Phil O'Keefe

Hi Bob - good to have you with us! I was just looking at your site and I saw the THD Univalve combo unit - I've got a Univalve, and a 1X12 combo for that would be sweet! I hope they eventually release that!

Hey everyone - just a reminder - please take the time to check out three or four submissions from other people for each submission of your own. It's on the "honor system", but it's really the only way we can make sure that everyone gets their stuff listened to and discussed, and that this thread doesn't just turn into a "submissions only / no comments given" wasteland. Thanks!

(Originally posted by Funkwave, and moved to proper thread at his request by moderator. Please address any responses directly to him. Thx! - Phil) *********************************** Hey Dudes, let me know your honest opinions on this one. I just finished it today. I did all of the instrumentation and sequence programing, my gal friend did the vocs. http://www.project80s.com/danny/Blue%20Skies.mp3

Originally posted by mentoneman fancy running into you here! anytime you're in the redlands area on a sunday morn, stop by the packinghouse and say hi. and if you time it right, you can see brad too- Pat I'm definitely looking forward to popping in over there one of these days... I have not seen Brad in forever, and he's definitely one of the "good guys" - an incredibly nice (not to mention talented) person!!! Thanks for the invitation Pat - I'll try to give you some advance notice before I visit. But it might be a while - I'm pretty tied up right now. Phil

BTW, I tried responding to your PM marcellis, but your box is full. Please remove some of your old mail.

Originally posted by marcellis I'll try this once more. Brand new - last week. Latin lounge. A Woman from Cuba Would be grateful for some tips on mixing. Well, I have not had the chance to run it over to the studio yet, but on my el cheapo computer monitors, it sounds to me like you might want to pull down the lead instrument part - IMO, it's really too loud. It's overpowering everything else IMO. Sorry I didn't get a chance to listen earlier. I really don't always check out every song that gets linked - I do try to get in and listen to some things when I can (always following the 3-4 songs reviewed before submitting something of my own for everyone else to hear guideline ) but for those who I may have missed, I apologise. Of course, if you want to ask for my specific opinions folks, please feel free to post the link here and then drop me an email or PM, and I'll try to give it a listen just as soon as I can get to it.

Yeah Steve... I'd try some hand percussion stuff first. And please let me know when you have a new version ready to listen to - as usual with your stuff, I enjoyed that song quite a bit.

Originally posted by Steve LeBlanc any advice on this mix? FEVER Nice job Steve. Are you thinking about leaving it "drumless"? IMO, I think some goovin' drums (or maybe some hand percussion) on that track would help flesh it out a bit.

Good to see you Blue Strat / C. Bradley! Some MP members have been unable to "get" their MP screen names over here or have decided they wanted to use something different for a change of pace. Many of them have placed something along the lines of "AKA Blue Strat on Musicplayer" into their sig lines so that people would recognise them. You don't HAVE to of course, but if you WANT to.... Good to have you joining us!

Originally posted by Woody's Buzzed I'm clearing out some of the stuff I no longer use. PM me for more details. Audio Centron 16 ch 4 buss console mixer - $100.00 Tascam 8 ch 4 buss mixer. (Great for project studio) $75.00 Lexicon Core2 DAW w/daughter bd. (only works w/ win98) $45.00 ART 31 band EQ $60.00 Yamaha midi patch bay with cables. $50.00 All stuff works great. Shipping extra. Thanks.. (Message moved to proper thread by moderator). For contact / email details, please see the original thread. But please restrict any online discussion / questions to THIS thread. Thanks.

Hey Lee - well done. I particularly liked the classic jangle of tracks like "Add Water" and "Goin' Places". Good stuff. I also enjoyed "Neophyte, and detect a bit of Costello influence in the vocal approach on that one. Again, well done all the way around! I'm headed to listen to the MP3 you emailed me next...

Unscrew yourself Private Tedster; "Jerry" is spelled with a "J" and NOT a "G". You failed to follow one of the basic rules of warfare: know thy enemy.

I've fallen victim to that a couple of times too Rog, but I can edit posts.

Mike, did you mean a Boss VF-1, or maybe a Roland VG-8? I'm not familiar with a Boss VF-8.

Originally posted by Robman2 Phil, September looms...more road trip ahead CEDIA and then New England, NYC, Levin's etc... Any thoughts on when we eat? R Still up in the air Rob, but as soon as I know at my end, I promise you'll be one of the first to know.

Well, I did hand out one guitar recording experiment assignment... so far.

Quit your complainin' Spencer... it took me four and a half years to rack up 17,500 in posts (I was #2 on MP - I try harder, but I could never catch Tedster... ) and now I have to start all over again. I tell you what: Post three times before dinner and you don't have to eat your brussel sprouts. And just be thankful I have not started handing out homework assignments again... yet.

Good to have all of you aboard! Now get to talkin' and see if you can't get those post counts back up to your previous levels. You have until supper, so you'd better get busy.

Sean, that '49 sure looks sweet! Unfortunately, I don't think I can afford it right now. More accurately, I don't think I can convince my wife that I can afford it right now. OTOH, back when she was on RCA, she did all of her vocals through a '49, so maybe I could work off of that angle "...hey honey, look! It's the same type of mic you used back in your RCA days! And it's been fully restored... the price seems reasonable... wouldn't it be cool to have one of those? They ARE great mics..."

Thanks for letting me know about that - apparently Verve (my hosting company) screwed up when they moved my site to a new server. You should see a "temp" page up now, and most of the content should be up in the next day or so.

Originally posted by younggunmn PS: Hey Phil, do you know if it's possible to turn on image posting? That can be super useful sometimes, and I miss the . I was just thinking about that... IMG tags can be turned on or off for individual forums, and IMO, they definitely need to be "on" over here. They're a lot of fun, and for technically oriented topics, they can make explaining things a lot easier - a picture being worth a thousand words, etc. But there will be some rules about their use.... I'll expect people to be responsible about how they use that feature, and be careful about what images they post. Anything profane or obscene will be yanked immediately, and may result in banning of the person who posted it. So yes, I am going to turn that feature "on", but please use it responsibly folks.

Originally posted by Kid Klash Hi Phil, So what's the difference between this forum and the Recording forum? Click here for the answer.

Hey folks, look! It's Paul Hogan! Good to see you Nursers... I see you have more posts than me - that's a switch. We'll see how long you can keep that up.

Do you have something you want to buy / sell / trade? This is the place for it - The Studio Trenches Swap Meet. Call it a flea market or a yard sale or whatever they call 'em in your area - out here in LA LA land, we've always called 'em Swap Meets. And the cool thing about swap meets is that you never know what you might find... so you browse around the ol' drive-in and when you see something you're not interested in, you keep going... but occasionally... So, what do you have that's cool that you want to sell me for cheap? PS No outside spam - HC contributing members only for postings please.

Well, here it is - the "official" share your music thread for The Studio Trenches. A few guidelines: 1. Please restrict your submissions to this thread only. 2. Please specify what you want - if you're just showcasing your work, this is a good place to do that, but SPECIFY that or you're going to get critiques. If you're asking about the SONG, mention that or you're going to get comments about your mix. If it's production ideas you want, say so. If you're having problems with a specific part of the mix or instrumental timbre and you want to restrict comments to only that, tell us so! You get the idea... 3. When responding, please keep in mind what the poster was requesting and respond with that in mind. And PLEASE, let's keep it civil. Try to find something positive to say. No, don't feel like you have to kiss anyone's butt, but the tendency is to comment about what you'd do differently or what you didn't like - let's try to make an equal effort towards commenting on the things we DO like. 4. It might be wise to give us a general description of your level of professional involvement, experience level and gear you used. A person who is just getting started out on a 4 track and is doing it as a hobby shouldn't be held to the same sonic standards as someone who does it for a living and uses a Studer and a Neve. Please try to keep these things in mind when responding and be encouraging to those who are just starting out. 5. Do the right thing - if you want to submit, this is the place for it - but don't abuse it. If you want others to listen to YOUR submissions, you need to listen to - and comment on - their submissions. As a general guideline, I recommend you listen to / comment on three or four submissions from others for each submission of your own. 6. It might be a good idea to list the playback system / monitoring chain(s) you used for listening to a submission when you respond with your critiques and comments - that info could be helpful to the original poster. 7. Have fun!