Thanks Mark! Much appreciated. I've finally managed to secure some time in the studio with this guy to thoroughly test the gear myself, so let's put this puppy to sleep......

Here is something I use to get a 'Shellacky' guitar sound: Using a single-coil pickup guitar (pickup selector in an IN-PHASE position; this is important as it does not attenuate the higher frequency string noise), I put this through one of the really cheap early 90's Peavey guitar combo amps (like t...

Unfortunately, finding a reliable recording engineer who will work within our budgetary constraints is rather more difficult in Sydney, Australia. We've basically chosen this guy because he's cheap, and will allow me to pretty much engineer the recordings myself (and stay out of our way while we ove...

Thanks Chris. It's pretty difficult getting in touch with this guy. So much so, you guys on the ea site have responded to my post faster than he has responded to 2 emails requesting info from him. As a band we're trying to put as much time and effort as we can into making absolutely sure we don't wa...

Can anyone explain exactly how playing Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion or Nickelback in a dentist's office enhances the experience, and would therefore attract more customers than a dentist who operates in silence? I would much rather suffer the incessant whine of the drill than the incessant whine of la...

Gidday. our band (the Null Set) is about to make their first foray into the studio recording environment, and i need some help with identifying what some of the microphones this guy has are used for, their specs... anything informative basically, because the websites of the respective manufacturers ...

So capn, we should be discussing our favourite Al Caiola records? Or strictly sticking to records designed to explore the guitar talents of one (or more) particular guiatrist(s)? Aren't particular guitar sounds or combinations of guitar sounds just as important as the performance? There are albums, ...

Gudmornin'. Should we be concerned with mp3's disposability and lack of permanence when we are talking about strictly consumer issues? It seems that the current climate of disposable, easily digestible "art" (for wont of a better generic hyponym) is more a product of the innate industrial desire for...

Another first time post from Australia. Hello up there... Cricket is a game which (much like botulism and the common cold) is a legacy of English colonialism. It is a game in which a 300-pound man with enough serum cholesterol to fry eggs can become a national sporting icon (sex symbol, even...for m...