Music Stuff - Cool Stuff

Like many other guitarists in the world I am always in search of "the tone."  You know, that perfect sound - that amazing sound - that pure ecstasy sound - ear orgasm sound! Part of that quest has been to try a lot of amps over the years, a lot of guitars and a lot of different speaker combinations. Since this little post is about speakers I will save you the sad stories about the amps and guitars I have had and traded or sold over the years.  BEFORE THE SPEAKER CHANGES So, I picked up this Fender Blues Junior amp for about $300 a few years ago.  It did not have the sound, but I could hear the sound lurking somewhere inside.  Now, how do I get the sound out.  I did an online search and read about a bunch of resister and capacitor changes that you could do to the little Blues Junior.  So, I bought a bunch of electronic components and dusted off my soldering gun.  The changes helped a lot, but did not quite nail the sound. Next, I put in a Mercury output transformer

A lot of artists say they must have a click track to record.  Others don't want any kind of click track.  There are good arguments both for and against using a click track.  Of course, my preference is the proverbial, "it depends." But, it depends on what?  Some musicians who have come into my studios will speed and slow down for no reason at all, and sometimes it messes up the song.  In these instances I will throw a click track into the mix. On occasion I have sent musicians back to rehearsal with the guidance to download a metronome app to their smart phone or computer and practice with a metronome. There have been times when I've put a click track into the mix and told musicians to play a song through a few times with a click track, each time making the click track softer in the mix, until finally the musicians are laying down the song with no click track.  By the time they get to no click track, the tempo is steady, yet it has some of the subtle tempo changes