I thank God I was raised on my older brother and sister's 70's music. Butch, I'm eternally grateful to you for crankin your records. Mindy, thanks for the sugar pop.
Somehow later in life, as I began to "grow up" I landed a job as a recording engineer, back in the day on 2 inch/24 track machines and analog mixing consoles. I was also lucky enough to be working in the audio/video production business during the early days of Pro Tools and Avid.
So for about 7 years I made a living producing commercials for TV and Radio. For another 5 years I worked producing Interactive/Game Audio and SFX, music, more commercials, and a variety of New Media/Multimedia projects.
Today I've all but abandoned Pro Tools and commercials for commercial songs, Logic Pro and Garage Band. With a reckless team of 6-string work horses and a MacBook Pro, I write, co-write and produce music with a handful of good friends. And when I'm not chantin "Hare Krishna", my mantra is "Pro Tools Can't Do That."
Even if it sounds silly, I'm extremely grateful to Apple Computers and Steve Jobs for returning to Apple. Apple's been a part of my life since the US festival. My first computing experience was on a Mac. Their commitment to music and vertical integration is now part of my DNA. The evolution of MacBook Pro has also changed the way I live, work and create. Quite frankly, I couldn't have survived all these years on a PC.
I hope you enjoy my occasional rough mixes. There's something about a rough mix that hits me unlike a final mix. It's gotta be the building process. Sometimes it's missing a musical instrument or two, sometimes the vocal is a scratch. But I like how raw and from the gut it feels.