New Danger Dog Studios

I've been wanting to post some pictures of my recording setup for a while, so here we go. I christened this corner of the second bedroom "New Danger Dog Studios" in honor of my replacement, Lizzie the miniature pinscher. You see, I referred to my parents' basement as "Danger Dog Studios" back when my former band Half-Penny was recording its one and only EP, Loose Change, as part of a theme (Jason's place, where the vast majority of the recording was done, was called "Little Matey Studios" in honor of our nickname for his family's dogs, and post-production was done at Benny K's home, nicknamed "The Kennel" for the large number of canines occupying the premisice).


Behold the glory! It's a pretty basic setup: the electric guitar or bass goes into a V-Amp, which goes into the 16-track. I've got a couple of effects pedals (distortion, wah, echo, and chorus), which you can see in the back. Of course, if I'm recording vocals or an acoustic instrument (such as the guitar on the left, which incidentally has a Nashville tuning), I've got a microphone.


Here's my big new toy: a Fostex MR-16HD/CD. Glee!


Gillian (l) and Doris. Lucy (the mandolin) is up on the desk.


My trusty old 4-track, Blue 4. I've had this since high school. I did all of my writing/recording for FAWM on this. You can also see my new cowbell in this shot.


A dim picture of a slightly less dim guitarist. The batteries in the camera were just about shot with no spares at hand, and I had no plans of dressing up again any time soon when this was taken.

So there it is. Don't stop believin',
Regis