Video and interview about the new studio
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Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 03:31
Video and interview about the new studio
I realize that it is somewhat late but I wanted to respond to the "Name the new Studio" comment made by Derek. If this has already been done I apologize in advance.
On the Official Derek Trucks Band site Home Studio video, while talking about the new studio Derek says: I still haven't named the studio, if you've got any anything throw it out. This was proceeded by a comment that it was becoming something like a commune down there.
In Q&A session between EM and Derek titled "It's good to be Home" the question Compared with your previous recording experiences, how did it feel to record this one at your own place?
Derek's answer, in part, was It was unlike any other recording I've ever been a part of. It felt so natural and organic./strong>
So I toss these out:
The Truck Farm
I can already hear "Come on down to the Truck Farm" were setting up a gig. Or, we're going to the Truck Farm to practice.
Truck's Farm
"We'll record at Truck's Farm, make something really organic and down to earth." Kinda reminds me of "Big Pink."
The Farm If named either of the aforementioned I'm quite sure that the name would eventually be shortened to "The Farm," for instance:
We'll be practicing at The Farm; Recorded at The Farm; I'll be down at the farm; The seed was planted and grew out of late night jam sessions at The Farm. Visualize this one: I'm going down to Derek's Farm, Gonna join in a rock and roll band. Got to get back to the land and set my soul free... words and music by Joni Mitchell except "Derek's" was substituted for Yasgur's.
The structure's exterior design is certainly reminiscent of a small barn on a farmette. What ever the name, the studio will leave it uniqueness and character on a lot great music to be produced and recorded there.
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Thanks BB--that's why I apologized in advance. Just a little free flow thinking while taking a break--never enough hours in the day it seems or I would have caught this before exposing my lack of knowledge about the studio. Peace is right and that view through the Raga Window is pretty cool and encourages the mind to wander.
My son received a degree in audio engineering from "Full Sail" down in Orlando about 6 or 7 years ago. He went up to NYC and was hired by Battery Studios, as an assistant engineer, where he did the struggling artist thing for abut 4 years. Minimum wage was pretty hard to live on up in Brooklyn, but he stuck with it until the realization dawned that it wasn't going to happen. He had paid part of his dues before things in that industry started to implode.
Just about the time he quit the studios, owned by the labels, started to crash and burn. Why travel up to NYC when you can record in your backyard? Pro Tools and all the other new digital stuff caused a tectonic shift in the way studio music was produced, and I'm not sure how many "major" studios are still in business now. It makes makes perfect sense to me to build your own studio if you can and in the back yard makes it all the better. It's also great that Derek and his sound engineer Marty Wells started collecting "old" stuff for the new studio. The old stuff certainly has a vibe of it's on, the patina of age I guess, about like there's nothing like a Hammond B3. Some things come and go, but to preserve some of the artifacts of the past, and actually put them back in use, is a noble but rewarding endeavor. Anyway, thanks for the "head's up."
Been busy getting all the camping stuff ready for Wanee. After last year's "wet butt boogie" we are planning for the typical Florida afternoon thunder storms. Nevertheless we are praying for blue skies and crystal clear nights this year. I hope Mother cooperates.
Peace to you also, 41Truck
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The past belongs to the future...but only the present can preserve it.i
The past belongs to the future...but only the present can preserve it.
that they named it Swamp Raga Studios.. Peace, BB
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"Practice Wisdom, Listen, Ask Questions, Work Hard, Lift Up Those Around You, and Never, Ever, Underestimate the Power of Kindness!" Brother Bill
"Practice Wisdom, Listen, Ask Questions, Work Hard, Lift Up Those Around You, and Never, Ever, Underestimate the Power of Kindness!" Brother Bill