Author Archives: Andy

Production Notes: The Lassie Foundation – California EP

August 30, 2011 – 1:46 pm

While our previous band folded, bassist Eric and drummer Wayne pushed forward as a songwriting team, calling themselves The Lassie Foundation. They were making demos of their songs on a 4-track cassette machine (as you should), and asked for my help in bringing things to fruition. I had the notion of building a mini-studio of [...]

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Recording: Get Some Perspective

January 25, 2011 – 11:15 am

Stereo recordings sound exciting. It is fundamentally natural for us, because that is how we hear life. And our sense of stereo hearing is geared for survival, so we can know that the predator is coming from over ‘there’. We are very keen to this localization of sounds. And it is amazing how much of [...]

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Guitar Gear: Are You Listening?

January 21, 2011 – 1:21 pm

Here’s some more general “philosophy”: I have an older brother. He exposed me to music at an earlier age than I probably would’ve been on my own. When I used to hear “Baba O’Riley” on FM radio here in Southern California as a kid, I couldn’t help but be ignited. Add Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, [...]

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Production Notes: OneRepublic – Waking Up

January 19, 2011 – 10:55 pm

I may have more notes on specific songs later. But here’s an overview: I got a call from Ryan Tedder in early January of 2009. We talked for a long time, and he asked me to come out to Denver and work on their new album. I was being hired to do various things, which [...]

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Recording: The First Recording

January 13, 2011 – 7:20 pm

Think about it. If you were an ancient human, and you stumbled into a cave or canyon that had the right conditions, you would’ve been shocked to hear your voice echo back after you made a loud enough sound. Your first thought was probably that it must be someone else yelling back at you. Imagine [...]

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