24 August 2011 by John L.

Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia, June 25 2011.
Audio recording: Love in Outer Space (mp3).

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17 August 2011 by John L.

Tape is a more natural way to record than digital technology. Yes, if you think that suspending a zillion little magnetic rust particles in plastic and then telling them how to line up as they get dragged past an electromagnet, which has to be fed by a high-level supersonic signal just so the audio doesn’t sound like a buzzsaw, is totally natural.

http://www.emusician.com/tutorials/five_digital_audio_myths_busted/

But does anybody really use the “natural” argument?

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15 August 2011 by John L.

The TBC (To Be Continued) Brass Band at the Blue Nile in Frenchmen St, New Orleans, July 10 2011.

Audio recording: Why You Worried ‘Bout Me? (mp3).

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13 August 2011 by John L.

Yes, a long time between posts.

Some of that time I’ve been travelling in the USA: New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans, Miami.

I saw bands, and recorded some of them on my newly acquired Tascam DR-08.

Stay tuned for some highlights: the Funk Brothers, Tito Puente Jr, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and the TBC Brass Band. Sure, just as soon as I get busy on the DAW editing the rough live recordings into deliciously polished nuggets of audio niceness.

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