Late last year, I made two predictions for 2013
Cassandra…Late last year, I made two predictions for 2013;Night would continue to follow dayAndHMV would go bust.Surprisingly, both have come true (but please don’t ask me for next week’s lottery...
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When I was seventeen, I spent a month in New York.My father had a teaching post at NYU for a semester and flew the family over for an extended holiday. It turned out to be a memorable break, not least...
View ArticleAPI 500 series...some blather
Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s (here I go again…) just about every major studio had a rack of SCAMP modules in their control rooms.Made by the excellent Audio and Design...
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Well, it’s spring and that means snow…oh, and the return of Pop Pornography in the shape of prime time Karaoke, The Voice.As (both) my regular readers will know, I made my views on this glitzy garbage...
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Digital Village
On May 10th, White Rabbit Records Limited – the owners of the Digital Village music retail chain – quietly announced that they had gone bankrupt and called in an administrator. But then, as if by...
View ArticleDV or not DV...Zat iz ze question
A forum for DV customers, suppliers and staff – past and present – to post their experiences of the wunderbar new shopping experienceThe background.On May 10th 2013, White Rabbit Records Limited, the...
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I've had several emails asking about Mr. Harper lately, so I'll post the three part chronicle of my years with Roy that I previously posted on another blog. Apologies to those who've already read it,...
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I often wonder how recording engineers and producers stumble into their (often accidental) careers. I found this in my archives the other day and enjoyed revisiting an eyelash of my own, and UK...
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Nineteen seventy-nine marked the end of one decade and the dawn of another, mirroring the changes in my life.My time was increasingly devoted to the task of resuscitating Roy Harper’s stalled career,...
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I had never made an album before but it couldn’t be that hard, could it? After all, surely it was just a matter of common sense? I knew my way around studios from my days as a session musician and the...
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FUSSCAT AND PIGLET
P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }My world imploded when Lola died.Lola wasn’t just a special cat, she was my muse, my closest friend, my confident, my comforter, my soul-mate. Those who knew me well were...
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