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Pause Button…

bufdaddy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:00:34 +0000

I have made the decision to hit the pause button on this blog for a bit. I have gotten busy with our wedding videogrphy business, FocalPoint, and don’t have as much time to post here at the moment. Until I hit the play button again feel free to check out my audio portfolio.

Harvill Album Up!

bufdaddy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:58:26 +0000

I have posted an audio montage of several of the tunes off of Jamie Harvill’s album. Take a look at http://jonbufkin.com and click on “M.F.A. Portfolio” and then choose “Audio.” Enjoy!

99.9997% done

bufdaddy — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:14:55 +0000

I know I’ve been saying this for a while but the Jamie Harvill album is right on the verge of being done. We are really excited about it and pleased with how the tunes came out. I will post some clips soon to my website. I will also be mastering an album for Della Rosa in the upcoming weeks. They are releasing a 12 song cd that they will will be taking out on the road with them this summer. Until next time, I will leave you with this bang-for-the-buck piece of gear:

Music Video

bufdaddy — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:48:06 +0000

Last summer I worked with a band from Ruston, LA called Mark’d. We made a 5 song EP for them over the course of a couple of days. These guys are stinkin’ hilarious and make the coolest music videos on youtube for their fans. Here is the latest:

Status of the Harvill Record…

bufdaddy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:19:33 +0000

Well I am now into mixing stage and I have almost 7 out of 12 complete. The tracks sound great…but I am biased since I have spent over a year working on this project I’m enjoying the TL Space plug that I recently purchased with the music production toolkit. It has some killer verbs! The album will be titled “Incredible God” and I will give more info on where to buy in a couple of weeks. Speaking of albums…one of the albums I got to assist on under Brent Milligan last summer has been released. Jared Anderson is the artist and the album and you can check it out here. Good stuff!

Looking Back…

bufdaddy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:44:02 +0000

As most of you know, I will be finishing up my M.F.A. in Recording Arts in May. It’s been a tough journey but I have learned a ton and wouldn’t trade the experience. I didn’t start this program to simply(that’s funny) get a job in the recording industry but to learn how to make songs sound the way they sound in my head. This sounds simplistic but is the best way to describe my goal. Almost a full 3 years have gone by and I ask myself …Have I fulfilled this goal? The answer is yes/no. I’m so much closer to it than ever but still a long way off. The more accurate answer that any “real” passion is a pursuit and will take a lifetime of learning, sacrificing and yes a little frustration to perfect. Ladies and gentleman…I have just begun my pursuit!

Knee Deep in Editing

bufdaddy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:35:55 +0000

It seems like all I do these days is edit. I’ve got about 50% of Jamie’s tracks edited and I’m about to start cleaning up the live recording I did back in December. I’m not complaining because, as described to Jamie, I love the result of good clean tracks. It also gives me time with the songs to help me mentally prepare how I will mix them. I have decided to finally drink more of the Digidesign Kool Aid and purchase the Digital Production Toolkit. Too many of the songs I work on go above the 32 tracks that you get with the standard ProTools LE bundle and plus you get a cool convolution reverb called TL Space. A buddy of mine Shannon let me check it out and I must say it has some good reverbs.

Over the last few weeks I have done a tracking session for Kingdom Living where we recorded 3 new songs for their project and a B3 and keys overdub for Jamie’s tunes. Doug, the player for that session, lit up that Hammond and we got some killer tracks. I can’t wait to post some of these songs. I apologize that I don’t have any pics from that session.

January is Gone!!!

bufdaddy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:15:16 +0000

Where did it go? The month seemed to fly by. I have been working on editing all of the Harvill tracks for his cd that we are completing in the next three months. We have a B-3 and percussion overdub session in a couple of weeks and I’m trying to get the tracks ready.

As far as the live Christmas cd I’ve been working, I met with the producer, Randy, and we have a tracking date for the studio cuts at the end of next week. We will be cutting 3 songs on that date and 2-3 more in a session next month. This project will be finished around August.

I also got the opportunity to mix a children’s worship song for my church, World Outreach Church, that should be printed anytime now. It was fun because I wasn’t involved in much of the production aspects but I got to mix. Just mixing is a good change in my routine.

Speaking of mixing, I got a chance to watch a DVD that a friend of mine, produced about audio mixing techniques. In this cd John Merchant, a phenomenal engineer, walks you through professional mix techniques. This thing is worth every penny! Go to the website and check it out and here is a pic:

Live Recording is Finished

bufdaddy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:06:54 +0000

Man! Where do I start? We worked our tails off this weekend. Live recordings are definitely not something I like to do every day but are fun every now and then. They are a ton of work to setup and have a tendency to be riddled with problems no matter how good you plan them. On this occasion, we were blessed to not have any problems and I contribute that to the grace of God. Josh Quarles, a good friend of mine, assisted me on this project and he made me look good by patching like a pro. I will be getting some rough mixes out to the producer soon so we can start making plans for overdubs and such to be started in late January. We tracked from the drama classroom and therefore had props to play with when we weren’t busy. Just wanted to let you know that Josh is not a Samurai Gangster and I did not threaten him with a Muzzle Loader at any point no matter how much I wanted to.

This weekend…

bufdaddy — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:58:01 +0000

I have been gearing up for a live recording for Kingdom Living Ministries this weekend. We will be recording 8 songs in their Christmas program and then going into the studio to record the last 4 songs. Since I don’t own a huge studio for doing such a show, I am appreciative to John Gholston at Gear for Days for working with me to get the best possible system. I’ve also recently acquired 4 new Crown PZM mics that I will try out as house microphones. Here is what they look like:

As far as Jamie Harvill’s project goes, we have tracked the first 6 songs of the album but I still need to edit the tracks and then we will start some overdubing. He also hired me to mix a song for the World Outreach Church’s children’s worship cd. That song is close to being finished and I will post it on jonbufkin.com whenever it is done.