Ah, the months have slipped past. What’s been going down at Cut Snake? At the end of January the senior members of Okapi Guitars recorded a handful of songs in semi-acoustic mode: acoustic guitar, congas, tastefully muted electric guitar. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: Recording
I did a little recording for this CD back in November 2008, mostly additional drums and vocals. Most of the work was done by Craig Tudman at Lorikeet Studio, Glad it’s out, it sounds great. … Continue reading
I’ve just returned from a trip to California and Mexico. I sought out musical gear shops in various cities, but didn’t completely fulfil my dreams of bringing home heaps of cheap microphones, preamps and other goodies. What I did bring … Continue reading
If you hang around some of the home studio discussion boards, such as Gearslutz or TapeOp, you’ll see lots of discussion of low-end (i.e. affordable) home studio gear that’s hard to find outside the US. Cut Snake Studio is in … Continue reading
A track JB and I recorded last year has been included in the latest issue of Going Down Swinging, a poetry/spoken word book+CD. Our piece, Piano Man – Scelsi, is about “the Charles Ives of Italy”, Count Giacinto Scelsi. The … Continue reading
No major happenings at CutSnake lately. Video work with John Bennett continues. In particular we’re working on a mini-documentary of Erik Satie to be completed before John goes o/s April 1. The last OG CD has been getting some positive … Continue reading
On Friday while recording some percussion with Chris I knocked over the mic stand holding my Karma K6 powered ribbon microphone. It didn’t seem to hit the floor very hard, but the angle was such as to knock the head … Continue reading
Thanks to John Bennett, I’ve taken an interest in Glenn Gould’s approach to recording. From 1966, The Prospects of Recording. … Continue reading
Dipping in and out of Louise Meintjes book Sound of Africa: making music Zulu in a South African studio. p. 144 July 1989 Alton Ngubane and his band are recording a cassette of Inkatha Freedom Party songs with instrumental backing. … Continue reading
I’ve fallen behind listening to the podcast from Sound Opinions. Yesterday, listening to their interview in August with Tony Visconti, I was struck by his description of recording T. Rex. He mentioned the importance of recording quickly, before the musicians … Continue reading