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May 2009: Deep into mixing & mastering the new cd...i like automated mixing...I remember when I didn't want to switch to computer based recording. I said "I like standing in front of the mixer and the stability of a free standing recorder." And I do like those things, but this has a whole new visual dimension, seeing the tracks, the look of waveforms. And there's so many ways to experiment with mixes.

January 2009: Wow, hurricane Ike last fall really put a damper on recording momentum, but thankful to still have a home to live in. Deep Dot was spared quite the trauma. A large tree with 2 main trunks grew at the north end. When it succumbed to the north wind, one trunk went to the left and one trunk went to the right, straddling but not touching the studio wall. Very thankful indeed! Anyhow, things are almost back to normal and it's time to get back to work on Kable 5...

June 2008: Much further into the recording of Kable 5...now it seems to have a stronger drum overtone and less folk sound than previous discs. Whatever the case, they have been fun recording sessions!

December 2007: thought i might round out the year with a lively bluegrass type recording in the kitchen...the instruments and ideas weren't really clicking...the project moved into the dining room and ended up being a percussion festival with dishes....who knew that Corningware could have such pure and lovely sound? Anyhow, it's time to give those tracks a listen and see what sounds are in store for overdubs...till next year....

October 2007: Still the slow healing from wrist surgery...archiving lots of recordings of stuff from the vaults of Deep Dot Studio. Trying to get all DAT masters off the tape format. This should keep me busy for some time. Check out the new Deep Dot page here at the site. It's a work in progress--I'm trying to list the bands that recorded there during its run from 1990 to 1997. If you worked at Deep Dot, go the page and send me any pics, info , links etc. that we can post. thanks!

Yes, and what a time it was....now recovering from wrist surgery, and cautiously holding a pick, learning the true art of restraint...

may 2007: Exciting news-A chance for the 1st Kable show ever! ....after 12 years of being a recording project, Kable is going live with the help of Redo Makeshift and Jeff Bobbitt, both from previous band Retardo Al Dante. Practice has begun and it's shaping up nicely-kable songs from all 4 discs-stripped down to a string trio and beefed up by chemistry. and oh yes, wrist surgery postponed till after the show. Check it out at Diverse Works-Houston on July 20th with Jana Hunter and Hearts of Animals.

march 2007: Started work on the 5th Kable cd, which is sounding very mandolinish. A bump in the road (wrist surgery) must be dealt with early this summer and then it's back to work I imagine...

jan 2007: Well, the 4th Kable cd "Boar of the Forest" was released on Dec. 8, 2006. "Boar" continues on with the varied Kable style of many different instruments and home-made sounds, and I would have to say this disc has more of a guitar overtone than some of the others.