I tried to resist. Really, I did. I don't really have time to take this on (and neither does the rest of the band frankly), but at the same time, I feel very strongly about kick-starting my/our music-making momentum again. So...

The Ether Family Presents... will be participating in the RPM Challenge to write, record, mix and master a 10-song ( Read more... )

I had one of my near-field studio speakers in the studio die on me yesterday (Behringer Truth B2031A series). I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. They are surprisingly great sounding monitors (quite honestly kill the Genelec 1032A and Event 20/20, speakers that cost several times more). But the build quality is cheap (hence the price). And when ( Read more... )

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Thanks to inspiration from femmefrets and svpaul, I decided to build some moveable gobos for the studio. The room is big, so it gets a little too reverby for voice-over sessions. The idea was to make some fold-up screens that I could store in the garage when I wasn't using them and I could pull them out when I was recording interviews or spoken stuff (I'll be ( Read more... )

This is just so damn sexy...

( Teh Hottnuss )

Last night worked out quite well. I went to the Masquerade early to meet Randy and the folks in The Nerd Parade to pick up a ticket from them. What a weird scene. I mean, the Masquerade has always been dark and weird, but now, as a not-19-year-old-kid... BOY did I feel out of place. And looked out of place too in my brion/tweedy wanna-be sportscoat ( Read more... )

As usual, the planets have aligned in such a way to make things difficult/interesting. Turns out there are TWO Headphone Treats shows this Saturday in Atlanta:


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Get a copy of The Nerd Parade's limited edition EP:


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So, that big label news I mentioned over a week ago? We finally have everything together to do a proper press release. And here it is!

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I *heart* Last.fm

We now have a fancy-dancy label page at Last.fm for Headphone Treats:

HT's Last.fm Page

and likewise for each of the artists:

Adam McIntyre
Cassavetes
The Ether Family Presents...So, listeners of Last radio should hear us popping up now and then. If you do, I'd love to know about it. Also, if you have an account, feel free to ( Read more... )