Ethical Travels continues with "The Manor Court"
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Equipment File #23: EV mixer
EV BK-1242 mixer
This is the second mixer the Studio used. The first was an old blue 8-channel mixer that Jason's place of unemployment was going to throw away in 1990 (no pictures are available of the first mixer). It was used for years until he was able to acquire this one several years ago.
This mixer was used to run all instruments and equipment through to the main amplifier in the Studio. It was a good board, just too big for what little space the Studio had set aside for a mixer. It has since been replaced by a smaller Yamaha mixer.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Collector's Corner #27
It was a catalog like this one that was the inspiration for the ORC song "Flying Cloud Drive" from the 1999 album Purging the Great Abyss.
The song was a walk through the world of new age, full of terms and lingo that they still don't fully understand to this day. They opened the catalog and chose random words that "sounded cool" for the song lyrics. The name of the song came from the company's address, it was located on Flying Cloud Drive. But the catalog pictured above is a newer catalog and has a different address.
The original catalog is believed to still be somewhere within the walls of the Studio, misplaced at the moment. But the one above is being held in its place in the Metaphysical Wing of the Metal XOR Studio Museum.
The song was a walk through the world of new age, full of terms and lingo that they still don't fully understand to this day. They opened the catalog and chose random words that "sounded cool" for the song lyrics. The name of the song came from the company's address, it was located on Flying Cloud Drive. But the catalog pictured above is a newer catalog and has a different address.
The original catalog is believed to still be somewhere within the walls of the Studio, misplaced at the moment. But the one above is being held in its place in the Metaphysical Wing of the Metal XOR Studio Museum.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
State of the Studio #12: August '08
A milestone was recently reached and another will be reached this month. The recent one was the blog's 300th post!!! That's crazy! And the upcoming milestone is the blog's one year anniversary on August 23! Watch for a special post on that day.
The biggest project at the Studio right now is the Ethical Travels feature. It will conclude at the end of the month and the first Equinox Dulcet CD will be released in the near future collecting all seven of the songs from Ethical Travels. In case you've missed it, click here to visit the Equinox Dulcet website.
The Collector's Corner feature returns this month with a few new entries. Be sure to watch for those, they're always fun to read.
The Equipment File feature will continue through this month and into next month. The list of equipment used by the Studio throughout the years is a long one, but it will be coming to an end relatively soon.
And the Web Log feature gets caught up this month. And watch for an article that will be posted explaining what the Web Log Omnibus is.
So it's business as usual here at the Studio. I'm waiting for the brutal heat of summer to leave, then fall and winter projects can be considered. See you on the first of September.
The biggest project at the Studio right now is the Ethical Travels feature. It will conclude at the end of the month and the first Equinox Dulcet CD will be released in the near future collecting all seven of the songs from Ethical Travels. In case you've missed it, click here to visit the Equinox Dulcet website.
The Collector's Corner feature returns this month with a few new entries. Be sure to watch for those, they're always fun to read.
The Equipment File feature will continue through this month and into next month. The list of equipment used by the Studio throughout the years is a long one, but it will be coming to an end relatively soon.
And the Web Log feature gets caught up this month. And watch for an article that will be posted explaining what the Web Log Omnibus is.
So it's business as usual here at the Studio. I'm waiting for the brutal heat of summer to leave, then fall and winter projects can be considered. See you on the first of September.
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