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December 9, 2024
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.
November 29, 2024
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 ✌🏻
November 25, 2024
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!
November 23, 2024
A rack of Neve 1272 and SSL 9000 inspired preamps … doing some maintenance to keep them in tip top shape.
October 21, 2024
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.
October 4, 2024
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!
September 18, 2024
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!).
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!
August 8, 2024
Not everything about working on tunes is black and white … but this photo is.
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!
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!).
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 ✌🏻❤️
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.
June 21, 2024
Had a chat with these cool cats recently about whether pop music has an algorithm!
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.
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
June 22, 2025
From jamming with Prince to Insta fame. The singularity – MonoNeon.
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 30, 2025
Portable setup … activate!
May 28, 2025
Some Wurli on some stuff!
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!
