Music Pictures:
Brendan Bellomo: Bass + Guitars. Japhy Riddle: Drums + Lead Guitar
Here are some pictures of Japhy and I in the studio during the production of our recent work. Enjoy!
Japhy on drums. Brendan on his 1980 Fender Jazz bass.
Japhy playing during rehearsals.
Gear:
Japhy uses a custom Kenny Blue Ray guitar. Brendan Plays a 1980 Fender Jazz Bass. Japhy's 21 piece drums set.
We also play Ibanez and Peavy guitars (not pictured).
Portable ProTools setup. We use a Digi002 Rack and a Mbox (for more mic pres).
Our mixer setup: Mackie 1604 + Mackie 1402VLZ. Roland sub-mixer.
Brendan's workstation: SGI flat panel, PowerBook G4, Apple 17" LCD and Genelec 1029a monitors. Victor's Yamaha C7 with dual AKG 414s.
Mics: AKG D112, AKG C1000s, Shure SM58. Brendan's FX peddles.
Miscellaneous Moments:
Japhy plays tabla through a bass synthesizer.
Japhy with the bass synthesizer unit. Too bassy!
We take cereal breaks between recording sections of a song.
David Japhy Nathan Kahn Riddle.
Japhy gives a lesson in quantum physics.
Japhy adds up the static electricity output of his brain with a device he and I rigged up. The device really just measures voltage. But it uses Nixie tubes!
Japhy sings into our 1969 Fender Vibroverb guitar amp.
Hall. . . . . . . . Church? . . . . . .Plate!
Japhy contemplating what reverb setting to use on Track 05.
Japhy and his key collection.
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