Clear Spot Recording is a small home studio in my basement. It's
not really a commercial
studio, I just love making music. It
started
out about 10 years ago when I was playing in sort of a band. Our
keyboard player carried
around his pc so he could play a software
synth. He was also
running Cubase on it so we started putting up a
couple of mics to
record our rehersals. Then I had the idea to buy
a little mackie mixer and some mics so I could sub mix my drum
set to a stereo pair. Then I could
record the drums seperately from
the rest of the band.
Well, things sort
of snowballed from there. It has been quite a
progression from just being a drummer in a band to getting totally
into recording. Now all I do is eat, sleep and drink all the info I get
my hands on
about recording technique. I am totally hooked on it
like a crack
addict.
Recently I have been doing some small projects/demos for local
bands
and friends ofmine. I don't get paid alot but I am still
learning alot
and having fun. I have done everything from
gangster rap to
bluegrass. And most other styles of music
including R&B, jazz,
rock, gospel, funk, blues whatever you want
to do. I like all styles of
music and try to stay out of the way of
other peoples projects. I don't
want to be a "producer" or a
manager or a record lable. And don't have
much to say about
other peoples material. I just stay neutral an set up
mics and push
record and play. I'm still learning all sorts of new and
old tricks for
mixing. I know it takes a long time to get results that
sound like
big lable productions but I will get there someday. For now
I'm
doing ok with what I do know.
I will try to post some tunes from some of the projects I have
been
working on. Some of the tunes on here so far need to be
remixed and
cleaned up some. Right now I'm working with my
friend Scott Pressley and his group "Our Time" which is
a side
project from Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs with which they
all
play and sing with. I also just did a demo for local R&B/Gospel
group Royalty with Antonio Bernard. There are several other
things I have going on
like ongoing project with Reggie Dennis
and not to mention my own
projects with local bassist Brian
Jacobs.
I will try to get some of this stuff cleaned up and posted for your
listening pleasure,
Stay Tuned!