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VIDEO: Rick Beato interviews Robert DeLeo

Robert DeLeo was the songwriter/bassist for Stone Temple Pilots (and others). He’s a REALLY interesting composer and player. There’s a lot on how he approaches songwriting as well as recording and band history tidbits. Such a lovely person, and Rick Beato conducts sweet interviews.

Speaking of STP... this still sounds amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhu-OyHqZM 

Great groove. Wonderful lurking space on the vocals, cool chords on the bridge. Drums up a touch too much?  Hard to not mix drums high when the sounds are so good.

Article: Datamix Recording consoles

A brief history of Datamix console, Jimi Hendrix and master engineer Eddie Kramer.

Datamix was the first console installed in Electric Ladyland Studios, which was to be Jimi Hendrix’ personal studio.

Hendrix died soon after it opened. The studio became a fixture on the NYC recording scene for decades.

Datamix consoles seemed to sound ok but had a ton of problems. Interesting stuff. Anyone want a Datamix emulator plugin?

Here’s a pic of a module... looks inspired by a Trident A-range?

We Love This: LOATH: Is It Really You

Gorgeous melody, surprising chord changes. A great recording that YouTube mangles... sigh. Mixed by our friend George Lever.

Same thing on Spotify - less mangled than YouTube.

!!!!! Tip when cutting vocals

Don’t know why this works but it does.

Singer flat on a note? Have them stand on their tip toes when they go to sing it. Singer sharp? Have them bend their knees on the sharp note. Sounds dumb but it always works.

Have a great week.

Dan and Luke

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