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March 4, 2025

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Two kings of 80s synthesis – the Yamaha DX7 II FD and the Roland D50. I’m definitely more of a Roland synth cat, but the DX7 has been on some seriously iconic tunes! Both incredibly complex with infinite sound generation potential.

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February 28, 2025

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Hopefully replacing a couple of CEM3340 chips (all the way from Portugal) on the lower module board of this beast will bring it back to life. One of the great analog synths – the Roland Super Jupiter / MKS-80.

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February 14, 2025

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Vintage Roland synth resuscitation. Might have to special order some chips for this guy … but it will be worth it.

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February 6, 2025

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Confusion ensues when your client uses a photo of your own studio space as their background in the video collab session.

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February 4, 2025

Kind of reggae jam thing from Tokyo 2023 with @geshige on bass and @toshi_kasuga on the kit. Can’t wait to catch these cool cats again.

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February 2, 2025

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Warwick and Wurli. The Warwick 5 string is a relatively new addition (a few years maybe) and is equal parts funky and heavy. The Wurli in the background is a newer one … it has a story that I’ll tell soon!

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January 26, 2025

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Complete overhaul of the circuits in the vintage Wurlitzer 200A. Will probably make a video with this very special unit once I’ve got it sorted. Glorious tones from one of the greatest electric pianos ever made.

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January 13, 2025

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The Sennheiser 441 – the best dynamic mic ever made … sounds good on … everything!

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January 7, 2025

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Finally solved a power supply issue in some of my preamps that caused them to turn off after a little while. Back into the rack with a new part and bigger heatsink!

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December 25, 2024

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Replacing some ICs in an old synth’s midi board … hopefully I can breathe some new life into it!

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December 24, 2024

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Fair to say guitar pedals have changed over the years.

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December 9, 2024

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New addition – all the way from 1978 the DBX 165 compressor. With ‘Over Easy’ soft knee compression as an option and full control of attack & release times. This thing is a monster on kick, bass and vocals. Vibe for days.

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November 29, 2024

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Some live recording last night at @bris_powerhouse. Great facility with super nice staff – thanks for letting me take up some space Adam, Skye and Jo ✌🏻

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November 25, 2024

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The non-existent, never released 1176JN compressor.

Almost every vocal clients send me for their productions or mixes ends up going through these units. Even without compression engaged they have a lovely filtering sound.

Built in house by my well-used musician’s hands!

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November 23, 2024

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A rack of Neve 1272 and SSL 9000 inspired preamps … doing some maintenance to keep them in tip top shape.

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November 4, 2024

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RIP Quincy … a trailblazer from the top shelf.

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October 21, 2024

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Portable setup getting the job done today in #Brisbane.

Knocked over takes of acoustic guitars and vocals for two tunes. Made the rest of the music remotely from video demos and got some help from @stevenpope on the kit from sunny #Melbourne.

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October 4, 2024

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A classic that I don’t play enough.

Great to smash the unmistakable tones of the Strat today in a session.

Love the large 70s headstock!

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September 25, 2024

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Setting up in #Melbourne

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September 18, 2024

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Good times all this week and next with Roy’s super weird and epic tunes. He’s tuning in from Brisbane, Steve Pope – Drummer is working out drum parts from Melbourne, and I’m in the mountains making all the jokes.

All of us can hear studio quality audio as well, which makes it feel like we’re in the same room (for better or worse!).

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August 20, 2024

Yesterday in Ballarat with my great friend Ric Formosa. Love this guy – one of Australia’s best composers and players with a million great stories from Italy, Canada and his time in the early days of Little River Band. Hopefully we can spend much more time together in the near future!

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August 8, 2024

Not everything about working on tunes is black and white … but this photo is.

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July 22, 2024

Always a great pleasure to put some music down for Lix North Artist’s process videos.

Her new works are amazing as always!

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June 29, 2024

Car session yesterday – dropped in some tracks from a session player in America, did some backing vocals on a couple of songs (@seelectronics DCM8 shoved into the steering wheel!).

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June 28, 2024

First time all three of us have been in the same space at the same time … a LOT of records made between us.

A lot of stories and knowledge shared that I’m grateful for.

Thanks Caleb and Steve ✌🏻❤️

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June 24, 2024

Asked @stevenpope to keep the same vibe in a song at 3:08 … Siri decided it was worth setting a reminder for at 3:08pm.

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June 21, 2024

Had a chat with these cool cats recently about whether pop music has an algorithm!

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June 18, 2024

A slightly apocalyptic #Brisbane from Mt Coot-tha.

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June 11, 2024

Working on some tunes for a songwriter down in Tasmania with a ‘pyschadelic / spaghetti western’ direction. Heaps of fun leaning into stuff like this with the aim to be creative and super vibey.

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June 7, 2024

One of the best records I’ve ever worked on. Give it a listen!

Adelaide’s Kahl Wallis (of The Medics) is releasing tracks from his album we made together a few years ago:

https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/kahlwallis

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June 6, 2024

Reflecting.

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May 14, 2024

Complete! Two more SSL 9000k preamps to add to the collection. These two will probably sit on the mix bus for the foreseeable future and print into every project when it comes to the final mix. They include a really nice HPF on the bottom Grayhill knob too!

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May 11, 2024

Knocking over two more SSL 9000 style preamps designed by @seventhcircleaudio. Great to use on acoustic instruments and also as a fantastic summing option to tighten up low end.

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May 10, 2024

Cool to see the new Ruler of Sweden – one of Adelaide’s deadliest @simiv1music at #eurovision with @electricfields_music.

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May 8, 2024

Today’s literal office #musicprodction

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May 1, 2024

If any level of the Australian Government cared about culture, the operating costs for live music venues like rent, insurance and legally required minimums of security at would be subsidised, capped or classed differently.

People owning and running these venues are not property developers or people pocketing money/equity from increased land value … they aren’t even running a traditional business – they’re spending their life/time contributing to the good of society.

Venues like this are regularly closing down across the whole country and nothing has been implemented to reverse it in my lifetime.

Now music festivals can barely operate either.

We are destined for mediocrity in this country and will never have anything similar to the vibrant cultures of Europe, Asia or the Americas if all levels of Government keep insisting on listening to lobbyists from insurance groups, property developers, car manufacturers, mining companies etc etc etc and allowing them to influence laws that impact our lives.

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April 19, 2024

Playing keys on a few tunes this week …. Great sounds from @uaudio and @weareuvi

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April 18, 2024

Yesterday’s portable setup.

#musicproducer #musicproduction

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April 4, 2024

Churning through takes on the guitars for the last few weeks.

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March 30, 2024

Some typically brilliant cover art by @lixcreative for @jayson_shep’s upcoming album.