Friday, September 23, 2011

This week in the studio...

(below) Billy Odom and Dave Besley

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Jim, Eddie Pickett, Rob Peck and Dave Besley working on Dave’s new CD, “Hopeless Romantic”. Jim is holding Rob’s old Gibson Lap Steel.

“Rob, too bad you can’t afford to buy a new guitar!”

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(below) Lonesome Bert & The Skinny Lizards with Jim

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(below) Katy our newest Graphic Design Intern and Harmony working on some new designs

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(below) Curtis Powell playing “ Marshmallow World” for Allie Kelly

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(below) Allie Kelly with her mom, Kris and Curtis

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(below) Jennie Vick was also performing a song for this years Holiday Charity CD from Eclipse (which will benefit the “Empty Stocking Fund”). She sang “A Song For Chanukah”

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(below) PL Squrd

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(below) Derek Hess & Billy Bowers working on Billy’s new CD “Avocado Sunburst”

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(below) A “back in the day” photo (Billy is in the middle) it’s the “Jules Verne Band”

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(below) Gabriel “The Storm” Jarrett a 7-year-old dynamo finishing up his new song

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Lately in the studio…

Lonesome Bert & The Skinny Lizards working on their 3rd CD. Tracking finished today, September 15th. We will begin mixing when they return from their triumphant tour of the Florida Keys.

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(below) Eclipse Engineer Zan mixing with Austin, our first DRIVE client.

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(below) Austin is a very talented hip-hop artist recording original material with beats by Zan

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(below) Flagler Dean, Tracy Halcomb, has been bringing her audio class to tour Eclipse for close to 10 years now. We had a fun time discussing studio construction and Audio Engineering

“Thanks Tracy for another fun evening!”

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(below) Aubrey and Molly Anne Mays. Aubrey recorded a CD called “Lasting Love Songs” as a special part of their 55th Wedding Anniversary.

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(below) Aubrey was kind enough to share this photograph with us. In this picture Aubrey is playing upright Bass and the Trumpet Player is Ross Tompkins. Ross later achieved fame on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”

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(below) Past, present and future. Trevor Wilson, our former Graphics Wizard Intern paid us a visit ironically at the exact moment that Katy Rosenburg, our newest graphic Intern wizard, came to meet us in the picture also is DRIVE Coordinator and Chief Wizard Intern Mark Dobies

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(below) Mark and Tom of the “Warehouse Blues Band” showing Jim how it is done!

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(below) Frankie Urzetta was blessed to have The Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Youth Choir sing the chorus on “Jesus is Just Alright With Me”

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(below) Here are some great photos of them at at Eclipse…

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(below) Dave is working on his 2nd solo CD, “Hopeless Romantic” and planning vocal over-dubs with master vocalist and song-writer with Billy Odom.

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