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16 Feb '11

Session Notes Volume 2 – Groovin’ for Uncle Daddy

16/02/2011 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: christopherallis | In: Studio Sausage (Session Notes)

Greetings music fans.  I’m here with another installment of ‘session notes’.  These are posts about studio stuff I’ve been doing over the past year or so and highlights the drums and mics used, what kind of room I was recording in, general vibe, etc… everything that went into capturing the sounds and getting keeper takes.

This time out, I’m sharing information about a series of sessions I did with Uncle Daddy.  Tongue in cheek name aside, this is a very talented and eclectic band that includes two acoustic guitars, mandolin, violin, and cello… and yours truly behind the kit.  This unique instrumentation makes for some pretty wonderful music.  So, here’s the run down of some of the stuff I’ve done with them:

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31 Jan '11

NAMM wrap-up and the new kit…

31/01/2011 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: christopherallis | In: Studio Sausage (Session Notes)

Well, NAMM was pretty interesting this year.  While it lacked in innovation (in my humble opinion), there were some interesting things to check out.  This year though it was really all about being on the floor and hanging out with friends and seeing faces I only get the chance to see for this brief sonically challenging weekend in January.  I wouldn’t say I got the chance to see everything I wanted, but amongst the madness, certain things stood out.  Here are my rather biased highlights…

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13 Dec '10

Session Notes – Doing that voodoo that we do

13/12/2010 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: christopherallis | In: Studio Sausage (Session Notes)

This is the first of a new series – Session Notes.  This will be a place for me to geek out with you all about different sessions I’ve been on and talk about the gear used, general philosophies about the sounds we went for, and how we got them.  I’m excited to share this information and it’s just a lot of fun to geek out.  So, enjoy.

Session – Circe Link
Dates – 3/26-27/10
Studio – Stagg St. Studios, Van Nuys, CA

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11 Nov '10

Music is the best. FZ

11/11/2010 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: christopherallis | In: What's Spinning?

10998041_10205713277008214_7166135603090461242_nThanks to everyone that read and commented on my inaugural post.

Just to recap, I was talking a little bit about why we listen to the music we do.   Obviously, this is a very VERY subjective thing.   So be it.  There’s enough good music to go around for several life times.  Soak it up.  Get into it.  DIG IT!

Since my first post, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what I’ve been checking out lately.  What’s been getting constant rotation on the ipod, cd player, computer…   It’s fairly wide and varied and I hope it gives those that have asked, and those that are reading a sense of what I’m digging on at present and perhaps inspires you to go out and drop some bread at Amoeba or your favorite online music purveyor.  This might not be a typical music review post… and that’s fine.  I don’t want to tell you everything… I’d rather just give a glimpse to start and then have you go on your way to check things out and see for yourself.

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29 Sep '10

What makes us dig the music we do?

29/09/2010 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: christopherallis | In: What's Spinning?

Well, here we go then.  A first blog post.  An attempt at reaching out and trying something a little different.  Something beyond one’s comfort zone.

What makes us dig the music we do?

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