Crawling Towards Completion

Sublime Sound — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:52:01 +0000

I posted some exiting updates to my album in progress: “Sonidos de Cuba”. I’ve added a song called La Cueva which is perhaps my most esoteric song ever. It features recordings from a cave near Vinales. Our guide was a talented whistler and I really enjoyed mangling and disassembling my recordings of him.

I’ve also posted some changes to Jinetero and Calle Musica. I’m excited to announce that more guests have provided their talents to this project. Matt Grant and Rudy Gill have layed down vocals on Jinetero; And James Kang helped out with his electric guitar.

Japan and Thailand Sound Collage

Sublime Sound — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:42:38 +0000

I’ve made a collage of the recordings I made with my H4N during my honeymoon in Japan and Thailand. There was no compression applied, but there was a high-pass filter used on a couple recordings to eliminate wind rumble. I also used a Rode NTG3 Shotgun mic on some recordings.

The Japanese collage features trains, cicadas, temples, pachinko parlours, and a taste of Harajuku.

The Thai collage has long-tail boats, tuk-tuks, bats, frogs, gibbons, and a jewellery factory.

More travel means more recordings

Sublime Sound — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:22:25 +0000

I recently returned from my honeymoon in Japan and Thailand. Naturally, I brought my Zoom H4N portable recorder, but this time I also brought a Rode NTG3 shotgun mic and a small contact mic. I recorded over 5GB of audio over the three week trip and I know I’ve got some great stuff but I haven’t had a chance to touch it yet. I really enjoyed all the chirps of the Cicadas and the rhythms of the trains so I spent a lot of time recording those.

I’ll post my recordings once I’ve had a chance to go through them and clean them up. Then I’ll start mangling them into music!

Sonidos De Cuba

Sublime Sound — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:48:55 +0000

Back in March of 2010, I travelled to Cuba with my fiancée. We had a great time soaking up the culture, music, and architecture around Havana and Vinales. While there I also did a number of recordings with my Zoom H4N. Since then I’ve been using those recordings as the foundation for an album. The first three songs are now posted in draft form on my soundcloud page here.

The first song uses recordings from the Vancouver Skytrain serving as a departure point and a contrast to the later songs. Calle Musica features a recording from a cafe in the Plaza De Armas. You can hear the clatter of cutlery and dishes along with the chatter of the restaurant patrons mixed with the music from the band. Jinetero uses a recording from Jose Marti Square. There was a large crowd of Habaneros gathered there talking and shouting passionately at each other. I was told they were probaby talking about baseball.

I’m trying to finish up the album by the end of the year. We’ll see how that turns out, but I will be posting more songs as they materialize. Hope you like them!

Pro Tools 101 at Next Level

Sublime Sound — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:25:44 +0000

Scott is now offering instruction in Pro Tools at the Next Level Learning Centre in Tom Lee Music. Call 604-688-8929 or e-mail nextlevel@tomleemusic.ca to book a class! Visit www.nextlevellearningcentre.com for more information.

A Sublime Day

Sublime Sound — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:05:43 +0000

It’s been some time since my last post, and I feel I have a good excuse: I got married!

Naturally, this event took up a fair bit of my time and energy this summer but it was all worth it. We had a beautiful, fantastic day out in the sunshine.

The Spirit Has No Colour

Sublime Sound — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:42:13 +0000

Sublime Sound just finished working on another documentary by Orca Productions. “The Spirit Has No Colour” is a feature-length documentary made as a police training video to educate officers on First Nations issues and history. Too many Canadians know too little about the Residential Schools, and the film has many poignant moments so Sublime Sound was really honoured to be a part of the project.

You can learn more about the film here: thespirithasnocolour.ca

KPhanie Remix

Sublime Sound — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:29:57 +0000

KPhanie included my remix of “Sour Grapes” on her “Glory of the Singles” EP available through CD Baby.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/KPhanie1

And here’s her site:

http://kphanie.com/kphanie/Home.html

Jenniveve Remix

Sublime Sound — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:12:24 +0000

Back in March of 2009 I did a remix of Jennifer “Jenniveve” Cheung’s song “Bad for You”.

http://jenniveve.com/

Uh Huh Her – Explode Remix

Sublime Sound — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:35:24 +0000

Here’s a remix I did of Explode, by Uh Huh Her.