Red Button Sound

As you may know, I used to be the proud owner of my own small business. It was a mobile recording studio. I'd haul my gear halfway across the state to do live albums for bands I'd never heard of, or spend half of my weekend working with a hip-hopper trying to get the "what, c'mon" tracks and "unh, yeah" tracks to bounce just right. I had a lot of fun doing it, and even more fun when I actually got paid for it. I still do plenty of recording these days, but it's for pleasure, not business.

I've got a lot of pictures of all the musicians I worked with, but here were the few that were on the camera I've been using.

This is Eugene Willis, local hip-hop hero of Athens and lead singer of the sensational funk-rock band The Marvelous Rejections. Eugene helped give me my start and was my most regular customer. His first album actually featured my voice on a couple of tracks. I'll see what I can do about finding those mp3 files.

Here is an action shot of Adam (sorry, I forget the last name). This man was an extremely talented musician who did original alt-country/folk/rock type songs in the vein of Bob Dylan. Note to the right the large UGA logo blanket. It's actually covering the underside my overturned bed. And at the top, you'll see part of a black picture frame containing an etching of a panda bear done by my sister.

Here is an old one featuring some very talented guys. On drums you'll find a slightly fitter and longer-haired version of today's Loren Gunning, the second-most dedicated member of the WTF-rock outfit known as Billions & Billions. That blurry thing playing bass is a slightly buffer and also longer-haired version of today's Justin Watson, a regular contributing member of the Billions & Billions recording project. These photos were taken while recording their old band, Rival Among Friends, at Nuci's Space.

Here is a rare shot indeed. Someone else must have been using my camera, as you can actually see me performing my craft at the mixing board. Justin is in the background molesting the wall.