →

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Fairy Dust Between the Sprockets

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Gordon

Having just been reduced to a wide-eyed nine-year-old all over again by witnessing E.T.: The Extraterrestrial in its high definition glory, and awing at the recent digital majesty of Wall•e, it brought to mind the question: what makes for magical … Continue reading →

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Promoted Roadies

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Gordon

I’ve posted before about my fascination with unusual band names, yet I can never seem to pull the trigger on them for my own usage. And even though this is the kind of material that will probably get me in … Continue reading →

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Artists vs. Performers

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Gordon

This article had me foaming at the mouth. I’d long suspected this happened, but it’s the first time I’ve heard anyone go on record about it. Musical performers who take a piece of the writer’s publishing. Okay, so you’re gorgeous. … Continue reading →

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Variax Verdict

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Gordon

you’ve mentioned playing a [Line6] variax on here before, and i was thinking about picking one up online (no music stores around here), but how’s it play? how well does it track notes? . . . any other gotchas? I … Continue reading →

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Gain Staging

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gordon

The audio levels on both the camera and the mixer looked good, but everything was distorted when we played it back. What the hell could it have been? There are many places where things could’ve gone wrong. That’s why it’s … Continue reading →

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The Dead Kennedys Were Tame

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Gordon

I am obsessed with unusual band names, and I confess to keeping a running list on my laptop that I’ll add to whenever inspiration strikes. You never know when your polka-core group is going to take off. . . Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Space. Time. Continuum.

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Gordon

A saw a prototype of this a couple of years ago and promptly forgot all about it. Then last week I was watching the new Dream Theater live DVD Score, where their world-class keyboard player Jordan Rudess was rocking one … Continue reading →

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