SHIRK studios

09/13/2020

05/16/2020

New music from my good friend Fur Trader (aka Andrew Pelletier) link in his bio. Really enjoyed hanging the wallpaper and drapes on this one. Cut tons of Farfisa VIP500, Hammond S6 and lines and pads. Then sliced, diced and mangled them with the Prime Time 93, .asm Count to 5 and Space Echo 201 I played the Snare drum and mic’d it with an old AKG C12 (which felt like breaking the law) No harm was done... used a Ticonderoga Pencil (eraser end) as the drumstick. Fun with toys. Mastered but Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Cn0oAD7Q7WNrMIK7WdurA?si=w0caKjD8QtO5LeAgXhS6WQ

12/18/2019

Not all, but some of the nasty little family of amps in here right now. I love them all and try not to play favorites. Thx for the loaners .

12/11/2019

‘Tis the season for strumming by the tree. This is my very first guitar, a late-70’s FG-331. My mom bought it for me for $60 used through a classified ad in the in 1983. (Thanks, Mom) From a collector standpoint, it’s nothing remarkable but it’s special to me. It sent me on a journey... one I’m still on. I left it at my parents’ house for the past 30 years so I had something to play when I visited. Last year I decided to bring it back to my home. It gets plenty of use and still plays great. The dent on the back corner reminds me of my youth and what a little s**t I was sometimes. In 5th or 6th grade my interest in acoustic guitar was waning and my Mom was pestering me to practice before my lesson after school. I hadn’t practiced all week. In a fit I threw the guitar down against a chair or something and the binding and sidewall suffered a nasty little blow. I felt pretty bad and I don’t think I’ve ever intentionally mistreated an instrument since. I’ll probably never repair it, just as a reminder. I keep most of my acoustics in their cases, but this one stays on the wall, ready for action. I hope my kids pick it up someday (and don’t throw it against a chair)

12/04/2019

Scott Tipping taking some rips with Sunbeard on Monday night.

11/20/2019

making this Yamaha C7 sing. Thank you for the most excellent tuning.
.berlin

11/01/2019

Spent a few nights in the woodshop this week and built this oak pedal rack for the control room wall. Kind of proud of myself.
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09/28/2019

Full house for a Recording Studio Rockstars mixing seminar with Anthony Gravino, Lij Shaw and OWC solutions .

08/29/2019

Playing with some LED lighting between sessions.
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08/19/2019

Center

08/15/2019

Favorite “I don’t want to think about it and just have it sound good” comp. .

08/11/2019

For when you want to get your guitar back to the 80’s/90’s but don’t want to stay too long. Took a little getting used to but the is doing it for me. Thanks for the help, Tony! Dive bombing, pinch harmonics and tuning stability for days. .
#1989

07/26/2019

Nice pairing

07/24/2019

Today’s little amp corner. Thank you to for letting us check out his new Film Noir 18 amp. This thing is badass.

06/17/2019

05/30/2019

Moving some mics with Sean OKeefe

05/16/2019

Love the way this crew lights up the room. Ain’t nothing like the real strings, baby. Matt Jones does and exceptional job arranging and directing and Rollin Weary always captures a fantastic sound.

04/25/2019

Felt real good to get back into mix mode with the lights down low last night.