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Recording in the trenches, haul the studio out to record a baby grand piano

Lunchbox 002 MP20 PL-2 p38 R800 DAT Piano Recording Session One lazy Wednesday afternoon in April, I was thrilled and challenged by a rather unique call - for Sound Weavers to record a baby grand piano concert to be performed at a particular residence. Hmmm, ok. So I have always thought that such a remote recording requirement will come, and I have been surely preparing for - ensuring that our recording studio staff and equipment will be ready for such task when the opportunity, time - and the call - comes knocking. Here's how we did it, recording in the trenches baby!

Posted at 7pm on 05/02/07 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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Demonstration of Microphones by Joe Meek & Studio Projects

What: Demonstration of Joe Meek & Studio Projects microphones and preamps
Schedule: Feb 15, 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 1pm to 12midnight
Venue: Sound Weavers Recording Studio
Unit 3301 Cityland Pasong Tamo Tower, 2210 Don Chino Roces Ave., Makati
(front of Don Bosco & beside WalterMart) along Pasong Tamo

The Supplier of JoeMeek and Studio Projects from Singapore will be holding product demonstration sessions with sales opportunity. They will definitely bring the following items for demonstration:
* Joe Meek JM47 and the OneQ
* Studio Projects - T3 and the C4

Pricing for outright purchases. "Prices will be about 20% less than the list price of the US retail. BUT for orders more than US$1,000, I will discount additional 5% on the order."

Posted at 4pm on 02/01/07 | 3 comments | Filed Under: Gear, Sessions & Projects
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Fire hits the studio

No, not that “fire” – but that fiery FIREBOTTLE blues band fronted by Joric Maglanque AKA DELTA SLIM – a self confessed soul dredger, err, soul bender – one of the few local ambassadors of blues music (don’t even bring up blues in a conversation unless you are ready to sit for a blues history lesson – LOL).

Firebottle blues band in the recording studio

Firebottle in the recording

Posted at 5pm on 10/18/06 | no comments | Filed Under: Gear, Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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Snakecharmer Sting Me with the Blues

SNAKECHARMER is one of the bands playing blues-based music featured in the BLUESKRIEG compilation CD project. If the name rings a bell, it's coz they are very active in the live music scene spreading the gospel of the blues.

SNAKECHARMER plays a modern sounding kind of blues music along the lines of The Black Crowes. Snakecharmer is composed of Jason on vocals and harmonica, Mitch on bass guitar, Zan on rhythm and lead guitar, Reuben on rhythm and slide guitar, Mon on drums and Roneil on keyboards.

Posted at 7am on 10/09/06 | no comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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BluesKrieg! Pinoy blues bands attack the studio

CHESTER of PLUG with Fender Stratocaster guitar THE BLUES is alive and well in the Philippines - well in the Metro at least - next year BLUES will surely spill and explode throughout the country. BLUES ATTACK = Blueskrieg.

August and September was especially exciting here at Sound Weavers coz of recording sessions for the BluesKrieg project - an ambitious CD compilation featuring Pinoy blues-based music only and played by a current crop of blues-based bands, er.. "artistes" actively playing Metro Manila's club circuit.

Posted at 8am on 09/30/06 | 5 comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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Top Drummer Dom Famularo says “RELAX”

Top drummer DOM FAMULARO held a drum clinic at Yupangco’s main office along Buendia Ave Makati City Philippines. DOM is an endorser of Sabian hand hammered cymbals and Vic Firth drum sticks.

I caught the second half of DOM’s presentation/talk/performance. The Yupangco main showroom was cleared to make way for a very large crowd, easily at least 300 people. A drum clinic obviously has a drum kit setup – in this case it was a nice

Posted at 11am on 07/14/06 | no comments | Filed Under: Gear, Sessions & Projects
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Recording of a Rondalla Group

One of our interesting and challenging sessions last month was the recording of a 13 member rondalla group - the Drugmakers Rondalla Group. It was a logistical and physical challenge to fit 13 persons with their musical instruments in the relatively limited space of our tracking room - even including using the B room as an isolation room. Fact is the complete rondalla is comprised of 24 members!

Rondalla Music Instruments Guitar Banduria Octavina
Octavina and Banduria are lead instruments in Rondallas

The Drugmakers Rondalla is comprised of amateur/hobbyist musicians - all of them are also employees of the company. We were told that their company president loves music and in fact the company has a chorale group and a brass marchingband, too. What a cool company to work in huh?

Posted at 5pm on 06/16/06 | 77 comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects
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Jimmy Luttrell – Guitar King

This weekend we were fortunate to have a very personal encounter with a great musician - JIMMY LUTTRELL is a multi-style, multi discipline guitar player - he's been recording guitars and vocals for a CD of self penned love songs that he will release soon.

Over casual chats, he slowly revealed the "guitar king" that he is, the projects and musicians he has been involved with and OH BOY - it was like a story telling session "HISTORY OF GUITAR and GREAT GUITAR PLAYERS" - straight of the horse's mouth. Among other things, he taught Jimmy Hendrix how to play behind the back guitar - NOW that was blast of a revelation to a music fan like me.

Posted at 1pm on 05/29/06 | 3 comments | Filed Under: Gear, Sessions & Projects
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Wassup? Recording studio updates – New recording studio Gear

We’ve been terribly occupied since April through this month of May. It occured to me that I have not updated the blog for quite awhile. Well here goes.

New recording studio gear. We’ve received new processors, monitor speakers, microphones, plugins and other smaller stuff like drum skins, dampers, and egg shakers, too! Still waiting for the following a Fender reissue Blues Deluxe all tube amp, Gallien Kruger bass amp and 2×10 cabinet, Yamaha 01V (I don’t

Posted at 5pm on 05/22/06 | no comments | Filed Under: Construction, Sessions & Projects
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Eye Scream – the band from Cabanatuan City

Eye Scream is a band from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija - standouts of Muziklaban and GBOB competitions. They have really nice songs and deliver strong and dynamic live performances. I chanced upon them through an acquaintance and now I'm producing their debut recording.

We started pre-production in February, recording live takes of Eye Scream's songs for studies re: arrangements, lyrics, dynamics. We've been tracking drum parts this week - so far so good. 3 songs down and 9 to go. We've also been laying down bass and guitar parts in between drum takes.

Inside, a couple of drums recording session photos

Posted at 12pm on 03/30/06 | 51 comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects
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