So this last week was spent in New York City @ the College Music Journal Music Marathon for the pre-launch of The Viberavetions Project (( sonic|radar )) rage.fm amp.fm which in and of itself was an *AMAZING*, successful experience. More on that to come.
In the mean time,
Via a recommendation and introduction from Uche Ogbuji, we are *EXTREMELY* fortunate to have working with us Dawn Frank who amongst an ever impressive list of accomplishments includes mastering four Grammy Award-winning albums from the San Francisco Symphony, Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor and Herbie Hancock as well as one member of the ten person team who developed the Sony Super Audio CD. Before spending 4 years with the Sony SACD team she spent 8 years working at the NYC Sony studio (which, quite sadly, as of this last September is no longer) where — quite obviously — she had the opportunity to work with some *AMAZING* talent.
I was given the opportunity to meet two of these folks on Tuesday (when the Sony studio closed down it seems many of the engineers moved over to Universal): Vlado Meller and Peter Cho.
I really have no idea what I can/can not | should/should not say about the experience I had while sitting in the same studio pictured on Vlado’s MySpace page,
… but I can say this: Say and feel what you want about the music industry as a whole. But please don’t let those same feelings be reflected upon folks such as Vlado, Peter, and Dawn who represent the true heart and soul of what the music industry is truly all about,
Creating some of the most beautiful artwork this world has ever known.
Thanks for an *AMAZING* experience this past Tuesday Vlado, Peter, and Dawn!
More to come on the overall CMJ experience as well as the continued launch related events of amp.fm.
Vlado Meller, isn't he the guy that ruined Californication?
Ruined Californication? Vlado mastered Californication, yes. But how exactly does an album that sold 15 million copies get the label "ruined"?
If your point is that Californication marked a radical shift in the sound of the Chile Peppers, and that shift wasn't something you felt to be a good thing, well then I can only agree with you. With the departure of Dave Navarro and the return of John Frusciante, to me anyway, the end result was disastrous. But not from a mastering standpoint: With 15 million copies sold the sound was obviously something quite a few folks thought was pretty damn good.
Care to elaborate your point a bit?
It get the label because that much clipping is inherently non-musical, duh.
If an album is mastered such that it clips all the way through, then it doesn't matter what the musicians put into it, it'll sound bad. Here's an explanation: http://www.airwindows.com/californication.html
@CommonSense,
Thanks for the link! Am reading up on it now...
You're welcome! =)
@CommonSense,
Interesting read! I hadn't realized this was the case until reading that article. I was never really much of a Californication fan (pre-Californication Peppers I *LOVE*), so never really paid that much attention to it. But after reading this article, it brings things into perspective. Thanks for taking the time to provide the link!