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Engineer/Producer “Giant” notices my work.. Doh !!
One of the perks I loved early in my career, while working at Sounds Interchange in Toronto, was that the owner would allow me to record my friends, during off hours , usually late at night, in...
Cabling Do's and Don'ts
One of the most under appreciated components in today's audio and video systems are the cables used to connect the whole system together, to allow the various devices to "make their magic". These may be cables for analog audio, digital,...
Recording a Stone
Live shows are not the easiest for performers..the Stones included.During our after hours listening sessions , Bill and Charlie both told me they couldn’t hear what Mick was saying during their 2 shows at the El Mocambo dates,...
Recording the Stones
The recording truck used for recording the Stones had just dropped off the tapes and as the crew gave them to me, I loaded them onto our Studer 24 track tape machines, in straggled Ian Stewart, Keith,Mick, Ronnie,Charlie...
The Stones & Ed Stone
It happened, somewhat out of the blue…Mick had been in for a short visit months before, (during a session with A Foot in Cold Water) looking around at the studio, (and I missed seeing him then…) then Eddie...
“Anne Margrock”
Every studio has periods where they are looking for business….any business…So to fill in some summer “downtime” ,the studio owner offered some amazing rates for “big name clients”… One July day, an engineer who I’d had some dealings...