Author Archives: garret

Give me an E, a bouncy E

Here’s a little secret.   Tune a guitar like this, and you will be happy.  Remember that a guitar is equal-temperament… so it’s always a compromise.   A tuning method has to respect the compromise, and not make major mistakes..  That is all you can hope for, and it is enough.
This method has worked magic for [...]

Nashville Summit Recap

I just got back from attending a weekend conference of audio engineers and producers, in Nashville, TN, at Chris Mara’s studio Welcome to 1979. It was terrific fun… friendly and knowledgeable panelists, a welcoming environment, and good folks all around. And it was cheap and convenient… what’s not to like? The gathering looks [...]

Small things

A skyscraper in Hong Kong with scaffolding made of hand-tied bamboo. Simple things, with craftsmenship, can become something majestic.

Jay Bennett

Jay Bennett, 1963-2009. Thank you for the music. Requiscat in Pacem.