tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59611404140916379012011-04-22T07:23:04.627+03:00A blog about recording, music, the business, the people and the monkeys.El Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233332593882396862noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961140414091637901.post-56513506618160592442009-02-26T17:57:00.001+02:002009-02-26T18:00:22.437+02:00

Back to work. Been veeeeery busy with far more interesting things and haven't felt like writing in a while. I have been working, but the sessions have gone smoothly and there really hasn't been anything interesting to tell. But today I am recording the Muppets. I know... that is quite a rude thing to say about an inexperienced band. And it is not a very fair comparison to the Muppets either. The

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Still can't get sleep. Found this fantastic clip on Phil Spector.Ok. Now I am too tired to stay awake. I'll have to do some more research on Spector som other time.Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound

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Great day in the studio today. Nice young guys that were really into and interested in recording. We finished early and spend some time just talking and listening to music. This was one of the rare sessions where we only recorded drums to one song. It feels so luxurious when you can concentrate on just one thing at a time and have the session run smoothly. Usually I am recording drums, bass and

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No studio work today. But I spend the day listening to inspiring music. ...and the night. I am happy I got that great sensation that you should get when listening to music. The feeling that nothing else in the world matters. It feels very valuable to find out that my passion for music got me into my line of work, and that the same passion is still there. I often have a hard time enjoying music.

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Well this is interesting:Jackson Browne sued John McCain in August for using his song "Running on Empty" in a negative campaign ad against Barack Obama. Now John McCain is fighting back and suing Jackson Brown for suing him. You can read about the details here:John McCain fights back vs. Jackson BrownJackson Browne - Running On Empty

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I spend the beginning of this week recording thrash metal.Very young band. Not very tight. Or... not tight at all but the vibe was there. It was great fun. The lyrics were just hilarious. Very appropriate for a bunch of 17 year olds playing thrash metal. Lots of blood drinking and so on...Usually I am not very keen on sessions like this but for some reason the songwriting was just so in tune with

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Another sleepless night. I am still up and awake, thinking about working and thinking about recording. How difficult it can be when you have a terrible artist and easy it is when you are working with a talented artist. I am also tinking about how all the bands I work with actually think that they can sound like their idols. And how I always feel like I am to blame if they don't. A usual dilemma

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Another day in the studio. This time it was rock'n'roll. Straight out, balls to the walls, beer drinking, hell raising, rock 'n' fkn roll! ...with a bunch of 20 year olds who study economics at the university and drove up in there dad's great looking expensive cars.Still, that could be ok. Who is to say that the rich kids can't rock. I know several who can. Too bad these guy where not like that..

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It's been ten years since my trip to Ireland. I went there for the love of music and really hoped to get some sort of musical insight out of the trip. Maybe I did. Maybe I didn't. I can't really tell. Anyway, for various reasons, I've been forced to ponder upon my own musical and artistic abilities lately. I've been playing with lots of different bands doing lots of different kinds of music, for

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It is a nice humane thought that everyone has some kind of talent. Some may never feel like they have a special talent, but don't worry, most people do. On the other hand, lots of the people I work with think they have the talent when it just isn't there. But sometimes the level of talent is equal to the ambitions of the artist and that is usually the zen-like state where magic is allowed to

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Finally. The last bounce of another perfectly normal session for me. Reminds me of that Presidents of The United States of America song. Were not gonna make it Oh, no! Were not gonna make it Cause theres a million better bands With a million better songs Drummers who can drum Singers who can sing Deep in my heart, I do believe Were not gonna make it Oh, no! Were not gonna make it Cause we

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