Our Town
Gardens Are for Living
by Joanne A. Calitri
Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist. Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com
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She Rocks Inspire Award winner Lzzy Hale performs at the ceremony
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Grammy engineer Sylvia Massy talks tech at Cordial Cables
“you can create new music every day.” Her pro tip to record acoustic guitar: use a Mid/Side (M/S) recording technique, an AKG414 or Shure SM57 like she did with Prince. Gibson’s new booth layout rivaled the rest, with long tables and stools, all gear plugged into an amp and headset for endless testing. The stage featured all their top musicians, and a SRO talk by renowned recording engineer Eddie Kramer (Hendrix, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin) on recording
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he 2020 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), show at the Anaheim Convention Center January 16-19 welcomed over 2,000 exhibiting member companies, 7,000 brands, and 115,888 attendees internationally to exhibits, demos, and over 350 classes for kids through professional. Notable locals at NAMM 2020: In his large booth filled with celebrity users of his gear for over 20 years was Seymour Duncan and his crew. Local musicians supporting Seymour included award-winning blues guitarist Alastair Greene. Making new business connections were sound system engineer-musician Chris Pelonis who is working on a new project with Jeff Bridges and Michael McDonald, and son Christian who is touring with Shaun Cassidy; SB Rockshop Academy drummer George Pendergast; Carp songwriter Jamey Cecille with mom Connie BrocatoGeston; respected metal guitarist Greg Marra; rocker Steve Postell with his band; James Garza of SYV is the US Sales Manager for Orange Amps; John Mooy, our town’s amazing luthier; and Alan Parsons at the Parnelli Awards. Key Highlights were at Cordial Cables with a presentation by Grammy award-winning American record producer and engineer, mixer and author Sylvia Lenore Massy (Tool, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers) on sound and cables. Using inventions to record with, from light bulbs, to buzz saws and other materials cabled from guitars to solid-state amps, she said,
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