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single slice by Christopher Walsh “Blue Wind” — Brian Tarquin, Billy Sheehan, Doug Doppler, Greg Morrow, Chris Ingram Engineer’s Diary: If you like your rock ‘n’ roll loud and your guitarists heroic, you will get on famously with Brian Tarquin and relish every release from his label, Bohemian Productions, a.k.a. BHP Music. An Emmy Award-winB r i a n Ta r qu i n ning musician heard on numerous television and film soundtracks, Tarquin’s real passion, it seems, is assembling the hottest players in rock and fusion to create unique releases such as the new Fretworx. While some BHP releases are in tribute to the guitar gods (see El Becko, Get the Led Out and upcoming tributes to Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan), others, such as Fretworx, are subtly thematic. A portion of profits from Fretworx will benefit Friends of Firefighters (www.friendsoffirefighters.org), which benefits families of September 11 victims. “I grew up in Manhattan,” Tarquin explains. “There was a connection for me, to try to give something toward the rebuilding of the city after what went down. The whole record was in tune with that, in the names of the songs: ‘Triumphant We Stand,’ ‘Towers.’ I sought it out for each track, and had a specific guy in mind to record it. For ‘Towers’ I had Steve Morse in mind; for ‘Spanish Harlem,’ Frank Gambale. I thought his style and the way he expressed himself on the guitar fit perfectly. I always had Billy Sheehan in mind for ‘Blue Wind,’ which is off Wired from Jeff Beck, a song I thought we needed to do.” For his blistering “Blue Wind” solo, Tarquin played a ‘69 Les Paul Goldtop Deluxe through a Marshall JTM-45 head and 4 x 12 slanted cabinet. The cabinet was close-miked with a beyerdynamic M160, which went directly into the Trident Trimix console and Ampex MM-1200 2-inch, 24-track tape machine at Tarquin’s Jungle Room Studios. Six feet from the amp, he also positioned a Neumann M 149, fed to a Universal Audio 610 and directly to tape. “When I mixed it,” Tarquin explains, “I put [guitars] through UREI LA-4s, and used the Eventide Eclipse for a slight ambient delay. I put Billy Sheehan’s track through this great old Trident parametric EQ, model CB-9066. It has a wonderful band sweep on it, and you can really dial in a terrific tone. I put him through that, and then compressed him through a [Universal Audio] 1176. I compressed him pretty hard, and then basically directly to tape.” Song Facts Single: “Blue Wind” Album: Fretworx Date Recorded: February 2008 Producer: Brian Tarquin Engineer: Brian Tarquin Assistant Engineer: Chris Ingram Mixer: Brian Tarquin Mastering Engineer: Chris Landon Other Projects: El Becko: A Jeff Beck Salute, Get The Led Out! Led Zeppelin Salute and Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 (various artists); Bob Marley Remixed and Junglization (Asphalt Jungle). Tarquin has also won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series. Single Songwriter: Jan Hammer Mix Monitors: Event ASP 8 Studio Precision 8, Yamaha NS-10, Auratone Recorder: Ampex MM-1200 Christopher Walsh is the recording editor for Pro Sound News and the associate editor of Pro Audio Review. 58 ProAudioReview | January 2009 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.friendsoffirefighters.org http://www.proaudioreview.com

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ProAudio Review - January 2009 Contnets Technically Speaking New At NAMM: Studio Opinion: Studio Sense Feature: PAR Session Trials: Large-Diaphragm Microphones Review and Second Opinion: McDSP TDM Emerald Pack III featuring FutzBox PAR Contributor Of The Month Review: Audio-Technica AT2050 Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone Review: LaChapell Model 583s Microphone Preamp & Model 583e Microphone Preamp/EQ Review: RNDigital D4 Plug-In Mini Review: MXL Microphones V88 Large-Diaphragm Microphone Mini Review: Solid State Logic Mynx New at NAMM: Live New Live Products Opinion: Worship Audio PAR Recommends: Portable PA Options for 2009 Mini Review: Fishman SoloAmp Review: AKG D 40 Instrument Microphone Installation Profile: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC Single Slice

ProAudio Review - January 2009

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