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It's All in the Talkback

For Tom Cody ...and Bruiser

~Welcome to the Show~
Lessons learned from life on the other side of the glass.

1)    The 4 Ups
4)    Hang

~Around the Campfire @ The Old School Music House~ 
A combined 200 years of audio engineering experience sitting around a campfire.

1)    Getting there 
7)    I'm out    

~The Show~
50 Years of How I Mix Music

00)    3 Screens
01)    Whadda ya need? 
02)    Color 
03)    The Meat 
04)    Raising Faders 
05)    Bass & Drums
06)    Blending Drums
10)    Mixing Overheads 
11)    Mixing Bass 
14)    Guitars 
15)    Keyboards 
16)    When to say When 
17)    Vocals 
18)    Reverb 
19)    Break a leg 

~The Show: Act 2~
Esoterics of Music Capture

01)    The Source 
03)    Rym Tracks
04)    Drums 
05)    Drum Mics 
06)    I've no F-ing idea 
07)    Reality Bong 
08)    Be the show 
09)    Focus 
10)    Any Fool 
11)    Who are we

~Recording Studio Operations~
The "B" word in Music Business
01)    Fulcrum



~The Juans Recording Studio~
Only the names have been changed to protect ...me

1)    Part #1
2)    Part #2 
3)    Part #3 
4)    Part #4  

~Stuff to Play~
A few select projects the lessons above were gleaned from:

  s2 Projects      

~Papers~

    

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