24.11.2012 Views

2L April 99 Studio - Two Louies Magazine

2L April 99 Studio - Two Louies Magazine

2L April 99 Studio - Two Louies Magazine

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

ART SPARKS $<br />

CRAVEDOG’S DAY<br />

TL EXTORTION PLOT<br />

CRAY GOES INDIE<br />

STUDIO/MASTERING GUIDE<br />

OREGON MUSIC / APRIL 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

FERNANDO<br />

GOES HOLLYWOOD<br />

photo Buko


THE AMERICAN<br />

FEDERATION OF<br />

MUSICIANS LOCAL<br />

<strong>99</strong> IS HERE TO<br />

HELP PROTECT<br />

ALL MUSICIANS.<br />

ALL YOU HAVE TO<br />

DO IS CALL FOR<br />

THE<br />

INFORMATION.<br />

SEE FOR<br />

YOURSELF IT'S A<br />

GOOD THING.<br />

THE AMERICAN<br />

FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS<br />

325 NE 20TH<br />

PORTLAND, OR 97232<br />

(503) 235-8791<br />

e-mail: afm.<strong>99</strong>@Juno .com<br />

http://www.teleport.com/~musenut/<br />

Local<strong>99</strong>.html<br />

Professional Musicians Agency<br />

(503) 235-8379


<strong>April</strong>, 1983. (l. to r.) Mark Spangler, Al Kooper and Jon Koonce rehearsing in Los Angeles for Koonce’s second A&M album, “I Got My Eye On You”.<br />

Johnny & The Distractions released their first<br />

indie album in December of 1980. Within weeks<br />

Rolling Stone <strong>Magazine</strong> had a copy and gave it a<br />

gushing review, Seattle promoter John Bauer signed Johnny<br />

and the band to a management contract and within months,<br />

they were in Los Angeles recording for A&M Records.<br />

The first album; Johnny & The Distractions “Let It Rock”<br />

was released in January of ’82, just as another A&M rookie<br />

leather jacketed roots rocker, Bryan Adams was having a breakthrough<br />

hit with “Cuts Like A Knife”. Johnny and his Distractions<br />

got lost in the promotional shuffle. The under-promoted<br />

lp still managed to sell 60,000 units.<br />

For the A&M follow-up, the focus was on Jon.<br />

Gone were the Distractions; keyboardist Gregg Perry,<br />

LETTERS<br />

<strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong> Extortion Attempt<br />

Following is a series of emails to twolouie@aol.com<br />

Our individual witty responses have been deleted<br />

for brevity.<br />

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 1<strong>99</strong>9 12:10:56 PM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Names<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

Like uh, you want this screen name? It’ll cost you!<br />

bassist Mark Larue Todd and drummer Kevin Jarvis.<br />

Only guitarist Mark Spangler survived.<br />

Sixties blues heavyweight Al Kooper was brought in to<br />

produce the horn laden tracks. Bryan Adams was going to be<br />

A&M’s Guitar Guy, Koonce would be the Soul Singer.<br />

The record sold barely 30 thousand units.<br />

By ’85 Jon was back in Portland with a reformed Johnny<br />

& The Distractions. Steve Miller’s manager was talking whole<br />

new deal and Capitol Records was very impressed that the<br />

band’s “Totally Distracted” indie release had produced a regional<br />

radio hit ;”She’s My Girl”.<br />

By February of 1986, The Distractions had played their<br />

last gig.<br />

Jon reunited with original Distractions keyboardist<br />

Date: Friday, March 5, 1<strong>99</strong>9 8:40:31 PM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Moronic behavior<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

So.... I’m thinkin’ ya should buy this screen name<br />

from me, Bubba. Only 200.00, but that will increase<br />

by 100.00 for every month during which you suffer<br />

brain damage and fail to respond.<br />

Signed, TWO LOUIES@AOL.COM (Pay attention<br />

you fool.)<br />

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1<strong>99</strong>9 9:12:15 PM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Re: Moronic behavior<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

Okily.<br />

Gregg Perry, drummer Gregg Williams and bassist Phil Haxton<br />

to form The Hawks, Later he put together Mystery Train with<br />

Mark Spangler on guitar, Andy Gauthier on drums and Rich<br />

Gooch on bass.<br />

In early ’92 Koonce formed the Gas Hogs with Gauthier<br />

on drums and Don Weiss on bass. They played their first gig<br />

at the Dandelion Pub.<br />

In the Spring of 1<strong>99</strong>5 the Gas Hogs released “Forever<br />

Faithful Rockin’ Daddy”<br />

In January of 1<strong>99</strong>6 Andy Strange replaced Don Weiss<br />

on bass.<br />

In May of 1<strong>99</strong>7 the Gas Hogs released “Pump Sausage”<br />

In the summer of 1<strong>99</strong>8 Jon Koonce moved to Nashville.<br />

How about 300.00? You can take the dough out of<br />

the hides of the supposed “webmasters” with which<br />

you currently surround yourself. Are they “huffers”<br />

by chance?<br />

Please remit your payment to:<br />

M.C.M.<br />

P.O. Box 24<br />

North Plains, OR 97133<br />

Once received, you can assume control/ownership of<br />

the screen name <strong>Two</strong><strong>Louies</strong><br />

(<strong>Two</strong><strong>Louies</strong>@AOL.COM), per AOL’s Rules & Regulations,<br />

and I will agree to NOT beat you senseless<br />

with your own stupidity, with regard to securing the<br />

rights to your own blasted name.<br />

Sincerly,<br />

<strong>Two</strong><strong>Louies</strong>@aol.com<br />

Continued on page 23<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 3


Page 4 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

Monkey Fur; too much fun for<br />

a pig and a clown.


y Marianne Steiner<br />

GROWTH IS GOOD<br />

Jon Lemon at Walter Midi<br />

wants people to know (who<br />

don’t already) about his new<br />

building, significantly upgraded<br />

to 2200 sq. ft. of<br />

recording space. Full of<br />

new equipment: Manley<br />

pre amps, Yamaha 02R , Hammond B3<br />

organ and Steinway 7’ grand piano.<br />

When asked what appeals<br />

to musicians who record at<br />

Midi, Jon says, “They pick it for<br />

the space, the recording<br />

room is huge (24’ high ceilings)<br />

and comfortable. I’ve<br />

got top-notch quality equipment,<br />

which makes for a great<br />

sound. The cost is reasonable.” Current<br />

projects being recorded at Midi are<br />

Five Fingers of Funk, rapper/hip hop<br />

artist Al C, Hog Whitman, who’s a regular<br />

on Imus in the Morning, B<br />

Sharpe and The Radio Flyers.<br />

Kevin Hahn at Opal <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

has added a second larger recording<br />

room as well as a new fully automated<br />

digital console (Yamaha 02R) and<br />

new tube pre amps, which it seems more<br />

and more studios are using these days to get that<br />

“warm clear sound.” Bassist Albert Reda is recording<br />

tracks at Opal right now for a solo CD<br />

project. Stephanie Schneiderman is working<br />

with Kevin on her first CD project and singer/<br />

songwriter/guitar player Kent Dolan is at Opal<br />

recording tracks for his upcoming CD.<br />

Dennis Carter at Falcon is looking forward to<br />

the opening of his new recording room, designed by<br />

Richie Moore in California (former Plant and Abbey<br />

Road engineer). The room will open in early summer.<br />

Though smaller than the main room, the new<br />

room will be loaded with a 16 track digital recorder,<br />

8 track pro tools, Mackie digital console and audio<br />

for video. Falcon’s main room, which is equipped<br />

“ ‘The Mic Strangla,’ 23 year old Octavia, Portland’s<br />

premiere female rapper, has just released “Walking<br />

on Water,” which includes tracks featuring locals<br />

Abdi Sharif, Q7 and Davon.”<br />

with lots of vintage gear, is booked through the end<br />

of June. Dennis says bands like to record at Falcon<br />

because it’s casual and it’s known for getting that “fat,<br />

Tommy Tutone; a new backup band.<br />

old sound” out of the equipment. Generator just<br />

finished recording their new CD and the buzz is that<br />

Epic & Capital may be interested. The American Girls<br />

will start a 7 week block of recording at Falcon early<br />

this month. Ezra Holbrook will be producing that<br />

CD for Trauma Records. In June, Grindstone will be<br />

heading to Falcon for a 2-3 week block of recording<br />

for their next CD. Obo Addi, whom Dennis has<br />

worked with for over 10 years, will be putting down<br />

tracks early this month before leaving for a tour to<br />

Ghana. Dennis, who himself is a drummer, has just<br />

joined Soul Vaccination. After being solely dedicated<br />

to his studio for the past 12 years, Dennis<br />

is looking forward to getting back out to live<br />

gigs and enjoying the performing side again.<br />

Sounds like Dennis is striking balance. That’s<br />

a good sign that things are goin’ fine over at Falcon.<br />

Right on.<br />

Red Carpet Treatment<br />

After 18 years at his current SW location,<br />

Gavin Pursinger will be relocating<br />

Red Carpet in the next month,<br />

though the location hasn’t been<br />

disclosed at this time. Gavin’s got<br />

a huge collection of vintage tube<br />

recording equipment. He joked<br />

that he likes tube equipment so<br />

much because “it looks really cool<br />

when you turn all the lights out and<br />

it also helps keep the heating bills<br />

down.” But of course, those who know Gavin and<br />

those who have recorded at Red Carpet, know that<br />

it’s Gavin’s passion for sound and his interest<br />

in the equipment’s åhistory that keeps<br />

him dusting off those tubes and recording<br />

such great music with them. Lisa<br />

Miller and the Trailer Park Honeys are<br />

mixing tracks at Red Carpet right now.<br />

Featured guests on her upcoming CD are<br />

Billy Kennedy, Paul Brainard, Little Sue<br />

and Bingo. Look for a summer<br />

release date on Undercover<br />

Records. Also tracking at<br />

Red Carpet is June Howell,<br />

wife of Joe from Uncle Joe’s<br />

Guitar Shop. She’s putting out a<br />

singer’s album featuring Eddie<br />

Weed on piano. Joe is producing<br />

the CD.<br />

Homestyle<br />

Mark Kaeder, engineer/owner of<br />

No Moving Parts studio, wants to let bands<br />

know that his all-digital recording studio is a fun<br />

place to record at. “I’ve got all pro gear, and because<br />

my studio is in my house, it’s inexpensive to record<br />

here.” Mark says he tailors his approach to recording<br />

to the band’s needs and provides a comfortable<br />

“home-like” recording environment that allows<br />

people to relax and enjoy themselves. Like Kevin at<br />

Opal, Mark relies on tube equipment: mics, pre amp<br />

and compressor, to add that warm tube sound to his<br />

digital recordings.<br />

On Site Audio<br />

It’s always nice to add a couple of live tracks onto<br />

a CD project. On site will record anywhere and anytime<br />

a band needs. Check out On Site’s ad in this<br />

issue.<br />

Messenger Tracks<br />

Ed Hobbs at Messenger Tracks Recording is well<br />

sought out these days, having a hefty amount of his<br />

studio time booked by acts from Grapetree Music<br />

Continued on page 12<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 5


Petty on Board!<br />

MP3 continues to share dominance on the<br />

internet scene along with internet radio as the main<br />

topics of activity and developing news.<br />

Internet music label MP3.com scored big time<br />

with the announcement of the release of “Free Girl<br />

Now” a new track, in it’s entirety, from Tom Petty’s<br />

new Warner Bros. Album “Echo” due out mid <strong>April</strong>.<br />

The release comes a full 30 days prior to the release<br />

of the album. This represents a major step forward in<br />

the acceptance of the MP3 format by major artists<br />

and their willingness to use the medium to market<br />

their products which are currently distributed via<br />

conventional means.<br />

In addition to MP3.com, Tunes.com, parent site<br />

of RollingStone.com, DownBeat.com, and<br />

TheSource.com, has added both an MP3 search engine<br />

and an unsigned artist MP3 upload area on its<br />

site.<br />

MTV Networks also announced plans to add<br />

MP3’s to its MTV Online and VH1 Online sites in<br />

addition to a new and as yet unnamed hub site, due<br />

later this year.<br />

You knew it was Coming!<br />

Along with recent announcements regarding<br />

artists and content, digital technology itself is making<br />

major news with the reported pending release of<br />

a new music format from Microsoft that will allow<br />

computer users to digitally download music approximately<br />

twice as fast as MP3? Given their market penetration<br />

and dominance, this could conceivably be<br />

an MP3 killer. Industry insiders say Microsoft is<br />

making aggressive moves within the music industry<br />

to ensure that it wins the war to establish the de facto<br />

digital distribution standard.<br />

The reported release of MS Audio 4.0 will be<br />

capable of delivering a superior digital product to that<br />

of MP3 using about half the amount of computer<br />

storage. Microsoft reportedly plans to include the<br />

multimedia application in its forthcoming Windows<br />

Media Player 4.0, due for a beta release in <strong>April</strong>.<br />

The newest version of Windows Media Player<br />

will be shipped as a built-in application with future<br />

versions of Windows 98 and the forthcoming Windows<br />

2000.<br />

Page 6 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

This new technology reportedly does have some<br />

form of copyright protection. A customized version<br />

of the new technology is expected to be shipped with<br />

future versions of Microsoft’s portable PC operating<br />

system Windows CE. Many handheld computer makers,<br />

including Casio and Everex, are already ramping<br />

up for the new technology by adding stereo output<br />

jacks into their newest palm-size computer models.<br />

Microsoft is quietly demonstrating MS Audio<br />

4.0 to key music industry executives; the company<br />

plans to feature authorized music by some major labels<br />

in a promotion surrounding the forthcoming<br />

debut of the technology. Many key details about MS<br />

Audio 4.0 remain unknown, and Microsoft is not<br />

commenting stating that “it does not comment on<br />

unreleased products”.<br />

Make no mistake about it, Microsoft is moving<br />

in a major fashion to position itself in the digital<br />

“MTV Networks also announced plans to add MP3’s to<br />

its MTV Online and VH1 Online sites in addition to a<br />

new and as yet unnamed hub site, due later this year.”<br />

download domain. Microsoft recently announced a<br />

$15 million equity investment in digital rights management<br />

company Reciprocal. Microsoft’s sudden<br />

move into the digital download arena joins an already<br />

fiercely crowded race. IBM, Sony Corp., AT&T Labs<br />

a2b, and Liquid Audio are among the major companies<br />

offering proprietary digital download systems.<br />

RealNetworks, a leading streaming audio company,<br />

is also expected to unveil its own proprietary<br />

digital download solution in the coming weeks. In<br />

addition, RealNetworks, is making available new MP3<br />

streaming technology to its existing user base of over<br />

15 million registered users of RealPlayer G2. An MP3<br />

streaming plug-in, created by Digital Bitcasting Corp.,<br />

is available as an “auto-update” to G2. RealNetworks<br />

recently signed distribution deals with America<br />

Online and Netscape to ensure that MP3 players will<br />

soon be more prevalent than ever<br />

As previously reported, all of these companies<br />

are active members of the music industry’s Secure<br />

Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) Microsoft is reportedly<br />

making it’s move very early in an attempt to introduce<br />

its MS Audio 4.0 prior to the establishment<br />

of any SDMI-approved standard.<br />

Music industry officials are quoted as taking a<br />

wait and see attitude towards the recent reports. Industry<br />

executives say “[Microsoft] will need to demonstrate<br />

a clear commitment to SDMI, and the copyright<br />

protection goals stated for this initiative, before<br />

[we are] willing to consider supporting their efforts<br />

“Digital technology itself is making major news with<br />

the reported pending release of a new music format<br />

from Microsoft that will allow computer users to<br />

digitally download music approximately twice as fast<br />

as MP3. Given their market penetration and<br />

dominance, this could conceivably be an MP3 killer.”<br />

Windows Media Player will reportedly continue<br />

to support unprotected format MP3; a source says<br />

that the software may enable users to convert select<br />

MS Audio 4.0 files into MP3 files. This feature would<br />

allow Microsoft’s new format to be compatible with<br />

the existing generation of portable music players, such<br />

as Diamond Multimedia’s Rio and Creative<br />

Technology’s Project NOMAD which would be a huge<br />

breath of relief. Without this compatibility, and the<br />

fact that Microsoft is including this technology in it’s<br />

pda designed O/S CE, that could be a death knoll to<br />

the MP3 hardware format.<br />

One industry source was quoted as stating that<br />

“Microsoft doesn’t want to go to war with MP3, but,<br />

they do want to make sure that their technology is<br />

widely used.”<br />

Other News<br />

As stated at the top of the column, the other<br />

major development on the web is the continuing proliferation<br />

of “web radio”<br />

The Beastie Boys’ label, Grand Royal, has opened<br />

up its own all-day, all-night radio station on the<br />

Internet. The station plays primarily only Grand Royal<br />

artists. The playlist includes new tracks from Sean<br />

Lennon, Buffalo Daughter, and Ben Lee; Plans are also<br />

in development to include unreleased and rare tracks<br />

from the label’s roster. The station is webcast using<br />

yet another new technology, MP3 streaming technology<br />

SHOUTCAST and can be found at<br />

www.grandroyal.com.<br />

Not to be outdone, Jimmy Buffett has launched<br />

his own around-the-clock radio station on the<br />

Internet. Radio Margaritaville features classic Buffett<br />

tracks for Parrotheads, as well as several unreleased<br />

and rare recordings. Radio Margaritaville can be accessed<br />

at www.margaritaville.com.<br />

LL


Fresh off the heady exposure of 2<br />

screenings of an “Adidash” spoof on<br />

Fox 49’s Indie Film Showcase, the<br />

TuTu/Archon collaborations continue to roast<br />

culture, gleefully poking fun with a sharp schtick.<br />

This next batch they are cooking up smells like<br />

boiled cabbage and is as juicy as a greasy sausage.<br />

It is “Polka ’<strong>99</strong> - The Kielbasa Kronicles”<br />

(brought to you by PVC, the Polka Home Shopping<br />

Network). Included in this scintillating smorgasbord<br />

is the world premiere of four Polkatastic videos: “Saving<br />

the Thin Red Kielbasa”, “2001: A Polka Odyssey”,<br />

“Yankovic In Love/Shakespeare in Leiderhosen”, and<br />

“Polka In A Bottle”. Polkateers responsible for the celluloid:<br />

Larry Smith, Jeff Bucy, Ted Eugenis, Jim Baldwin,<br />

Greg McMickle, Wade Evans, Robin Hoffmeister, Lisa<br />

Hval, Tom Shrader, Patrick Leary, MaryChris Mass, Brad<br />

Krohn, Marguerite Scott, Vicki Dalpez, Bridgid<br />

Blackburn, Botielus, and yours truly. The PolkaFest will<br />

include Polkadelic musical acts: A contingency<br />

of The Portland Accordion Club,<br />

led by Pete Kowsun, The PolkaDoubts,<br />

Little Deb and The Stoners, Samsonite<br />

& Delight-Ya, and DJ Woijee. There will<br />

be a Bowling Skills Clinic, Cabbage Rolling<br />

Contest, Polish Speaking Interpreter,<br />

and Polka Dancing Lessons! Oh,<br />

my mind is reeling! All this will happen<br />

on MayDay - Saturday May 1st ,<br />

8pm at The Eagles Lodge, 4904 SE<br />

Hawthorne Blvd, in Portland. Lots of<br />

free parking, Full No Host Bar (cash<br />

only at yesterday’s prices), Polka Cola,<br />

and Kielbasa in a Blanket. $3 donation<br />

requested at the door, $1.29 if dressed in<br />

polka attire or donating canned food (to be<br />

held in the Chesky family Y2K food locker),<br />

$5 for PIBs (Persons In Black) fl this is a colorful occasion,<br />

by gum! For more information: (503)231-8891,<br />

firedrill.com/polka, & www.AudioPhile.com/Cheese.<br />

Before that, Pirate Jenny will hoist the mainsail to<br />

ride the tide of their second CD release. They’ll be opening<br />

the treasure chest at Berbatis to reveal what’s in the<br />

glistening jewel case labeled “Once Upon a Wave” on<br />

tax day, <strong>April</strong> 15. Avast me mateys! With songs like<br />

“Damn Fine Sailor” and “The Loneliest Sailor” and<br />

“Long Time Sailing”, you’ll have to “Strap On Your Courage”<br />

to avoid a “Chain Reaction (Shackle Reaction)”. The<br />

lyrics are hilarious and really paint a<br />

picture of what concerns a pirate might<br />

have had in the course of his swashbuckling.<br />

It’s not all guns a blazing, but<br />

also thoughtful introspection about<br />

topics like cures for scurvy and cat-onine<br />

tail sores, and wondering if any<br />

mail washed up in a bottle that day. The<br />

tunes have a surprising amount of variety even though<br />

they are all attached to the pirate theme; Paul Ianotti<br />

really rips on the wooden xylophone in “Chatterbox”,<br />

and “Black Flag” & “Courage” flat out rock a metal boat!<br />

So, round up your Jolly friend Roger to swill some spiced<br />

rum and holler robust “Yo, ho-ho’s”, whether or not they<br />

are in key! Every Pirate Jenny show is an evening of ribald<br />

debauchery, me laddies! A rip-roaring, seafarin’ good<br />

time is guaranteed to all & to all a good night! For maximum<br />

understanding of the Pirate Jenny phenomenon<br />

and garb suggestions for the show, have a gander at their<br />

award winning web site: www.teleport.com/~pirate/<br />

“Every Thursday, Patrick Lamb and Dan Balmer host a<br />

Jazz Jam at the Heathman Hotel from 8pm - 12am in the<br />

historic lobby. All you have to do is show up with your<br />

axe and let Patrick or Dan know that you want to play.”<br />

pj.html. For more info: Pirate@teleport.com<br />

From the cloth of The Furleys, Brian Copeland<br />

has sewn together a new pair of Pale Green Pants. Cindy<br />

Rosen, Photographic Documentarian of local stars, suggested<br />

the moniker “The Ropers” as a more natural progression<br />

from The Furleys, but they<br />

photo Larry Smith<br />

Half of The PolkaDoubts: Delight-Ya, D'Anse Combeau, and Samsonite.<br />

went with the Dr. Seuss story instead. This band is going<br />

to be just as full of energy, Brian says, with “Lots of<br />

pop, lots of groove, lots of wack! The material is really<br />

strong - we are keeping a few Furleys favorites, but most<br />

of the material is new. Sort of imagine The Furleys with<br />

the same groove, but with more pop and variety. Not a<br />

funk band, but still some funk influence. Right now we<br />

are working on finishing up recording a demo and will<br />

be playing out in the next few months. The recording is<br />

nearly finished and is turning out great. I have a great<br />

feeling about this one! I can’t wait to get out and play<br />

again!” Brian has been writing new songs with Eric Flagel<br />

of Beater & Folk You, and they will both sing and play<br />

guitar. The additional legs of Pale Green Pants are: Gene<br />

Ermel (drums), Rob Schrecongost (bass) and Mark<br />

Talley (tenor saxophone).<br />

From the turbulent relationship down below in<br />

“Three’s Company” to a partnership reaching for the<br />

stars. Saxophonist extraordinaire Patrick Lamb and Actress<br />

nonpareil Amy Maxwell have announced their<br />

engagement and impending marriage next year in the<br />

little white wedding chapel near Oaks Park. The wedding<br />

will be intimately private, and the reception afterwards<br />

is sure to be a who’s-who of successful and popular<br />

musicians. I’m sharpening my pencils already!<br />

Patrick and Amy’s love story is so heartwarming<br />

and inspiring. They have been dating almost three years,<br />

and met at Nordstrom when she was doing special events<br />

for the Oregon region as one of their special events coordinators.<br />

She had been there for a decade when they<br />

met, having started when she was fourteen, and putting<br />

herself through college. They fell in love, Patrick’s business<br />

was growing, and a year later, Amy decided to trek<br />

out on a new journey and leave corporate life to work<br />

together. Now Patrick handles the music issues, and Amy<br />

handles the marketing, bookings, publicity, managing,<br />

accounting and all the other business stuff Patrick<br />

doesn’t like. Then on the side when Amy is not working<br />

with Patrick, she is pursuing her acting career. She has<br />

worked on various projects in the area, including the<br />

motion picture Zero Effect, movies filmed for the Lifetime<br />

channel, industrials, commercials, and has been<br />

studying acting on a regular basis. Patrick is very supportive<br />

of her love for acting. She tells me there have<br />

been many times she has racked up a huge cell phone<br />

bill because she is doing work from the set of a project.<br />

Amy says “It is nice because both of our loves of<br />

entertaining tend to go hand in hand, and we both<br />

enjoy what the other loves to do. We have a very<br />

exciting life and we are both getting a chance to<br />

do what we love, and I wouldn’t trade it for the<br />

world.”<br />

If doing what you love is playing your<br />

instrument in public every chance you<br />

get, you should know about Patrick’s<br />

weekly jams. Every Thursday, he and<br />

Dan Balmer host a Jazz Jam at the<br />

Heathman Hotel from 8pm - 12am in<br />

the historic lobby. All you have to do is<br />

show up with your axe and let Patrick or Dan<br />

know that you want to play. After the first<br />

set by the quartet, you can sit in with Dan<br />

on guitar, Patrick on sax, George Mitchell<br />

on piano, and Jeff Minniweather on<br />

drums. Amy says “It’s a great group of<br />

guys to play with, even if they haven’t had a chance to<br />

before”. Botielus and I are gonna grab our accordions<br />

and run down there, for sure! When’s the last time you<br />

think there was some squeezin’ at the Heathman? For<br />

more info: Patrick Lamb’s 24 hour Schedule Line<br />

(503)650-7138, lamb@teleport.com,<br />

www.patricklamb.com.<br />

If you’d like to let me know what you’re up to:<br />

Delight-Ya@juno.com, PO Box 6714, Portland OR<br />

97228-6714<br />

LL<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 7


Seeing Red— Baseboard Heaters<br />

Self-Produced<br />

The Alt/Country tag in the realm of Pop music<br />

is an interesting one. The term presupposes that it is<br />

some new hybrid form: a random musical mutation<br />

in Rock ‘n’ Roll. But, in reality, nothing could be<br />

further from the truth. Since the early days of<br />

Elvis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash; to Buddy<br />

Holly, Chuck Berry and the Everly Brothers;<br />

recycled by way of England via the Beatles<br />

and the Stones; from whence it was then<br />

re-integrated in the US in the Early ’70s<br />

by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, the Eagles, the<br />

latter-day Byrds and most of all by<br />

Creedence Clearwater Revival, perhaps<br />

the definitive Alt/Country band— Country<br />

music has been as intrinsic as Rhythm<br />

& Blues in constructing the<br />

foundation of Rock ‘n’ Roll.<br />

In the ’80s the Country<br />

banner in Rock was carried<br />

by John Mellancamp,<br />

but upstarts such as REM<br />

and Elvis Costello, as well as<br />

the Replacements were in<br />

the parade as well. In the<br />

’90s, Soul Asylum and the Wilco<br />

contingent adopted County elements.<br />

The entire Grunge movement could be seen<br />

as rooted in the revivalist days of the early ’70s: plaid<br />

flannel shirts and all, the father of which has been<br />

deemed to be Neil Young. In truth, Country music<br />

has always been an integral feature of Rock music and<br />

it always will be. Alt/Country is just a hype term to<br />

get the kids to buy something they think is new and<br />

Page 8 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

different, Like the Swing thing.<br />

Anyway, there has always been a strong “Alt/<br />

Country” scene in Portland, from the days of Triggers<br />

Revenge, Wheatfield and Hurrman Burrman, to<br />

current times with the likes of Haymaker, Thrillbilly<br />

and Sunset Valley. Add to the list Baseboard Heaters,<br />

a likable quartet who combine strands of the Replace-<br />

ments, Soul Asylum, the Outlaws, the Eagles and even,<br />

on occasion, Counting Crows to weave a muscular,<br />

jangling sound of their own.<br />

Guitarists Rob Stroup and Matt Brown are<br />

joined by bassist Matt Souther and drummer Jason<br />

Krzmarzick to create a hardscrabble joyful noise, like<br />

the sound of a well-tuned Chevy pickup crunching<br />

down a gravel road in the musical heartland. Stroup<br />

writes and sings most of the songs, though Brown<br />

contributes a tune or two as well, while fulfilling his<br />

role as lead guitarist.<br />

Astute local scenesters might recognize Souther’s<br />

name from his former job as a managerial type and<br />

occasional radio personality with KNRK radio, as well<br />

as from his current position with KINK. But, as with<br />

all the various forms of media largess we might encounter<br />

within our beloved musical community, we<br />

need only ask if Matt can do the job to which he is<br />

assigned. And the answer here is yes, he fits in fine in<br />

this scenario.<br />

And the scenario, with just a couple of exceptions,<br />

is a high-energy affair that owes as much to<br />

Carl Perkins as it does to the Replacements. The band<br />

alternates between chunky and biting, power-chord<br />

dominated opuses and more homely rockers that<br />

percolate with smart fervency.<br />

“Roll The Dice” is of the former variety. Over<br />

slashing, Neil Youngish chords, Stroup’s twangy drawl<br />

bears a vocal resemblance to a young Glen Frey as he<br />

ponders his younger days— “I turned the page on<br />

my photo book/’Til I saw the strange and innocent<br />

“There has always been a strong ‘Alt/Country’<br />

scene in Portland, from the days of Triggers<br />

Revenge, Wheatfield and Hurrman Burrman, to<br />

current times with the likes of Haymaker,<br />

Thrillbilly and Sunset Valley.”<br />

The Baseboard Heaters; as comfortable as old sneakers.<br />

looks/In eyes too young and cynical/When life had<br />

everything to offer and heaven held all the answers/<br />

We knew who hung the stars made them spherical.”<br />

Brown’s “Minneapolis” finds him longing for his<br />

homeland “To see my saviors where they play guitar<br />

and sing.” Apparently they don’t do enough of that<br />

here in Cocktail Town. “You lose the beauty of the<br />

melody” and all that. A churning riff, reminiscent of<br />

Costello’s “Pump It Up,” propels the tune. With a truck<br />

drivin’ rhythm and some flashy County licks by<br />

Brown, “Cigarette Girl” chugs along on a nicotine<br />

high, backing Stroup in his adolescent tale of sexual<br />

fantasy regarding that young woman who hawks the<br />

Camels in a bar near you tonight.<br />

The early Eagles come to mind on “Road,” a<br />

slowed down remake of Johnny Rivers’ “Secret Agent<br />

Man,” with cowboy boots and prairie dogs as the<br />

props in this wild<br />

wild western tune.<br />

The jagged rhythm<br />

guitar chords of<br />

“In The Morning”<br />

illuminate Stroup’s<br />

soberly mature<br />

lyric (for a song<br />

based on Country<br />

values) that curiously<br />

considers<br />

the morning after,<br />

the night before. A<br />

jarringly jaunty<br />

Country flavored<br />

bridge hotwires<br />

this runaway tractor.<br />

The ballad<br />

“So Far To<br />

You” treads familiar<br />

musical cornfields,<br />

though<br />

here again Stroup’s oddly existential lyrics add interesting<br />

spice to the proceedings: the bitter last days of<br />

a dying relationship. “Demon” recorded live on<br />

KBOO, benefits from a good mix of Krzmarzick’s<br />

crispy snare smacks to drive a minor key rocker.<br />

Continued on page 10


RECORDING CONTRACTS AND<br />

“RECOUPABLES”<br />

As mentioned in previous articles, the typical<br />

recording contract will allow the record company to<br />

reimburse itself (recoup) certain specified costs from<br />

the artist’s future royalties, before any artist royalties<br />

are actually paid to the artist.<br />

For example, if an artist is due $100,000 in royalties,<br />

and at the same time $80,000 of recoupable expenses<br />

have accumulated, the record company will reimburse<br />

itself the $80,000 off the top, and pay the artist<br />

the remaining $20,000 (i.e., the $100,000 minus the<br />

$80,000).<br />

If, on the other hand, the artist’s future royalties<br />

are $30,000, and the total recoupable expenses are<br />

$80,000, then the record company customarily will<br />

have to eat the $50,000 shortfall (i.e., the $80,000 minus<br />

the $30,000), and will not be entitled to go after<br />

the artist personally to collect from the artist any part<br />

of the shortfall.<br />

When negotiating a recording contract, it is of<br />

course in the artist’s best interests to limit as much as<br />

possible the costs which the record company can later<br />

recoup from the artist’s royalties. The outcome of such<br />

negotiations on the issue of recoupable expenses will<br />

depend in part on the artist’s negotiating clout, and<br />

on the particular record company involved. Even so,<br />

there are some customary parameters on what can be<br />

negotiated on the various issues relating to<br />

recoupables, and there are customary limits beyond<br />

which record companies will generally not negotiate.<br />

The most common recoupables are as follows:<br />

1. Recording Costs. The most common traditional<br />

recoupable item is recording costs. This usually includes<br />

not only the recording studio’s time charges<br />

and recording materials (such as tape and outboard<br />

gear), but also rehearsal studio expenses, session fees<br />

paid to session musicians, the cost of transporting<br />

equipment, and miscellaneous other recording-related<br />

expenses. However, “mastering” is not generally considered<br />

a recoupable expense.<br />

In some situations, the producer’s fees will also<br />

be treated as a recoupable expense, depending on how<br />

the deal is structured.<br />

2. Personal Cash Advances. Major labels often<br />

pay cash advances to artists above and beyond the actual<br />

recording costs. For example, the advance for an<br />

album might be $150,000, with $125,000 of that<br />

amount allocated to the estimated out-of-pocket recording<br />

costs, and the remaining $25,000 to be considered<br />

a cash advance to the artist, to be used by the<br />

artist for living expenses, etc. These personal advances<br />

are almost always recoupable from future royalties, at<br />

least for new artists. However, if the artist has substantial<br />

negotiating clout, some or all of the cash advance<br />

may be treated as a non-recoupable signing<br />

bonus.<br />

3. Production Costs of Music Videos. Typically,<br />

one-half (50%) of the cost of producing music videos<br />

will be recoupable from the artist’s future record sales<br />

royalties. Recording contracts often also provide that<br />

the other one-half of the video production costs are<br />

recoupable from video-related monies potentially<br />

payable by the record company to the artist — for<br />

example, royalties payable to the artist from acrossthe-counter<br />

music videos sales (though as a practical<br />

“The 100% recoupability of tour<br />

support for concert tours is to be<br />

distinguished from tour support for<br />

so-called “talk tours,” where the<br />

record company at its own expense<br />

sets up tours for press interviews,<br />

radio station visits, “meets and<br />

greets,” in different locations, not<br />

involving any concert performances.”<br />

matter such royalties are rarely generated in any significant<br />

amounts, except in the case of very successful<br />

artists).<br />

4. Independent Promotion. If the record company<br />

hires outside (“independent”) promotion people<br />

to promote a record to radio stations, usually onehalf<br />

(and sometimes all) of the “independent promotion”<br />

costs will be recoupable. The exact percentage<br />

will depend on the artist’s negotiating leverage. If the<br />

artist has any negotiating clout at all, recoupability can<br />

usually be kept to 50%, and if possible, independent<br />

promotion costs should be totally non-recoupable.<br />

It should also be mentioned that typically none<br />

of the costs of the record company’s own in-house<br />

normal promotional efforts should ever be considered<br />

recoupable.<br />

5 “Special Promotion”. Some contracts will provide<br />

that “special promotion” expenses (but not “normal”<br />

promotion expenses) will be recoupable. It is<br />

very important that the term “special promotion” be<br />

specifically defined in the contract. Otherwise, there<br />

are likely to later be disagreements between the artist<br />

and record company, as to whether particular expenses<br />

should in fact be considered “special promotion” expenses<br />

(as opposed to “normal” promotion expenses),<br />

and hence recoupable.<br />

6. Tour Support. Years ago, tour support for<br />

concert tours was almost always totally non-recoupable.<br />

Today, however, tour support is often one hundred<br />

percent (100%) recoupable.<br />

The 100% recoupability of tour support for concert<br />

tours is to be distinguished from tour support for<br />

so-called “talk tours,” where the record company at its<br />

own expense sets up tours for press interviews, radio<br />

station visits, “meets and greets,” in different locations,<br />

not involving any concert performances. Due to the<br />

high cost of performance touring, these “talk tours”<br />

have become increasingly common in recent years for<br />

certain genres of artists. The cost of such “talk tours”<br />

is generally not recoupable from the artist’s future royalties.<br />

7. Artwork. Artwork costs are generally not recoupable.<br />

However, many recording contracts provide<br />

that if the label incurs extra and unusual expenses<br />

due to the fact that the artist has requested or approved<br />

“special” artwork or packaging, the label will be entitled<br />

to recoup the additional and non-standard costs<br />

involved.<br />

RED FLAG ISSUES<br />

Sometimes one will encounter an independent<br />

label contract providing that the record company will<br />

be entitled to recoup not only the various expenses<br />

mentioned above, but also in-house promotion expenses,<br />

and even sometimes the cost of mastering and<br />

(in extreme cases) the cost of manufacturing records.<br />

These types of costs (particularly manufacturing<br />

costs) should, of course, never be recoupable. If<br />

they are, it is extremely likely that the artist will never<br />

earn a significant amount of royalties, if any at all. In<br />

effect, what the record company is doing here is making<br />

the artist shoulder the large bulk of the total costs<br />

from the artist’s relatively small share of the total<br />

record sales income. No reputable record company<br />

will try to recoup manufacturing costs and in-house<br />

Continued on page 25<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 9


Continued from page 8<br />

Brown’s “We’ll See,” also recorded live on KBOO, is<br />

an all-around shitkicking two-step<br />

yahoo romp, chock-full of awshucks<br />

guitar pickin’.<br />

Baseboard Heaters are as<br />

comfortable as an old pair of<br />

sneakers. Their songs lack classic<br />

hooklines or choruses, yet<br />

they resonate with enough dusty<br />

charm to pass muster. Stroup’s familiar<br />

vocal twang isn’t memorable on its own, but<br />

rings with a certain vibrancy. Brown’s<br />

edgy guitar stylings are a spirited sprint<br />

through cowpie heaven, with enough<br />

crunch in the clinches to rock out<br />

when necessary.<br />

All in all, the Heaters<br />

generate enough warmth to<br />

take the chill off a room,<br />

but it never quite gets toasty<br />

or steamy. Refinement of<br />

their promising songwriting<br />

ability would bode the band<br />

well as would a concentration<br />

on the individual songs’<br />

presentation. There is much<br />

to like about the band, but not<br />

quite enough (as yet) to set them apart<br />

from other bands of their breed.<br />

Old Man Motel— Fernando<br />

Crave Dog Records<br />

Fernando Viciconte, teamed with producer/<br />

prodigy/multi-instrumentalist Luther Russell, turned<br />

in one of Portland’s best albums of 1<strong>99</strong>8 with Pacoima,<br />

a raucous and tender tribute to Viciconte’s Hispanic<br />

heritage. The sad/joyous piquancy of that Spanish<br />

sung masterpiece stands in testament to the special<br />

musical abilities that both musicians demonstrated<br />

with uncanny regularity. Because this new album is a<br />

“Fernando Viciconte, and presumably Luther Russell,<br />

have concocted another minor masterpiece with Old<br />

Man Motel. They mine rich veins of musical gold,<br />

utilizing well-planned arrangements and magical<br />

production choices.”<br />

May release, the advance copy received contained no<br />

information whatsoever regarding the lineup of musical<br />

contributors. So, it is impossible to determine<br />

with absolute certitude that Russell has indeed returned<br />

to produce and play on this outing, but all the<br />

elements are in place to hazard an educated guess that<br />

he probably has.<br />

Page 10 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

For this is another wonderful record, full of a<br />

rich musical heritage that spreads its Latin roots<br />

through the fertile ground of such disparate Rock<br />

influences as the Beatles, Creedence and Neil Young,<br />

the Blues and traditional Folk genres; with succinct<br />

instrumental accompaniment and very few wasted<br />

strokes. The marriage of Fernando’s rich voice and<br />

intelligent songs with artful arrangements<br />

and clever<br />

photo Buko<br />

Fernando; tapped into the wellspring of genius.<br />

instrumentation makes for a marvelously eclectic<br />

collection, nearly as endearing as its predecessor.<br />

The album “starts up” with the driving “Ride” a<br />

chunky piece of swamp dog, raw and sinewy. A simple<br />

electric guitar figure, sort of like a twisted version of<br />

that found in Creedence’s “Born On The Bayou,” floats<br />

over an insistent upstroke Tex-Mex rhythm guitar and<br />

buoyant bass, an urgent cowbell pushing the beat of<br />

the catchy chorus, as Fernando shouts down some<br />

bad voogum vocals. Rootsy and timeless. Very cool.<br />

Very cool too is the Beatlesque “Same Ol’ King,”<br />

Lennon inspired piano plunking and close-harmony<br />

vocals call to mind something from the Sergeant Pepper<br />

period. Even more John-like is the stirring “Jesus,”<br />

in which Fernando captures precisely the visceral<br />

angst of Lennon’s “Mother,” while smoldering Neil<br />

Young inspired guitars rumble and flare beneath.<br />

Tough stuff!<br />

“So. California” echoes Nilsson’s “Everybody’s<br />

Talkin’.” A fluttering acoustic guitar butterflies across<br />

a meadow of grazing cello-like guitar accents; faint<br />

breezes of flute sounds and chimes of steel-guitar<br />

whisp and whirl on the periphery. Yet a cloud of sadness<br />

shadows the vocal melody, making of this a<br />

hauntingly memorable song. More Neil Young riffage<br />

with the churning guitar chords of “Couldn’t Believe,”<br />

a dead ringer for “Ohio” from the CSNY days.<br />

Fernando’s slippery vocal delivery in the verses<br />

and Lennon-flavored cries in the choruses<br />

move the tune<br />

away from<br />

the mundane<br />

toward<br />

the sublime.<br />

Keyboard<br />

flutes and<br />

chattering maracas<br />

flicker as if in<br />

dim candlelight, as<br />

waltzing rimshots play<br />

against Fernando’s gentle<br />

vocal and lilting harmonies in<br />

the choruses of “Deviant.” Another<br />

touchingly pretty song. Fractious<br />

glancing guitar stabs and glaring organ<br />

pads parry with Viciconte’s gutsy vocal<br />

on “Swing Low,” a slow, lurching number<br />

with a menacing fervor at its core.<br />

The title track is driven by a skittering piano<br />

and jittery upstroke rhythm guitar chops,<br />

well-blended harmony vocals meld at the center<br />

of the mix, angelic amidst the chaotic surroundings.<br />

“Another Victim” has a strong chorus and a molten<br />

guitar solo section. “Rainin’ Outside” is a jagged piece<br />

of slap-back pie, a Carl Perkins crust with inspired<br />

vocal filling; whopping dollops of slide guitar and<br />

rickety drumsticks dancing on the snare rim lopped<br />

on the top. The ensemble takes the arrangement up a<br />

notch in the back half, grinding out some gritty Rock,<br />

a milieu in which Viciconte is entirely within his element.<br />

Tasty.<br />

“Angyline” moves from the intimate cabin jam<br />

of the intro into a Country flavored rumble down<br />

that dusty old dirt road. A darker passage lies in the<br />

moody “In The End.” A solitary acoustic guitar is the<br />

only accompaniment to Fernando’s lone accompaniment,<br />

with a harmony vocal joining in at the turnaround.<br />

Midway, a churchy organ joins in the mix,<br />

joined sometime later by slide guitars and drum backing<br />

building to a forceful finale. The “bonus track,”<br />

“El Legale,” sounds like an outtake from Pacoima: a<br />

rollicking Tex Mex enchilada smothered in cheese and<br />

hot sauce. Yeow!<br />

Fernando Viciconte, and presumably Luther<br />

Russell, have concocted another minor masterpiece<br />

with Old Man Motel. They mine rich veins of musi-<br />

Continued on page 24


A VACATION FROM VENOM-MY POISON<br />

PEN RUNNING DRY. No animals were harmed during<br />

the writing of this column. FRISCO DISCO uses<br />

no pesticides, 100% Oregonic rhymes from the Hate-<br />

Free zone.<br />

Let me please introduce myself, I stand six feet<br />

four in the Portland rain...and, I know the poses, in<br />

the city of roses, yeah, I have learned to play the<br />

game.<br />

You know, swizzle stick you’re so thick sometimes,<br />

with your psycho babble and your Ouija scrabble, all<br />

these, beer drinking druids, dripping with fluids,<br />

honey this isn’t grunge baby its grime, chasing<br />

strange angels, keep chasing strange strange angels,<br />

all those strange angels and fast friends<br />

of mine.<br />

Stalker hour at the troubled loners club,<br />

no ones talking at all, so many vacant stares<br />

beyond repair, loves a crimson bulb and 4 neon<br />

walls, SEGUE-CHORUS OUTRO.<br />

PIRATES AND POSEURS, hooligans<br />

and holy rollers, not quite on<br />

their toes-ers, in the city of rose-ers, life<br />

is so old here, seems no one is bold here, they<br />

find a place to die and wait to grow old<br />

here. The clock punching ilk they<br />

drink their milk, but you and I were<br />

Rock and Rye, now that its come to<br />

this, I’d risk it all for just one kiss, just<br />

one kiss, just one kiss good-bye-hyehigh.<br />

Pirates and poseurs, what a<br />

bunch of hosers, Rehab bulldozers, in<br />

the city of rosers, hard as bone-crushing<br />

disco, dripping with crisco, no thank<br />

you ma’am, I’ll stay in San Francisco. The new<br />

boy scouts with leather and change, arming<br />

themselves with fashion sense, now that its come<br />

to this, I’d risk it all to climb the fence, get off<br />

the fence, razorwire electric suspense, pirates and<br />

poseurs, hooligans and holy-rollers, rehab bulldozers,<br />

in the city of rosers, yeah they’re not on their toesers,<br />

those silly stick up their nose-ers, those happening<br />

hosers, in the city of rose-ers RAVE-UP/LEAD/OUTRO<br />

My name is Rozz and I been here way too often,<br />

where Holgate intersects Foster, in a rundown sheet rock<br />

coffin, 59 was a bad year for wine but a great year for<br />

guitars, and I should have been an astronaut, coz all I<br />

ever see is stars. On the eastside of nowhere pumping<br />

by Rozz Rezabek-Wright<br />

“My commercial for<br />

STREETLIGHT RECORDS has<br />

preoccupied me the last couple of<br />

weeks. Its done now and it airs all<br />

month in <strong>April</strong> on channel 26 with video<br />

footage of NEGATIVE TREND on a<br />

Friday night video program similar to<br />

BOHEMIA AFTERDARK in Portland.”<br />

out lost children by the dozen, most of our cars are up<br />

on blocks and we always got a cheap beer buzz on. My<br />

roommate is a T.V. and my neighbor is a cat, and my<br />

insignificant other doesn’t even know where I’m at. On<br />

the east side of nowhere poverty’s an evil overlord,<br />

chances getting slimmer than a punk rocker on the cover<br />

of Forbes, thru cyclone fences, pit bulls watch the bottle<br />

guy pushing his cart past another pregnant teen smokin’<br />

camels outside the mini- mart. On the east side of nowhere<br />

life’s defined in outlines of chalk, the dirty littered<br />

sidewalks stretch endlessly, block after block, like<br />

this participatory palatable noise, sing-a-long anthem<br />

crap. I’ve had my 15 minutes, now every day’s just another<br />

slap. On the east side of nowhere Portland Oregon.<br />

The east side of nowhere in Portland<br />

Oregon…OUTRO...<br />

Sweet skinny bones, tempestuous and wild,old<br />

skinny bones, my steely- eyed psycho child. In a city of<br />

roses, stuck in this state of despair, got my mind down<br />

in the gutter babe, there’s always company down there.<br />

Time will implicate most everyone, I’m betting this will<br />

never end, a breeze kicks up from out of nowhere now,<br />

and soon becomes a bitter wind, and I say oh-oh OH,<br />

skinny bones, oh-oh-OH psycho child, oh-oh-OH these<br />

skinny bones, such a steely- eyed psycho child.<br />

Cold and dry, the clouds have finally cleared out<br />

but the summers gone for good this time. I feel like I’m,<br />

scraped raw by the wind here, its like some rusty razor<br />

used one too many times. Soon enough ,they’ll<br />

be carving jack-o-lanterns, and they look like<br />

people I know. The crops are in and it hasn’t<br />

been a good year. You don’t always reap just what<br />

you sow. Cold and dry, auburn is the color..of<br />

my hair and my clothes and the trees. Maybe I,<br />

should buy a rust-bucket ford falcon and keep<br />

chasing the warm Cali breeze. I’m a man whose<br />

always homesick, just a man with way too many<br />

vices, so many petty bones to pick, and too thick<br />

for criticism or advice. So the leaves leave the<br />

branches, flags fly high atop the bridge, I mull<br />

over old romances, with another 40 ounces in<br />

the fridge, cold and dry, but safe up in the window,<br />

watching the season die.<br />

When I came home to an empty town<br />

there were icy stares everywhere around me.<br />

I saw strangers that used to be friends, in the<br />

beginning ,of the end game. Then you found<br />

me, and you crowned me king of the losers, beyond<br />

the boundaries you drowned me and unwound<br />

me, now I’m going to the big empty room upstairs.<br />

I can’t come down, I cant see straight, coz I’ve been<br />

this way too long. I can’t turn my back, can’t just look<br />

away, maybe I’m not as strong as I should be.<br />

Then you found me and you crowned me king of<br />

the losers, beyond all boundaries you unwound me, and<br />

Continued on page 23<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 11


Continued from page 5<br />

Group out of Texas. Grapetree is the world’s largest<br />

gospel rap label and their artists come from all over<br />

the country to record with Ed. He’s recorded albums<br />

for DCP, Bruthaz Grimm and L.G. Wise and is working<br />

now with locals Back 4 and Siena Kincaid.<br />

O.T.M.S (Octavia “The Mic Strangla” Harris) recorded<br />

her new CD “Walking on Water” at Messenger.<br />

O.T.M.S<br />

Speaking of “The Mic Strangla,” 23<br />

year old Octavia, Portland’s premiere female<br />

rapper, has just released “Walking on<br />

Water,” which includes tracks featuring locals<br />

Abdi Sharif, Q7 and Davon. She is working<br />

hard to promote this first and self-produced<br />

CD. She’s appeared on local radio (KPSU,<br />

KBOO), gotten local media to write about her<br />

and is working on distribution for her CD.<br />

OTMS has a seemingly endless drive and motivation<br />

to be known and heard, which is not<br />

common among most 23-year-old<br />

women. She definitely stands out in<br />

the crowd. When asked how the name<br />

“mic strangla” came about, she said, “<br />

It’s really just about the power that I<br />

put into my shows.” In addition to<br />

producing her CD, she works full-time,<br />

promotes herself wherever she can<br />

(there’s not a telephone pole in Portland<br />

that won’t be sporting her promo posters),<br />

and also shares her talents and experience<br />

working with Jefferson High student, Q7<br />

who has “great rap potential,” and is featured on a<br />

few tracks on the new double CD. O.T.M.S, is wellrespected<br />

in local rap circles and is known for putting<br />

down hard hitting rap with good lyrical hook.<br />

She says, “My messages are all positive. I write about<br />

real-life things that are goin’ down, but I don’t need<br />

to swear and be nasty to rap anymore. I did that when<br />

I was 151 (her previous celebrity) and I was hanging<br />

with the wrong crowd and speaking the wrong messages.<br />

I decided, through the help of the Lord, that I<br />

was better than that and didn’t need to be representing<br />

a liquor or any of the other negative stuff that<br />

goes with a lot of rap today.” Since Octavia opted for<br />

a more responsible, disciplined route, she’s been setting<br />

an example to audiences (and herself) that “You<br />

CAN make things happen for good in your life,” and<br />

she is moving upward quickly. “I still put down the<br />

power but it’s all positive now, and people are digging<br />

it.” The hardest thing, she says, is getting gigs.<br />

Page 12 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

There aren’t that many opportunities for rappers<br />

in town to play shows. When she heard<br />

that KXL FM was starting a new rap/hip<br />

hop format, she got on the phone. Her<br />

goal is to have the locally-owned station<br />

playing local rap and hip hop artists and lead to more<br />

shows around town. She’s not the type to give up, so<br />

it may happen. When she talks about, G.O.T.M, A<br />

Black Clan, Q7, Hakim & JMAC, Kenny Mack, Pros<br />

& Cons, Grassrootz, Five Fingers of Funk and other<br />

rap/hip hop artists in<br />

town she<br />

Octavia; the Mic Strangla.<br />

says, “It’s not just about promotin’ my stuff, it’s about<br />

the whole package of Portland rap. People need to<br />

know about the quality rap and hip hop coming out<br />

of this town. The audience is there, the stations and<br />

“Tommy Tutone will also be doing two shows in May<br />

with Colin Hay, former lead singer of Men at Work.”<br />

venues just arent’ playing enough of it.” Octavia will<br />

be performing to the congregation at Greater Portland<br />

Bible Church on Sunday, <strong>April</strong> 25 th for morning<br />

services. This show is open to all.<br />

Burgundy<br />

Former FATMAN guitarist, Luis Tataje, has<br />

joined up as DJ and guitarist for Burgundy, a new<br />

band whose music has been likened to Sky Cries Mary<br />

and The Cocteau Twins. “Our music is very accessible<br />

to the listener,” Luis says. Burgundy has a 4<br />

song CD out and they’re heading to L.A. in early May<br />

to do several shows. I’m looking forward to seeing<br />

them play in town when they return.<br />

People and Places<br />

Tami Greer, singer-songwriter from B.C., who<br />

played the Lillith Faire in Canada, has begun to establish<br />

herself in local songwriter circles as a promising<br />

force. Not long after she relocated to town with<br />

her husband, Tami had some initial dealings with L.A.<br />

interests, but she said, “ nothing has come of it so far,<br />

so I’m still working on a lot of promotion and distribution<br />

myself.” Recently, Tami was involved with Jeff<br />

Trott, singing a track for a project he’s working<br />

on. You can see Tami perform songs from her latest<br />

CD, “T Greer” on Saturday, May 1 st at an afternoon<br />

in-store at NW Music Millennium and that same<br />

night, be at Snake & Weasel opening for Nicole<br />

Campbell (a good camp to be with).<br />

Tommy Tutone will be playing some local shows<br />

in the coming months. On Friday, <strong>April</strong> 30 th , he’ll be<br />

at Lenora’s Ghost in Independence, Oregon (just outside<br />

Salem). It’ll be one of first shows with his new<br />

back-up band, including Andy Gautier on<br />

drums. People are saying that Lenora’s is<br />

a great place to play. Good atmosphere<br />

and it gets a good crowd. Tommy will<br />

also be doing two shows in May with<br />

Colin Hay, former lead singer of Men at<br />

Work. They’ll be in Eugene at Vets Club on Friday,<br />

May 21 st and in Portland on Sunday, May<br />

23 rd at Berbatis. TheRozz Rezabek Band opens the<br />

show.<br />

Eugene surf band, The Brainwashers<br />

will be opening for Tommy Tutone at<br />

Lenora’s Ghost and the Vets Club. Brainwashers’<br />

guitarist Pete Weinberger, who’s also<br />

the longest standing member of The Surf Trio,<br />

is now fronting local Ramone’s tribute band, The<br />

Romanes. Known for his impeccable and classic<br />

guitar playing, this is the first time Weinberger<br />

has fronted a band vocally. Haven’t seen them<br />

yet, but they’ve played several gigs since December<br />

and appear to be drawing a good crowd. People<br />

who’ve seen them say it’s a great show. Check ‘em<br />

out.<br />

Warren Pash and Jerry Joseph will be leaving<br />

for Europe mid-month for a six-week tour to France,<br />

Berlin & Italy. They’ll perform separate sets but plan<br />

on doing a couple of songs together during the tour.<br />

Warren, who recently performed at SxSW, also performed<br />

at a friend’s memorial benefit while in Austin,<br />

along with Lucinda Williams, Joe Ely, and, get<br />

this, David Byrne. Warren said that was the highlight<br />

of SxSW and that the festival, as a whole, was a zoo.<br />

“Imagine being a restaurant critic for a newspaper<br />

and someone says, ‘We want you sample 100 restaurants<br />

in a week and tell us your favorite one’.”<br />

17 Reasons Why were named Grand Prize Winner<br />

in a recent Sony Battle of the Bands competition.<br />

Prizes include a demo recording contract with Sony.<br />

More details to come.<br />

‘til next time…<br />

Gigs/Events/Releases you’d like me to know<br />

about? E-mail me: Lovepunk@involved.com<br />

LL


An Unreel World<br />

Lake Oswego<br />

(503)639 9364<br />

Email: Mannykarin@aol.com<br />

Owner: Karin Kopp<br />

Engineers: Manny Keller or bring your own<br />

Tracks: 24 +digital<br />

Rates: $20/hr<br />

Equipment: Yamaha midi automated console<br />

with moving faders and recall, Masterworks<br />

64 bit Multiband Compressor,Limiter, CD Recorder<br />

with Jam, Mackie CR1604 VLZ and<br />

CR1202VLZ Submixers , 2 Alesis Adats, Midi<br />

Machine controlled by a Power Macintosh<br />

8600 with Digital Performer, MOTU 2408 PCI<br />

card, 24 digital audio, unlimited Midi Tracks<br />

all synced sample accurate with a Midi Time<br />

Piece AV, Event 20/20bas <strong>Studio</strong> Monitors, 2<br />

Panasonic DAT’s, AKG, Audio Technica, Beyer<br />

Dynamic, Crown, EV and Shure Microphones,<br />

Lexicon PCM 70, Quadraverb2 and Yamaha<br />

on board processors, DBX Compressors, Expanders,<br />

Gates and Limiters, Tube Mike<br />

Preamp and Tube Leveling Amp/Compressor,<br />

Guitar and Bass Preamps , Ensoniq ASR Sampler<br />

with SCSI and large sound library, Yamaha<br />

MU80, Korg Wavestation, Roland R70 and V<br />

Drums Pro Set with TD10 Percussion Sound<br />

Module, DW Maple Drum Set, Yamaha Recording<br />

Custom Birch Drum Set.<br />

Clients: J Bird Koder, Renato Caranto, Tracey<br />

Fordice, Roger Sause, Mark Olmstead, Nico<br />

Wind, Karen Therese, City of Newport,<br />

FOX49, Security Pacific, PGE, Vancouver Ford.<br />

Notes: Great daylight atmosphere in beautiful<br />

wooded Rivergrove area, inhouse bassist<br />

and drummer available, call for songwriter<br />

special rates.<br />

Anonymous Noise<br />

248-2136<br />

Owner: Karl Brummer<br />

Engineers/Producers: Karl Brummer<br />

Tracks: 8 Track,<br />

Rates: $12/hr.<br />

Equipment: Fostex model 80, Mackie 24 x 8<br />

console, Panosonic SV-3700 DAT, Symetrix<br />

compressors, Whirlpool TG1924, Audiologic<br />

quadgate, Kenmore 6021D, 5 reverb units, Vintage<br />

Fender & Ampeg tube amps. Microphones;<br />

Shure, E/V, Sennheiser, AKG & Audio<br />

Technica. Clients: The Raging Woodies,<br />

Everclear (for Capitol Records), Sean Croghan,<br />

Gern Blanston, Iommi Subbs, Skiploader, Sissy<br />

Face, Nervous Christians, Bazuka Joe, Atomic<br />

61, Slugabed, Surf Maggots, New Bad Things,<br />

Hogwild, Iceberg Slim, Rubberneck, Fall From<br />

Grace, Galaxy Trio, 90 Proof, The Impalas, Belligerent<br />

Youth, Ardey Allotey, Circus Mind,<br />

Springtooth, Portland Children’s Theatre, Triangle<br />

Productions, etc. Also live show recording<br />

to DAT available.<br />

Apache Recording <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

4009 E. 18th St.<br />

Vancouver, WA 98661<br />

Vancouver phone: (360) 694-5381<br />

Portland office: (503) 293-9266<br />

Rates: $35/hr to $75/hr an hour<br />

Description: Apache Recording <strong>Studio</strong>s was<br />

conceived and designed by Jef "Woop" Warner,<br />

former Geffen recording artist and producer.<br />

Stressing an earthy environment of cedar, redwood,<br />

tile and American Indian art. The control<br />

room features a classic Trident 70 console<br />

with Lexicon and Drawmer tube processing,<br />

32-Track digital multitrack, computer editing<br />

and mastering, with monitors from Uri,<br />

Tannoy, and Alesis. An 1890’s Knabe 9ft. concert<br />

grand piano resides in the spacious live<br />

tracking room. Equipment: 48 input custom<br />

Trident 70 console, (4) Adat w/BRC, Lexicon<br />

300, LXP15, PCM 70, Eventide H-3000, 16<br />

track digital audio workstation (SAW plus),<br />

Drawmer stereo tube compressor, Dbx, AKG,<br />

Micro-tech Geffel 92, etc. Recent Clients: Ten<br />

Pound Rain, C.R.O.W., Father Mary, Ozone<br />

Park, and Warner Brothers recording artists<br />

Rough Cutt, Lid, Rustvein, Rexsoul,<br />

Hokus Pokus, Jen Triano, John<br />

Thayer, Hot Buttered Nun.<br />

Bill Scream Music<br />

422 SW 13th<br />

Portland, OR 97205<br />

221-5737<br />

Owner: Bill Scream<br />

Engineers/Producers: Rick Waritz,<br />

Leslie Carter<br />

Tracks: 24 & 16 track plus Sound<br />

Tools Digital 2 track<br />

Rates: $75/hr.<br />

Equipment: <strong>Studio</strong> A —<br />

<strong>Studio</strong>master Series II 40-channel<br />

MIDI automated console;<br />

Tascam MS-16 multitrack; Otari<br />

MX55 2 track; Yamaha Rev 7;<br />

Yamaha XPS-90 (2); Roland<br />

DEP-5; Alesis Multiverb; Alesis<br />

Microverb; Symetrix 4 channel<br />

noise gate; Aphex exciter; DBX 166 stereo compressor;<br />

Yamaha NS-10 monitors. <strong>Studio</strong> B —<br />

Soundcraft 6000 console (32x16x24); Otari<br />

MTR 90 II multitrack; Panasonic SU3500<br />

DAT; Lexicon PCM 70; Lexicon LXP-1 (2);<br />

Eventide H3000 ultraharmonizer; Yamaha<br />

XPS 90; Lexicon PCM 60; Roland SDE 1000<br />

delay; JBL 7/10 compressor; Aphex 612 2channel<br />

noise gate; BBE 822. Mastering gear<br />

—Digidesign Sound Tools digital hard disk recording<br />

system; Otari MX 55 2-track MIDI<br />

gear: Akai 5950 sampler (3); Roland D-550<br />

synth (2); Yamaha DK-7; Akai MPC-60.<br />

Other: Mini Moog, Vocoder (a real one) Clients:<br />

Skinhorse, NIKE — Scored music and<br />

sound design to “Bo Knows Bo,” a 45-minute<br />

video for sale internationally, spring ’92 collections<br />

videos, Dec. sales meeting audio to<br />

slide show productions; Nintendo/Lindsey<br />

West — Sudio production for Las Vegas trade<br />

show; Nu Shooz (Atlantic Records); Craig<br />

Carothers (“Little Hercules”).<br />

Blue Dog Recording<br />

1314 NW Irving<br />

Portland, OR 97209<br />

(503) 295-2712<br />

Owner: Bruce Robertson<br />

Engineer/Producers: Bruce Robertson, Keld<br />

Bangsberg<br />

Tracks: 32 (24 ADAT, 8 Hard Disk)<br />

Rates: $35/hr.; Block rates available<br />

Equipment: Recording: Alesis X2 In line Recording<br />

Console (24 input, 64 input at mix<br />

down, 8 aux. sends, full parametric EQ, mute<br />

automation on all inputs & sends), 24 tracks<br />

of ADAT, Alesis BRC, Al-1 Digital Interface,<br />

Pro Tools 3, Session 8 Macintosh, Audiomedia<br />

II/Sound Designer II, Niche ACM Level Automation,<br />

Panasonic SV3200 DAT, Denon,<br />

Sony, Kenwood, Cassette Decks, Roland 24 input<br />

Submixer Effects: Digitech TSR-24 stereo<br />

multiFX, Roland SE-50 multiFX, Alesis<br />

Midiverb 4, Mciroberb III, Korg DRV-1000,<br />

Digitech DDL, (3) dbx 266 stereo Comp/Gate,<br />

Korg KEC-42 EQ/Cmp/Gate Mic/Monitor:<br />

(2) AKG C1000S, (2) AKG D112, (3) AKG C-<br />

408, Audio-Technica ATM-4033, Audio-<br />

Technica ATM-31, (3) Shure SM-57, Tubehead<br />

Direct Box, RA-100 Power Amp, AKG & Audio-Technica<br />

Headphones, KRK 9000B Monitors<br />

Hardware/Software: Macintosh Quadra<br />

650, APS 1.7 Gigabyte Hard Drive, Apple CD-<br />

300 CD-ROM Drive, Digital Performer,<br />

Unisyn, Sound Designer II, Jupiter Systems<br />

MDT & Infinity, Hollywood Edge Premiere<br />

Edition SFX Library, Midi Time Piece II APC<br />

Un-interruptible Power Supply Instruments:<br />

Korg 01/Wfd, SampleCell Sampler, Alesis<br />

Quadrasynth module, Alesis D4, E-mu<br />

Proformance+, Korg DW-8000, Tama Artstar<br />

Drum set, Zildjian Cymbals, Assorted Percussion<br />

Coffee Maker: Braun Flavor Select, 10<br />

cup. Special Note: We are a full service studio<br />

offering top quality at fair prices. Our facility<br />

includes a separate drum room, studio and<br />

control room. We offer a comfortable, low<br />

STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

stress atmosphere<br />

for songwriters, bands, and commercial productions.<br />

We also produce and write music<br />

Clients: The Willies, Sweet Baby Onion,<br />

Trip21, Brothers of Baladi, Gypsy Caravan, J.<br />

Michael Kearsey, Doug Fulton, Bill Parsons,<br />

Guerrilla Motion Pictures, J.D. Kiggins, Bill<br />

Wadhams, Planned Marketing, Jason Baker,<br />

One Fish <strong>Two</strong> Fish, Albert Glenn and others.<br />

Chameleon <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

2921 N.W. Nicolai<br />

Portland, OR 97210<br />

(503) 241-7974 Fax: 224-6382<br />

Owner: Robert Rude<br />

Engineers: Robert Rude, Calvin Walker<br />

Tracks: 32, 16 ADAT, 8 hard disk Pro Tools<br />

Rates: $35.00 per hour, call for block rates<br />

Equipment: 32x8 Tascam M2600 board, JBL<br />

and Tannoy monitors, MacQuadra 950,<br />

ProTools Project, 2 8 track ADAT XT's. <strong>Two</strong><br />

Leslie speakers, Hammond A100. Call for processing<br />

gear and mic info.<br />

Notes: <strong>Studio</strong> is 3600 square feet with 2 floating<br />

iso booths. Chameleon also rents out PA's<br />

and rehearsal space, call for rates.<br />

Clients: Black Flag Productions, Gravity Frog,<br />

Grass Roots, Hollygram Records, Crazy Like<br />

Me, Mobius, Dontae, Tone Poet, Draw Back<br />

Slim, Chuck Atkins, Andy Stokes, Oregon Historical<br />

Society, Linda Hornbuckle, Calvin<br />

Walker, Arnold Brothers, Kristy Hinds,<br />

Everclear.<br />

Cockeye Recordings<br />

NW Portland<br />

(503) 294-0650<br />

Owner: Cord Amato<br />

Tracks: 16<br />

Rates: $20.00 per hour/block rates available<br />

Equipment: Allen & Heath 16/16 board, MS<br />

16 Tascam, Alesis monitor 1, LXP1, Alesis<br />

Microverb, Digiteck, RDS 1900, Slrdid<br />

Wusftsverb Plus, BDX 166, A Compressor/limiter,<br />

Fostex 37 Compressor/limiter, Alesis 3630,<br />

Technics SVDA 10, Nackamichi tape deck. Microphones:<br />

Audio Techica 4030, AKG C1000,<br />

numerous 58’s & 57’s (Shure), Rode NT1, Audio<br />

Technica 37R’s, ATM 31, Electravoice<br />

257D, ATM 63’s.<br />

Clients: The Tribulations, Wow & Flutter, Love<br />

Claire, The Gnash, Brigantine, Ultralust...<br />

Columbia West Recording<br />

Troutdale, OR<br />

(503) 492-9072 Fax: (503) 492-9009<br />

Owner: James Warren<br />

Engineer: Steve Sundholm<br />

Tracks: 24 Digital, 16 Analog 1"<br />

Rates: Special Introductory Rates! $30.00 per<br />

hr. Day and Project rates available.<br />

Outboard: Manley Dual-Mono Tube Mic Pre,<br />

Manley Dual-Mono Electro-Optical Limiter<br />

(LA-2A), Drawmer 1961 Tube EQ, Lexicon<br />

PCM90, Lexicon MPX-1, TC Electronics<br />

M2000, Lexicon Alex, (2) Drawmer DL 241<br />

Compressor/Gate/Limiter, DBX 166 Com-<br />

pressor, Aphex 622 Logic Assisted<br />

Gate. Tape Medium: Tascam MS-16 1" 16<br />

track, (3) Alesis ADAT XT (with BRC), (2)<br />

Panasonic SV-3800 DAT, Tascam DA-P1 Portable<br />

DAT, Marantz PMM 502 Cassette Deck,<br />

Mackie 24x8 Console (with meter bridge),<br />

Mackie 24 Channel Expander (with meter<br />

bridge) Mics: Manley Stero Gold Refernce Mic,<br />

Manley Refernce Cardiod, (matched pair)<br />

AKG C414 TL-II, (2) AKG C414, AKG D112,<br />

(2) AKG C461, (2) AT 4051, (2) Sure SM81,<br />

(6) Sure SM 57, Sony 7506 headphones MIDI:<br />

Roland A-90 Master Controller, E-Mu e6400<br />

Sampler (128 MB Sound Memory), Korg<br />

X5DR, Alesis DM5, Roland MC-303<br />

Groovebox, MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV, Logic<br />

Audio Other: Sundholm Acoustics SL6.5/S<br />

and SL6.5E Reference Monitors, Sundholm<br />

Acoustics Silver Quad Pro Wiring, Power Mac<br />

8500/132 (80 MB RAM), 4 GB Hard Drive, 2times<br />

CD-R Audio Media III PCI Card, Sound<br />

Designer II, MasterList, CD, Agfa Arcus II<br />

Scanner, PageMaker, Photoshop, Charis Works<br />

Clients: Spin Jupiter Spin, WOW, David<br />

Friesen and Bud Shank, Fran Ashcroft, Robert<br />

Crowell with Gordon Lee, Wormwood,<br />

Regroovination, Mt. Hood Community college,<br />

Sunstone, Oysterville Underground, Peas<br />

& Carrots, Highly Contagious.<br />

Michael Cooper Recording<br />

2405 Bailey Hill Road<br />

Eugene, OR 97405-9418<br />

Phone/Fax: (541) 683-2750<br />

Owners: Michael Cooper<br />

Engineers: Michael Cooper, Michael Souther<br />

Tracks: 24 Track Digital<br />

Rates: $30.00 - $40.00/hr.<br />

Equipment: Consoles and recorders: Fully<br />

automated Yamaha 02R Digital Recording<br />

Console with complete recall and moving faders,<br />

(3) Alesis ADATs Alesis BRC Master Remote<br />

Control, Panasonic SV-3700 R-DAT,<br />

Sony DTC 75ES R-DAT, Denon DRM-740.<br />

Microphones: AKG C12VR Tube Condenser,<br />

Neumann U87A, AKG C414B/TLII, (2) B & K<br />

4011, (4) AKG C460B, (2) AKG D112, (2)<br />

Crown PZMs, (3) Sennheiser MD-441, (5)<br />

Shure SM57, Shure Beta 57, etc. Reverb & Effects<br />

Dynacord DRP20, Lexicon, PCM70,<br />

Lexicon PCM60, Roland SDE-2500, DigiTech<br />

DSP256XL, Alesis Midiverb II, MXR 1500<br />

DDL, (2) Yamaha 02R on board effects processors.<br />

Processing: (41) Yamaha 02R<br />

onboard compressor/limiter/gates, (1) Aphex<br />

Tube Expressor, (2) Aphex Expressor, Aphex<br />

612 Expander/Gate, Klark Teknik DN504<br />

Quad Comp Limiter, BBS DPR-901 Dynamic<br />

Equalizer, Millennia Media HV-3 Mic Preamp,<br />

(2) Rane ME30, BBE 422A Sonic Maximizer.<br />

Monitoring: Tannoy PBM-8, Yamaha NS-<br />

10M <strong>Studio</strong>, Tannoy PS-88 subwoofer, Audio<br />

Technica ATH-M40 and ATH-D40, Fostex<br />

Continued on page 14<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 13


IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE: WE MOVED !<br />

• Visit our Fun New Pro Audio Store, <strong>Studio</strong>s, & Plant<br />

• Cheap prices on the Coolest stuff like Mackie Digital<br />

mixers, ProTools24, CD Burners & Neumann mikes!<br />

• Cheap CD and Cassette Dupes- Any quantity!<br />

• Quick CD Copies! • New Digital Mastering <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

• Cheap DAT, Cassette, & CDR blank media prices!<br />

• Everything for recording under one roof for Musicians!<br />

<br />

Super<br />

Digital<br />

503.774.4310<br />

Page 14 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

The Recording Store<br />

FUN NEW STORE AT NW 19TH & KEARNEY<br />

CYBER GEEKS: WWW.SUPERDIGITAL.COM 228-2222<br />

Full Music Production<br />

Digital Editing • CDR<br />

NEW!<br />

Fully Automated Digital Console<br />

24 tracks of 20bit ADAT<br />

Second Recording room<br />

opalpdx@teleport.com<br />

Nettleingham Audio<br />

M A S T E R I N G & R E P L I C A T I O N<br />

Affordable Short-run CD Duplication!<br />

call for details<br />

“The best in<br />

quality, service<br />

and price.”<br />

Ask our clients: Thrillbilly, 44 Long, Village<br />

Idiot, Mel, Gravelpit, Suplex, Pedro Luz, The<br />

Webbers, Slackjaw, Spoil Sports, Pipe Dreams,<br />

and loads more!<br />

360.696.5<strong>99</strong>9 • Vancouver, WA • fuserock@aol.com<br />

http://members.aol.com/fuserock/naudio<br />

STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

Continued from page 13<br />

T20, Crown PB-1 power amp, Rane HC6 headphone<br />

amp. MIDI: Power Computing<br />

PowerCenter 132 computer, Sony 200sx 17<br />

inch color monitor, Emagic Logic v2.5 sequencer,<br />

Emu Emax sampler, Roland Juno 106,<br />

Casio CZ101, JLCooper MSB+ MIDI<br />

patchbay, Opcode <strong>Studio</strong> Plus <strong>Two</strong> MIDI interface.<br />

Other: Alesis DM5 Drum Module,<br />

Tech 21 SansAmp Rack, Missing Link BPH and<br />

Stewart ADB-1 direct boxes. Description:<br />

Michael Cooper has written over 100 technical<br />

articles on recording engineering for Mix,<br />

Recording, Electronic Musician, and Musician<br />

magazines. He is a Contributing Editor for<br />

Mix, the world's leading technical journal for<br />

recording engineers and studios, published in<br />

over 100 countries around the globe. Michael<br />

Cooper is the largest studio in the Eugene-<br />

Springfield area, featuring 37L x 17W x 20H<br />

cedarwood main room, 3 isolation booths and<br />

20 -bit fiber optic digital recording. All<br />

mixdown settings and moves are digitally<br />

stored for instant recall if a remix is ever<br />

needed. Clients: Chevalier, Alice DiMicele,<br />

Art Grooveanx, Paul Prince, Kalamity Jam, The<br />

Haines Kanter Project, Jibliminis, MK Menard,<br />

Dopplegang, Roughstock, Kudana, Shumba,<br />

Jim Scott (formerly with The Paul Winter<br />

Consort), Lefty Gruve, Big Bubba, Rob Tobias,<br />

The Tom Waters Band, Blue Face, Laura Zaerr,<br />

Carol Valentine, Acoustic Space, Jeff Defty, The<br />

Steaming Pigs, Moth, The Path, Dakmafan,<br />

Sharon Rogers, Mina Spiro, Grupo Condor,<br />

Barb Stevens Newcomb, Emily Fox, Steve<br />

Carter, Nicholette Helm & The Destination,<br />

Poni Brendan, Aeoliah, Divino, Thrombus,<br />

Ichele & The Bad Boys, The Falling Spikes, The<br />

Guardians of American Morality, Patrick<br />

Dodd, Sheba Dawn, and scores more.....<br />

Dave’s Attic Productions<br />

Washington Square Area<br />

Portland, OR<br />

(503) 768-9336<br />

Owner: David Fleschner<br />

Engineer: David Fleschner<br />

Tracks: 16 Track Digital<br />

Rates: $10 per hr. 8 Track. $15 per hr. 16 Track,<br />

Block Rates and Remote Rates available.<br />

Equipment: Fostex D-90 8 track hard disk recorder,<br />

Fostex D-5 Dat, Macintosh based audio<br />

and midi recorder (Digital Performer,<br />

Logic Audio, Cubase VST), Event Rode NT-1,<br />

Shure Beta 58, SM58, SM57, EV257 microphones,<br />

Behringer Composer, Hammond B-<br />

3 organ with Leslie Cabinet, Fender Rhodes,<br />

Yamaha P300 Digital Piano/Controller,<br />

Ensoniq ASRX Sampler, Hammond XB-2.<br />

Clients: Groove Revelation, The Olde Savage<br />

Duo, Dylan Vance Quartet, Andy Tabb, Seth<br />

Samuels, Aloha High School Bands, Chris<br />

Gragg’s Deep Roots Troutdale Poetry Experiment<br />

featuring: Dan Balmer, Kimberli Ranson,<br />

Mary Kadderly and Nancy King, Newel Briggs,<br />

Danny East, Anthony Jamesbarry, Rannato<br />

Carranto Jr. And Ezekiel Goodrick.<br />

Dead Aunt Thelma’s <strong>Studio</strong><br />

PO Box 82222<br />

Portland, OR 97282-0222<br />

(503) 235-9693<br />

Web: www.thelmas.com<br />

<strong>Studio</strong> Manager: Mike Moore<br />

Office Manager: Nicole Campbell<br />

Owners: OCP Publications<br />

Engineers: Mike Moore, Dean Baskerville,<br />

Ryan Foster, Ronn Chick, Bob Stark, Josh<br />

Millman.<br />

Tracks: 16/24 track analog, 24 tracks of ADAT,<br />

16 channel ProTools, and video lock.<br />

Equipment: Trident 24x24x8 console;<br />

Focusrite, API, Avalon, Millennia, Cranesong<br />

and Manley mic pre’s; top of the line selection<br />

of mics including Neumann, AKG, and<br />

Telefunken; Cranesong, Manley, Altec & Urei<br />

compressors, HEDD & Apogee AD/DA converters;<br />

Genelec, Yamaha and Auratone monitors;<br />

Panasonic SV-3700 DATs; Macintosh<br />

Power Tower w/14 gig capacity; Steinway B<br />

Grand Piano; complete list available on request<br />

Notes: Thelma’s is a nationally acclaimed,<br />

Berger designed studio frequented by the<br />

Northwest’s best talent. We offer recording, engineering<br />

and mastering of music projects as<br />

well as audio for video. Fast becoming one of<br />

Portland’s premiere studios.<br />

Clients: Nicole Campbell, Baseboard Heaters,<br />

Steve Hettum, Terry Robb, Wilco, Sheryl Crow,<br />

Jeff Trott, Mel Kubik, Steve Bradley, Brian Cutler,<br />

Sheila Wilcoxson, Too Slim & The<br />

Taildraggers, Brenda Dickey, McKinley,<br />

Silkenseed, Tall Jazz, Microsoft, Fred Meyer,<br />

Adidas, Warner/Chappell music, Weiden &<br />

Kennedy, & many more.<br />

Dithering Heights<br />

(located close-in NE Portland)<br />

PO Box 13205<br />

Portland, OR 97213-0205<br />

(503) 288-1291<br />

Email: YLYL71A@prodigy.com<br />

Owner: Engineer/Producer, Michael J.<br />

Cubbon<br />

Rates: $16 - $20/hr. Block rates possible.<br />

Tracks: 8 and 16-track digital studio<br />

Equipment: 8-track Session 8 hard disk recording<br />

system, interfaced with 8-track ADAT;<br />

<strong>Studio</strong>Master 8-bus tracking board, Yamaha<br />

Pro-mix 01 digital mixing board, TEA tube<br />

pre-amp/DI, Lexicon, Dbx, Alphex, Shure &<br />

AKG Mics, KRK’s, Sony DAT. Clients:<br />

LoveNancySugar, Roger Nusic, Rainforest<br />

Records, Cannonball Simp, Pop Theology.<br />

Note: Offering a casual, relaxed atmosphere<br />

and highly-personalized attention, specializing<br />

in artist-development demos and the occasional<br />

CD project.<br />

Doctor Digital; The Sync Ward <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

Portland, OR<br />

(503) 892-0043, 1888-373-4485<br />

Email: drdigtl@spiratone.com<br />

Owner: Mark Frethem<br />

Engineers/Producers: Mark Frethem<br />

Tracks: 72+ (64 ProTools 24 Mix-Plus, 8<br />

ADAT)<br />

Rates: $25/hr to $75/hr - (Basic ADAT rates,<br />

ProTools non-sync, ProTools sync)<br />

Equipment Consoles: Mackie 32x8, Samson<br />

2242, Mackie 1604 VLZ (Linear): ADAT,<br />

Fostex D-10 DAT w/timecode, Fostex D-5 (5)<br />

Denon and Technics cassette decks.<br />

Computer Hardware/Software: PowerMac<br />

9500 233 Mhz w/G-3 -21” monitor, Quadra<br />

950, 30 gig hard disk space, Jazz/Zip drives,<br />

Protools 4.3, Sound designer II, Masterlist CD,<br />

Adobe Premier, Radius Videovision <strong>Studio</strong>,<br />

586 133 Mhz PC w/21” monitor, NTSC monitors<br />

Monitors: Tannoy, Infinity, Atlantic Technologies<br />

& Auratone, DCM Subwoofer<br />

Mics: AT 4033 (2), Neum. KM100 (2), AKG<br />

c408 (2), AT25, AT825 stereo mic, EV RE20,<br />

Senn. 441, SM57 (2), SM81, SM58, many others<br />

available on request.<br />

Processors/effects: Protools IV/TDM: Waves<br />

TDM Bundle, JVP, Dverb, DPP-1, DINR,<br />

Focusrite D2, D3. TC Megareverb, Digidesign<br />

delays, gates, compressors, & EQ’s.<br />

Outboard: ART Pro MPA mic pre, Lexicon<br />

MPX 100, Yamaha SPX 90II, Digitech 256XL,<br />

Midiverb II, LA-22 dual channel compressor/<br />

limiter, ART MDMj-8L<br />

MIDI: Peavey C8-88-note weighted key controller,<br />

Kurzweil K2500R, K2000S keyboard,<br />

EMU Proteus 1, Yamaha TG33, Alesis D4,<br />

Octapad & kick trigger, MIDI Timepiece AV,


(2) <strong>Studio</strong> 4’S, <strong>Studio</strong> Vision Pro (MAC),<br />

Cakewalk Pro (PC)<br />

Instruments and Amplifiers: Fender HM<br />

Strat, Peavey T-40 bass, Alvarez Classical,<br />

Peavey Rock Master guitar pre-amp<br />

Miscellaneous: Marantz PMD 321 CD Player<br />

w/Digital output, Onkyo Integra THX surround<br />

sound amplifier, Krups Espresso maker<br />

w/mobile I.V. & stand.<br />

Sound Effects Library: Hollywood Edge Premier,<br />

The Edge, Cititrax, Cartoon Trax, and<br />

various customn designed. Music library<br />

choices available.<br />

Notes: The Sync Ward is located just off I-5<br />

and <strong>99</strong>W and is a full service production facility<br />

that provides the latest tools and engineering<br />

talent covering a wide range of audio<br />

applications from full album production and<br />

mastering to audio/visual. All 3 separate<br />

Protools systems can sync to picture for post<br />

production for video and film, ADR,Foley, and<br />

sweetening for video and film. Dolby 4:2:4<br />

Surround Sound Mix encoding and 5.1 discrete.<br />

An elaborate MIDI suite with a weighted<br />

88 note controller, the finest digital pianos,<br />

SFX and sample libraries offer a wide palette<br />

of sounds to choose from. Located in a secluded<br />

Southwest Portland house, Sync Ward<br />

South is creatively conducive, upscale, yet unobtrusive<br />

allowing the producer or the artist<br />

to concentrate on their craft rather than their<br />

pocketbook.<br />

Patients: Patients include: Bill Matson<br />

(film:”Different”),Portland Center Stage<br />

(play:”A Christmas Carol”), Generator, Chamber<br />

Music NorthWest, Dale Van Wormer, Jerry<br />

Joseph, Nobody, Henry Moon, Boka Marimba,<br />

Beater, 16 Volt, Gutter Jacket, Ardey Allotey,<br />

Roger Sause, Pam Jordan, Toni Land, Andy<br />

Harrison, Richard Moore, Wes Burden, Paul<br />

Owens, Karl Mansfield, Dave Carter, Blue<br />

Honey, Haymaker, Geffen Records, Inphase,<br />

Inc.,KPDX Fox 49, Oregon Ballet Theatre,<br />

WhiteHorse <strong>Studio</strong>s, Rigsi (Electra), Atom<br />

Sane, World Media T.V., Encounter Video, Inc.<br />

and many others.<br />

Don Ross Productions<br />

3097 Floral Hill Drive<br />

Eugene, OR 97403<br />

(541) 343-2692 Fax: (541) 683-1943<br />

Owner/Engineer: Don Ross<br />

Tracks: 24 track Digital, 16 track Analog<br />

Rates: $45.00-$75.00<br />

Equipment: 24 track Tascam DA-8's mods by<br />

Audio Upgrades 8 w/RC 848, SY88 & IF88AE,<br />

16 track Tascam MS16 1", Tascam DA30<br />

Fostex D-10 Time code DAT & Panasonic 3700<br />

DAT 2 tracks, Revox PR-<strong>99</strong> MkII, B77 2 track,<br />

1/2 tracks, Digidesign Pro Tools digital hard<br />

disk recording/editing system w/Mac IIFX, 6<br />

Gig hard drive, Wang Dat & <strong>Studio</strong> Vision<br />

Masterlist CD and Pinnacle RCD 1000.<br />

Tascam M-3700 32x8 automated console,<br />

mods by Audio Upgrades; Tannoy NFM-8,<br />

Yamaha NS-10, & Auratone 5C monitors;<br />

Aiwa, & Tascam cassette decks; Lexicon PCM<br />

80, LXP 1's, LXP-5’s w/MRC & Yamaha<br />

SPX90’s reverb/delays; Manley tube compressor,<br />

Aphex 661 tube compressor, dbx 266's,<br />

Drawmer DL241, Aphex 106, Aphex 720<br />

Dominator II & Ashly SC-50 comp/limiters;<br />

BSS DPR-504 & Aphex 105 Noise Gates; Aphex<br />

Aural Exciter, Symetrix SX201 parametric<br />

EQ’s, Gaines MP-2 mic pre’s. Mic’s: Neumann<br />

U87’s, KM84’s, mods by Laus Heyne, AKG<br />

460’s, 451’s, Sennheiser MD 421, EV RE20,<br />

408B’s, Shure SM53’s, 57’s. Other Important<br />

Stuff: 1927 Steinway M grand piano, Kurzweil<br />

PC88 MX, Ensoniq, EPS w/44meg, Syquest &<br />

300 meg of samples, Opcode <strong>Studio</strong> 3, JL Cooper<br />

PPS-100 dk10 KAT, Alesis D4, pre CBS<br />

Fender Super & Twin reverb, Zoom 9050 JVC<br />

CR-85OU 3/4" video deck w/SMPTE address<br />

trk., Sony video monitors 13" & 20", Fostex<br />

4030/4035/4010 SMPTE sync system, Sony<br />

SLV-575, SLV-585 1/2’ VHS, Symetrix TI-101<br />

phone batch, Telos Zepher for digital land<br />

patch & a Braun10 cup coffee maker. Clients:<br />

Mason Williams, Strangers, Multiple Sarcasm,<br />

Betmars, Babies with Axes, Valley Boys, Terry<br />

Robb, Austin, Stephen Cohen, Chico Schwall,<br />

Katie Henry, T.R. Kelley, Debbie Diedrich,<br />

Boogie Patrol Express, Mike & Carleen<br />

McCornack, Jim Scott, (formerly with the Paul<br />

Winter Consort), Cousin Larry, Dylan Storm<br />

and Tracy Bonham.<br />

Echo Star <strong>Studio</strong><br />

Address : Portland Or.<br />

Phone : (503) 358-3071 or (503) 358-3070<br />

E-mail: edrei@echostarstudio.com<br />

Website: www.echostrastudio.com<br />

Owners : Marcus Sheppard, Edward Rei<br />

Engineers/Producers : Edward Rei<br />

Tracks : 24 track digital<br />

Rates : •In-House as low as $175 a day for<br />

blocks. •Mobile at venue - $300 a day. Travel<br />

fee applied to locations more than 25 miles<br />

from downtown Portland. Equipment : Console<br />

- Soundcraft Ghost 24x24x8x2, midi machine<br />

control, automated mutes. MMC Control<br />

: Oz Audio Q-6 6x6 headphone mixer/<br />

amp. Decks: Alesis ADAT’s w/ BRC Controller,<br />

Fostex D-5 DAT, Tascam 103 Cassette.<br />

Monitors: Event 20/20 near fields with Hafler<br />

P-3000 power amp, Yamaha, Sony, Tascam<br />

headphones with Oz Audio Q-6 headphone<br />

amp. Signal Processing: ART Dual mic pre<br />

(tube), TL Audio dual mic pre (tube), ART<br />

Dual Levelar, Behringer Composer, Behringer<br />

AutoCom, ,Behringer AutoQuad, Alesis 3066,<br />

Alesis D-4. Effect Processing : Lexicon LXP-5<br />

(x2) w/MRC Controller, Alesis Quadraverb 2,<br />

Alesis Quadraverb, ADA multi effects processor.<br />

Microphones : AT 4050, AT 4033, EV RE-<br />

27 n/d, Tascam PE-125, Shure SM-57 (x4),<br />

(more on the way).Snakes: 200 ft. 24x8 Pro<br />

Co. transformer isolated. 200 ft. 110 AC w/<br />

transformer isolation.<br />

The Echo Star mobile recording rig is set up<br />

to record at any remote location that the vehicle<br />

can safely reach. The vehicle has room<br />

to sit 3 people plus the engineer.<br />

Clients : Sky Blue Mind, Love Lode, Emerge,<br />

Brain Dead, Soul Fest ’97.<br />

Falcon Recording <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

15A S.E. 15th<br />

Portland, OR 97223<br />

(503) 236-3856<br />

Fax: (503) 236-0266<br />

Email: falcon@cyberhighway.net<br />

Contact: Dennis Carter for booking information.<br />

Rates: <strong>Studio</strong> A: 24 Track analog/digital:<br />

$60.00 per hr., 16 Track digital: $50.00 per hr.,<br />

2 Track DAT: $45.00 per hr., Set-up: $30.00 per<br />

hr., Copy & Edit: $35.00 per hr. <strong>Studio</strong> B: 16<br />

Track digital: $35.00 per hr., Pro Tools: $75.00,<br />

Digital Workstation: $45.00 per hr., Set-up:<br />

$20.00 per hr., Mastering: $50.00 per hr., CD<br />

Master: $75.00, Additional CD's: $45.00 each.<br />

Block rates available for <strong>Studio</strong> A. A complete<br />

staff of musicians for writing, arranging and<br />

production is available upon request. Production,<br />

writing and arranging costs will be billed<br />

separately. Rates vary depending upon project.<br />

<strong>Studio</strong> A redesigned and tuned by Dr. Richie<br />

Moore— Sony MXP-3036 36x24 automated<br />

recording console; MS 3000 computer automation<br />

system for Sony console, Sony/MCI JH<br />

24 24 track 2"tape machine; MCI JH 110 2<br />

track 1/4" tape machine; Apogee AD 1000 A/<br />

D converter, Tascam DA-88 (3) 24 tracks digital<br />

recording, Fostex D-10 DAT Recorder,<br />

Macintoch Quadra 605, Meyers HD-1monitor<br />

speakers/KRK monitors, UREI 813C time<br />

aligned speakers. Processing: Neve 33609 stereo<br />

compressor/limiter, Crane Song stereo limiter,<br />

Summit EQP-200 EQ's, Neve 1272 class<br />

A mic pre amps (6), Neve 3405 mic pres (2),<br />

API 512 b mic pre amps (2), API 550b EQ's<br />

(2), API 312 mic preamps (4), Focusrite Quad<br />

mic preamps (4 channels), Lexicon 300 digital<br />

reverb,AMS RMX-16 Reverb, Eventide<br />

Continued on page 18<br />

15480-B SE 82nd Drive<br />

Clackamas, OR 97015<br />

Used Guitars & Amps<br />

Electronic Repairs & Custom Modifications<br />

Factory Authorized Service for all major brands<br />

Used Equipment including vintage tube amps.<br />

Large Tube Inventory<br />

Joe Casimir<br />

557-4668<br />

Fax 557-4670<br />

MTS<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 15


THE GRAND OL' SOAP OPRY<br />

On The Cover- Fernando<br />

<strong>April</strong> 10, 1963, the Kingsmen recorded<br />

Portland’s Greatest Hit, “Louie Louie”.<br />

Exactly thirty five years later to the day,<br />

<strong>April</strong> 10, 1<strong>99</strong>8, the Supreme Court returned<br />

ownership of the master of “Louie Louie” to<br />

the Kingsmen, establishing far reaching artists<br />

rights precedents in the music industry.<br />

This month Buddy Holly’s widow sued<br />

MCA Records...<br />

And the beat goes on...<br />

The Internet music industry<br />

and the MP3 compression<br />

format continue<br />

to dominate the<br />

Music Industry news.<br />

Tom Petty put “Free<br />

Girl Now” from his upcoming<br />

Warner Bros. album on<br />

MP3.com, one of the primary<br />

legitimate web sites<br />

for MP3 music.<br />

You remember<br />

Tom, the artist activist<br />

who made<br />

his record label<br />

lower the price<br />

of his albums<br />

years ago?<br />

Entertainment<br />

Weekly’s (3/12/<strong>99</strong>) ‘<br />

“Everything you<br />

wanted to know<br />

about MP3” but were<br />

afraid to ask” by Jeff<br />

Jensen put several industry leaders<br />

on the record.<br />

“If they don’t figure out<br />

how to get the artist paid, there<br />

just aren’t going to be that<br />

many people making music for<br />

a living.” says Bonnie Raitt.<br />

k.d. lang says “Listeners are dominated<br />

and intimidated by the record stores<br />

and the radio into what they should listen to.<br />

So this is a wonderful way for artists and fans<br />

to bypass that.”<br />

Page 16 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

The most respected executive in the<br />

record business, Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic,<br />

says, “You’ll see a rush of artists abandoning<br />

labels and releasing their music directly over<br />

the Net. But then they’ll come back when they<br />

realize they’re not making any money.”<br />

Ah yes, the music business.<br />

The professionals get a jump on the<br />

learning curve.<br />

September 29th & 30th in the PSU Ballroom,<br />

the American Federation of Musicians<br />

will present a state of the art Internet Seminar<br />

with panelists to include executives from<br />

MP3.com and other MP3 labels. The anti-<br />

MP3 argument will be made<br />

Luther Russell; Fernando’s producer.<br />

photo Buko<br />

by PR reps of the RIAA and members of<br />

NARAS, BMI and ASCAP.<br />

AFM Local <strong>99</strong> president Denise Westby<br />

says, “We won’t be taking any position on the<br />

Internet music business, we’ll just be showing<br />

the musicians what’s out there.” Registration<br />

for the two day event is $125 in advance,<br />

$150 at the door.<br />

Saturday, October 2nd the union plans<br />

to invite 800 guests to the Scottish Rites<br />

Temple for some live music to celebrate the<br />

AFM’s 100 year anniversary.<br />

If those dates sound familiar it’s because<br />

they’re also the dates of this year’s<br />

fifth annual North By Northwest. “We’re<br />

not being competitive.” says AFM prexy<br />

Westby, “we had our dates booked months<br />

before NxNW.”<br />

NxNW is scheduled for September<br />

30-2.<br />

Portland’s KVO Advertising represents<br />

the Recording Industry Association<br />

of America around the world<br />

in the raging debate over the MP3<br />

Internet explosion.<br />

As the gold and platinum<br />

award people, the RIAA is responsible<br />

for keeping track<br />

of the statistics of the recording<br />

business. For example,<br />

the RIAA says<br />

“Only 3% of major label<br />

releases achieve commercial<br />

success.<br />

It’s a tough business already.<br />

Pierre Ouellette is the “”O”<br />

in KVO.<br />

Pierre played guitar in Don<br />

& The Goodtimes and Paul<br />

Revere & The Raiders.<br />

For the last 20 years Pierre<br />

has gigged periodically with<br />

the Sludge Brothers. “We still<br />

do it for the art.” says Pierre.<br />

Oh, to be Art...<br />

Everclear continues to be offered every<br />

break the entertainment business allows,<br />

based on the strength of their Capitol album<br />

So Much For The Afterglow which is holding<br />

strong at #81 after 76 weeks on Billboard’s Top<br />

200 chart.


The latest Everclear single “One Hit Wonder”<br />

is #24 on BB’s Modern Rock Tracks after<br />

11 weeks.<br />

Art Alexakis showed up prominently<br />

in VH-1’s coverage of the<br />

Rock-n-Roll Hall Of Fame<br />

photo Buko<br />

Awards Show. Amid the huge names Art was<br />

honored to induct Del Shannon. (“Runaway”)<br />

Playboy magazine’s Fast Tracks (5/<strong>99</strong>)<br />

bannered Art’s pending big screen movie<br />

debut...”Alexakis plays a thief and a member<br />

of a New York art band in Committed, co-starring<br />

Heather Graham...”<br />

Then, there are the Spokes model gigs...<br />

The SCI FI Channel is re-working their<br />

image with a series of new spots, “intended<br />

to transform the geeky, retro image into something<br />

hipper.”, says Entertainment Weekly (4/<br />

9/<strong>99</strong>).<br />

“Set to premiere at the end of <strong>April</strong>, the<br />

ads feature famous sci-fi fans,” including<br />

Everclear and rapper Busta Rhymes.<br />

For Busta’s ten second commercial, the<br />

“hyperactive hip-hopper’s trademark braids<br />

were jacked into floating turntables that<br />

download musical ‘space beats’ to his mouth.”<br />

Anything but EC as a Star Trek crew...<br />

Some of the attention gets expensive...<br />

4th Plane Jaiant; the old fashioned way.<br />

“Everclear fan gets $1.2 million compensation<br />

for injuries.”<br />

The Boston Globe reported (3/19) that a<br />

fan injured in a stage-diving incident at an<br />

Everclear concert involving two members of<br />

the New England Patriots football team has<br />

reached a settlement agreement.<br />

Tameeka Messier was injured November<br />

11, 1<strong>99</strong>7 at the Paradise nightclub when she<br />

was struck by a stage-diving Patriots guard<br />

Max Lane. After surgery to remove two herniated<br />

disks from her neck and fuse three vertebrae,<br />

she sued Lane, Quarterback Drew<br />

Bledsoe and Everclear.<br />

EC’s manager Darren Lewis disputed<br />

Messier’s claims in her suit that Art Alexakis<br />

invited the football players on stage. Rather,<br />

BY BUCK MUNGER<br />

he said, Alexakis and bandmates Greg Eklund<br />

and Craig Montoya were backstage at the time<br />

of the incident, having just ended their set.<br />

The players, Lewis said, were invited onto the<br />

stage by club security during the band’s final<br />

number.<br />

According to the Globe report most of<br />

the money will come from Lane and<br />

Bledsoe. Lewis said the band would make<br />

its contribution ($100,000) “in the form of<br />

legal costs covered by the band’s insurance.”<br />

Dan Clark dodged a lawsuit by NARAS...<br />

Dano was “credentialed” by NARAS to<br />

cover the Grammy Awards in Los<br />

Angeles for Z100, and with his hand<br />

held recorder and scanner, managed<br />

to find the closed circuit frequency<br />

that connected the television<br />

show’s director Walter Miller and<br />

members of the production<br />

crew.<br />

The show behind the<br />

Grammy Show...<br />

Dano recorded Miller<br />

trashing celebrities and shouting<br />

obscenities to camera people and<br />

production workers in the truck.<br />

Highlights of the behind the scenes<br />

listen included Miller shouting at “Titanic”<br />

winner James Horner, “Get that<br />

shithead off the stage!”<br />

When winner Lauryn Hill brought her<br />

bible on stage Miller shouted, “Oh no, she’s<br />

gonna read a book!”<br />

“Next break I’m gonna read from the<br />

Torah” said Miller to the truck.<br />

Z100 began broadcasting Dano’s recording<br />

the day after the Grammies. Clark also<br />

gave a copy to L.A.’s KISS-FM, and they put it<br />

on the air immediately. With all the buzz it<br />

still took NARAS about a week to hear about<br />

it.<br />

The letter from NARAS’ lawyers gave<br />

Dano till March 15th at 5:00PM to “deliver to<br />

us all copies of any recordings in existence of<br />

the intercepted communications with a certificate<br />

attesting under penalty of perjury that<br />

there are no other copies extant.”<br />

Right...<br />

Continued on page 26<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 17


Page 18 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

Continued from page 15<br />

H3000, Lexicon PCM70 digital effects processor<br />

(2), Yamaha Rev 7 digital reverb (2), Lexicon<br />

PCM42 digital delay, Drawmer DS 201<br />

dual channel noise gates (4), JBL/URIE 7110<br />

compressor-limiters (2), UREI 1176 LN peak<br />

limiters (2), DBX 160X compressor/limiters<br />

(2), DBX 160 compressor/limiters (2), Urie LA<br />

22 compressor/limiters (2), Teletronics LA-2A,<br />

LA-4 compressor/limiter (2) <strong>Studio</strong> B —<br />

Ramsa WR-T820B recording console; Tascam<br />

DA-88 (2) 16 tracks digital recording, Pro<br />

Tools POI 8 ch./888 I/O, Mac 7600 w/20"<br />

monitor, Yamaha CD Recorder, Panasonic<br />

SRV-3500 Professional DAT, Yamaha NS10 A/<br />

KRK monitors, Roland SRV-2000 effects processor,<br />

Behringer Composer (stereo limiter),<br />

Behringer Multi Comp (4 limiters), Behringer<br />

Auto Quad (4 gates), Behringer Edison (3D<br />

Imager), Lexicon LXP 5, Lexicon LXP 1,<br />

Macintosh Quadra 700 (24 meg ram, 1 gig internal<br />

hard drive) 1 gig external hard drive,<br />

Audiomedia II card (Sound Designer II/ Session),<br />

Apogee AD 500 converters, Opcode <strong>Studio</strong><br />

3 (2). Software: Performer5.5, Vision 1.01,<br />

Pro Tools / Soundesigner, Master List CD, extensive<br />

sound library for S-1100, D-50, D-110,<br />

DX7, TX, MS 3000 automation 1.4, Galaxy.<br />

Available Instruments: Yamaha 6'6" concert<br />

grand piano, Yamaha Recording Series Drums<br />

(9 pieces), Gretcsh 5 piece drum set, Akai S-<br />

1100 (mass Micro 45 mg cartridge hard drive),<br />

Korg M1-R, Korg 01-W fd, Korg 01-W, Roland<br />

D-110, Roland D-50 Roland Octapad,<br />

Ampeg B-15 tube bass amplifier. Microphones:<br />

Neuman U-47 tubes (2) Klaus Hynes<br />

modified, Neuman U-87 (2), Neuman U-67<br />

Klaus Hynes modified, Neuman KM 84 (2)<br />

Klaus Hynes modified, AKG 414 (5) Klaus<br />

Hynes modified (1 modified), AKG C460, AKG<br />

D112, Shure SM 91, Sennheiser 421 (4), Beyer<br />

M201 (3), Shure SM-57's (5) Clients: Rubberneck,<br />

Calobo, Five Fingers of Funk, Higher<br />

Ground, David Andrews, Pete Miser, Rhythm<br />

Jones, Tree Frogs, Curtis Salgado,<br />

Hummingfish, Lifesavas, Dan Balmer Trio,<br />

Linda Hornbuckle, Dennis Springer, Dan<br />

Faehley, Tom Grant, Richard Arnold, Obo<br />

Addy, Calvin Walker, Rob Daiker Project, Mary<br />

Kadderly, Wreck Creation, Bombay, The Delinquents,<br />

See Jane Run, Bloomrailer FINN.<br />

Ryan Foster Mastering<br />

Portland/Los Angeles<br />

(503) 224-8346<br />

Mastering/Audio Engineer<br />

All the right gear and cool, laid back atmosphere,<br />

competitive rates. "The mastering/audio engineer<br />

you've come to know." Clients: Sony,<br />

Loosegrove, Sub Pop, Astralwerks, FT Records,<br />

Resistor, Shortwave Records, Estrus, Elemental,<br />

T/K Records, Top Secret, Darla, Rain<br />

Records, Burnside Records, Jus' Family<br />

Records, Bombay Records, M.A.H. Records,<br />

Empty Records, Dohnut Records, Rainforest<br />

Records, Satan's Pilgrims, Jesus Presley,<br />

Silkenseed, Chata Addy, Gino Vanelli, Land of<br />

the Blind, Ken De Rouchie Band, Hungry Mob,<br />

Life Savas, Live at Laurelthirst, Izaya, Heavy<br />

Johnson Trio, Daylights, Hummingfish, Kerosene<br />

Dream, Cool Nutz, Loveload, Jollymon,<br />

Gus Van Sant, Systemwide, Grindstone,<br />

Floater, Countrypolitans, Here Comes Everybody,<br />

Mel.<br />

Fresh Tracks <strong>Studio</strong><br />

1813 S.E. 59th<br />

Portland, OR 97215<br />

(503) 235-7402<br />

Email: fresh@teleport.com<br />

WWW Address: http://www.teleport.com/<br />

~fresh<br />

Owners: Jon Lindahl<br />

Engineers: Jon Lindahl, Guy Baker, and Casey<br />

Spain<br />

Tracks: 32, 24, 16, & 8 (16 tracks of digital &<br />

16 tracks of analog)<br />

Rates: $40 for 32 track, $35 for 24 track, $30<br />

for 16 track, & $25 for 8 track.<br />

Equipment: 2 XT Alesis ADAT-can sync up<br />

to 16 track to get 24 or 32 tracks, analog to get<br />

24 track via JL Cooper Synchronizer, 24 x 8 x<br />

2 Soundcraft Mixing Console, MS16 Tascam<br />

16 track, 80-8 Teac 8 track, ART MPA dual tube<br />

mic pre-amp, DBX 266 Dual Compressor/<br />

Gate, DBX 163x Compressor, DBX 161 Compressor,<br />

Biamp Quad Limiter/GHate, DBX<br />

463x Gate, Yamaha 31-band EQ, Biamp Dual<br />

10-band EQ, Rockman Guitar Pre-Amp,<br />

Rockman stereo Chours/Delay, Roland SRV<br />

2000 Digital reverb, Roland SDE 1000 Delay,<br />

ART SGE Mach 2 Effects Processor, Alexsis<br />

Midi Verb, JBL 4311 monitors, KLH monitors,<br />

Auratone monitors, BBE 802 Aural Exciter,<br />

Panasonic 3700 DAT Mastering machine,<br />

Otari 1/2 track Mastering machine; wide selection<br />

of microphones (AKG, Rode,<br />

Sennheiser, E.V., Shure, Byer, Audio Technica.)<br />

MIDI Equipment: ATARI 1040 ST computer,<br />

Symte Track Program, Proteus 1 Sound Module,<br />

Yamaha TG100 Tone Module, Alexsis HR<br />

16 Drum machine, Yamaha TG 100 Tone Module,<br />

Roland MKS-100 Sampler, ESQ-1 Keyboard,<br />

Casio Midi Guitar. Clients: Fran Gray,<br />

Molly Bloom, Shanghaied on the Willamette,<br />

Elf Kings, Burner, Yes Have Some, Buddah<br />

Beatnik, Vivian’s Keeper, Steve Einhorn and<br />

Kate Powers, Banjo TWO, Marc Hanson, Al<br />

Pasque, Ralph Archenhold, Dana Libonoti,<br />

dismas, La Rai, Steve Hettum, Harris McCray,<br />

Stephen Cohen, Greg Baker, Chris Palmetto,<br />

Peter Dubois, Farrell Griffen, and Sylvia<br />

Hackathorne<br />

Gung Ho <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

86821 McMorott Lane<br />

Eugene, Oregon 97402<br />

(541) 484-9352<br />

1-800-262-9352<br />

Owner: Bill Barnett<br />

Engineer: Bill Barnett<br />

Tracks: 24 analog 2” mix down automation<br />

Equipment: Westar console- 36 channel, 72<br />

input, 24 buss. Genelec monitors, Otari 2” 24<br />

track recorder, Adats available Otari Analog 2<br />

track with Dolby S/R. 2 Panasonic 3700 DAT<br />

recorders, Neuman, AKG, Sennheiser microphones<br />

available. Lexicon 480 L Evintide 8300.<br />

Vintage tube pre-amp Limiters and Eq’s.<br />

Carver compact disc recorder (Model #PDR-<br />

10). Clients: The (Cherry Poppin’) Daddies,<br />

Laura Kemp, Virginia Cohen, Billy Jack,<br />

Etouffee, Portland’s “In June” The Bluebinos,<br />

Love Death & Agriculture, Mark Allan,<br />

Caliente, Polka Gem, American Girls, Stevie<br />

Z, Black Stone Jazz Quartet, and Marigold.<br />

Haywire Recording<br />

Southeast Portland<br />

P.O. Box 66381 PDX OR 97290<br />

503-775-7795<br />

Engineers: Robert Bartleson, George Verongos<br />

Tracks: 8/16/24 tracks, Analog or Digital<br />

Services: Live & Remote Recording, Free-<br />

Lance, Engineering and Producing, In-house<br />

<strong>Studio</strong> Recording, CD Mastering<br />

Specialties: Remote Recording & Producing<br />

Rates: Live & Remote recordings: individual<br />

quotes; 8-track recording spring special: $10/<br />

hr; 24-track recording: $30/hr and up depending<br />

on studio.<br />

Equipment: Compressors; GML 8900 stereo<br />

peak limiter, Urei 1176 compressor/limiter, (2)<br />

DBX 160x compressor/limiters. Microphones;<br />

Neumann U48 tube mic, (2) AKG 414 ULS,<br />

(2) AKG 460, AKG D112, (4) Shure SM 57,<br />

(4) Sennheiser 421, (2) Beyer M260 Ribbon.<br />

Tape Machines; Panasonic SV3700 DAT,<br />

Tascam 48-B 1/2" 8 Track Recorder, Tascam


122MKII cassette deck. Effects; Lexicon PCM<br />

42, Yamaha SPX 900, Alesis Midiverb. Misc: 8<br />

Channels of API 550A EQ's, Neve split Mic<br />

Pre/EQ, V/T Tube DI. Amplifiers; Ampeg<br />

Portaflex B-15 bass amp, Vox Royal Guardsman,<br />

Vintage Supro Guitar amp. Monitors;<br />

Yamaha NS-10 <strong>Studio</strong>. Clients: Wilco (Warner<br />

Bros. records), Skiploader (Geffen records),<br />

Thirty-Ought-Six (Mute records), Eric<br />

Mathews (Sub-pop records), Pond (Sony<br />

records), Adam Wade, Bassoon Brothers,<br />

Scribble, Slackjaw, Spoil Sports, Suplex, Contraption,<br />

Crowdog, Pushover, Failtaker, Cowboy<br />

Angels, Benny Wilson, J.C.<br />

Rico, Flophouse Palace, Gravelpit, The Cow<br />

Trippers, Many Choirs, Big bands & other large<br />

ensembles.<br />

Jackpot! Recording <strong>Studio</strong><br />

1925 S.E. Morrison<br />

Portland, Oregon 97214<br />

(503) 239-5389<br />

Email: fboa@teleport.com<br />

http://www.teleport.com/~fboa<br />

Owner: Larry Crane<br />

Engineers/Producers: Joanna Bolme, Larry<br />

Crane, Brendan Hoffman<br />

Tracks: 16 on 2” tape<br />

Rates: $240 per day (8 hrs) or $35.00 per hour<br />

Equipment: MCI JH16 16 track 2" recorder<br />

(circa 1973), Allen and Heath 40 input, 16 buss,<br />

16 monitor mixing console, Panasonic SV<br />

3800 DAT recorder, Panasonic SV 3700 DAT<br />

recorder, Flying Calf analog to digital converter,<br />

Marantz CDR 630 CD recorder, Denon<br />

DRW 580 cassette deck, Accurate Sound Corp.<br />

2 track or mono 1/4” deck, Tannoy PBM 8<br />

monitors, YamahaNS 10m monitors, Manley<br />

“limiter/compressor”, RNC 1773 “Really Nice<br />

Compressor” by FMR (3),k LA Audio 4x4<br />

compressor/gate, Behringer MDX 2100 “Composer”<br />

dual limiter/compressor/gate,<br />

Behringer XR 1400 4 channel Multigate, Alesis<br />

Micro Limiter, Korg DTR-2 digital tuner,<br />

Yamaha Rev 7 digital reverb, Alesis Midiverb<br />

II (2), Alesis Microverb II (2), Ibanez AD 202<br />

analog delay, Digitech TSR 24S dual channel<br />

digital processor, AudioArts 4100 Parametric<br />

EQ (2), Sytek MPX-4A 4 channel class A mic<br />

preamp, Rolls RP 220 tube mic preamp, PAIA<br />

tube mic preamp, SansAmp Bass Driver DI,<br />

DBX “Boom Box” subharmonic synthesizer,<br />

Sony MDR 7506 headphones (5), AKG K 240<br />

headphones, Cable Upright Piano, Hammond<br />

Organ with broken keys, Leslie 900 speaker/<br />

amp combo.<br />

Microphones: Manley Cardiod Reference<br />

Tube Mic, Earthworks 30K omnidirectional<br />

condensers (matched pair), Langevin CR 3A<br />

(2), Crown CM-700, AKG D112, Electro Voice<br />

RE 20, Audio Technica Pro 37R (3), Shure SM<br />

57 (7), Shure SM 58, Ajudio Technica Pro 25,<br />

Astatic JT-30 crystal Mic.<br />

Clients: Elliott Smith, Pavement, Quasi, No.2,<br />

Pinehurst Kids, Varnaline, Richmond<br />

Fontaine, Satan’s Pilgrims, Tra La La, The<br />

Chimps, Blackjack, Chris Eckman, Fernando,<br />

Pete Krebs, Birddog, Fuckpriest Fantastic,<br />

Miranda July, Jr. High, The Spinsters, The<br />

Dickel Brothers, Zoogz Rift, Snowmen, etc.<br />

Special Notes: We specialize in “alternative/<br />

indie” rock type stuff if that’s what you want<br />

to call it.<br />

J.A.S. Recording<br />

P.O. Box 884<br />

Beaverton, OR 97075<br />

274-2833<br />

Owner: Andy Strike<br />

Engineer: Andy Strike<br />

Tracks: 16 channel mixing direct to DAT<br />

Rates: $150 per day (8 hours). Over 8 hours<br />

prorated to daily rate.<br />

Equipment: Soundtech ST162 16 x 2 x 1 mixer;<br />

Digitech DSP 128 plus digital effects processor;<br />

Tamaha GC 2020 stereo limiter; Symetrix<br />

CL-150 compressor/limiter. Microphones:<br />

AKG C535 condenser; Audio Technica ATM11<br />

(2); Shure SM57/56 (6); EV PL259 (2); and<br />

many others. AKG K240 headphones. Master-<br />

ing: Revox A100 1/2 track 1/4 inch 15/7.5 ips;<br />

DA-7 Digital Audio Recorder (DAT); Optonica<br />

RT-6605 3-head analog cassette; Nakamichi 2head<br />

analog cassette. Special note: We are a<br />

live, on-location recording service. We record<br />

directly to digital to produce natural and accurate-sounding<br />

recordings. We record live<br />

performances or in your home.<br />

J&M Recording, Inc./First Take <strong>Studio</strong><br />

7845 S.E. Flavel St.<br />

Portland, OR 97206<br />

777-9281<br />

Owners: James & Mavis Nyssen<br />

Engineers/Producers: Doug Pershing<br />

Tracks: 24 analog, <strong>99</strong> MIDI<br />

Rates: $45/hr.;block rates available—call.<br />

Equipment: Soundtracks MRX Series 24x8x2<br />

console. Lexicon LXP 15, LXP5 and LXP1;<br />

Korg A1; Digitech DSP256XL; Yamaha Rev 7;<br />

Aphex compellor; Aphex aural exciter Type C;<br />

ART DR-X; dbx 263 de-esser; Audio Logic 266<br />

dual gate + compressor + limiter; Audio Logic<br />

440 Quadnoise gate; Rockton Hush IICX stereo<br />

noise reduction system; JBL Control 1 Plus<br />

monitors. Microphone—AKG 414; Audi<br />

Technica ATM 31R; EV N/D 408; Shure SM57;<br />

AKG D112; Carvin CM90E condensor mics;<br />

Shure SM56. Mastering—<strong>Two</strong> Sony DAT machines<br />

and a Carver PST-24 dual cassette deck<br />

with MPX filter and Dolby B and C noise reduction.<br />

MIDI: KX88 MIDI Master controller;<br />

Yamaha SY<strong>99</strong> and DX7’s; Korg Wavestation<br />

EX; Emu E-Max II with 8 megs of sample<br />

RAM; Emu Performance; Emu Percussion;<br />

Emu Proteus/2. Other: Macintosh IIci; Mark<br />

of the Unicorn MIDI Time Piece; Opcode Vision<br />

3.1 sequencing software & Galaxy Editor<br />

librarians; ADA MP-1 MIDI programmable<br />

tube guitar pre-amp; stereo Marshall 4 x 12<br />

cabinet; Marshall SE 100 speaker emulator;<br />

MosValve guitar power amp; Jackson Pro-<br />

Winger bass.<br />

KAOS Recording<br />

Portland, OR<br />

(503) 287-5066<br />

Owner: John Belluzzi<br />

Engineers: John Belluzzi<br />

Tracks: Tascam 1" 16 track<br />

Rates: $175.00 per day<br />

Equipment: Panasonic DAT, ART tube compressor,<br />

Rode tube mic, 2 Rode condensor<br />

mic's, tube pre amp, 24-8 Mackie mixing<br />

board, Tascam DA 30, Lexicon LXP1, LXP5,<br />

DBX 166 compressor, JBL 43 12 control monitors,<br />

AKG 414, Equitech, Sennheiser 421, EVPL<br />

20, EV 308, EV 408, Audiotechnic 37R, SVT<br />

B2 bass amp, line 6 guitar amp, Premier XPK<br />

drumset, SPL pychoacoustic EQ. Clients:<br />

Fernando, Little Sue, Golden Delicious,<br />

Gravelpit, Disfunctional, The Automatics,<br />

Bluto, Lovelode, Backside Disaster, Nervous<br />

Christians, Sissyface, Gern Blanston, Doris<br />

Daze, Patsy's Void, The Delinquents, Murder<br />

God, Fall From Grace, Forehead, Scribble,<br />

Iowa Hawkeyes, Yankee Wuss, Village Idiot,<br />

Sweet Backyard, Iommi Stubbs.<br />

Lion's Roehr <strong>Studio</strong><br />

5613 S.E. 69th<br />

Portland, OR 97206<br />

(503) 771-8384<br />

Owner: Mike Roehr<br />

Producers: Jeff Powell, Karl Lazdins, Mike<br />

Roehr<br />

Tracks: 16 ADAT<br />

Rates: $15 to $20; location prices also available<br />

Equipment: 2 Soundcraft consoles, TL, audio<br />

tube pre-amp, Drawmer compression,<br />

Harmon Kardon amplifier, DBX, Aphex, Sony,<br />

Lexicon, Art and Digitech. Mics: E/V 408, A/<br />

T PRo 25 and Audix D-3 and OM3 Xb, (2)<br />

AKG C-1000 S's, Audio Technica 4033, SM 57.<br />

Monitors: Tannoy PBM-8's. Clients: Other<br />

Living Things, Furious George, Peter Bach,<br />

Rhythm Jones.<br />

Continued on page 20<br />

Make your recording dreams<br />

a reality at the NEW!<br />

studio<br />

up to 32 tracks digital<br />

16 track analog<br />

Steinway, Hammond,<br />

Rhodes, & 16 other keyboards 761-0964<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 19


Tina Tina S S Marie Marie Band<br />

Band<br />

<strong>April</strong> 12<br />

Dublin Pub<br />

http://www.users.uswest.net/~bvp<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

✯<br />

Page 20 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

SEE US<br />

<strong>April</strong> 16-17th,<br />

May 14-15th,<br />

@ Dr. Feelgoods<br />

CD “Namaste”<br />

available at Music<br />

Millennium and<br />

Locals Only.<br />

For bookings call<br />

736-1257<br />

or 230-1869<br />

COMING SOON:<br />

“MAN IN A GLASS”<br />

THE EP<br />

FROM PIPE DREAMS<br />

ON CD<br />

American Coin Machine<br />

Sega, Pinballs, Video<br />

Automatic Products<br />

Dixie - Narco<br />

Used Games<br />

700 SE Clay 233-7000<br />

ATTENTION PORTLAND MUSICIANS!<br />

�<br />

announcing...<br />

Columbia<br />

Columbia<br />

w w • • e e • • s s • • t<br />

t<br />

r r e e c c o o o r r d d i i i n n g<br />

g<br />

The standard just raised.<br />

(503)492-9072<br />

�<br />

�<br />

STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

Continued from page 19<br />

Museum Music Productions<br />

Lake Oswego, OR<br />

(503) 6<strong>99</strong>-3505<br />

email: museum@cybcon.com<br />

www.cybcon.com/~museum<br />

Rates: $40.00/hr & negotiable<br />

Music Director: Roger Mielke<br />

Tracks: 24+<br />

Equipment: AMEK console 24x16x2, NEVE<br />

Traking room, Summit tube mic preamps,<br />

Summit tube compressors, (3) Alesis ADAT<br />

XT, OTARI MX-50 open reel analog recorder,<br />

SCHIMMEL 7' Grand Piano, Nuemann TLM<br />

170, and any mic available on request ahead<br />

of time. Live recording room dimensions<br />

27x21 with fifteen foot ceiling for BIG ASS<br />

DRUM SOUNDS ! ISO booth #1 9x8, ISO<br />

booth#2 8x6, Control Room Portland Biggest<br />

and most comfortable 27x26 with large<br />

couches. We offer Water Sking or Boating on<br />

your breaks on Lake Oswego. Call for tour,<br />

when you see this place you will love it. When<br />

you hear us you will be sold. Roger Mielke's<br />

Partial Credits: KISS Gene Simmons, Steve<br />

Vai, Lita Ford, Halloween III, Kick Boxer<br />

Claude Van Damme, Major TV work,Over<br />

fifty album credits. Call for a tour.<br />

Nettleingham Audio<br />

360-696-5<strong>99</strong>9<br />

Vancouver, WA<br />

(just minutes from downtown PDX)<br />

Email: fuserock@aol.com<br />

Services: CD Mastering, one-offs, digital editing,<br />

independent engineering<br />

Specialties: CD Mastering<br />

Owner/Engineer: Kevin Nettleingham (Independents<br />

welcome)<br />

Tracks: 32 Track Digital Hard Disk<br />

Rates: $50.00 per hour<br />

Equipment: Digital Audio Workstation;<br />

Digidesign Pro Tools 24 system, Software Version:<br />

4.1.1, Audio Hard Drives; 3 x Seagate<br />

Barracuda 4 gig. & 1 Quantum Atlas II 9 gig.<br />

Computer; Macintosh Power PC 9600/233.<br />

RAM.; 144 megabytes. Internal Hard Drive; 2<br />

gigabytes. w/ dual 20" monitors. Monitoring<br />

Console; Mackie CR1604-VLZ. Analog Processing;<br />

GML 8200 Parametric Equalizer,<br />

Cranesong STC-8 Discreet Class A Compressor<br />

Limiter.<br />

Digital Processing: Waves; L1 Limiter, Q10<br />

Paragraphic EQ, C1, Compressor/Gate, Renaissance,<br />

Compressor, S1 Stereo Imager,<br />

TrueVerb & WaveConvert, TC Electronics:<br />

Reverb & Chorus Antares Systems: Auto-Tune<br />

& MDT WaveMechanics: PurePitch DUY:<br />

DaD Valve & Wide Intelligent Devices: IQ<br />

Drawmer: Compressor/Limiter & Gates<br />

Digidesign: DINR & other various effects Data<br />

Back-up: Exabyte EXB-8700LT 8mm CD Recorder:<br />

Philips CDD 2600 4x read, 2x write<br />

Software: Digidesign Master List CD Version<br />

2.0, Adaptec Toast 3.5.4 Monitors: Meyer<br />

Sound HD-1 High Definition Audio Monitors<br />

Metering: Intelligent Devices AD-1 Pro Audio<br />

Analyzer, Waves PAZ Pscychoacoustic Analyzer.<br />

2 Track Players/Recorders: Tascam DA-<br />

30 MKII DAT, Nakamichi MR-2 Cassette,<br />

Marantz PMD-321 CD with AES and SPDIF<br />

outputs. A Few Of My Clients: 5 O, Clock<br />

People, Magic Marker Records, Bland Records,<br />

Boot to Head Records, Buko, Crowdog, Liquid,<br />

Reno Jazz Quintet, King/Vinnegar/Brown<br />

Porter Quintet, Artists for a Hate-Free<br />

America, Gravelpit, Airforce Records, Village<br />

Idiot, Daylights, Threscher, 44 Long,<br />

Grammatrain, Crux , Schizophonic Records,<br />

PHD Records, KBOO Church of NW Music,<br />

Renato Caranto, Ellen Whtye & Reflex Blue,<br />

Allegro Distributers, The Bassoon Brothers,<br />

Emile Pandolfi, Musicraft Multi-Media,<br />

Moultrie Patten, Steinway and Sons, Johnny<br />

Limbo & the Lugnuts, Matt Messing, Rob<br />

Bartleson.<br />

No Moving Parts<br />

S.E. Portland (near Laurelhurst)<br />

234-6410<br />

Owners:Mark/Michele Kaeder ,Justin<br />

McCarthy<br />

Engeneer/Producers:Justin McCarthy , Mark<br />

Kaeder<br />

Tracks:40 (32 harddisk,8 adat)<br />

Equipment: Recording: Alesis X2 Recording<br />

console (24x8 ,64 sources at mixdown full<br />

parametric eq on all channels), Creamw@re<br />

Tdat-16 hard drive recorder with Firewalkers<br />

DSP and Osirus audio restoration software<br />

(running on a P2 266 with 128 megs of ram<br />

and 32 gigs of storage) , NEW Creamw@re<br />

Pulsar 96/24 DSP, Synthesis, Mixing platform<br />

(running on seperate P2 233 with 128 megs<br />

of ram and 4 gigs of storage) with Cubase VST<br />

MIDI sequencing and HDR software.(too<br />

many other audio programs to list) , Fostex<br />

RD-8 ADAT. Outboard: Lexicon MPX-1<br />

multieffects processer, ART Pro MPA tube mic<br />

pre, ART Pro VLA optical tube compressor,<br />

DBX 1066 stereo copressor/limiter/gate, Real<br />

Tube RT-902 tube guitar pre. Monitors:<br />

Genelec 1029A biamp monitoring system w/<br />

sub , Event 20/20 bas active refrence monitors.<br />

Synthesis: Roland XP-80 MIDI workstation ,<br />

Ensoniq ASR-X sampeler ,Alesis D-4 MIDI<br />

drums, Roland GI-10 guitar MIDI interface ,<br />

Fender Strat with MIDI pickups. Condenser<br />

mics:Soundeluxe U-95 multipattern tube mic<br />

, Rode NT-2 , Rode NT-1, Audio Technica<br />

,ATM35, AT-851a, AT-4041(2) Cardiod Dynamics:<br />

E.V. ND-868, ND-367 , Peavey<br />

PVM22 (2) , Cad 22 (2).Misc:Yamaha<br />

CDR400t 4X CD writer. AKG and SONY headphones<br />

,Samson Headphone amp , Dennon<br />

3head cassette deck, SWR Bass amp with Eden<br />

4x10 cabinet<br />

Notes:No Moving Parts is a comfortable, low<br />

cost recording environment with a friendly<br />

and knowledgeable staff. Providing Exceptional<br />

sound quality with the kind of speed<br />

and flexability that only hard drive recording<br />

can provide. Perfect for inexpensive, great<br />

sounding demos or for budgeting the kind of<br />

time it takes to complete a fully produced final<br />

product, Check out our website at<br />

www.nomovingparts.com for more info. Clients:<br />

Dizzy pilots, Glorybox ,The Automatics<br />

, The Blue Ribbon Boys, Heywood, Creepy Old<br />

Trucks, Lew Jones , Hsu String Quartet , Bucket<br />

of Rocks ,Recording and editing for the<br />

independant film Breach Of Etiquett , Commercial<br />

sountracking for Outdoor Animation<br />

and sound effects and background music for<br />

Colorado Time Systems sports reader boards.<br />

Northstar Recording<br />

13716 S.E. Ramona<br />

Portland, OR 97236<br />

(503) 760-7777 Fax: (503) 760-4342<br />

Owners: Scott James Hybl, Curt Cassingham<br />

Engineers/Producers: Dean Baskerville, Rob<br />

Farley, Bob Barnes, Mike Conner<br />

Tracks: 32, 24, 16<br />

Rates: 32/24 track, $50/hr.; 16 track, $35/hr.<br />

or $60 tape rolling. Block rates — 32/24 track,<br />

$40/hr. on 50 prepaid hours.<br />

Equipment: Otari MX-80 2" tape machine;<br />

Tascam 85-16B; Tascam 85-16 1" machine;<br />

Panasonic SV-3500 DAT; Technics SVMD1<br />

portable DAT; Ampex ATR 800 1/2 track; Otari<br />

MX 5050 1/2 track; Klark Teknik DN780 reverb;<br />

Lexicon PCM 70 & LXP-1; Roland<br />

SRV2000 (2); Alesis Midiverb II; MicMix<br />

XL305; A/O plate reverb; Eventide 949 harmo-<br />

Continued on page 22


LAST MONTH<br />

THIS MONTH<br />

artist/label/title<br />

top tracks<br />

WEDNESDAY 10:30-MID.<br />

92.7 FM Columbia Gorge<br />

100.7 FM Corvallis/Albany<br />

3 1 LITTLE SUE Cravedog CD ............................................................................................... Crow<br />

4 2 AMERICAN GIRLS pace Age/ Elemental CD ....... In The Whiskey YaYa’s<br />

2 2 HERMAN JOLLY HJ CD ............................................. Mad Cowboy Disease<br />

2 2 BASEBOARD HEATERS Demo CD ................. The Baseboard Heaters<br />

• 3 FERNANDO Cravedog CD .......................................................................... Old Man Motel<br />

6 4 T GREER Page Music CD ................................................................................. T Greer<br />

13 5 LARRY YES Yes Enterprises CD .................................................................. Larry Yes<br />

7 5 THE VIBRASONICS Ultrasonics CD ........................... Tiki Torch Cocktail<br />

11 6 VARIOUS Nilla CatCD .......................................................... Whiskers and Hinds<br />

• 6 4 HR. RAMONA Yeah, It’s Rock CD ........................................ Pharmacy Park<br />

8 7 JEFF LANDON Hush CD ....................................................................... Slowness<br />

• 7 44 LONG Sideburn CD .................................................... Inside the Horse’s Head<br />

9 8 KIL KARE Kil Kare CD ................................................................................... Kil Kare<br />

• 8 GRAVELPIT Rockadelic Records CD .................................................. Snow Globe<br />

10 8 STEPHEN SPYRIT Fireborn CD .......... Love Poems For The Millenium<br />

• 9 ROLLERBALL Jalody Grotto 7” ...................................................... Late for Corn<br />

12 9 WRITTEN IN ASHES Nightfeast CD .................................... Nightfeast Single<br />

12 10 ROGER NUSIC RNC CD ................................................................................ LLLLL<br />

• 11 ROLLERBALL Pacific Wonderland 12” .................................. We Owned Lions<br />

• 11 WARTIME CHOCOLATE CA ................................. Wartime Chocolate<br />

13 12 TED THIEMAN Demo CA .............................................. Send Home the Jackets<br />

• 13 MEL Mel CD ............................................................................................................. Tantric<br />

4 1 LITTLE SUE Cravedog CD ............................................................................. Strong<br />

5 2 THE AMERICAN GIRLS Space Age/ Elemental CD .................... Elizabeth<br />

2 3 HERMAN JOLLY HJ CD ................................................................. Slow Dance<br />

3 4 BASE BOARD HEATERS Demo CD ..................................................... Road<br />

• 5 FERNANDO Cravedog CD ................................................................................................ Jesus<br />

• 5 T GREER Page Music CD ...................................................................... I Gotta Buzz<br />

live offerings at the church<br />

Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 7th ----------------------- Stephen Spyrit-live in the <strong>Studio</strong>1<br />

Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 14th ------------------------------------New Release Showcase<br />

Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 21st------------------------------- 44 Long-live in the <strong>Studio</strong>1<br />

Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 28th -------------------- Wally Dynamite-live in the <strong>Studio</strong>1<br />

Wednesday, May 5th ------------------ The American Girls-live in the <strong>Studio</strong>1<br />

4811 SE Hawthorne 238-1646<br />

APRIL<br />

Friday 9th<br />

Smooch Knob, Conduit, Emerge & Noise<br />

Saturday 10th<br />

Chris Mayther & Soul Vaccination<br />

Wednesday 14th<br />

Honey Bee, Groove & Red Madder<br />

Thursday 15th<br />

Higher Ground & Captain Tractor<br />

Friday 16th<br />

Benefit Show<br />

Soular, Earthforce, Walleye,<br />

Sasquatch & Blue Sky Roadster<br />

Saturday 17th<br />

Pagan Jug Band &River Roots<br />

Thursday 22sd<br />

Rafferty, Rotating Leslies & guests<br />

Friday 23rd<br />

Love Lode, Anger Managment,Dead Red Head<br />

Saturday 24th<br />

Nicotine, 9v Mile, John Thayer, 4th Plane Jaiant<br />

Friday 30th<br />

Omar Torrez & guests<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 21


STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

Continued from page 20<br />

nizer; Aphex Dominator II & Aural Exciter;<br />

BBE sonic maximizer; Lexicon prime time;<br />

Delta-Lab DL-5 Harmoni-computer; UREI<br />

1176LN limiters & 7110; Roland SDE 1000 &<br />

DEP-5; dbx 463 de-esser; Yamaha SPX-90; Valley<br />

People Dynamite; US Audio Gatex; Burwen<br />

noise filter; Aphex 612 stereo gate; Symetrix<br />

vocal processor (2); Wendel Jr. w/all cards;<br />

Sycologic trigger; dbx 463 gate; dbx 160 limiter;<br />

Sound Workshop Series 30 console w/<br />

Roland 12 line mixer; Tascam 8 line mixer,<br />

UREI 809, JBL 4311, Auratone monitors;<br />

Hafler 250; Crown D-75; Rane HC-6; Sound<br />

Genesis Split headphones; Sound Tools digital<br />

editing w/ 1 gigabyte hard drive; 650 megabyte<br />

removable optical cartridge; 45 meg mass<br />

micro removable; Adam-Smith Zeta Three<br />

syncronizer. MIDI: Emulator III (2) 8 meg<br />

machines; Emulator I; E-Max II & I; Proteus I<br />

& II, EMU SP1200; Alesis HR16; Drumulator;<br />

Oberheim DPX-1; Jupiter 6; Yamaha DX7;<br />

Yamaha DX7 & FB-01; Tama Techstar drums;<br />

Jambox 4+; JL Cooper PPS-100 SMPTE.<br />

Other: Yamaha 6' grand piano; Macintosh II<br />

w/ Sound Tools; Mac SE, SE/FD-HD & Plus;<br />

Roland MC-500 MK II, MC 500 & MSQ 700;<br />

Alchemy; Sound Designer I & II; Master List;<br />

Soft Synth; Dinale; Drum File; Superstudio;<br />

PageMaker; Microsoft Works; Overvue; etc.<br />

Clients: Kingsmen, Dan Reed Network,<br />

Margie Boule; Versus; Sceptre; U.S. Bancorp;<br />

Graphic Media; Vidamix; Leslie Carter;<br />

Romeo; Tenley Hollway; Ria; Maureen Love;<br />

Bartholomew; Todd Michaels; Free Rain<br />

Records.<br />

Opal <strong>Studio</strong><br />

P.O. Box 86713<br />

Portland, OR 97286<br />

(503) 774-4310<br />

E-mail: opalpdx@teleport.com<br />

Owner: Kevin Hahn<br />

Engineer/Producers: Kevin Hahn, Vince<br />

Tognetti, Chris Stevens,<br />

Tracks: 24<br />

Rates: $40.00 per hour; block and project<br />

rates available<br />

Equipment: Yamaha O2R automated digital<br />

console, 24 tracks of 20 bit ADATS with BRC,<br />

Tascam DA-30 mkII, Tascam DA-20, Marantz<br />

615 CD recorder, Tascam 302 dual cass., Teac<br />

PD-D860<br />

Microphones: Neumann U87 (2), AKG 414,<br />

AT4050, AT4033, AT4051, AKG D112 (2),<br />

Audix D1, D2, D3 (2), EV ND757a, Shure 57<br />

(5) 58, and others.<br />

Processors: Focusrite Red 8 mic pre-amps,<br />

TLA PA-5001 quad tube pre-amps, ART Pro<br />

MPA, Eventide H3000 SE, Lexicon LXP-15,<br />

Yamaha SPX-90, O2R onboard effects (2),<br />

Aphex Compellor, Symetrix 425, Aphex aural<br />

exciter, Aphex 107 pre-amps, Alesis M-EQ 230<br />

Monitors: Urei 809, Yamaha NS-10m, KRK,<br />

Auratone.<br />

Other: Cakewalk Pro Audio 8, Fender, Gibson,<br />

Jackson and various other guitars, Marshall,<br />

Crate tube combo, Ensoniq TS-12, D4...<br />

Clients: Shrapnel Records, Shortwave Records,<br />

Deen Castronova, 17 Reasons Why, Silkenseed,<br />

Heavy Bros., Stephanie Schneiderman, Sky<br />

Blue Mind, Dan Blaufus/Sandy Frye, Jive<br />

Talkin’ Robots, Jollymon, Paradigm Driven,<br />

Written in Ashes...<br />

Pro-Arts Productions<br />

1350 Chambers Street<br />

Eugene, OR 97402<br />

Page 22 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

(541) 345-<strong>99</strong>18<br />

Owner: Tony Proveaux<br />

Engineer: Tony Proveaux<br />

Tracks: 16<br />

Equipment: Alexis Adat digital recorders- 16<br />

track, Mackie 8 buss mixing board, various<br />

amps, guitars, AKG mic’s.<br />

Clients: Floater, KPants, Surf Trio, Flapjacks,<br />

Oswald 5-0, Headhunter, Surfonics, and others.<br />

Pushy Jew Productions<br />

N.E. Portland<br />

(503) 288-9279<br />

Owner/ Engineer: Ken Goldstein<br />

Tracks: 8 tracks digital audio editing<br />

Rates: $15.00 per hour/projects negotiable<br />

Equipment: Pro Tools & <strong>Studio</strong> Vision Pro,<br />

Hard-disk mastering to DAT, Tascam DA 30<br />

MK II, Unlimited MIDI tracks, SMPTE Capable<br />

Clients: Lynn Haldeman, Jeff Otto,<br />

Kevin Russell, Mary Sue Tobin, Tom Anderson,<br />

Quixotic Music Productions, <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Radio <strong>Magazine</strong><br />

Q <strong>Studio</strong>s, inc.<br />

Aloha, OR<br />

Phone/Fax: (503) 591-1200<br />

Email: qstudios@cybernw.com<br />

WWW: http://www.transport.com/~qstudios<br />

Engineers: Eric Danskine, various independents<br />

welcome<br />

Rates: $25.00/hr, project quotes when applicable.<br />

Equipment: 24 track ADAT system w/BRC,<br />

64 input X2 console w/fader automation,<br />

Macintoch based Digital Audio WorkStation<br />

running Deck II software, Tascam DA-30 DAT,<br />

Tascam, Sony & Yamaha cassette recorders,<br />

Nakamichi CD player, Roalnd M-160. Effects:<br />

Lexicon LXP-15, LXP-1, LXP-5 w/MRC, RSP<br />

Intelliverb, Korg A3, Ibanez SDR-1000+, Alesis<br />

MIDIverb II, Roland SDE-1000. Signal Processing:<br />

RSP2200 multi-band compressor,<br />

"Saturator" tube, Ampex PR-10 tube mic pre<br />

(2 ch.), Alesis 3630 compressor/gates (2),<br />

Yamaha GC2020Bii compressor/gates, HUSH<br />

8X expander (8ch.), Digitech MEQ-28 third<br />

octave programmable EQ, BBE 822A Sonic<br />

Maximizer. Mics: AKG C408, (x5), Audio<br />

TEchnica 4033 (x2), Sennhaiser 421 (x2),<br />

Beyer Dynamic M88 ribbon (x2), Sure SM-57<br />

(x3), Electrovoice ND 257 & MC-100. Other:<br />

Yamaha NS-10M & custom CV monitors with<br />

Carver Amplification. Fully balanced tt patch<br />

bay. E MU Proteus 1 & 2 MIDI sound modules,<br />

Akai S2000 sampler with computer editor,<br />

Akai S-900 sampler, Akai MX-76 weighted<br />

key controller, Master Tracks Pro sequencer.<br />

Premier Resonator drum set with Zildijian<br />

cymbals. Seperate control room and performance<br />

room with iso booth. Patio off control<br />

room. Clients: Polygram, London Records,<br />

MOMO Digital Records (MDR), Zelleznik Recording<br />

Co., Consolidated, Gregarious, pH7,<br />

Feller, Lielythe, Zombot Farm, Morgan<br />

Hardisty, Josh Dog, Jen Bernard, Lynn Anderson,<br />

Pierian Springs Software, Bassist College,<br />

Way Far Guitars, Sister of Lars, Mind Disciple,<br />

Hyperthermia, Wash, Emerge MC, Tone Deaf<br />

Orchard, Green Juice, Black Pearl, Funkknot.<br />

R <strong>Studio</strong><br />

(503) 285-9168<br />

Owner: Gregg Whitehead<br />

Engineers: Gregg Whitehead, Kristopher<br />

Merkel<br />

Rates: $25.00/ per hour<br />

Tracks: 16 tracks analog/ 16 tracks Digital/<br />

Full automation<br />

Equipment: Tape Machines: Fostex E-16,<br />

30ips olbyw/,D C Sony DTC-700 D, Sony tape<br />

deck with Dobly S, Computer: Pentium 90, 3<br />

gigs memory scsi, 16 meg ram, Digial Audio<br />

Labs "digital only" card D, Crystal Lake Audio<br />

"Crystal Clear Wavetable," soundcard, "SAW<br />

PLUS" 16 tracks Hard Disk recording and editing,<br />

Consoles: Yamaha ProMix 01, (digital<br />

mixer with full automation; levels, mutes, EQ,<br />

effects, compression, and total recall) Fostex<br />

18 x 4 x 2 warm sounding mixer (3 band<br />

parimetric EQ per channel), Monitoring:<br />

Peavy-Phase Reference monitors, Yamaha NS-<br />

10, Auratone, AKG & Sony headphones, EFX:<br />

EQ, Compression, and Gates: Alesis, DBX,<br />

Moog (pari),Behringer, ECC, Mutron,<br />

Yamaha, Deltalab, Microphones: CAD, AKG,<br />

EV, Shure, Audix, Audio-Technica, SMPTE,<br />

and MIDI. Digital sequencing and editing<br />

software Clients: Iddy Biddy, Tilting At Windmills,<br />

King Black Acid, Brothaz Grimm, Soil,<br />

Allen Jackson, Psycho Drome, Trip 21, Blue<br />

Jean Rayburn, Monde la Bella, Ray, Killing<br />

Field, Big House<br />

Rainbow Recording<br />

6614 S.W. Garden Home Rd.<br />

Portland, OR 97223<br />

(503) 246-5576<br />

Owner: Galen Hegna<br />

Producer: Galen Hegna<br />

Engineer: Galen Hegna, Steve Martin<br />

Tracks: 16 / 24<br />

Rates: $35/hr. Block rates available (call for<br />

info).<br />

Equipment: Harrison 36 channel mixing console,<br />

ADAT digital recorder, Fostex, Otari,<br />

Nakamichi, Aphex, digital editing capabilities,<br />

Yamaha, dbx, BBE, DAT decks, Panasonic sync<br />

to video, synchronizers, MIDI controllers, sequencers,<br />

JBL, Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser,<br />

EV, Shure, upright grand piano, plus much<br />

much more. Call for details Clients: Paul<br />

Chasman, Carl Dees, 12 Gauge, Dennis<br />

Moorehouse, Funnel, Don Leigh Blues Band,<br />

Dan Hegman and Don Bliss, Out of the Blue,<br />

Cherokee Jerry, Steve Axeford, and Dixon Jane.<br />

Recording Associates<br />

5821 S.E. Powell Blvd.<br />

Portland, OR 97206<br />

(503) 777-4621<br />

Owners: Jay Webster, Chris Webster, Bob<br />

Stoutenburg<br />

Engineers/Producers: Bob Stoutenburg<br />

Tracks: 16/24<br />

Rates: 1/2” 16 Track, $30/hr, Block (over 10<br />

hours) $25/hr. 2” 16/24 Track, $50/hr.<br />

Equipment: MCI JH416 24 x 24 console;<br />

Ampex MM1100 24/16 track; Fostex B16 1/2"<br />

16 track; Otari 50/50 2 track; Yamaha NS-10<br />

monitors; Teletronics, Symetrix, DBX compressors/limiters;<br />

Delta Lab, Roland, Alesis,<br />

Evantide, MXR delays; Mic-Mix aural exciter;<br />

Orban-Parasound de-esser; Neumann,<br />

Sennheiser, Shure, E-V, AKG microphones<br />

Other: Real-time and high-speed cassette duplicating<br />

services. Video production and duplication<br />

Clients: There Ya Go, Stain, Loco,<br />

Okie Drifters, Twist of Fate, Flat Black Tomato,<br />

Tom Foolery, Tracer, Steeplejack, Nucking<br />

Futs, Elmer’s Restaurants, Oregon Historical<br />

Society, The Branders, Swing Line Cubs,<br />

Stumptown Jazz, Calloway & Lee, Darin<br />

Clendenin Trio, Last Rodeo Band, Ted Lee Orchestra,<br />

Marketing Concepts, National Examination<br />

Center, Vacation Villages, Inn at Spanish<br />

Head, Witch Throttle Gush & The Green<br />

Devils, Kevin Collins and the Mojos.<br />

Red Carpet Treatment<br />

S.W. Portland<br />

(503) 292- 3861<br />

Owners: Gavin & Wendy Pursinger<br />

Engineer: Gavin Pursinger<br />

Tracks: 16tk 2” 15/30 ips. 2tk 1/2” 15/30 ips<br />

Rates: $35/hr or 10 hr block for $250. in advance.<br />

Plus tape costs.<br />

Recorders: Scully 288-16 (2” 16tk), Ampex<br />

AG440B (1/2” 2tk), Studer A700 (1/4” 2tk),<br />

Ampex 351-C (mono tube 1/4”), Panasonic<br />

SV 3700DAT, Digital Audio Labs Hard Disk<br />

Editor, Phillips CD Burner, Pioneer 3 head cassette<br />

(+4 converted).<br />

Monitors: Large JBL Alnico 15”/2”/Eliptical<br />

ring system in factory cabinets Biamped and<br />

TUBE driven. Near fields are JBL/Crown PA<br />

in playing room. Headphones have separate<br />

mixes in each playing room-Crown 300A &<br />

Phase 400 powered.<br />

Console: Sunn SPL 3424 & 4424 well tied for<br />

56 inputs<br />

Tube Equipment: RCT Tube 4x8 Stereo Plate<br />

Reverb, Presto 40B (regulated) mic pre, RCT<br />

stereo tube limiter (6L6GCs), KGW Line Amp,<br />

RCT stereo tube mic/line pre<br />

(5879s&6L6GCs), RCT tube mic pre<br />

(5879&6L6GC), RCT stereo differential limiter<br />

(6SN7GTAs), 2 Bogen Tube mixers 5ch<br />

(EF86s), RCT stereo tube DI (12AT7x). RCT<br />

TUBE GEAR HAS SEPARATE POWER SUP-<br />

PLIES AND DC HEATERS.<br />

Effects: RCT Tube Stereo Plate, AKG BX 10<br />

Rev, Alesis & Lexicon revs, Behringer Dualflex<br />

exiter, Orban Optic Compressor, Behringer<br />

Composer, 2 Tapco +4 stereo graphic EQs, Audio<br />

Logic Quad Gates (VCA), 2 Scully 280 mic<br />

pres, Ampex 440C mic/line pre, 5 Digital Delays,<br />

12 ch patchable DBX 180 noise reduction.<br />

Mics: AKG “The Tube”, 451 (2), D-12, 330BT<br />

(4), Electrovoice RE20, RE 16 (2), DS 35 (2),<br />

665, 1777A (2), RE 50, Sennheiser 421, Shure<br />

55S, 56 (2), 58, PE50SP. Helpinstill magnetic<br />

piano pickup.<br />

Instruments: grand piano, Hammond CV &<br />

Leslie, Fender Rhodes 88 stereo, Fender Telecaster<br />

bass, Gibson melody maker (P90s),<br />

Rickenbacker 330-12 string(George Harrison<br />

style), Yamaha acoustic 12 string, 65 Fender<br />

Pro & dual showman cabinet, Sunn 2000s,<br />

Sunn 1200s, Sunn 100s, Ampex jet J-12.<br />

Clients: Ray Charles, Chubby Checker, Al Rivers<br />

III & The Ink Spots, Ike Willis Band, War,<br />

Edwin Starr, Howard Roberts & Mel Brown,<br />

The Weevils w/Billy Hagen & Dave Gill, Blake<br />

Wood, Kathleen Riley, James Robbins Band,<br />

Cross Country, Diamond Eye, Kevin Collins,<br />

The Bluesters, The Rockfords, Robert Brown,<br />

Rob Ohearn, Miss Red Flowers, Plesure Seekers,<br />

Planet Quarantine, Kind & Loving Spiders,<br />

Undercover Records, Cravedog, Fernando<br />

(Luther Russel on keys), June & Joey, Vintage<br />

Flashback, Band of Andys, Strawberry,Orange<br />

Collection, Lamurians, In Cell, Sleepover, Producer<br />

mike Mason, Brownell Sound & Bluegrass<br />

on the Green, Lisa Miller & the Trailer<br />

Park Honeys, and many more.<br />

Rex Recording<br />

1931 S.E. Morrison<br />

Portland, OR 97214<br />

(503) 238-4525<br />

Owner: Sunny Day Productions, Inc.<br />

Engineers/Producers: Cal Katterman, Jeff<br />

Fuller, Keld Bangsberg, Russ Gorsline, Greg<br />

Branson<br />

Tracks: 24 8/8 analog, 16 track digital<br />

Rates: $40 to $100/hr. Call for block rates.<br />

Equipment: Mixing — Amek Angela with automation<br />

28 x 24 w/6 aux sends (64 x 2<br />

mixdown), ProDisk III, Sony JH-24 2" 24track<br />

recorder 30/15 ips; UREI 1176LN x 2<br />

peak limiters, DBX 160 x 2 limiters; EMT stereo<br />

plat reverb 7' w/ solid-state amp; EMT<br />

mono plate reverb 7' w/tube amp; Lexicon<br />

PCM 70 x 2 digital effects unit; Lexicon LXP-<br />

15, Lexicon LXP-1, Symetrix 501 limiter,<br />

Aphex Compellor II, Symetrix 564 Quad Gate,<br />

Yamaha SPX 90 digital effects unit; Alesis<br />

Midiverb II; ADL expander/gates; Scamp rack;<br />

S100 gates, S01 comp/limiters, de-essers, parametric<br />

EQ, Yamaha NS-10 monitors, Auratone<br />

monitors, Bi-amp TC-120 power amp; DBX<br />

150-X stereo noise reduction (6); Symetrix 522<br />

comp/lim/gate/ducker (stereo); Symetrix dual<br />

gate; Alesis microverb and microverb II; SAE<br />

stereo parametric EQ; Scamp S01 compressor<br />

and S100 gate. Mastering — Panasonic SV-<br />

3700 DAT (3), Tascam DA-30 MkII DAT,<br />

Tascam DA-60 Time Code DAT, Otari MTR-<br />

10 1/4" half-track recorder 30/15 ips; Fostex<br />

E-2 1/4" 1/2 track stereo w/DBX I & CTTC;<br />

Technics RS-B905 3-head mastering cassette<br />

Continued on page 28


Frisco Disco<br />

Continued from page 11<br />

drowned me, now I’m going to the big empty room<br />

upstairs. I’ll see you in the big empty room upstairs,<br />

waiting all alone in the big empty room.<br />

Cold Portland rain, comin down on me, watershed<br />

of a broken, drowning man. Cole Porter and pain<br />

up the ying yang, trying to explain what even I don’t<br />

understand so I stagger along the railroad tracks, worn<br />

Nike-town knock-offs and an old knapsack.The ominous<br />

skyline, like every mirror I pass, reflecting aging,<br />

crumbling artifacts, counting railroad ties like Kerouac,<br />

swear again I’m never looking back. On the Cole Porter<br />

reign, in the cold Portland rain. Cole Porter reigns, in<br />

the cold Portland rain.<br />

Its been my goal to go thru life well rested, I never<br />

meant to become the sideshow I am.<br />

I can tell you when it happened, the night I got<br />

arrested and they threw me in the slammer with my<br />

band. Deep into the season of treason and slumber, genetic<br />

celebrities stealing my rhyme, my reason and<br />

thunder. Some teenage crackhead cop-out, salon punk<br />

cut and a melrose pout, telling me what rock-n-roll is<br />

all about.<br />

DON’T TRUST ROCK STARS UNDER 30,<br />

They’re no deeper than a shallow grave and their hair is<br />

dirty. No, DON’T TRUST ROCK STARS UNDER 30.<br />

I Feel like a track star on acid when I’m sleeping,<br />

the company I’m keeping got me headed for a fall. I’ll<br />

see you on Springer, it will be a real hum-dinger. I guess<br />

I’m a<br />

real right-winger after all, and I, DON’T TRUST<br />

ROCK STARS UNDER 30. How can they be so pretty<br />

with their hair so dirty. And now the hit parade begins<br />

again on the hour. Those tragically hip paraders wilt<br />

like flowers, there’s such a sweet and sour taste between<br />

us, if men are from mars and women from Venus, I<br />

wanna be a Martian with a solid gold penis and absolute<br />

power..DON’T TRUST ROCK STARS UNDER<br />

THIRTY.<br />

My shortermemory, its shot to hell these days, I<br />

can’t remember things in all the usual ways, coz I’m too<br />

pale and white, I stay up all night, I need to go outside,<br />

I need to take a ride..nah-nah,na-nah na-nah ah MY<br />

SHORTERMEMORY is long-gone, so long, MY<br />

SHORTERMEMORY. Hey, my shortermemory, these<br />

days its shot to hell, I can’t remember things. I suppose<br />

its just as well, coz there is too much pain here, you<br />

know it always rains here. I need to go outside, I need<br />

to take a drive, nah-na-nah-n-na-nah<br />

MY SHORTERMEMORY, its long gone, so long,<br />

and its no mystery...<br />

My life expectancy is measured out in hours, I<br />

need to go outside, and smell the wildflowers. I’m<br />

wound way too tight, better call it in tonight, need to<br />

take a drive, if I was prizefighter I’d just take a dive, coz<br />

my SHORTERMEMORY is long gone,ding-dong...<br />

My commercial for STREETLIGHT RECORDS<br />

has preoccupied me the last couple of weeks. Its done<br />

now and it airs all month in <strong>April</strong> on channel 26 with<br />

video footage of NEGATIVE TREND on a Friday night<br />

video program similar to BOHEMIA AFTERDARK in<br />

Portland. Then I got a call that none of the songs in the<br />

17 minute film shot by VANCE PIPER(who went on to<br />

be the cameraman on T-2 and is now with TOUCH-<br />

STONE pictures) as a college film project in 16 mm. is<br />

cohesive enough to show in it’s entirety so they want to<br />

do an on-camera interview as well. I don’t have<br />

babysitting, so to my delight, they said to bring my son<br />

along and “it will give the piece a time<br />

reference,perspective on how you’ve changed in 20<br />

years”. Cool as fuck...they’ve met my wonderful monster<br />

on several occasions when he’s came to the office<br />

and studio complex with me. So were practicing answers<br />

to the questions and I’m hoping the lights and<br />

cameras won’t overwhelm my sophisticated three year<br />

old.<br />

John Fletcher was an acquaintance of mine and<br />

worked for me several years ago as an assistant. I appreciate<br />

his candor and will contemplate his constructive<br />

criticism as I try to better myself as a writer, musician<br />

and person. I thank all of you for the feedback...<br />

We’re not over the hill.. and the band’s not breaking<br />

up, we’re not over the hill, we’re just finally sobering<br />

up, we’re not over the hill, we’re just trying to get<br />

laid, coz we’re not over the hill, and it’s doubtful we’ll<br />

get paid. SHUT-UP NOW,SHUT UP NOW..shut up<br />

and stop complaining. Shut-up now, shut-up now, its<br />

Portland..its always raining...new ills, less thrills, overdue<br />

bills, well..take a chill pill. we’re not over the hill.<br />

sha-la-la-la<br />

hah, we’re not over the hill, though there’s no demand<br />

for our supply,we’re not over the hill,were just<br />

trying to scrape by, and strive , survive, finally<br />

arrive...then die, having never worn a tie, and all the<br />

jive, that comes with living nine to five..<br />

“John Fletcher was an acquaintance of mine and worked<br />

for me several years ago as an assistant. I appreciate his<br />

candor and will contemplate his constructive criticism as<br />

I try to better myself as a writer, musician and person.”<br />

We’re not over the hill, just trying to have some<br />

fun, we’re not over the hill, even though they say we’re<br />

spun. we’re not over the hill, got black coffee in my cup.<br />

I’m not over the hill, and you’re never gonna shut me<br />

up. Yeah we’re not over the hill, it just takes longer to<br />

get out of bed, we’re not over the hill, just coz were starting<br />

to like the grateful dead. SHUT UP NOW,SHUT<br />

UP NOW, shut up and stop complaining, shut-up now,<br />

shut-up now, some things don’t need explaining. SHUT<br />

UP NOW,SHUT UP NOW, shut up and stop your<br />

whining, time for some realigning, shut up and stop<br />

your crying ,its time for really trying..SHUT UP NOW,<br />

SHUT UP NOW. YOU LIVE IN PORTLAND ITS AL-<br />

WAYS RAINING. SOME THINGS DON’T NEED<br />

EXPLAINING..at all.<br />

LETTERS<br />

Continued from page 3<br />

Date: Thursday, March 18, 1<strong>99</strong>9 7:33:02 PM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Re: Name<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

Buck, Buck, Buck, is that your best comeback? You’re<br />

slipping. Or getting old and senile, can’t figure out<br />

which and don’t care. Hey, when you got a minute,<br />

go to: www.internic.com and search for<br />

twolouies.com — Since you’ve been on the giving end<br />

so much, HOW DOES IT FEEL to have some<br />

tubesteak ram it up your ass with a horse’s cock?<br />

You’ve been on the giving end often enough, “we” figured<br />

you might like to experience the other side.<br />

Date: Thursday, March 18, 1<strong>99</strong>9 9:41:56 AM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Name<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

>> Munger, haven’t heard yay or nay on the <strong>Two</strong><br />

<strong>Louies</strong> offer. Let us know soon so we can move on<br />

and sell the name to, I don’t know... Bonnie Carter or<br />

the highest bidder. Act today or someone will get<br />

squirrelly and domain <strong>Two</strong> Louie.com .... errrrrr...<br />

<strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong>.com<br />

Date: Friday, March 19, 1<strong>99</strong>9 7:22:18 PM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Re: Name<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

yeah ... you’re right..... let “us” see..... what can we do<br />

with twolouie.com........ errrrrrrrrr, twolouies.com .....<br />

stay tuned “Buck,” it’ll be a pisser!!!!!!!<br />

Date: Friday, March 19, 1<strong>99</strong>9 9:06:46 PM<br />

From: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong><br />

Subj: Re: Name<br />

To: <strong>Two</strong> Louie<br />

You must REALLY FEEL STUPID, to let your .com<br />

name get bought by someone else.... hence your continual<br />

response... You’re a pathetic mammy rammer,<br />

“Buck” or whatever your name is. Listen up, you rat<br />

bastard, here’s the last offer before we make<br />

twolouie.com — errrrrrrrrrr, sorry, twolouies.com<br />

the toast of the www. perv universe....... $10000.00<br />

for BOTH names — take it or leave it. “We hope you<br />

leave it. Because we’ll thoroughly enjoy and take great<br />

delight in making the twolouies AOL screen name —<br />

the recognized “weirdo” that haunts every Portland<br />

chat room. Trolling for little girls, young men, hell<br />

who cares. We’ll just make sure, that everyone in ANY<br />

PDX chat is thoroughly disgusted by<br />

<strong>Two</strong>louies@aol.com LOL.This is just for starters<br />

tubesteak, And, as they used to say in your “precious”<br />

Marines Corp “STAND THE FUCK BY” ..... stay<br />

tuned for twolouies.com — you’ll swallow hard when<br />

you see it. In the meantime, twolouie, check us out in<br />

the chat rooms...<br />

(ed. note: Oh please, mister cyber bully, don’t<br />

beat us up and steal our lunch money.<br />

NEXT Month: Pictures of the Perp!)<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 23


Continued from page 10<br />

cal gold, utilizing well-planned arrangements and<br />

magical production choices. They are obvious students<br />

of the crafts of writing and producing Rock<br />

music. They are tapped into the wellspring of genius<br />

at the fountain of inspiration drinking down all that<br />

their minds and souls can possibly hold.<br />

Advance EP— Kaitlyn Ni Donovan<br />

Self-Produced<br />

It’s been five years already since Kaitlyn Ni<br />

Donovan first appeared on the scene, with a penchant<br />

for unique, ethereal song suites and hauntingly beautiful<br />

vocal presentations. Some believed she would<br />

have found wider success by now, with her unusual<br />

style. But Kaitlyn has taken a somewhat longer road.<br />

Regardless. As evidenced by the three advance tracks<br />

included among the four on this EP, she is clearly at<br />

the threshold of achieving the recognition to which<br />

her rare musical gifts had always given so much promise.<br />

Kaitlyn has surrounded herself with a deep pool<br />

of auxiliary talent including, among several others,<br />

guitarist Jonathan Drews and bassist Eric Furlong—<br />

who, between them, have played in a bazillion bands<br />

in their five or so years in the local scene; as well as<br />

production god Tony Lash, whose contribution here<br />

is immeasurable. The result is a gloriously original<br />

sound which might be categorized as falling somewhere<br />

between Sarah McLachlan, the Cocteau Twins,<br />

Loreena McKennit and Portishead in the grand celestial<br />

scheme of musical things. But Kaitlyn’s sound<br />

is singularly her own, derived from her “morphed”<br />

chord progressions on guitar and Celtic influences<br />

on the violin. She is one of a kind.<br />

“Ceiling Tiles” begins with a drum loop, slightly<br />

compressed to resemble Portishead’s style, as grumbling<br />

guitar sounds whir mechanically into the frame.<br />

Kaitlyn enters with gentle acoustic guitar arpeggios,<br />

while amorphous sounds formlessly hover in the<br />

sonic æther. Suddenly a green rain of mournful Celtic<br />

violins cascade upon the scene. A moody electric piano<br />

paces the landscape beneath. As Kaitlyn begins<br />

to sing, the instruments receding into the mist, only<br />

the piano and her guitar to guide her as the drum<br />

loop clocks relentlessly in the spatial distance; her<br />

voice a vaporous honey whisper. This song would be<br />

perfect soundtrack material for Jane Eyre<br />

orWuthering Heights.<br />

Glistening mandolins dance like snowflakes in<br />

Page 24 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

the moonlight on “Tiny Twigs.” A soaring dove of a<br />

violin glides among the heavens, Kaitlyn’s angelic<br />

voice hushing a sweet lullaby from above. Hypnotically<br />

resonant, similar to portions of Terry Riley’s<br />

minimalist epic In C. Simply beautiful. Acoustic and<br />

electric guitars weave a sonorous brocade on “Awake<br />

In The Sand,” Kait’s delicate voice tripping lightly<br />

across the flimsy fabric. A melancholy cello passes<br />

through the chorus and bridge, as layers of sumptuous<br />

harmonies choir in divine resplendence.<br />

The home recorded “Wingside” hearkens to<br />

Kaitlyn’s beginnings, but demonstrates precisely the<br />

evolution this EP represents. For she has lived up to<br />

the challenge of channeling her extraordinarily phenomenal<br />

propensity for melody. A voice for the new<br />

millennium, exquisitely ephemeral, magically enchanting.<br />

Kaitlyn Ni Donovan may have taken the<br />

long road on her journey to discover the means to<br />

her own musical expression. But with this recording,<br />

there is no doubt that she has indeed at last arrived at<br />

her destination.<br />

I Go Zoom— Mary Kadderly<br />

Mary Margaret Music<br />

Mary Kadderly has sung out in the vibrant local<br />

Jazz scene for many years now, regularly gigging with<br />

pianist Steve Christofferson in a duo format for several<br />

of them. Here they are joined by a stellar sidecrew,<br />

to create a refined Pop sound, with smooth Jazz undertones.<br />

Kadderly can, with facile zeal, sing rings<br />

around <strong>99</strong>.9% of her competition. Her easy contralto<br />

effortlessly navigates a wide swath of musical styles—<br />

so diverse, it is difficult to describe exactly from which<br />

“Jerry Hahn’s peerless tone, unmistakable when it<br />

appears in the mix, supports a fluid Jazz-savvy fret<br />

technique that is a complete education for anyone<br />

who might fancy himself to be a guitarist.”<br />

bag she may be actually coming. But every stylistic<br />

guise she dons seems as if it were one she has worn all<br />

her life.<br />

And talk about a sterling backup band! All nine<br />

songs overflow with big name players, including<br />

Christofferson on a variety of keyboards, drummer<br />

Jeff Minnieweather and Joey Seifers on electric and<br />

standup bass. Dan Faehnle alternates lead guitar<br />

chores with the legendary Jerry Hahn whom, in every<br />

instance, gives rise to a profound sense of wonder<br />

and astonishment at his marvelously subdued and<br />

constrained approach to the instrument. His peerless<br />

tone, unmistakable when it appears in the mix,<br />

supports a fluid Jazz-savvy fret technique that is a<br />

complete education for anyone who might fancy himself<br />

to be a guitarist. This guy is a master.<br />

As if that were not enough honey in the mead,<br />

Valerie Day adds percussion to a number tracks, while<br />

guitarslinger Trooper Tim Ellis makes several appearances<br />

in an auxiliary role, fleshing out zesty rhythms<br />

on acoustic guitar in some parts, comping faithfully<br />

on electric in others. Trumpeter Paul Mazzio and<br />

saxman Lee Wuthernow sweeten a number of cuts.<br />

Even violinist Skip Parente sits in on a tune.<br />

A few of the songs are well-enough crafted to<br />

seem like standards or, at the very least, standardsto-be.<br />

Kadderly had a hand in the writing of all the<br />

songs, creating a varied palate of melodies for the intelligent<br />

poetry of lyricists Todd Schultz and Brett<br />

Bender, as well as for a several of her own verses.<br />

Schultz, especially, distinguishes himself in his two<br />

lyric contributions, with an actual and distinctive style<br />

of writing that is literary in its construction, intellectually<br />

incisive and emotionally perceptive.<br />

For the most part though, the aural focus is on<br />

the stalwart musicianship that drips from every tune.<br />

Christofferson kicks off the title track with swinging<br />

boogie piano licks, as Kadderly delivers a light lyric<br />

with a smooth and assured vocal with a great sense<br />

timing and energy. “Someday Sometime” is a pretty<br />

ballad, a little predictable lyrically, but with a sophisticated<br />

arrangement that calls to mind some of Jim<br />

Webb’s most memorable songs.<br />

“Sea Of Love” funks things up in a mellow way:<br />

kind of like a toned down version of Steely Dan’s<br />

“Parker’s Band,” Christofferson’s Hammond chattering<br />

and purring in the foreground. Hahn fires off a<br />

staccato onslaught of well-aimed notes in a brilliant<br />

solo that touches all the bases in the process of hitting<br />

it out of the park.<br />

“It’s Not Over Yet” couples Day’s spicy bongos<br />

with Minnieweather’s hip-hoppy drum patterns<br />

against Seifers’ satisfying standup bass— as Mary<br />

throws down a space age vocal melody over Faehnle’s<br />

Wes Montgomery flavored guitar voicings. Schultz’<br />

clever lyric adds to the sensually charged atmosphere,<br />

creating a rich tension in its own right. “Can You Feel<br />

It” play’s on the traditional Bo Diddly rhythm, adding<br />

New Orlean’s juju with Christofferson’s chunky<br />

Hammond and stride colorations on piano.<br />

The piece de resistance of the set is the is the<br />

marvelous torch ballad “Love Is Losing,” where Hahn<br />

is allowed to showcase his incredible skills. Over a<br />

quiet Jazz trio scenario: Minnieweather massaging his<br />

snare with gentle brushstrokes; solid underpinning<br />

by Seifers on standup bass, Hahn layers ghostly chords<br />

behind Kadderly’s smoldering vocal. She wraps her<br />

voice around a supple marriage of her classic melody<br />

and Schultz’ inspired lyric: “Fact or fiction/You decide/So<br />

we’re in love/Somehow that’s not enough/You<br />

were so real/Now you dodge and conceal/Dead love<br />

is cruel/I’m a memory fool/Love is losing, it’s the end<br />

of the ride.” Hahn’s flawless timing and graceful phrasing<br />

is as supple as fine leather. Trumpeter Mazzio casts<br />

a lovely Jazz-blue light upon his wonderful solo,<br />

stretching each note with confident luxuriousness.<br />

To front a collection of pros such as these requires<br />

that a singer have a lot of fortitude and considerable<br />

chops— just to keep the listener’s attention<br />

from straying too far into the background: to explore<br />

the awe-inspiring instrumental terrain. Mary<br />

Kadderly never fails to remain at the center of the<br />

session displaying versatility and appeal at every turn.<br />

This album is a tremendous showcase for her quite<br />

significant skills. She meets every musicalchallenge<br />

with complete style and class.<br />

LL


Continued from page 9<br />

promotion costs from the artist’s royalties.<br />

The comment just made assumes, however, that<br />

the contract involved is an artist-record company recording<br />

agreement, which typically gives the artist a<br />

royalty of somewhere between twelve percent (12%)<br />

and fifteen percent (15%) of the list price of records<br />

sold. However, there are other types of common agreements<br />

in the music business, such as “artist-producer<br />

development agreements,” “artist-label joint venture<br />

agreements,” and “pressing/distribution (“P & D”)<br />

agreements,” which do allow the recoupment of costs<br />

not normally recoupable under the traditional recording<br />

contract. However, these other types of contracts<br />

are structured very differently than the typical artistrecord<br />

company recording contract, and the artist’s<br />

royalty percentage share is usually much higher under<br />

those other types of agreements.<br />

Therefore, when determining what is reasonable<br />

and what is not reasonable in terms of recoupable<br />

costs, it is extremely important to know exactly what<br />

kind of contract you are looking at, since the appropriate<br />

percentages will vary dramatically from one<br />

kind of contract to the next. You’ll just need to “crunch<br />

the numbers,” and on that basis determine whether<br />

the deal makes economic sense for you or not.<br />

Also, it is extremely important to remember that<br />

DRUM SHOP<br />

any recoupable expenses are normally recoupable only<br />

from “artist royalties,” and not from “mechanical royalties”<br />

(i.e., those royalties paid by a label to band<br />

members because they have written songs on the<br />

band’s records). As a result, band members who wrote<br />

material on the band’s records will typically start receiving<br />

mechanical royalties before they receive any<br />

artist royalties. These “mechanical royalties” should<br />

never be affected by a label’s recoupment rights.<br />

RECOUPABLES AND ROYALTY<br />

ACCOUNTINGS<br />

It is important for an artist (and/or his/her manager<br />

or accountant) to review very carefully all royalty<br />

statements received from the record company, since<br />

record companies sometimes try to recoup expenses<br />

which are clearly not properly recoupable under the<br />

terms of the recording contract.<br />

Sometimes, also, a review of a royalty statement<br />

will indicate that the record company is attempting<br />

to recoup an expense of questionable recoupability. In<br />

other words, the recording contract may not be par-<br />

ticularly clear about whether or not that particular<br />

expense may properly be recouped by the record company<br />

under the terms of the recording contract. In<br />

this situation, the issue will need to be negotiated and<br />

resolved with the label.<br />

Editor’s Note: Bart Day is a Portland-based entertainment<br />

attorney in private practice. He is also the<br />

co-owner of ALLMEDIA, Ltd., a company with offices<br />

in Portland and Los Angeles. ALLMEDIA specializes in<br />

administering the licensing of music for film, television,<br />

commercials, and computer games.<br />

Bart also co-authored a chapter in the new edition<br />

of The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide, a<br />

book compiled by the Beverly Hills Bar Association<br />

and published by Prentice-Hall Publishing (New<br />

York).<br />

“It should also be mentioned that typically<br />

none of the costs of the record company’s<br />

own in-house normal promotional efforts<br />

should ever be considered recoupable.”<br />

The reader is cautioned to seek the advice of the<br />

reader’s own attorney concerning the applicability of the<br />

general principles discussed in this column to the reader’s<br />

own activities.<br />

LL<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 25


THE GRAND OL' SOAP OPRY BY BUCK MUNGER<br />

Continued from page 17<br />

Fernando needs a lawyer too...<br />

To bang out the boiler-plate on that<br />

mega-deal, just around the corner with<br />

Interscope Records...<br />

March 29th Interscope flew Cravedog<br />

recording artist Fernando and his band, guitarist<br />

Dan Eccies, bassist Joe Chiusano and<br />

drummer Clayton Jones to Los Angeles to<br />

perform five songs in a rented rehearsal hall<br />

for a group of A&R executives from all the<br />

labels of the new Universal-Seagrams group.<br />

Cravedog owner Todd Crosby said big<br />

things started happening for Fernando the day<br />

after he signed a partnership deal with Off The<br />

Porch Mgt., owned by Brad Bogart, son of<br />

Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records<br />

(Kiss, Donna Summers)<br />

Todd and Brad now co-manage<br />

Fernando.<br />

Crosby met the Bogarts through Luther<br />

Russell, producer of Fernando’s latest<br />

Cravedog release, “Old Man Motel” Russell’s<br />

band Federales, themselves newly signed to<br />

Geffen, is managed by Brad Bogart..<br />

Could this be Cravedog’s first major label<br />

discovery, like Everclear for Tim Kerr<br />

Records? Remember the money Mercury<br />

showered on T/K after that?<br />

“I’ve got this record and one more says<br />

the indie label owner.<br />

Robert Cray chooses an indie label...<br />

In the lead story of Billboard’s Artists &<br />

Music feature by Chris Morris <strong>April</strong> 3, 1<strong>99</strong>8<br />

“Cray Brings His ‘Shoes’ To Ryko -Label bow<br />

Finds Guitarist Playing With Southern Soul<br />

Sound”<br />

After 13 years on Mercury Records Robert<br />

says he chose Rykodisc to release “Take<br />

Your Shoes Off” because “We wanted some<br />

more attention paid to us.”<br />

In 1986 Cray’s Mercury/HighTone album<br />

“Strong Persuader” went double-platinum<br />

Robert says, “Rykodisc...said the right<br />

things. We checked on their track record, and<br />

they spend a lot of time with the records they<br />

do release.”<br />

Robert wrote or co-wrote six of the<br />

album’s 12 songs.<br />

Cray is supported on “Take Off Your<br />

Shoes” by his longtime band-keyboardist Jim<br />

Pugh, bassist Karl Sevareid, and drummer<br />

Page 26 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

Kevin Hayes. For the recording Robert also<br />

used the Memphis Horns and regular Rolling<br />

Stones sideman Bobby Keys.<br />

Cray say of the record, “We have some<br />

soul things, and then you hear some different<br />

influences, Jimi Hendrix and things like that,<br />

creep through, and soul singers and all that.”<br />

Jimi Hendrix is a good influence<br />

Jimi has two albums on Billboard’s Top<br />

200 (4/3/<strong>99</strong>). “Live At The Fillmore East #162<br />

and “The Best Of Jimi Hendrix” #186.<br />

Robert’s bandmate Curtis Salgado has a<br />

new album out too.<br />

Curtis’ fourth solo album and first for<br />

Shanachie Records “Wiggle Outta This” is<br />

generating heat in the blues world and early<br />

airplay up and down the coast.<br />

Blues Review says “One of the country’s<br />

most innovative and exciting blues performers.<br />

The San Francisco Examiner says “One<br />

in a million voice...melodic, churning gutsy<br />

harmonica playing.”<br />

Curtis swings through Portland at the<br />

Crystal Ballroom, <strong>April</strong> 15th and back again<br />

<strong>April</strong> 28th at “Museum After Hours”.<br />

<strong>Two</strong> of these and you’re on your butt...<br />

Gig <strong>Magazine</strong> covered the Seattle scene<br />

in their March ’<strong>99</strong> issue, finding that the most<br />

interesting original club band they saw, is from<br />

Portland, Oregon.<br />

Pink Martini gets the color photo and 24<br />

point type pitch, “...they blend classical, Latin,<br />

and jazz elements into a hybrid sound that<br />

attracts a wide fan base. The 10-piece band,<br />

led by classically trained pianist Thomas Lauderdale,<br />

plays clubs, theaters, conventions and<br />

even the Cannes Film Festival, where they<br />

backed Al Green for three songs. Their selfreleased<br />

CD, “Sympathique, has sold close to<br />

40,000 units.”<br />

Meredith Brooks prepares Sophomore<br />

effort...<br />

That tough follow-up to your platinum,<br />

double Grammy nominated, round the world<br />

heralded big hit album.<br />

But how high are Capitol’s expectations?<br />

Ms. Brooks is going for what worked last<br />

time, playing all the guitar parts and writing<br />

or co-writing all the songs with her long time<br />

collaborator Shelly Peiken and newcomers<br />

Rick Nowells and Billy Steinberg.<br />

Meredith will co-produce with David<br />

Darling (the Boxing Gandhis)<br />

The Capitol Records release will be entitled<br />

“Deconstruction”<br />

March 10th Meredith recorded “Lay<br />

Down” at the Capitol studios with rap superstar<br />

Queen Latifah and the choir from<br />

Crenshaw High School.<br />

Get down girl friend...<br />

That other band from Corvallis, The W’s.<br />

refuse to fade on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart,<br />

clinging to #37 after 8 months on that chart.<br />

“Fourth From The Last” is on 5 Minute<br />

Walk Records.<br />

Sleater-Kinney’s album “The Hot Rock”<br />

on Kill Rock Stars is #35 on Billboard’s<br />

Heatseekers chart after 4 weeks.<br />

The all woman band was the subject of a<br />

cover story (The Band From The End Of The<br />

World) in the online magazine w<br />

www.addict.com, written by Michael<br />

Goldberg, dateline Portland.<br />

“In the beginning, way back in 1<strong>99</strong>4,<br />

Sleater-Kinney sounded something like what<br />

you’d get mixing Bikini Kill and the Ramones.<br />

They wrote fierce, riot grrrl-style, feminist<br />

rants. Their entire first album lasts about 22<br />

minutes.”<br />

Doing it the old fashioned way...<br />

In the last 35 days 4th Plane Jaiant has<br />

played 10 clubs, done 5 in-stores, granted 10<br />

college interviews and visited 8 radio stations.<br />

The month of travel in support of their<br />

indie release “Tideline” has taken them to the<br />

University of Montana, The University of<br />

Great Falls, Eastern Oregon University, the<br />

University of Puget Sound, Pierce College,<br />

Southern Oregon University and Chemeketa<br />

College<br />

<strong>April</strong> 10th they appear at Oregon State<br />

University.<br />

Radio airplay on”Tideline” is building<br />

rapidly in northern California with several<br />

R&R, Album Network, Gavin, Friday Morning<br />

Quarterback and Billboard reporting stations<br />

playing it in “heavy” rotation.


LETTERS<br />

Continued from page 23<br />

Dear Buko,<br />

So in one of your most recent pictures of Slippery<br />

Nipple, I swear to God, if you look really carefully,<br />

in the corner? By the big amp? It looks like a wisp<br />

of smoke? But it isn't? If you look at it hard for a<br />

long time, I swear to God, right there in the corner,<br />

you can see the ghost of Flip Wilson.<br />

Ched<br />

Dear Mr. Munger,<br />

I have been a guitar collector and afficianado for<br />

many years. I have had a particular interest in<br />

finding one specialty guitar, produced by Gibson<br />

in 1981 through 1984. It was a guitar called the<br />

Sonex-180 Deluxe, and besides being a single<br />

cutaway with a composite body, this prodigiously<br />

lethargic chunk of barely-sanded ebony painted<br />

crapwood sported a ubiquitous two-ply black<br />

pickguard and a handyman's bolt on maple neck,<br />

presumably excellent for hand to hand combat with<br />

beer drunk bar shitbags. Add to this splintery<br />

sledgehammer a couple of exposed humbuckings<br />

and turnomatic bridgestop tailpiece, and you've got<br />

yourself a shining piece of battleaxe flotsam best<br />

used to drive tent stakes into hard clay. The thing<br />

that sets the old Sonex-180 apart from all the rest,<br />

however, is the little known fact that its body was<br />

carved in such a way as to fit snugly on the human<br />

head, making for a stylishly attractive disco hat.<br />

Please contact me soonest if you have any<br />

information regarding where I might acquire this<br />

guitar.<br />

Regards,<br />

Ted Blanston<br />

Boring, Oregon<br />

Dear <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong>,<br />

Girl power is the bomb! I'm Lacy, the lead singer<br />

in a band called the Panties. We are the bomb!<br />

When we play in town, guys throw their hotel keys<br />

at us. We collect them at the intermission, and<br />

Billy.<br />

The book.<br />

Please send $12.00<br />

plus $2.00 to cover<br />

postage costs, to:<br />

No Fate Publishing<br />

3800A Bridgeport Way W.<br />

Suite 492<br />

University Place, WA 98466<br />

during the second set we send our roadies to their<br />

rooms all over town with these keys and they steal<br />

the guys' briefs! Get it? Cause we're the Panties!<br />

Girl power rules! We have fun! Yay! Sometimes, I<br />

wear RED lipstick! I get so crazy fun! Satin (she's<br />

the drummer) has her bass drum filled with Beanie<br />

Babies! We're so new, we're crazy! I like to hop<br />

and skip when I sing! Whee! We all work together<br />

very hard, because the message in our music is the<br />

thing, you know. The most important thing is the<br />

message our music gives the people. We'll never<br />

“We’ll thoroughly enjoy and take great delight in making the twolouies AOL<br />

screen name — the recognized “weirdo” that haunts every Portland chat room.<br />

Trolling for little girls, young men, hell who cares. We’ll just make sure, that<br />

everyone in ANY PDX chat is thoroughly disgusted by <strong>Two</strong>louies@aol.com”<br />

break up. Ever ever. We sing about love, and<br />

relationships, and special times, and heartbreaks. .<br />

. and the good times too! We're fun! Our new<br />

album is called "Driving Big Daddy Home." We<br />

hope you like it. We like it a lot. Whee! Girl power<br />

rules! Rock on, dudes.<br />

Lacy<br />

LL<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 27


MUSIC CITY USA<br />

the GRUDGE MATCH<br />

Saturday, May 1st ’<strong>99</strong><br />

Rose Garden<br />

The Nashville Kats<br />

vs<br />

The Portland Forest Dragons<br />

<strong>Two</strong> great music & football towns clash.<br />

For seating in the Music Industry VIP section<br />

call Eric Dodson at the Dragons 297-2255<br />

Page 28 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

Continued from page 22<br />

deck; Tascam 32 1/2 track; Scully 280 B-2 1/2<br />

track (2); Technics 1500 1/4" and 1/2 track (3);<br />

Otari MX 5050 1/4" 1/2 8-track, Tascam<br />

ATR60-T 2-track w/SMPTE, Tascam BR20-T<br />

2-track w/SMPTE Microphones — Audio<br />

Technica AT 4050, AT 4033; Sony C-500 (2);<br />

Sony C-37P, Sony ECM 377, Neumann U67,<br />

U87, KM84i, KM86; Sanken CU31 (2); E-V<br />

RE15; Shure SM81 (2), SM57; Beyer PZM;<br />

Sennheiser 421, ME20, ME80; RE15. MIDI:<br />

EMU E-Max digital sampler; Yamaha DX7;<br />

Roland U-20 multi-timbral keyboard; Yamaha<br />

TX81Z sound module; Ensoniq ESQ-1;<br />

Oberheim OB-8; Alesis HR-16 drum machine;<br />

Oberheim DMX drum machine; Cooper PPS-<br />

1 sync box, Ensoniq EPS, Roland MKS-20,<br />

Roland MT-32, Roland R-8 drum machine.<br />

Other: Chickering 8' grand piano; Sony JH-<br />

10 1"video; JVC 8250 3/4" U-Matic; AK Q-lock<br />

4.10 sync; Atari 1040 computer w/Hybrid Arts’<br />

SMPTE Track Pro software; headphone splitters<br />

1 in x 4 out; AKG headphones K-240 (2)<br />

Sennheiser headphones; Technics RS-B605<br />

cassette decks (30) with Dolby HX Pro, Dolby<br />

B or DBX II noise reduction. Clients: Valerie<br />

Carter/Jackson Browne, Chellie Mitchell,<br />

Hummingfish, Fourty Thieves, Johnny Limbo<br />

& the Lugnuts, Lonesome Taxi, Mark<br />

Eubanks, Phame Choir<br />

River Recording<br />

Milwaukie, OR<br />

(503) 659-5760<br />

Owner: Steve Parker<br />

Engineer/Producer: Steve Parker<br />

Tracks: 8<br />

Rates: $14/hr.<br />

Equipment: Carvin 16 x 8 board; MIDI-verb<br />

digital reverb I & II; Fostex A-2 half-track recorder;<br />

digital delay; compressors; noise gates;<br />

limiters; aural exciters; JBL & Auratone monitors;<br />

control room designed by Acoustic Sciences.<br />

MIDI: Yamaha drum machine, ESQ 1<br />

keys. Clients: Vandal, Poor Boy, Dub Squad,<br />

Ellen & the Nightwatchers, Christy Delaney<br />

Sonic Recording<br />

Northeast Portland<br />

(503) 230-2713<br />

Owner: Max Williams<br />

Producer/Engineer: Max Williams<br />

Tracks: 8, 2<br />

Rates: $15/hr. or $13/hr. for 20 hrs.<br />

Equipment: Tascam 388 w/parametric EQ;<br />

dbx I on all tracks; Yamaha Rev 7; Alesis MIDI<br />

Verb III; Alesis micro gate (2); dbx 163x compressor<br />

limiter (2); Alesis micro enhancer;<br />

Tascam 42B 2 track; dbx I noise reduction;<br />

Teac V-450 cassette deck; DAT available.<br />

MIDI: Roland D-59 w/ Roland PG-1000 editor;<br />

Roland SH 101 monophonic synth;<br />

Roland TR-505 drum machine; large selection<br />

of percussion equipment. Clients: Demo tapes<br />

for Red River Band, Steve Hettum, Noel<br />

Lenahaghn, Blue Moon, None of the Above,<br />

The Henwoods, Billy Kennedy w/Steve<br />

Hettum. Video soundtrack for Malcolm<br />

Brenner.<br />

Sound Impressions, Inc.<br />

1920 N. Vancouver<br />

Portland, OR 97227<br />

(503) 287-3975 1-888-287-3975<br />

Fax: 249-5021<br />

Email: sound@teleport.com<br />

Web Address: www.teleport.com/~sound/<br />

welcome.html<br />

Other Services: Video Production & Duplication,<br />

On-Hold Messaging & CD Rom<br />

Authoring.<br />

Owner: Dan Decker<br />

Engineers: Nick Kellogg, Dan Decker, Independents<br />

Welcome<br />

Tracks: 24/Dolby SR, 16 Track Digital<br />

Rates: As low as $40/hr. Block rates available.<br />

Equipment: Amek Matchless 26 inputs, 24<br />

buss, in-line monitoring and 8 subgroups, 72<br />

inputs for mix down. 384 point patch bay for<br />

access to all inputs to console, tape machines,<br />

digital workstations, and effects. Makie 1602,<br />

Bi-amp 1624 Automation: 2 Roland Compueditors<br />

(30 channels) 3-Niche MIDI Audio<br />

Control Modules (24 channels) Multi-track:<br />

Otari MX-80 24 track CB-120 locator for programmable<br />

punch-in and punch-out. Noise<br />

Reduction: Dolby 363 SR / A 2 channels, Dolby<br />

XP 24 channels SR Digidesign D.I.W.R. Digital<br />

Audio Workstations: Digidesign Pro Tools<br />

II 4-track, <strong>Two</strong> Pro-Tools III 16 track Power<br />

Mix, Sound Tools and Designer, with Pro I/O,<br />

Video Slave Driver, SMPTE Slave Driver, 2 1.2<br />

Gig and 300 Meg Drives. Mastering Decks:<br />

Otari MTR-12 II (center track) 1/4", Tascam<br />

52 1/4", Panasonic SV-3500 RDAT, Panasonic<br />

SV-3900 DAT. Synchronizers: Adams-Smith<br />

Zeta Three's. Digital Reverbs/Delays: Lexicon:<br />

480L, 2-PCM-70's 2-LXP-1, PCM-41, 2-<br />

Yamaha REV-7's, SPX-90, Alesis Multiverb,<br />

Ibanez SDR-1000, Eventide H-3000 Ultra Harmonizer,<br />

ADA Pitchtrack, Roland SDE-3000,<br />

Deltalab 64, 1064, Audio Design Delay. Other<br />

Outboard Effects: TL Audio Stereo Mic Pre,<br />

Aphex Type II Aural Exciter, Aphex Type B<br />

Aural Exciter, 2-dbx 263X de-esser's.<br />

B.A.S.E. Spatial Processor. Equalizers: Orban<br />

672A 8 band full parametric EQ, Orban 622B<br />

four band stereo full parametric, NIH PE-30<br />

four band parametric, UREI A522 1/3 octave<br />

graphic. Compressors and Gates: Crane Song<br />

STC-8 Stereo Compressor, Aphex Stereo Compeller,<br />

2-JBL 7110's 2-Symetrix CL-501's 3-<br />

Symetrix CL-150, 2-Symetrix CL-100, Yamaha<br />

CG2020, Aphex 612 Stereo Gate, 2-Symetrix<br />

544 Quad Gates, Audio Logic Quad Gates.<br />

MIDI Equipment: Mac IICX with color monitor<br />

and 100 Meg drive; Performer sequencing<br />

software, Digital Performer, MIDI Time Piece<br />

Interface. Instruments: Yamaha C-3 6 foot<br />

grand piano, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha DX7S,<br />

Oberheim Matrix 6R, Oberheim Matrix 1000,<br />

Korg DW-8000, Sequential Drumtrax, Alesis<br />

D-4 Drum Module, Korg M3R, EMU Proteus,<br />

Ensonic ASR10, Fender P-Bass, Fender Jazz<br />

Bass, Fender Telecaster, Kramer DMZ-5000<br />

Fretless Bass, Gibson J-40 acoustic, Rickenbacher<br />

5001 Stereo Bass, Ampeg B-15 Bass<br />

amp, Fender Sidekick amp, Kawi K1, Korg<br />

Polly 800. Microphones: AKG “The Tube,”<br />

414's, Neuman U-87, Neuman KM-140's, EV-<br />

RE20, AKG 330's, 320's, 451's, 460's, D-12's,<br />

D112. Audio Technica ATM-63's, Tascam PE-<br />

250's, Sony Condensers, American and Shure<br />

Ribbons, Shure SM-57's Sennheiser 421's &<br />

more! Monitors/Amplification: UREI 813's,<br />

KRK 7000's, Yamaha NS10's, Auratone 5-C,<br />

Fostex T-20 and Sony headphones. Ramsa,<br />

Crown, Biamp, Yamaha, Symetrix, and QSC<br />

Amplification. Video Workstation: AVID Media<br />

Suite Pro, 8 Gig Drive, DAT Back Up, 20"<br />

Mitsubishi, and 17" NEC monitors, Power Mac<br />

8100 100 MHz., EDL generation for Sony,<br />

Grass Valley, and CMX. Video Recorders:<br />

Sony UVW-1800 Beta SP, Sony V0-9800 HI-<br />

8, Sony 2600 U-matic, 10 VHS duplication Station,<br />

Sony RM-450 Controller. Video Monitors:<br />

NEC 27", Sony 14", Sony 9" Field. Clients:<br />

Tektronix, Sony Records, MCA, Trail<br />

Blazers, OCVSN, Mark Air, Atlantic Records,<br />

Capitol Records, LPKF, Redford/Carver, T/K<br />

Records, Michaels of Oregon, Weiden Communications,<br />

City of Gresham, Unicove, The<br />

Dandy Warhols, Poison Idea, Eric Mathews,<br />

Swoon 23, Craig Carothers, Heatmiser, Dan<br />

Balmer, Jon Koonce and the Gas Hogs, Dan<br />

Reed, Monde La Bella, Caveman Shoe Store,<br />

Continued on page 30


“WHAT DO THE ROLLING STONES, EVERCLEAR, ZZ TOP,<br />

JACKSON BROWNE, METALLICA, INXS, CHEAP TRICK<br />

AND THE STONE TEMPLE PILOTS HAVE IN COMMON?”<br />

GUITARS FROM GUITAR CRAZY.<br />

NOW BUYING LIKE NEVER BEFORE.<br />

CASH FOR GOOD USED GUITARS.<br />

1739 SE HAWTHORNE 238-4487<br />

on the Westside<br />

Just of Sunset Hwy, near 185th.<br />

19450 NW Cornell Rd. 439-9500<br />

(Next to Max & Hildy’s)<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 29


STUDIO/MASTERING<br />

Continued from page 22<br />

Hearing Voices, Snowbud, Nu Shooz, John<br />

Nilsen, Michael Harrison, Tall Jazz, Dub<br />

Squad, Gary Ogan, Dub Dubrie, Steve<br />

Christopherson, Mel, In June, Doro & Morre,<br />

Lyle Ford, Marv & Rindy Ross, Land of the<br />

Blind, Cardinal, Al Perez and many more.<br />

SuperDigital (TM) Mastering<br />

A Division of Super Digital Ltd. 1634 S.W. Alder<br />

Portland, OR 97205<br />

503-228-2222 / 1-800-79AUDIO<br />

Fax: 503-228-6819<br />

Owner: Rick McMillen<br />

Mastering Engineers: Ryan Foster, Rick<br />

McMillen, Bob Stark, Tony Lash<br />

Tracks: Mainly just 2<br />

Rates: Worth it<br />

Equipment: Real cool audio Gizmos: Pro<br />

Tools 4 loaded with lotsa outboard software,<br />

Genelecs, GML, Manley Tube Pultecs, Manley<br />

Tube, Cranesong, TC Finalizer, Apogee 20 Bit,<br />

UV22, Focusrite, Sony, Panasonic, Nakamichi,<br />

Otari, Lots more of the best analog and digital<br />

gizmos. Mastering/Digital editing/all types of<br />

transfers/We specialize in CD one offs. Note:<br />

We do affordable world class mastering and<br />

have engineers with Gold record experience.<br />

We have experienced staff from Paisley Park,<br />

Sony Disc Manufacturing, and other facilities.<br />

This is REAL mastering that will take your album<br />

to the next level! If you need CD's or<br />

cassettes we will maintain the Master's quality<br />

with our state of the art hi speed Digalog<br />

(R) cassette duplication machinery and low<br />

cost CD replication! Clients: Capitol Records,<br />

Sup Pop Records, Sony Records, Geffen<br />

Records, Cavity Search Records, CandyAss<br />

Records, Verve Records, Dandy Warhols, Gino<br />

Vannelli, HeatMiser, TrailBlazers, Michael<br />

Harrison, Eric Mathews, Poison Idea, Elliot<br />

Smith, Cheralee Dillon, Burnside Records,<br />

McKinley, Bugskull, 16 Volt, Kelly Joe Phelps,<br />

Nero's Rome, Sweaty Nipples, Pete Miser/5<br />

Fingers of Funk, Ron Lloyd, Hazel, Izaya, Cool<br />

Nutz, etc. etc. etc.<br />

Tonic Media<br />

PO Box 14062<br />

Portland Oregon, 97214<br />

(503) 236-2123<br />

Owner: Alan Alexander III<br />

Engineer: Alan Alexander III<br />

Rates: $35 per hour for mastering<br />

Mastering Suite Equipment: Pro Tools, Sound<br />

Designer, Mackie CR1604-VLZ Mixer, Tascam<br />

DA 88, Sony DAT Recorder, Jaz Drive, Yamaha<br />

CDR 102 CD Recorder, JBL Control 5 monitor<br />

speakers, Digitech DSP128+ Programmable<br />

DSP,(2) Alesis Microverb II, Rocktron<br />

Hush IIX Noise Reduction Unit, (2) BBE Sonic<br />

Maximizer - aural enhancer (one stereo, one<br />

mono), Alesis Micro Gate - noise gate. 24 track<br />

digital recording studio also available. Feel free<br />

to inquire regarding MIDI and other gear.<br />

Clients: Hungry Mob, Dub Squad, KMHD Radio,<br />

NW Film and Video Center, Lawrence<br />

Johnson Productions, Angela Pope, Shannon<br />

Day, Quixotic Music Productions, Workhorse<br />

Productions, 21 Cent Media, Inc., Arts in Education,<br />

Regional Arts And Culture Council,<br />

City of Portland.<br />

Page 30 - TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />

TRAX<br />

5539 E. Burnside<br />

Portland, OR 97215<br />

(503) 231-4142<br />

Owners: Steve Goodman, Kevin Olson-<br />

Peterson<br />

Engineers: Steve Goodman, Kevin Olson-<br />

Peterson<br />

Tracks: 16<br />

Rates: $25/hr.; $200 for 10 hrs.; 11-20 hrs, $18/<br />

hr.; 21-40 hrs., $16/hr. All rates include engineers<br />

as musicians, too—guitar, bass, keys, vocals.<br />

Equipment: Ramsa WR-t820 20 channel mixing/recording<br />

console; Tascam MS-16 16-track<br />

recorder, Akai GX-600D 2-track recorder;<br />

Sony Beta hi-fi; Teac EW-750R cassette recorder;<br />

Digitech DSP 256 multi effects processor<br />

& IPS 33B super harmony machine;<br />

BBE 422A sonic maximizer; ART MDC 2001<br />

de-esser/compressor/exciter; ART Pro-Verb<br />

digital reverb; Ibanez DD-700 digital delay;<br />

Behringer Dualflex enhancer/exciter; Valley<br />

Audio Gatex; EMU Performance 1+; Yamaha<br />

NS10m monitors; M & K Subwoof; JBL studio<br />

monitors; Ramsa WR-TM20 & Yamaha<br />

RH-5M headphones; Sure SM-33 Ribbon mic;<br />

EV RE20 mic; SM-57 mics; SM-58 mics; TOA<br />

K-3 & Kr condenser mics; AT 4033 mic; SM<br />

94 mic; Sennheiser 421. MIDI: Atari 1040<br />

computer; Master Tracks Pro sequencer; KMX<br />

MIDI patch bay; Passport SMPTE interface;<br />

Korg M3R tome module; Ensoniq EPS sampler;<br />

Yamaha DX7; Sound effects library;<br />

Yamaha RX17 digital rhythm programmer.<br />

Other: Yamaha CP-70 electric baby grand piano;<br />

Mini Moog; Hammond organ w/Leslie;<br />

Pro One; Rickenbacher 330 12-string guitar;<br />

Les Paul Custom; Hofner basses (one fretless);<br />

Fender Stratocaster; J-200 acoustic guitar;<br />

Custom Strat; T.C. Electronics Chorus;<br />

Rockman compressor/sustainer; Rockman<br />

chorus/delay. Note: We do custom song writing<br />

(words or music); jingles; give music lessons<br />

(guitar, bass, keyboards). Clients: Rose<br />

City Sound; Boyd’s Coffee; Sundown Sound;<br />

Standard Insurance (production work); Stingers.<br />

The Voice-Over House<br />

In the Hollywood District<br />

P.O. Box 13755<br />

Portland, OR 97213-0755<br />

(503) 288-<strong>99</strong>72<br />

Personnel: Joseph Waters, Amy Hecht, Martin<br />

Hecht<br />

Announcing: The Voice-Over House now features<br />

DigiDesign Pro Tools III, 16 (55 virtual<br />

track) Hard Disk recording-pristine high quality<br />

sound. Unique Equipment: Featuring<br />

Bruel & Kjaer microphones (4006, 4002 (2),<br />

4011), powered by Millennia Preamps for the<br />

best in acoustic recording. Great compressors:<br />

Valley 440 (classic) and Aphex Compellor 320.<br />

Other: Pro Tools direct-to-disk. Much more.<br />

Tracks: 8-Track Otari 1/2 in.; 1/2 track Otari<br />

MX5050 BII; 1/2 track Revox A-77; Sony DTC-<br />

100; Sony 75 es DAT; Nakamichi LX-5 cassette.<br />

Rates: $35/hr. days; $45/hr. eves. & wknds.<br />

Block rates at $25/hr. per 7 hr. day; introductory<br />

4 hr. block for $60. Recent Projects: Bob<br />

Shoemaker, Tom Welles, Higher Ground,<br />

Whiney Draper.<br />

Walter Midi Recording<br />

1420 SE 162<br />

Portland OR 97233<br />

Phone and Fax 503-761-0964<br />

waltrmid@teleport.com<br />

Recording Digital: (4) Alesis Adats provide 32<br />

tracks of digital recording. Digidesign Session<br />

8 provides another 8 tracks of recording plus<br />

computer editing and mastering. Digidesign<br />

Adat Interface allows digital transfer plus synchronization<br />

to and from Adats. Alesis BRC<br />

allows autolocate, autopunch, SMPTE, etc. Recording<br />

Analog: Tascam MS-16 1‰ 16 track<br />

with dbx type 1 and autolocater. Mixers and<br />

Monitors: Alesis X2 24x8. 48 tracks at<br />

mixdown. Mute automation. Monitor on<br />

Alesis Monitor One with Hafler P1500 amp.<br />

Mixdown: Panasonic SV-3700 and Tascam<br />

DA-30 DAT. Also Harmon/Kardon and<br />

Nakamichi cassette decks; Philips 2x CD recorder.<br />

Outboard Processors: Manley dual/<br />

mono mic pre; (2) Drawmer 1960 dual compressor<br />

pre; (2) Behringer Composer compressor;<br />

(3) Alesis 3630 compressor; Symetrix 501<br />

compressor; Behringer Intelligate; Aphex 105<br />

quad gate; BBE 322 Sonic Maximizer; DOD<br />

430 graphic eq.<br />

Effects: (2) Alesis Quadraverb 2; Lexicon Alex;<br />

Yamaha SPX90; (2) Digitech DSP128; Alesis<br />

Microverb; Boss SE50. Keyboards (Synthesizers):<br />

Roland JV-1080; Clavia Nord Lead; (2)<br />

Korg SG-1D Sampling Grand; Korg O3R/W<br />

synth; Rhodes (Roland) VK1000 organ;<br />

Ensoniq VFX-SD synth; Roland U220 synth;<br />

Roland S-550 sampler; Alesis QS7 synth;<br />

Roland Juno 60 analog synth; Roland Organ/<br />

Strings 09 analog synth; Roland SC7 Sound<br />

Canvas; Yamaha FB01 synth.<br />

Keyboards (Acoustic and Electric): Steinway<br />

Model B 7' grand piano; Steinway 1906 concert<br />

upright piano; Hammond M3 plus Leslie;<br />

Fender Rhodes suitcase piano.<br />

Microphones: Manley Reference Cardioid; (3)<br />

AT4050; AKG C3000; AKG D112; AT4033; EV<br />

PL20; lots of 57s and 58s; etc... Computers/<br />

Programs: PC Pentium 100 meg, 24 meg RAM<br />

running Session 8, Cakewalk Pro Audio 6.0,<br />

Sound Forge 4.0 Misc: Hollywood Edge sound<br />

effects library; Misc. effects pedals. Rates: 8<br />

track Adat - $18/hr, 8 track Session 8 - $22/hr,<br />

16 track analog or digital - $22/hr, 24 track<br />

digital - $26/hr, Block rates available on 16 and<br />

24 track.<br />

Clients include: Izaya „The Next‰ CD release;<br />

Land of the Blind „Nearnuffto (Don't<br />

make no nevermind) „ ; Fran Gray/Heart<br />

Spring Music various CD releases; Radio Flyer;<br />

Mackin' Rob; B Sharp; David Michael<br />

Carrillo/Gentle Wind Music various CD releases;<br />

Headland/Lazy Bones CD release;<br />

Cascadia Folk Quartet CD release; Shelley<br />

James CD release; Savage Symphony CD release;<br />

Hog Whitman; Pan Gypsies; Turntable<br />

Bay; Mike Stahlman; Jeff and the Revolvers.<br />

White Horse <strong>Studio</strong>s<br />

1634 S.W. Alder St.<br />

Portland, OR 97205<br />

(503) 222-0116; FAX (503) 222-3658<br />

Owners: Ron Spencer, Jeanne McKirchy-Spencer<br />

House Engineers: Dave Friedlander, Sean<br />

Flora Independent Engineers: Bob Stark,<br />

Mike Moore, Tony Lash, Doug Dubrow<br />

Tracks: 24+<br />

Rates: Call for project quotes. Block rates: The<br />

best around.<br />

Equipment:Mixing—Solid State Logic 6056E<br />

console; Multitrack: Studer A820 24-track w/<br />

Dolby SR; Monitors: Genelec 1025A; KRK 703;<br />

Yamaha NS-10M; JBL Control One; Auratone<br />

5C; Reverbs: Lexicon 480L; AMS RMX-16;<br />

AKG ADR 68K; EMT 140s plate; Lexicon<br />

PCM70; Eventide H3000SE; Dynacord DRP<br />

20; Yamaha SPX 9011; Ursa Major SST-282;<br />

Alesis MIDIVerb II; Delays: TC Electronic 2290<br />

(2); Lexicon PCM 42 (2); Eventide Instant<br />

Flanger; Signal processing: Summit TLA 100<br />

(2); UREI 1176LN; UREI LA22; Drawmer DS<br />

201 (2). Mastering—<strong>Two</strong>-track machines:<br />

Ampex ATR 102 w/Dolby SR; Panasonic<br />

SV3700 DAT with Apogee AD-500 Analog to<br />

Digital converters; Nakamichi MR-1 cassette<br />

decks (3); Digital workstations: Digidesign<br />

Protools Suite; Waveframe AudioFrame 1000<br />

Suite; Mics—Neumann U47, U87, U89, TLM<br />

170; KM 84 (4); AKG The Tube, 414 (5), 460<br />

(6), D112 (2); Sennheiser 421 (7); Sure SM&;<br />

SM81 (2); SM 57 (3). MIDI: Alesis D4 drum<br />

machine; EMU Proteus 1, Proteus 1XR, Proteus<br />

2; KORG 01/w DW-8000; Kurzweil K250,<br />

K2000; Oberheim Matrix 6R; Roland Planet<br />

5, D-50, R 8M drum module, U220, Sound<br />

Canvas; Sequential Prophet 5; additional items<br />

on request. Other: Yamaha C7 7” grand piano;<br />

Software: Mark of the Unicorn Performer<br />

4.2AV; Opcode <strong>Studio</strong> Vision; Digidesign<br />

Sound Tools; Hardware: Macintosh II, IIcx,<br />

Quadra 840AV; 650; Mark of the Unicorn<br />

MIDI Time Piece. Clients:<br />

Nightnoise(Windham Hill)/Shadow of Time;<br />

Mimori Yusa (Epic/Sony); Val Gardena (Mercury)/River<br />

of Stone; Sweaty Nipples<br />

(Megaforce); Tom Grant(Mercury)/The View<br />

From Here; David Friesen with Michael<br />

Brecker, Clarke Terry, Glen Moore and<br />

UweKropinski; Renegade Saints (Don Gilmore<br />

producer), Heatmiser (Frontier)/Dead Air;<br />

Will Vinton; Wieden & Kennedy; NBC; Nike;<br />

Cole & Weber (OMD), Harvester, Skiploader,<br />

The Kentucky Rules, Thomas Lauderdale,<br />

Satan's Pilgrims, Greg Paul, Sydney Stevens,<br />

Cal Scott, Robbie Kaye, and Seth Samuels.<br />

Established 1979<br />

Publisher<br />

James E. Crummy<br />

Editor<br />

Buck Munger<br />

Director of Photography<br />

Buko<br />

Writers<br />

Marc Baker<br />

Buko<br />

S.P. Clarke<br />

Susan Connell<br />

Cybele<br />

Bart Day<br />

Bud Palmer<br />

Marianne Steiner<br />

Photographers<br />

David Ackerman<br />

Buko<br />

Christine Frederica<br />

Gustavo Rapaport<br />

Layout & Graphics<br />

Buko<br />

Printer<br />

Oregon Lithoprint<br />

<strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />

2745 NE 34th<br />

Portland, OR 97212<br />

(503) 284-5931<br />

FAX: (503) 335-3633<br />

Email addresses:<br />

Editor: <strong>Two</strong>Louie@aol.com<br />

Layout: buko@teleport.com<br />

© 1<strong>99</strong>8 by <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>. May not<br />

be reproduced in any form without the expressed<br />

written consent of the publisher.<br />

<strong>Two</strong> <strong>Louies</strong> is available by subscription.<br />

Send $35.00 for one year, postpaid to:<br />

2745 NE 34th<br />

Portland, OR 97212<br />

LL


FREE<br />

Wanted Alive!<br />

4-string bass player & basic<br />

drummer for original rock-from hard<br />

drivin’ to ballads. Chicks are cool. Call:<br />

236-3733<br />

Singer/lyricist seeking queer<br />

friendly musicians for original, alternative,<br />

extremely moody, trancedance<br />

soul grooves. No country or jazz<br />

or hard drugs. Call: 233-7921 Be you.<br />

Drummer wanting to start an<br />

ARTIST FORM of FREE MUSIC,<br />

SOUND JAZZ, WORD JAZZ,<br />

SOUND SCULPTURE< NON-TRA-<br />

DITIONAL TRANSCENDENTAL.<br />

Call: 241-7908<br />

Randall_platt@Hotmail.com<br />

BASS PLAYER NEEDED. We<br />

have a place to practice and a low tech<br />

studio to make recordings on a 4 track.<br />

All 3 of us have previous gigging experience<br />

and we have released 3 EP’s<br />

and a 7 inch vinyl.<br />

We drink a ton of coffee and like<br />

Husker du, Dinosaur Jr., Foo Fighters,<br />

Pearl Jam and Black Sabbath Call:<br />

Todd 708-7070<br />

&<br />

NE 122nd & Glisan.<br />

255-5039<br />

Club Cabos<br />

SE 18th & McLOUGHLIN<br />

232-37<strong>99</strong><br />

MUSICIANS CLASSIFIEDS<br />

STOP IN ANY PORTLAND MUSIC<br />

LOCATION & FILL OUT THE FREE FORM<br />

Musicians Wanted for summer<br />

gig. Drums/Bass/Keys/Guitar. Must<br />

have own equipment, experience preferred.<br />

Covers/a few originals. Compensation.<br />

Call: Ryan 402-2027<br />

GUITARIST seeks to form,<br />

maybe join hard rock or pop situation.<br />

Going for the top. May need transport.<br />

No drugs. Call: Richard 282-<br />

9142<br />

DRUMMER with back-up vocals<br />

and full P.A. looking for<br />

weekendcover band. Call: 353-9045.<br />

The New Planet Order seeks guitarist.<br />

Versatile. Modern. P.A. Investors.<br />

Management. Metal, Rock, Blues,<br />

Reggae, Funk. Makin’ Magic & Money<br />

Call: Pete 788-1667 or Vanilla 256-<br />

7780<br />

Christian Classic Rock Band<br />

looking for vocals, high energy to have<br />

fun & see what happens. A lot of originals.<br />

Call after 4:30PM Philip 775-<br />

5230<br />

DRUMMER, experienced, creative<br />

& versatile seeks professional<br />

group or players. Call: Pete 788-1667<br />

Road Toured Experienced<br />

drummer only interested in original<br />

music,. business smart, dedicated rock<br />

band. If you’re serious, driven and<br />

have professionalism Call: Jeff 360/<br />

891-0903<br />

The Orange Collection, original<br />

band seeks bassist. We are ready with<br />

a 6 song EP to promote. Seek pr or<br />

semi-pro. Sheryl Crow, Kravitz,<br />

Stones, Pop Call: Shawn 260/<strong>99</strong>2-8703<br />

Wanted Bass Player to play Blues,<br />

Rock & alternative Any age, as long as<br />

you can play. Serious only Call:. Robert<br />

Holly at 761-3182<br />

Need lead vocal,male for original<br />

material. Folky~progressive tight<br />

lyrics, solid melodies. I’ll back you<br />

with acoustic & harmony. Serious<br />

Only. P.D.Wells 289-6891<br />

Pro session drummer available<br />

for live performances and recordings.<br />

Plays all styles. Prefers original material,<br />

but will play tasty covers. Call<br />

Dan Dragon (503) 358-3737<br />

The tunes are the core, the jams<br />

launch from there. Rock Jazz Groove<br />

guitarist seeks adventurous players.<br />

Jon 736-9339<br />

Needed - bass / guitar / singer.<br />

Have space to practice. Heavy Stuff.<br />

Todd (503) 708-7070.<br />

Drummer - bassist - singer-<br />

(One Guy) Looking for working<br />

bands. Rock, Country, Blues. John<br />

(541) 935-5023.<br />

Guitar player looking for other<br />

guitarists, or drummer. I have been<br />

playing for 4 years. Call Kevin at<br />

(503) 669-8742. I play rock but interested<br />

in other stuff too.<br />

I am the best singer in the universe,<br />

my description, Need a band or<br />

musical instrument type person to<br />

show. Please call,leave message. Gregory<br />

777-0898<br />

“WE LOVE BACHELOR PARTIES”<br />

Featuring the most beautiful<br />

dancers in the Northwest<br />

Come on by for<br />

CHAR BROILED STEAKS<br />

BREAKFAST, LUNCH or DINNER<br />

Open Daily 7am - 2am<br />

we have<br />

OREGON LOTTERY GAMES TOO!!<br />

TWO LOUIES, <strong>April</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>9 - Page 31

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!