Recording in this studio was one of the highlights of my life so far lol. Didn't work with J.J. specifically but I met him. Nice guy. Good to see those guitars again!
Great episode!!! I've worked my times with J.J. at his studio and have always enjoyed the process. He has a lot of great equipment and instruments....and is a great guitar player as well as a great engineer and producer.
Hi Friends, after "threatening" to do this over the course of several AES and NAMM conventions, I finally had the chance to meet with my good friend and marvellous engineer, J.J. Blair. J.J.'s portfolio includes legendary artists such as The Who, Johnny Cash, and Rod Stewart! While primarily a recording engineer, J.J. has also served as producer, notably on June Carter Cash’s 1999 album, Press On. J.J. and I sat down at Fox Force Five-his studio in the Hollywood Hills-to talk a bit about his career, his approach to recording, and of course, the studio itself!
All the name dropping ...all the guitars ...any story about any piece of kit ...I'm loving it. J.J's no exception ...Awesome studio tour. I love the knowledge too ....he's a time honoured expert. This ones right up there.
"Our job is more about capturing moments, than it is capturing sonic perfection. We're trying to record a moment in time and if that moment is gone, it's gone." and "There is no right way to record but there is a wrong way. You will know it when you hear it." - J.J. Blair. I think I'll print those quotations on a poster and put them in my studio.
I'm going to watch this several times...lots of information or inflammation as the exes dad from Guyana would say and how we laughed...my dad still at 93 says should we be reading the destructions?(instructions) this is such valuable insiders knowledge...he needs to be downloaded...to be honest the both do..... Quality all round this is so priceless.. textures ousing and overflowing here..our search for tone and colour continues.. Less stressfully though...we're on a journey that's aesthetically very satisfying.....wow!! and words that are getting harder find ,running out superlatives...no needing of laxatives shhhhhh shush spelt. dizzy dizzy Imagine the delights of matching the instruments and amps like you have been doing but for can.. as in.CAN ..... CAN .they had amazing sounding gear... transported away . They invented some inspirational new recording methods.. Most infamously "inner space " " I N.N E R S P A C E " BOUNDARIES were definitely pushed... Did the gates of heaven budged an inch ...I don't see much has happened since .....but...... c l o s i n g t i m e Leonard Cohen
Dear Warren, you studio visits and your recording lessons are so inspiring and so great to watch. A real dream program for us sound and music lovers around the world. Thanks for having offered and so well recorded these videos. Back in the late 80s and 90s when I was 20 and started to dig into music and recording as an amateur, I would have dreamt of seeing and hearing from all the secrets of the craft in such a great way.
Bout time someone talked up the Trident and MTA. I have not got the pleasure of working on a real A-range but I do use the Softube plugin and it has become my favorite eq for snare, bass, really anything percussive. Not to mention the Softube subscription is very affordable. About the same as the Slate Everything bundle (which I also use) and way less detrimental to the CPU.
JJ Blair is an using hero of the LA music scene! He has been involved with so many great albums. Here's his wiki:- 'Blair produced and engineered June Carter Cash's 1999 Grammy Award-winning album "Press On".[4] Blair was an engineer on Johnny Cash's 2005 box set The Legend and all of the first three Great American Songbook albums by Rod Stewart.' I'll take that for a resume!
I was just thinking yesterday how i missed the good old mega studuio tours and then you drop THIS. My lord... Also, the dog with the squeekietoy in the background is gold.
I am saddened to hear of Oliver Archut's death. He helped me evaluate a J37 I was purchasing back in the 90's, and was very helpful when I became interested in building microphones. He was a wonderful person, and I will miss him.
I guess I have been out of the professional audio loop for a while and did not hear the news. There aren't many like Oliver. I started thinking about building the microphones that I could not afford to buy back in the early 90's (...we physicists think we can build anything ;). Oliver was kind enough to provide schematics for the classic microphones and power supplies,back before they were available online. Oliver also produced the transformers for my C12 knockoff's, as well as parts for other projects I have not had time to finish. Most important, was his advice and support. We are losing the experts with the knowledge of that beautiful technology of the early days of modern recording. I hope someone is being trained to carry on the legacy.
This is one of the greats, who have mellowed into their mind-numbing gear collections, and just uses the tools when and how they are needed. He's on Gearslutz often, and can be, how shall we say, "intelligently cranky". He's obviously seen it all, and is no longer impressed by any sort of gear "magic". A master of his craft. Thanks, Warren, for this in depth view into the life of a great engineer.
Warren, one thing I would love to see is a good demonstration and explanation of the different "types" of compression, like "SSL compression", Neve, dbx, Pultec, etc.
I cant believe how much amazing equipment JJ Blair has a still needs a mastering engineer. Awesome piece so much history! JJ, I got a ton of soul on the voice, guitar and unique chord progressions that work. I wish I could record with your someday! I know that sometimes dreams come true! I am also a super weird nerd you might like me. I love what you did with Johnny Cash and have read his autobiography in jail, which led to me becoming a musician to express my emotional pain that has led to a better, wiser soul. Its about capturing the moment dude if a miracle ever happens that would be amazing!
what a gift music is... like a healer...I've got that surprising John Lee Hooker track" the healer " running through my head ...it's like he's still growing and evolving musically... You've sieżed your opportunities by the sounds (ha ha) It's been real helpful in your life. . So good to know that. It's also fascinating Beefheart has a curious line..."I can't call it music it's just something soothing" Music's mystery is so powerful it can survive any analysis unscathed and intact I've heard a new idea ,to me,a few years ago expressed in a talk given by future primitivist John ZERZAN...that when we human beings were being forced from freedom loving and fiercely egalitarian gatherer hunters to a life of enforced drudgery in a new hierarchical civilisation whereby the majority laboured to keep a central ruling elite in luxury that emerged soon after a grain based agricultural system seperated us from the ecosystems that for the first time were being changed .all around us Music, goes this hypothesis. is the almost animal cry of pain as a result of people being torn and ripped from the intact ecosystem that we saw as our only sort of leader that above all the collective multiple interwoven relationships we all had lived with for least 300.000 years
With all that equipment,I'm glad he emphasized that it's what you do with it.How you use what you have!People on these forums often forget you need an actual song TO record.Love the Al Green reference.I'm a Ram has been a favorite for years.Thanks again Warren.
This is 14 months old, but it popped up on the tube, and I realised I hadn't watched it. Great vid, love the insights, anecdotes and great tech chat, as usual, but I can't help thinking, 'Blonde?!?' - really?
Tremendous player you are! My god, unexpected! MAKING RECORDS WHEN "YOU ARE/could be, THE STAR"?! Thank you for sharing your skill and most defiantly looking forward to more videos. !
Don’t know how I’m just now seeing this studio tour but really an incredible setup from a very interesting and cerebral guy! That mic locker is truly amazing and I’ll be revisiting this video just for that portion in the future. Thanks Warren, amazing insight as always!
Awesome to see! Loved the G.E. Sta-level predecessor. One thing I realized awhile ago is that even if I magically could get a studio like this, it doesn't mean I could use it as well as you or J.J. Helped cure me of gear lust :)
1:35:00 the interstage transformer on U73's has an RC on the secondary that puts it down 6dB @40 Hz. You can just short circuit that part, maybe even add a switch if you feel courageous, just don't assume you really need to remove this hpf and make the mod permanent.
Fantastic interview. I like that he feels the performance is paramount, and gear selection is much less important. It just goes to show.... our cheap home studio mics and pres aren't THAT bad, as long as the band is really inspired and you're able to capture the excitement
Hey Warren I'm loving your work with these studio greats bringing their process out into the light really becoming very interested in the recording process.cheers man
guy on the left ...well put!! The other way to get that lively tension is like the all girl band the Raincoats did. They weren't very technically good ! they were learning...Palm Olive the drummer had a clompy cyclical lovely touch probably partly because it was new to her but she sure had a vision and drive to share it with us or more likely just to get it done and not let the side down. That first album is my favourite all time drumming tracks...She has the guts and naivety to speed up and slow down and her beats are all new and fresh to the ears ...great music is timeless isn't it...so exiting what is it 50 years on... so good to hear this geezer talking my language as it were. Love his approach... One more quick point. At that time the band I was in was a little similar and we had a punk attitude towards the technically brilliant who played too many notes but had no feeling in the music...names? oh dear...Jan hammer .john McLaughlin Zappa too many notes Beefheart ...Good ! Rick Wakeman 6 wifeys of Henry 8...over elaborate poor ,no guts....CAN simplicity is the essence of good design... With any idea it can end up being a formulaic device. ..and fail anyway. STILL being young and idealistic is a great laff innit? Today I can enjoy the Raincoats and Emerson lake and Palmer ..!! The falls entire catalogue and the first 2 Wire albums hit a perfect balance. Lee Scratch Perry has that tension of the high wire act , will it fall to pieces and will there be injuries.
My father has a grammer that billy grammer himself gave him! Best sounding acoustic I ever heard hands down. It's not billys main opry guitar but one he recorded alot and traveled with.
The concept that Bonhams kick didn't have huge bottom and only the perception that it does is perhaps the key to recording in a lot of ways. It is the way the kick has space to say what it needs. That is also in the ensemble giving room for that kick to say what it needs. i think that is a lesson worth pondering on for the engineer and the musician. Thanks!
I totally agree with the opening points of how younger people don’t know the older musicians. As a older person who just started playing guitar, I rediscovered Pink Floyd because of David Gilmore. Of course I heard of Pink Floyd but I never got it until now 💡I found myself looking for great guitarist… got heavy into blues greats, Jeff Beck, Clapton, Steve Via, SRV, Jimi Hendrix ( my favorite) and stumbled in to Joe Banamasa and Eric Gales!!! So yeah, there’s no excuse
I've been trying to figure out how to store my mics. (My HUGE collection of 7 or 8...). I like how he keeps them on the shock mount and just slips them on to a rod. Nice locker. And I agree, HOLY S#@T on the collection itself!
Improvement equals life....thats my motto....Great interview, so...an improvement....;) !!! I really loved the humor you both guys had and don,t forget the other star: the dog...funny...:)
Another great interview! Man, I need a producer/engineer like you guys..Anyway , it's always good to hear about All Green ! A great song can go a long way. If you write good songs you've already created a good sound. Recording will just enhance a really good thing.
If you guys want to hear struggling then, believe you me, I can deliver! :-) Holy cow, I get the feeling this one really energized you. You were hoppin' happy when you guys started checking out the gear racks!
cant believe I've spent 2,5 hours watching this..but every time I want so skip a bit, there is a magic word, and I have to watch it few more times again :) So sorry that Brendon O'Brian wont be on show...After all he is the only producer that I knew by name and work for long time... :)
Wow this is a great vid. I've played through that Deluxe and recorded with J.J. Oh if only I knew then what I know now. whats legend. And great playing man
That mid 60's J200 with the tune-o-metic bridge is also the Truth and Led Zep 1 and George Harrison J200 sound. By far my favorite acoustic guitar. Although the folk purists think it's the crappy version!
lo fidelity like the al green example triggers a subconcious nastalgia sensory as a musical note or melody does, thats why we love the crackles and dynamics of vinyl and even the hiss of cassettes
warren you must check out Deads Anthem in the Sun album in headphones they cut together studio recordings with live tracks , blended , hard edits , live solos really cool
@@Producelikeapro He did chime in on a Gearslutz thread some years ago, so seems he's keeping an eye on things at least every now and then... maybe watching these vids? :) Would be great - the world really needs an in-depth interview with him!
saw you guys talk about the apogee symphony, but what was that rackmount computer in there? im considering switching from mac to a PC system for my next protools rig so I'm curious what he was using
oh wow! the 69 SG special! mines a 68 and the 69 tele is the same as my 68..how strange. really enjoying this one! I wonder what he thinks of the FLEA microphones?- Gra x
Is this the real Graham Coxon? I'm a HUGE fan. Anyway, I have not used the FLEAs. I'm very curious to try them side by side with the real thing. - J.J.
GrahamCoxonOfficial great stuff Gra! Yes, this was a really great one! By the way I’m going to have Tom build me a guitar! A Tele! I think JJ would love his guitars too! JJ I’ll bring it by once it’s made!
hi Warren! you are? thats great! I was very tempted by the surf green one tom brought round the other day...truly gorge ridden instrument..sound amazing.
hi J.J ! honoured that you're a fan! it was great to nose around your studio courtesy of Warren H. lots of great stuff! I have no original 47s, C12s or M49s but I have one of each from FLEA and they sound lovely to me...but I have had my head in a Marshall for 27 years! anyway, stay well! --G.C
Hi Ales, yes indeed! Agreed 100%! Like I've said many time before Gates are no longer used except in live settings, it's now so much easier with DAW's to automate them!
Does anyone make spare parts for the D30? Especially the little plastic thingy that holds the entire assembly together? If somebody would make a CNC cut one out of metal, i'd be ecstatic.
Recording in this studio was one of the highlights of my life so far lol. Didn't work with J.J. specifically but I met him. Nice guy. Good to see those guitars again!
That’s great to hear!
Great episode!!! I've worked my times with J.J. at his studio and have always enjoyed the process. He has a lot of great equipment and instruments....and is a great guitar player as well as a great engineer and producer.
J.J. sounds like the Dick Cavett of audio engineers. Seriously, he reminds me of Dick Cavett. And that, sir, is a compliment. Cheers
Haha I'll let him know! Haha
Hi Friends, after "threatening" to do this over the course of several AES and NAMM conventions, I finally had the chance to meet with my good friend and marvellous engineer, J.J. Blair. J.J.'s portfolio includes legendary artists such as The Who, Johnny Cash, and Rod Stewart! While primarily a recording engineer, J.J. has also served as producer, notably on June Carter Cash’s 1999 album, Press On. J.J. and I sat down at Fox Force Five-his studio in the Hollywood Hills-to talk a bit about his career, his approach to recording, and of course, the studio itself!
thanks for another amazing video warren !! JJ is someones work I am going to look out for now!
Thanks ever so much for all of your support Darlene!
Amazing!!!!!!.....!!.
Thanks ever so much Harmony! You Rock!
Great episode Warren! Can you explain again why JJ had the Korg tuner over his console? Thanks! Lasse
All the name dropping ...all the guitars ...any story about any piece of kit ...I'm loving it.
J.J's no exception ...Awesome studio tour. I love the knowledge too ....he's a time honoured expert.
This ones right up there.
"Our job is more about capturing moments, than it is capturing sonic perfection. We're trying to record a moment in time and if that moment is gone, it's gone." and "There is no right way to record but there is a wrong way. You will know it when you hear it." - J.J. Blair. I think I'll print those quotations on a poster and put them in my studio.
Agreed Haui! AMAZING stuff! Thanks JJ!
Loved the opening section about perfection. Some very deep thoughts in there. Thanks for going deep :)
I agree David, I loved doing this interview with JJ!
Wow what an amazing collection of incredible equipment !! Thank you ever so much JJ and Warren for this wonderful walk through !!
Thanks ever so much Apple!!
This is my definition of paradise ... Great guy. Great place.
Thanks Alberto!!
This guy has got some amazing guitars. Beautiful, I could spend days looking at these guitars.
Great interview and studio tour Warren! What a mic and guitar collection!
One of the most valuable interviews you’ve done imho. Performance first. ALWAYS!
I'm going to watch this several times...lots of information or inflammation as the exes dad from Guyana would say and how we laughed...my dad still at 93 says should we be reading the destructions?(instructions)
this is such valuable insiders knowledge...he needs to be downloaded...to be honest the both do.....
Quality all round this is so priceless..
textures ousing and overflowing here..our search for tone and colour continues..
Less stressfully though...we're on a journey that's aesthetically very satisfying.....wow!!
and words that are getting harder find ,running out superlatives...no needing of laxatives shhhhhh shush spelt. dizzy dizzy
Imagine the delights of matching the instruments and amps like you have been doing but for can.. as in.CAN .....
CAN
.they had amazing sounding gear...
transported away .
They invented some inspirational new recording methods..
Most infamously
"inner space "
" I N.N E R S P A C E "
BOUNDARIES were definitely pushed...
Did the gates of heaven budged an inch ...I don't see much has happened since .....but......
c l o s i n g t i m e
Leonard Cohen
Typos...yuk
Thanks ever so much for the amazing comment! Yes, JJ is truly wonderful
Dear Warren, you studio visits and your recording lessons are so inspiring and so great to watch. A real dream program for us sound and music lovers around the world. Thanks for having offered and so well recorded these videos. Back in the late 80s and 90s when I was 20 and started to dig into music and recording as an amateur, I would have dreamt of seeing and hearing from all the secrets of the craft in such a great way.
Bout time someone talked up the Trident and MTA. I have not got the pleasure of working on a real A-range but I do use the Softube plugin and it has become my favorite eq for snare, bass, really anything percussive. Not to mention the Softube subscription is very affordable. About the same as the Slate Everything bundle (which I also use) and way less detrimental to the CPU.
JJ Blair is an using hero of the LA music scene! He has been involved with so many great albums. Here's his wiki:- 'Blair produced and engineered June Carter Cash's 1999 Grammy Award-winning album "Press On".[4] Blair was an engineer on Johnny Cash's 2005 box set The Legend and all of the first three Great American Songbook albums by Rod Stewart.' I'll take that for a resume!
Yes, JJ is amazing! Great guy!
practically 2 hours of nonstop goodness!! Love the interviews, his mic locker is insane!! so awesome!
Hi Eric Gonzalez thanks ever so much you rock my friend!!
I was just thinking yesterday how i missed the good old mega studuio tours and then you drop THIS. My lord...
Also, the dog with the squeekietoy in the background is gold.
That was very enjoyable. J.J. seems to be a wonderfully humble guy and very generous with the sharing of his knowledge.
Yes, agreed, JJ is awesome!
I am saddened to hear of Oliver Archut's death. He helped me evaluate a J37 I was purchasing back in the 90's, and was very helpful when I became interested in building microphones. He was a wonderful person, and I will miss him.
Yes David, that's terrible news, he had amazing skills it is huge loss to us.
I guess I have been out of the professional audio loop for a while and did not hear the news. There aren't many like Oliver. I started thinking about building the microphones that I could not afford to buy back in the early 90's (...we physicists think we can build anything ;). Oliver was kind enough to provide schematics for the classic microphones and power supplies,back before they were available online. Oliver also produced the transformers for my C12 knockoff's, as well as parts for other projects I have not had time to finish. Most important, was his advice and support. We are losing the experts with the knowledge of that beautiful technology of the early days of modern recording. I hope someone is being trained to carry on the legacy.
This is one of the greats, who have mellowed into their mind-numbing gear collections, and just uses the tools when and how they are needed. He's on Gearslutz often, and can be, how shall we say, "intelligently cranky". He's obviously seen it all, and is no longer impressed by any sort of gear "magic". A master of his craft. Thanks, Warren, for this in depth view into the life of a great engineer.
Ha, Robert! I'm only there to entertain myself. Sometimes winding people up by being the old cranky guy is entertaining. ;) - J.J.
Thanks Warren, for bringing this incredible interview and studio tour to us. Great video as always.
Warren, one thing I would love to see is a good demonstration and explanation of the different "types" of compression, like "SSL compression", Neve, dbx, Pultec, etc.
That's an amazing idea!!
me too !!
Haha Ok Darlene!
Did he end up doing this video? Great idea..
I cant believe how much amazing equipment JJ Blair has a still needs a mastering engineer. Awesome piece so much history! JJ, I got a ton of soul on the voice, guitar and unique chord progressions that work. I wish I could record with your someday! I know that sometimes dreams come true! I am also a super weird nerd you might like me. I love what you did with Johnny Cash and have read his autobiography in jail, which led to me becoming a musician to express my emotional pain that has led to a better, wiser soul. Its about capturing the moment dude if a miracle ever happens that would be amazing!
what a gift music is...
like a healer...I've got that surprising John Lee Hooker track" the healer " running through my head ...it's like he's still growing and
evolving musically...
You've sieżed your opportunities by the sounds (ha ha)
It's been real helpful in your life. .
So good to know that.
It's also fascinating
Beefheart has a curious line..."I can't call it music it's just something soothing"
Music's mystery is so powerful it can survive any analysis unscathed and intact
I've heard a new idea ,to me,a few years ago expressed in a talk given by future primitivist John ZERZAN...that when we human beings were being forced from freedom loving and fiercely egalitarian gatherer hunters to a life of enforced drudgery in a new hierarchical civilisation whereby the majority laboured to keep a central ruling elite in luxury that emerged soon after a grain based agricultural system seperated us from the ecosystems that for the first time were being changed .all around us
Music, goes this hypothesis. is the almost animal cry of pain as a result of people being torn and ripped from the intact ecosystem that we saw as our only sort of leader that above all the collective multiple interwoven relationships we all had lived with for least 300.000 years
So much info here ...I love these......thank you Warren....rc
Thanks ever so much Shuzies!
Fantastic interview and studio tour 😊 Love his guitar collection. Just wow 😍
Thanks for sharing Warren! You Rock! 🎶♩🖒😊
Thanks ever so much!! You Rock!! Yes, amazing guitar collection!
Thanks for another amazing video warren !! JJ is someones work I am really going to look out for now!
Yes, agreed Darlene! JJ Rules!
With all that equipment,I'm glad he emphasized that it's what you do with it.How you use what you have!People on these forums often forget you need an actual song TO record.Love the Al Green reference.I'm a Ram has been a favorite for years.Thanks again Warren.
This is 14 months old, but it popped up on the tube, and I realised I hadn't watched it. Great vid, love the insights, anecdotes and great tech chat, as usual, but I can't help thinking, 'Blonde?!?' - really?
This was enjoyable! I just listened while I working clearing walls. Got me through!
Great stuff! Thanks Audrey!
Tremendous player you are! My god, unexpected! MAKING RECORDS WHEN "YOU ARE/could be, THE STAR"?! Thank you for sharing your skill and most defiantly looking forward to more videos. !
Don’t know how I’m just now seeing this studio tour but really an incredible setup from a very interesting and cerebral guy! That mic locker is truly amazing and I’ll be revisiting this video just for that portion in the future. Thanks Warren, amazing insight as always!
Awesome to see! Loved the G.E. Sta-level predecessor.
One thing I realized awhile ago is that even if I magically could get a studio like this, it doesn't mean I could use it as well as you or J.J. Helped cure me of gear lust :)
Haha I hear 100% Alex! So much beautiful equipment here!
1:35:00 the interstage transformer on U73's has an RC on the secondary that puts it down 6dB @40 Hz. You can just short circuit that part, maybe even add a switch if you feel courageous, just don't assume you really need to remove this hpf and make the mod permanent.
Thanks for the insight Marten!
I know you have to make money sometimes Warren, but these videos are what we really love you for. Great one! :-)
how does he do it all??
Aw shucks thank Samos12! Yes, LONG days AND nights! Haha
This guy is a wealth of knowledge!!! I would love to buy him a 4 hour coffee!
Great video once again. I love the interviews so much... they bring us into the room to learn. Thanks
Hi Terry Doyle thanks ever so much my friend! You Rock!!
That 1960 Les paul is and the Es 355 are just ridiculously beautiful guitars.
Absolutely
That was absolutely awesome. Thank you 👍
Thanks ever so much Chris!
Man, what a studio !!!!!! Incredible
Wow super super serious engineer at360°... All fabulous
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Thanks ever so much
Fantastic interview. I like that he feels the performance is paramount, and gear selection is much less important. It just goes to show.... our cheap home studio mics and pres aren't THAT bad, as long as the band is really inspired and you're able to capture the excitement
Hi Demag, agreed! Performance is King! Creativity is king and it's the song, the song and the song!
Beautiful microphones collection and great interview. Thanks Warren.
love seeing an MTA 980, there's another one in use in a local recording studio in Belgium where i worked a couple of years ago
Hey Warren I'm loving your work with these studio greats bringing their process out into the light really becoming very interested in the recording process.cheers man
guy on the left ...well put!!
The other way to get that lively tension is like the all girl band the Raincoats did.
They weren't very technically good ! they were learning...Palm Olive the drummer had a clompy cyclical lovely touch probably partly because it was new to her but she sure had a vision and drive to share it with us or more likely just to get it done and not let the side down.
That first album is my favourite all time drumming tracks...She has the guts and naivety to speed up and slow down and her beats are all new and fresh to the ears ...great music is timeless isn't it...so exiting
what is it 50 years on...
so good to hear this geezer talking my language as it were.
Love his approach...
One more quick point.
At that time the band I was in was a little similar and we had a punk attitude towards the technically brilliant who played too many notes but had no feeling in the music...names? oh dear...Jan hammer .john McLaughlin Zappa too many notes Beefheart ...Good !
Rick Wakeman 6 wifeys of Henry 8...over elaborate poor ,no guts....CAN simplicity is the essence of good design...
With any idea it can end up being a formulaic device. ..and fail anyway.
STILL being young and idealistic is a great laff innit?
Today I can enjoy the Raincoats and Emerson lake and Palmer ..!!
The falls entire catalogue and the first 2 Wire albums hit a perfect balance.
Lee Scratch Perry has that tension of the high wire act , will it fall to pieces and will there be injuries.
Gear & guitar geek-out! Fun interview, thanks, Warren & J.J.
Noise in the Basement thanks ever so much my friend!
I love the dog chewing the squeaky balls in the background...reminds me of my do doing that all the time while I mix or play guitar.
My father has a grammer that billy grammer himself gave him! Best sounding acoustic I ever heard hands down. It's not billys main opry guitar but one he recorded alot and traveled with.
The concept that Bonhams kick didn't have huge bottom and only the perception that it does is perhaps the key to recording in a lot of ways. It is the way the kick has space to say what it needs. That is also in the ensemble giving room for that kick to say what it needs. i think that is a lesson worth pondering on for the engineer and the musician. Thanks!
I totally agree with the opening points of how younger people don’t know the older musicians. As a older person who just started playing guitar, I rediscovered Pink Floyd because of David Gilmore. Of course I heard of Pink Floyd but I never got it until now 💡I found myself looking for great guitarist… got heavy into blues greats, Jeff Beck, Clapton, Steve Via, SRV, Jimi Hendrix ( my favorite) and stumbled in to Joe Banamasa and Eric Gales!!! So yeah, there’s no excuse
Muchas, Muchas Gracias! One of your very best tours! :)
Awesome that he has all those different Trident pieces.
Wow. Stellar gear
I know! Amazing!!
Great vid as per usual Warren...Wow, that "60 Les Paul. Wow, his guitar collection..Wow that Console...Wow, his outboard gear....NICE.
Later Sk8er....
Amazing! I just wanted to watch something great on youtube tonight, and this video delivered.
OMG...That mic locker, my heart be still. Can J.J. adopt me ?
This microphone collection is crazy
I know!! Try remarkable!
thank you Warren and I love it .
Thanks ever so much Dan!!
Fantastic interview!! Thanks J.J. and Warren!
Oh wow! This is a long one! I'll have to watch it after work! ;)
Haha yes indeed Matthew!
sh****** that mic collection is insane
I agree! Amazing!!
I've been trying to figure out how to store my mics. (My HUGE collection of 7 or 8...). I like how he keeps them on the shock mount and just slips them on to a rod. Nice locker.
And I agree, HOLY S#@T on the collection itself!
I know! I don't store mine as well as JJ does! I'm still learning!
Another killer interview.
Thanks ever so much! Special thanks to JJ!!
Oh no, skipped right over the Jerry wolf😔Love these videos Warren. Cheers
Thanks ever so much Matt!
Love this video! Thank you Warren and JJ
I know Olly Alcock! That's wicked he was your mentor back here in the UK!
Doggo bring the ball is just adorable
I love how Warren doesn't care what others have to say when he picks up a guitar, he gets lost in it. That's me or probably every other guitarist.
Improvement equals life....thats my motto....Great interview, so...an improvement....;) !!! I really loved the humor you both guys had and don,t forget the other star: the dog...funny...:)
Hey! Great stuff shown & explained, I enjoyed very much! You wehre short by words about the LA 22 Compressor... what about that Unit? Cheers! JAK
Non stop excellent content since namm! Great job Warren.
Music Ting thanks ever so much!!
Great Tour!
Another great interview! Man, I need a producer/engineer like you guys..Anyway , it's always good to hear about All Green ! A great song can go a long way. If you write good songs you've already created a good sound. Recording will just enhance a really good thing.
You are far too kind my friend! Yes, JJ is an amazing talent, with a truly wonderful studio!
ME TOO!! Produce me!!
Darlene Sheffield lol
Haha Ok Darlene!
If you guys want to hear struggling then, believe you me, I can deliver! :-) Holy cow, I get the feeling this one really energized you. You were hoppin' happy when you guys started checking out the gear racks!
yes i hear you L.Scott! The struggle is real for many of us !!
I know this has nothing to do with the tour but that is one beautiful German Shorthair Pointer. Thanks for the studio tour, it’s my favorite feature.
Agreed Andrew! Beautiful dog!
Lola says "thank you."
FW190D6 you rock JJ!
That was amazing. Love it.
Warren interview Mac Demarco! He might be hard to get but that would be amazing
What a tour! I hate it though when people say: "I found this one for cheap...", and it is something that now costs a kidney - Lucky bastards ;)
Wow is definitely the word for this video!
Haha yes, indeed Paul! Wow!
cant believe I've spent 2,5 hours watching this..but every time I want so skip a bit, there is a magic word, and I have to watch it few more times again :) So sorry that Brendon O'Brian wont be on show...After all he is the only producer that I knew by name and work for long time... :)
Hi Zvonimir Sarcevic wow! Thanks ever so much!!
Wow this is a great vid. I've played through that Deluxe and recorded with J.J. Oh if only I knew then what I know now. whats legend. And great playing man
lush... a treat !
Thanks ever so much
Great interview Warren. Check out the video and see if you see a visual distraction between you and J.J
Man, you had me at Jesse Edwin Davis. Saw him live with Taj Mahal.
Warren can't wait to play that 60' original Les Paul. Good Lord! m49's 60's Les Paul. What the hell!!!
That mid 60's J200 with the tune-o-metic bridge is also the Truth and Led Zep 1 and George Harrison J200 sound. By far my favorite acoustic guitar. Although the folk purists think it's the crappy version!
* Bonk *
"Oops, more relic'ing."
:D
Is the new room finished yet? Also more studio dogs! Mine cuddles people on the couch and keeps sessions fun and light hearted :)
lo fidelity like the al green example triggers a subconcious nastalgia sensory as a musical note or melody does, thats why we love the crackles and dynamics of vinyl and even the hiss of cassettes
"performance was all that matterd"
warren you must check out Deads Anthem in the Sun album in headphones they cut together studio recordings with live tracks , blended , hard edits , live solos really cool
Yes Sean! Performances are all that ultimately matters! It's the song, the song and the song! Haha
JJ loves 421's..He'd use them on everything if he could..he's said this to me many times I swear..
Ray Hartman hahahaha I heard that too!
wow, almost two hours.. I know what I am going to do after rehearsal. See you then!
Thanks ever so much! Yes, it's a LONG one! Fun packed though! JJ Rules!
You need to hunt down Martin Birch and interview him. He is one of the most elusive record producers out there!
I know! He retired many years ago! I wonder if he would talk to us?
@@Producelikeapro He did chime in on a Gearslutz thread some years ago, so seems he's keeping an eye on things at least every now and then... maybe watching these vids? :)
Would be great - the world really needs an in-depth interview with him!
saw you guys talk about the apogee symphony, but what was that rackmount computer in there? im considering switching from mac to a PC system for my next protools rig so I'm curious what he was using
It's the Sonnet chassis. I'm using a Mac Mini with it.
whats the name of Terry Manning book about his musical productions, mention by JJ???? anyone knows? all i find his photography stuff
It would be fun if you did a geartour in your studio Warren!
Haha yes, indeed Stefan!
One of my teachers at uni has an 24-channel MTA console at his studio, don't recall the model number.
oh wow! the 69 SG special! mines a 68 and the 69 tele is the same as my 68..how strange. really enjoying this one! I wonder what he thinks of the FLEA microphones?- Gra x
Is this the real Graham Coxon? I'm a HUGE fan. Anyway, I have not used the FLEAs. I'm very curious to try them side by side with the real thing. - J.J.
FW190D6 yes JJ that really is Graham!
GrahamCoxonOfficial great stuff Gra! Yes, this was a really great one! By the way I’m going to have Tom build me a guitar! A Tele! I think JJ would love his guitars too! JJ I’ll bring it by once it’s made!
hi Warren! you are? thats great! I was very tempted by the surf green one tom brought round the other day...truly gorge ridden instrument..sound amazing.
hi J.J ! honoured that you're a fan! it was great to nose around your studio courtesy of Warren H. lots of great stuff! I have no original 47s, C12s or M49s but I have one of each from FLEA and they sound lovely to me...but I have had my head in a Marshall for 27 years! anyway, stay well! --G.C
I agree on 421 thing on toms...But in PT we don't need to use a gate anymore..We can just edit...5-10 minutes job..
Hi Ales, yes indeed! Agreed 100%! Like I've said many time before Gates are no longer used except in live settings, it's now so much easier with DAW's to automate them!
Does anyone make spare parts for the D30? Especially the little plastic thingy that holds the entire assembly together? If somebody would make a CNC cut one out of metal, i'd be ecstatic.
Bad ass. Right on Warren!