Tunnel Sessions Series

While walking in Golden Gate Park one day, I ambled through a tunnel and when stomped my foot, I was blown away: I have to record here, I said to myself. Thus the seed for Tunnel Sessions was planted. The idea is simple: bring great musicians to this tunnel, film and record high quality video and audio, then post it on the interwebs. Check out the first installment featuring San Francisco bluesman Benjamin Brown. Video is here on Youtube.

Tasty, Recently Released Live Recording: Andrew Blair Live @ Red Devil Lounge

Check out some of Andrew's tunes that I recorded and mixed from his Red Devil Lounge set on 3.3.11. From his Facebook page.

Long string of satisfied clients continues...

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Touring Accross Our Beautiful Country

Hello 1 and All,

I realize it's been forever since I've told you what I've been up to. Pictures are worth thousands of words so here are some photos from my adventures in the last few weeks...

This one was taken on my national tour doing FOH sound for Everest and Young the Giant, two incredible young bands.
Young the Giant taken at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH. The oldest (and maybe most beautiful) rock music venue in the US!
Everest and I made a pit-stop at Devils Tower, WY - one of the most beautiful natural monuments in this incredible country.

Mixing "Martini Hour" w/ Deke McClelland and Colleen Wheeler

It has been interesting mixing "Martini Hour," a 30 minute show produced by Potrero Post Studios where hosts and Photoshop gods Deke McClelland and Colleen Wheeler discuss topics salient in the wonderful world of Photoshop and digital imaging. It is a fun mixture of Photoshop tips, laughter and music all created in a fun soundscape which I help shape in the mix. Have a listen here.

Benny Brussell Music/Video (not music video) I Mixed

I just finished this mixing project at Potrero Post Studios with Benny Brussell and producer/mixer Jerry Stucker. Benny was great to work with and the music was a lot of fun to experience in the process.



See more of Benny's music that I helped out with at: http://www.youtube.com/bennybemusic

Listen to Audio Samples

Check out some samples of my best recordings from the past couple of years. Have a listen and give me a call if you like what you hear.

Check Out My Gig This Week: Tyne Daly at the RrazZ Room

The last three nights of show have been really fun at the RrazZ Room working with actress/performer Tyne Daly, and here backing band, which is made up of phenomenal players. The show is funny and Tyne is very talented. I will also be running sound for Valerie Pettiford on Sunday. Come say "Hi" to me at the sound booth!

Read the SF Chronicle's review of the show!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/14/DD0B1BHB7P.DTL

The Demands of the Show

A few recent gigs come to mind where my enthusiasm for the music and my sound sense of show were put to good use. Back in September, I was hired by a great up-and-coming folk-rock outfit from L.A. called Everest to engineer their show at a prestigious club, Yoshi's in San Francisco. I met the band and expressed interest in working with them while I was working at the High Sierra Music Festival over the summer. I loved the challenge and responsibility of using my good judgement and musicality to give the band just the right amount of reinforcement and sound effects in an acoustically exciting environment.

More recently, I have been asked to do some work at the Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. It was a nice coincidence to work with The Bud-E Luv Band on a recent Sunday night. I have done sound on a few other occasions for the band and they are great to work with. Never having seen their club performance, I was stretched to operate a follow-spot light and take sound and lighting cues. I love the challenge of being asked to be a part of a particularly demanding show.  

Whether you are in a band whose show demands thousands of cues from the production technician, or your band requires complete transparency of production, I am looking forward to playing the role that you ask of me. Let's work together to engineer the best show possible for the audience, and have a great and rewarding time ourselves. 

My Finest Work Yet

I had a great week last week down at Asilomar Conference grounds at a Science of the Mind Conference. I was the lead audio engineer in Merrill Hall, the main gathering space for the conference. 

This surprisingly turned out to be my best gig yet. I have never felt such a sense of pride in my work (with a whole week, I got the sound better and better every day), and at the same time such a deep connection to the music and musicians I was working with. There were so many great people do

wn at Asilomar, and I will never forget how great of a time I had.