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2013-03-10 00:10:31 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

Hiking along the American River

2013-02-12 01:17:38 (17 comments, 36 reshares, 76 +1s)

Awesome display of the creative process....

This video displays the evolution of a song better than anything i think i've ever seen. Taking one idea, sharing it and letting that idea shift and morph with the perception and reaction of others. 

There's also a couple great points about how digital tools don't matter if there's no built up vocabulary to pull from. They're simply another tool that are capable of being as creative as any other. 

And... +Trent Reznor is a genius.  #music   #recording  

2013-02-11 21:37:47 (62 comments, 21 reshares, 153 +1s)

Not a huge fan of the grammys but.... 

Listen to when sting comes in at 00:30 ....Insane talent to be able to groove that riff while singing against it. 

Also WTF is up with Rihanna singing and the quick cut to Chris Brown?

Ziggy was cool though.... 

#grammys  

2013-01-30 05:45:39 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

California in January...

2012-12-30 01:26:12 (14 comments, 6 reshares, 14 +1s)

Sign of a true artist...

An amazing performance by John Butler in studio performing one of my favorite instrumental pieces. Whenever he plays it, he always adds a whole new spin on it but the emotional charge of the music remains the same. 

To contrast that, here's a live performance of that same song from a couple years previous :

http://goo.gl/PC45d

This to me is an amazing display of an artist having the perfect balance of retaining the vibe of the song but still having a slightly different conversation about it.

#Music   #livemusic    #musicians     #johnbutlertrio  

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2012-12-23 21:53:50 (15 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

Making your digital recording have that analog sound

So since I started my journey as an audio engineer I've become obsessed with distortion / saturation plug ins. Putting small amounts of distortion on just about everything has made my mixing a lot better because it has a way of jelling all the individual elements with a common quality.

Because now most things are recorded in isolation and one at a time, recordings lack the quality done with an entire band in the same room and the bleed for microphones and common room tone.

So I've begun using many different plug in to simulate tape machines, vintage consoles and different tube preamps, here's a list of what I use on a regular basis and why:

Soundtoys decapitator and devil-loc:

Decapitator has been my go-to console emulation plug in for a couple years now. I use it... more »

2012-12-15 21:44:54 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Watched the hobbit premier in high frame rate / 3d with +Bob Cleveland n +Alex Levinson on thursday, got way too drunk in Oakland with +Johnny Roquemore last night...

Now my gf +Ginger DeVil is changing pants in the car on the waY to a warehouse art show that will likely turn into a party, Happy weekend ya'll!

2012-12-13 20:33:17 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Here's a track i did awhile ago and have licensed quite a bit since then. I did everything from writing / recording everything to mixing / mastering so this track is a a whole lotta me hah

2012-12-13 19:58:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Here's a video i did awhile ago and was mostly done as a 2 day test to try and replicate the bass tone from Tool's 10 000 days album.

+Garry Owens i'm using 2 mics + DI then distorting them to different degrees and using them as EQ's by balancing them against each other

2012-12-08 21:12:44 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

I wanted to share a holiday video with all of you and this is what I’ve been working on every day since Thanksgiving!

Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite is one of those tunes I’ve always intended to record. This was the year.

This tune has always had a hint of darkness that I followed around on this one and it apparently lead to electronic loops and some spy movie quotes that were left in just for fun.

I’ve made an attempt to show all of the instruments (mostly guitars) that appear on this track. This video marks the debut of me as an iPad “DJ.” 

You're invited to buy/ share/ stream this tune from my store: http://goo.gl/seZTK 

Let me know what you think.

Please share this music! That's the only way anyone will ever hear it.

#Christmas2012

2012-12-08 07:14:44 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My home studio rack gear for tracking, 

2x Tech Tube ( Pultec EQ clones ) 
lexicon 480
Requisite Pre / comp
Ams Delay
Marshall pre amp
Little labs polarity box  

2012-12-08 06:19:05 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

My bass Rig on tour circa 2011

2012-12-08 06:18:43 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

my studio setup in 2011 in canada! 

2012-12-08 06:17:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

my pedalboard in 2011, i've added a couple random pedals that come in and out of the setup but these are the main ones that are always there. 

2012-12-08 06:15:21 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

My main baby, warwick stream LX 1997, all wedge fretboard / maple body. One of the fullest sounding basses i've ever used, she's been to war and back with me and never failed. 

2012-12-08 06:11:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

John Frusciante's pedalboard

2012-12-08 05:42:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Audio Geeks Unite! 

Here's a community i started centered around all things audio geekery. I would really like to get a post your rig thing started on here and i think this would be a tremendous format for sharing your setup and transferring knowledge across the spectrum of topics.

2012-12-07 19:52:37 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Post your setup! Here's mine.

2012-12-07 02:24:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Great interview with former NIN member and amazing soundscape artist for film now!

2012-11-29 21:54:09 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Energy, Hormone Balancing, and Increased Libido (Naturally)

For the last few months my office has been carrying a Maca Root product that has been working freaking wonders for me.  Even though I "slang" supplements for a living, I am terrible at taking my products consistently and usually will skip days or weeks on following my #holistic  doctor's recommendations.  This is one product that I religiously use.  Not only do I feel more energetic through out my day (no 3 pm crash), I also feel relief from chronic depression and regular PMS symptoms.  

The included article makes mention of hormone regulation playing a role in diseases such as cancer.  Cancer is the little devil that loves estrogen dominate bods making Maca a pretty rad choice since it works as an adaotogen. The most #healthy  patients in my office have the cleanest blood work when hormonelevels are ru... more »

2012-11-27 07:41:53 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

California skies...

I'm absolutely falling in love with the NorCal country side, the trees changing into a beautiful palette of colors, amazing friends n most of...

sunsets like this

2012-11-24 23:14:16 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

So I just walked outside and saw our cat Tori soaking in the California sun ...

I think this is my first #caturday post and for that I apologize...
Happy Saturday ya'll

2012-11-24 21:32:18 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

photo shoot saturday

Watching my fabulous lady +Cassie Gandy modeling pin up style!

#fashion #photography #modeling

2012-11-22 22:20:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

#thankgiving @ the gandy's with +Cassie Gandy

Grateful to be surrounded by such beautiful intelligent smart individuals.

2012-11-20 06:37:23 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Giving Dexter DeVil a bath tonight.

He is terrified of water but needed a good scrub down! Thanks to +Lucas Johnson nson for helping me corral him into the tub!

2012-11-20 03:49:12 (33 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Help me convince my gf to use g+ more than Facebook

So I've been away from google+ land for awhile but I've felt a need to reconnect with the collective intelligence of this community. Part of this is to get my lovely lady to start using it more and showing her the benefits of adopting this community rather than her preferred social network (fb).

So I've started adding some of you to her circles so she can get a hang of it but I just wanted my followers to get introduced to

+Cassie Gandy pin-up model / burlesque dancer

2012-10-14 02:46:05 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

The best thing about iPhone is the stuff Apple doesn't make!

Another year, another iPhone. Since 2007, Apple has been churning these gadgets out like it’s a bodily function. Each iPhone is undeniably better than the last, although sometimes not in every respect.

iPhone fans always say it’s the best phone because it has the best overall user experience, best out-of-box experience, best industrial design, best selection of apps and a few other things perceived as being “best.”

But the iPhone itself is not the best thing about the iPhone platform. It’s the universe of crazy customization and expansion products that support the iPhone. 

http://www.cultofmac.com/195780/the-best-thing-about-iphone-is-the-stuff-apple-doesnt-make/

2012-09-01 01:32:21 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Watching the kitesurfer's sway at the entrance to the bay

#SF   #sanfrancisco   #goldengatebridge   #sunsetphotography   #photography  

2012-08-28 00:36:09 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

My new studio setup @ +Dungeon Labs  

2012-07-17 16:17:43 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

City glow in the Bay

2012-07-15 18:29:34 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Watching +Mohamed Mansour and the +Sizzly team get down to crunch time @ +Dropbox HQ

2012-07-10 19:10:53 (19 comments, 2 reshares, 32 +1s)

And this is why the major labels need to die...

2012-07-09 19:26:17 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

Scuse me while i kiss the sky

This is from our roof downtown SF, basic editing done in lightroom then i tried messing around a bit in photomatix pro. My original goal was this was too be more subtle with the post processing but once you start... 

2012-07-01 15:50:52 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

So i thought google+ was photographer heaven?

I've been absolutely getting obsessed with every facet of photography lately ( largely originally due to the community here ) and since the design overhaul here i've found that the ability to display you're visual work has diminished. 

On facebook for instance ( fb.com/lucaijohnson ) i'm given the option to highlight certain posts that then in turn take up double the real estate on my profile allowing me to really push a visual experience of what i want to represent. 

Now let's say  on my profile on G+ i want to showcase pictures there's still no real option for giving absolute priority to the images. What if i don't give a shit if you can see how many followers i have? Give me the option of getting rid of the side bars and let me display what i want. I understand the benefits of having ast... more »

2012-07-15 18:31:03 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Another day in the Bay

2012-06-19 23:52:53 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Here we go, down that same old road again...

2012-06-17 08:42:08 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 21 +1s)

You tell em Albert...

2012-06-16 22:34:22 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 34 +1s)

Soaking in the sun

2012-06-16 17:05:55 (9 comments, 3 reshares, 35 +1s)

Down by the river...

2012-06-15 21:30:55 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 30 +1s)

Shades of summer

2012-06-14 02:09:12 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 21 +1s)

And she's buying a stairway to heaven...

2012-06-13 21:26:55 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 12 +1s)

Creative people need creative space...

#sf  

2012-06-09 18:23:28 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

This powerful video was created by film maker Brandon Fibb. It features the words of Neil deGrasse Tyson, taken from his recent testimony before Congress about re-igniting our economy, innovation, and national ambition through exploration of space.

I heartily agree with these sentiments. (video is roughly 3 mins long)

2012-06-05 00:44:36 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 20 +1s)

For all the Bill Hicks fans out there...

He's been gone for quite some time, yet much of what he spoke of still resonates with our society today. 

2012-05-22 21:46:46 (25 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Would you pay to use google / youtube ?

Ever since i stopped having cable and watching the mindless ads i've noticed a very healthy change within my own thought process. We've been so mentally conditioned to accept them as a necessary evil that we seldom reflect on how harmful being told what to buy / love / hate really is.

Now let's take adsense for instance, we're told that these recommendations are helpful for you because they're relevant to you're search. Says who? We're told to buy buy buy every single seconds of our every day life, it's being relevant doesn't take away from the fact that it's still pushing us to be consumers more than creators.

It's getting to the point now where i can't watch a music video without seeing an add for fucking shampoo before it.

So i ask you, if you could... more »