An Unintended Vacation
In what was meant to be a one day break from blogging, I’m back from a month-long silence. During this time I have been recollecting my thoughts, relaxing, and working on projects.
If you’ve followed Puddlegum for more than two years (thank you!) you might remember that I am a recording engineer. It has been a year and a half since I’ve seriously recorded, due to reasons I won’t explain here, but during the past thirty days I decided to test the waters again. I found it to be inviting and have begun booking artists to record. I’m excited to share that several bands and artists have asked me to engineer for them, and a record label asked me to master a compilation.
Note: Email me if you’re interested in hearing audio samples of my work.

I have also taken this time to turn to classic artists of the `60s… albums I’ve spun many, many times. I’m finishing a book by Geoff Emerick called Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. Emerick was the engineer for the Beatles and he has written a beautiful memoir on his experiences. I’m purposefully reading the book slowly since I don’t want it to end. And of course I have to listen and relisten to every song he describes in detail. So I have been sipping coffee and hearing artifacts in the Beatles’ recordings that I never noticed.
Along with this, I have been working my way through Bob Dylan’s recordings in chronological order, in memory of a friend who died 12 months ago. He was a big fan of Dylan, and I can’t help but think of him when I listen to these songs I’ve heard hundreds of times. We miss you, Garrison.












