Alpaca Ranch Recording

07/14/2023

I am not a robot. Beep boop.

04/03/2023

Gangs all here.

03/28/2023

02/25/2023

The legend. Making good points from day 1.

"I took a length of 4 x 4 pine, put an Epiphone neck on it, wound a couple of homemade pickups and mounted them on the wood. Then I added a bridge and a Vibrola tailpiece, strung it up, and I had the Log. It was crude, but when I plugged it into an amp, it worked.

On a Saturday night, I took it to The Sheik, a little club in Sunnyside, where I played the same songs (on the Log) with the same trio I often jammed with, and nobody gave much notice to it. I was getting a very cool, unusual sound with this electric Log ... A piece of lumber being played as an electric guitar was something nobody had ever seen before, or even thought of, but it didn’t seem to make a big impression.

So I went back to the Epiphone factory, took the sound box of an old Epiphone archtop, and sawed it in half right down the middle. Then I braced up the halves so they could be attached to the sides... With wings attached, I took the Log back to the same club, and jammed again with the same trio.

And to my surprise, there was a great reaction. Everyone started talking about the unusual sound and asking questions about the guitar and my amplifier. There was a positive reaction to the sound I got that night, which was the same sound the same people had heard before. So I came to the conclusion that people hear with their eyes.” --Les Paul

02/17/2023

It was an absolute blast mixing this one.

"Past the Midnight Hour" turns 3 years old today! Making this solo LP was a great experience. I'll throw the link in the comments for easy streaming if you'd like to give it a listen today!
We're hard at work on Sunset Electric's debut album so brace yourself for an aggravating amount of updates.

This week:
Weds/Tonight: our usual open mic at Markoh's on Main, signups 6:30, music 7pm-9pm
Saturday: Wachusett Brew Yard in Worcester solo acoustic 1pm-4pm
Also Saturday: Husky's Pub in Worcester with Sunset Electric, playing with our friends Futon Lasagna. Music starts at 8pm, we play at 9pm.

01/23/2023

Checking out control room A at . They made us record in the basement...

01/22/2023

. Wherever I need it to be.

01/21/2023

Channelstrips in an art film.

01/15/2023

The part tells you want it needs.

01/01/2023

The only question now is. How much delay do we put on it.

12/31/2022

Man. Editing with a mouse is weird.

12/17/2022

Reunited and it feels so good.

12/06/2022

Recap time.

11/30/2022

They said I was crazy. But now, it's alive.

09/10/2022

I guess my next YouTube video will be about how to prepare your files to go to another engineer.

09/07/2022

I got interviewed about music !

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81YjE3ODY3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/MmQ2NDgyZjEtMzlmZi00MTM3LWI4MjctN2M1NWVkOGMxNzE2?ep=14

08/05/2022

Finally!

Congrats to Hannah Stokes on the release of Hollow Bones. Mixed at Alpaca Ranch Studios. Mastered at Treelady Studios

07/01/2022

It's out!

Album · 2022 · 5 Songs

06/18/2022

It's nice to be back.

05/28/2022

When you have to recut the guitars and only a 100 year old church will do. You gotta get mobile.

05/18/2022

New gear. Who dis?

04/22/2022

It's nice to be back.

04/01/2022

Hello my name is Chris and I have a favorite tambourine.

03/15/2022

Werk. PIANOS!

03/14/2022

Why doncha come on over, Valerie.

03/03/2022

+ violin = exquisite sounding tracks.

02/28/2022

Central Virginia boasts no shortage of recording studios and venues, but it's a vinyl manufacturing operation in Harrisonburg that's put Virginia' s music scene on the map in a whole new way.

02/16/2022

Tube mics + pianos = 🥰

Anyone else know those mics?
Well anyone who doesn't know me anyway.

02/14/2022

Winter in the Midwest hits different.

02/07/2022

It was the next logical step. Yes we have been watching Euphoria.