http://www.prosoundblog.com Rants of a professional drummer and recording engineer. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:19:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Important Message to our Fans It was always our pleasure, our purpose in life, our passion and we were fortunate enough to make music for you - whether it was live on stage or in the studio, creating new songs. While we were working on our album these past few months, we ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2010/01/24/scorpions-to-retire-after-this-album-and-tour/ My posting here is dwindling yes. So are gigs in the audio engineering world, partly due to the economy and partly because I'm retired from that world. I'm playing some gigs, recording some albums and still around the music biz so check back occasionally. You just might hear about ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2010/01/19/im-still-alive/ I just heard that a bass player for a band I used to record died. He was sick, like the flu. He was probably in his late 30's or early 40's. Not sure if that was a H1N1 death or what. I also suspect drugs were ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/12/13/bass-player-dies-from-being-sick/ Played a strange gig tonight. It was a fundraiser for a guy who is close to dying. He's on oxygen, 20% lung capacity. He's broke and the show was intended to raise money for this guy's funeral. Brutal. 56 This guy is only 56 and he looks baaaaad. ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/11/15/funeral-for-a-not-dead-friend/ http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/10/12/new-instrument-alert-eigenharp/ I never saw the light with Michael Jackson and his whiny little girl voice. I also don't see the fascination losers people have about him. The big news today on the front page of CNN.com is that Michael Jackson had lethal levels of some sort of drugs in his system. ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/08/24/news-flash-michael-jackson-had-lethal-levels-of-drugs-in-his-body-no-shit/ I've not just gotten a THIRD email from a third local studio going out of business. They're all emailing their gear lists and liquidating. If you need cheap gear now is the time. Lots o' gear out there on ebay right now from lots of desperate former ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/08/06/third-local-studio-goes-belly-up-in-a-week/ My golf buddies Bowling For Soup have a new video!  Cool! http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/07/22/new-bowling-for-soup-song-my-wena/ I really didn't like Michael Jackson or his music.  I left town for a camping trip and came back to find he'd died.  Maybe I should go camping more often. I felt sorry for the guy really.  He never had the chance to be a kid when he grew up.  He ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/06/27/michael-jackson-dead/ My rock & roll band covers many Ventures tunes like "Hawaii Five-O" and "Walk Don't Run," "Wipeout," "Penetration" etc.  There are no tunes more fun to play than those classic Ventures surf tunes. Tribute to Bob Bogle Bob Bogle, guitarist for the Venutres, died yesterday at 75.  Hats off, wine glasses up ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/06/17/ventures_bogle/