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June 3, 2025
Behind a tiny white desk over the weekend while doing some live recording with the cats at JMI – Jazz Music Institute. They knocked over some parts for a ‘real instruments’ revamp of the Brisbane Lions club song. Watch this space!
May 21, 2025
No, it’s not 1990, 2010 or 2015 … it’s May 2025.
If you want your music to succeed – get an advertising company to relentlessly deliver it into people’s ears and you will still be topping charts decades later.
Good luck new artists!
April 28, 2025
Tone and vibe for days with the Wurli. Have enjoyed spending time with this guy – just the two of us.
April 7, 2025
Knocked over an acoustic pop track today for a solo artist remotely … huge sounds!
April 2, 2025
Ready for action – the Wurlitzer 200A. This thing makes me play in a completely unique way … I look for notes and phrasing I just don’t go for on other instruments!
March 31, 2025
One of the greatest analog synths around – the rack-mounted Roland Super Jupiter (MKS-80) is hooked up and ready for use.
It was an incredible challenge getting this beast to work … there was a lot wrong with it, but I persevered and I’m really proud of myself for diagnosing all the issues and solving them.
Get in touch if you need music made and we can use this gem!
March 26, 2025
Replaced the PSU inside the Yamaha KX88 keyboard this evening with the Mean Well PT-65C.
I absolutely love the feeling of the keys on this beast from the 80s and now it’ll last another 40 years. No modern weighted keyboard I’ve tried is anywhere near as good!
A huge thanks to @lixcreative for her superior dexterity and help getting it all installed. ❤️
March 4, 2025
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.
February 28, 2025
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.
February 14, 2025
Vintage Roland synth resuscitation. Might have to special order some chips for this guy … but it will be worth it.
February 6, 2025
Confusion ensues when your client uses a photo of your own studio space as their background in the video collab session.
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.
February 2, 2025
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!
January 26, 2025
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.
January 13, 2025
The Sennheiser 441 – the best dynamic mic ever made … sounds good on … everything!
January 7, 2025
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!
December 25, 2024
Replacing some ICs in an old synth’s midi board … hopefully I can breathe some new life into it!
July 23, 2023
Isolate and test #diy #1176 #revD #musicproducer #musicproduction #recordingstudio
July 16, 2023
Big brother and little brother. #musicproducer #musicproduction #recordingstudio #studio
July 13, 2023
Cool classical vibes playing this gem form @k.yairi_guitars today along with some super spacey piano. #musicproducer #musicproduction #recording #recordingstudio #guitar
July 12, 2023
Knocked over a bunch of ‘Les Paul’ Greco style today. Man this is a useful beast! #musicproducer #musicoroduction #recordingstudio #guitar #electricguitar
July 11, 2023
Spent some time with the Tele today … mid 80s MIJ. #musicproducer #musicproduction #recordingstudio #recordingengineer #mixingengineer #guitar
July 10, 2023
Send it out and bring it back. #musicproducer #musicproduction #recordingstudio #1176 #mixing
July 7, 2023
Pulling out the @seelectronics VR1 for acoustic on an EP … running through SSL 9000 preamps that I built last year from @seventhcircleaudio. #musicproducer #musicproduction #recording #acousticguitar #studio
June 23, 2023
Built this 1176 about 14 years ago and it was an early DIY project for me so not quite perfect! Doing a few repairs to bring it back to new.
June 16, 2023
Smashing a bunch of acoustic for a cool 5 track EP today.
May 25, 2023
Tonight’s office in Tokyo. #jazz #tokyojazz #japanesejazz #livejazz #livemusic #recording #crazylovekyodo
May 20, 2023
Great to hang out with Orimoto San, the king of 下倉アコースティック Shimokura Acoustic Guitars Ochanomizu.
I’ve bought two ヤイリギター K.Yairi Guitars from him and Lix North Artist has bought one as well.
Highly recommended to anyone looking for an incredible instrument at a great price. EMS postage worldwide is available. #acousticguitar #acoustic #japaneseguitar #ochanomizu
April 26, 2023
If you own one of these picks you have been a client for a VERY long time!
March 26, 2023
Congrats Royston on winning Australian Idol for 2023!
We worked on a tune together a few years back after also he won Take the Mic Australia. ✌🏻
#AustralianIdol
March 15, 2023
Good spot for lunch just up the road.
March 5, 2023
Just across the road from the new spot #Maleny #GlasshouseMountains
February 19, 2023
Fair bit of tone in this collection … packing them up for the big move.
February 2, 2023
Mixing and vocals for @andypenkow this week – @bethlucasmusic dropped in to lay vocals for one of the tunes today. Cool cats, good times, good tones.
January 12, 2023
Making some pretty hefty hip hop to start the year off. Yikes!
December 9, 2022
Played some drums on a cool indie rock single – pretty quick pace!
November 21, 2022
Playing some acoustic on some tunes.
