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|    Ouisie to JimD    |
|    Re: odd gig    |
|    04 Mar 18 15:49:58    |
      From: someone@anywheret.net              "JimD" wrote in message news:2018022814162870951-email@nowherecom...              > My brother stumbled onto that pic online a few years back. In the actual       > library version, it lists Troy, maybe the engineer ( Paul ), and me as "       > unknown studio musician "              Time to write some Awesome Originals and become known ;)              > My friend Eric thinks I should contact the library and fill in the record.       > I have pics of my own from those sessions to prove the point, if someone       > doubts that's me. But what's the point ? Leave sleeping dogs lie.              Besides, the future is ahead...time for *you* to bring back Real country       Music...they won't doubt you then!              > That was pretty state of the art gear at the time.              Yeah, sure was, and what the gear lacked in technical sophistication was       more than made up for, Many times over, in the Quality of the Music and the       Talent of those who made it!              > I don't know the brand of the console, tired to work that out a while       > back, but nothing came of it. They did have some really nice JBL studio       > monitors, iirc. Ampex 16 track recorder, and an Otari 2 track mixdown       > deck. And a rack of DBX compressors.... and even an Evantide Harmonizer.       > That was really something at that time. The studio itself was big and       > nice, and new. Had a nice drum isolation booth, and a really nice baby       > grand piano. Troy played piano, so I'm guess that was his idea.              The better studios always keep up with the latest in what works.              > He was a hack player. He'd come in to add some piano part to tracks we       > were working on ... and just club something out ... no finesse at all,       > just pound on the keys. Then, since he was a big deal, everyone would       > accept it. He and I didn't get along at all. I eventually left there,       > and none to soon. I could easily imagine him and I coming to physical       > blows. He really was a bit of an ...              Sounds like a serious incompatibility ;)              > got a solo gig in a bit, gotta run.                     Jim              I'm replying several days late there.              Ouisie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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