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Jarvis Hollowell
I walked into a perfect storm of raining percussion, thundering organs running for cover around the tempo and the guitars playing tag with bass. I sat quietly as the storm filled the studio. My ears treaded and back stroked through the mixing session orchestrated by an engineer named Andrew. My mentor Will Gilbert assisted Andrew through the storm. As the storm printed in pro tools down stairs Will and i headed up stairs to a project room to discuss studio design and monitors. Every 90 degree angle in the room was tattooed with a type of wall stud or baffle to stop the music from bouncing off the flat surface Will explained. We took a tour of every room and Will explained how the entire floor was floated. Space between the concrete for to enhance lower frequencies such as the drum kick and bass guitar. He then explained why the glass and walls aren't built in straight lines. The design and acoustics in the studio all have the purpose of enhancing the emotions of the music played. No dead music allowed. Stay Fo!
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My mentor Will and i are moving into more hands on practices of mixing magic. As I took my turn sitting on the thrown where all of the mixing at American Recording Studio is done Will explained their normaled patch bay... Read More >>
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"CONNECTION" By: Stay Focis Signal flow and patch bay seeds We are the strongest music trees Too strong to ever cut down So strong all you feel is sound Minds, Limbs, and Soul balanced of course Sleeve, Ring, and Tip "oh yeah" from my wife's voice A love so normalled and amazing A war of parallels so adjacent She patch her roots to my heart vapors We make love better than paper Beautiful music we mix down later The opposite of shoot thy neighbor We patch it through to those gathered round Come see the sounds no haters allowed Love high as flutes no chasers Stay plugged in and stay wired Stay focus and go higher Lesson 5 and learning how important signal flow and the patch bay is to a studio inspired me to write this poem about how my personal life and my musical journey is connected... Read More >>
