Cool and Unusual Music

06/10/2025

Getting ready for another tracking session. Always a good time.

05/25/2025

Just had our Fender Pro Reverb recapped by Nashville Amplifier Service.

Highly recommended.
I get a little thrill when I see the production stamp from 1967.
(Photos pre-service)

Now it sounds as good as it did 58 years ago.

04/17/2025

I had a great time collaborating on this video .

I did the music.
Please check it out !

In this poem by Ernest Williamson III, the reader-in-performance Tianna Sheppard narrates the progress of the speaker of the poem as she navigates a surreal ...

03/26/2025

Two different worlds, same universe.

03/24/2025

Getting ready to deliver a final mix.
Just applying the finishing touches.

02/26/2025

The room mic is making all the difference today.

12/13/2024

I was thrilled to welcome the great Ken Wilson to Cool and Unusual Music.
We go way back. He was THE session guitarist at the old Metro Studios.

12/06/2024

3 Mics on a Vibro King, trying to capture every detail of this classic amplifier.
R121 with a 57 and a TLM 170i on the bottom.
Running into SSL VHDs and then into Logic.

09/19/2024

I had a great day at an Apogee sponsored mixing clinic with Bob Clearmountain.
It was beyond awesome to sit with Mr. Clearmountain in a beautifully outfitted Dolby Atmos studio, listening to his legendary mixes, and hearing him talk about his mixing techniques.