This week the legendary baritone Sherrill Milnes visited the Triangle, sharing his wealth of knowledge and experiences through a series of lectures, dinners, and Master Classes. Yesterday he gave a Master Class at UNC Chapel Hill for (college-aged) voice students, and today he gave a Master Class at the studio for (graduate-level) fellows …
Ed Stephenson, Wayne Krantz, Kimiko Ishizaka, and more!
I cannot believe it’s been nearly 3 months since I last updated the blog. That’s not a sign about how quiet things have been, but rather how busy they have been! In January we started a flamenco project with Ed Stephenson and his Paco Band. We did several days of pre-production, …
Acoustic Duo win Songwriting Contest…and a day in the studio
Beat Your Boots is the name of a new acoustic guitar duo from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Stationed at Fort Bragg, Chris Roberts and Jacob Eubanks write and perform original tunes that are gaining traction on local radio stations such as 95.7 WKML and winning fans as they open shows in …
In the studio with Jimmy Herring…
This is just a very brief posting to share some photos of Jimmy Herring’s visit to Manifold Recording and his performance at The Miraverse. Here’s Jimmy pulling some great sounds out of his Telecaster: Some fast fingerwork on his favorite new toy: Jimmy listening to tracks of the session in …
Jimmy Herring is coming to The Miraverse!
August is going to be that much hotter in North Carolina when guitar legend Jimmy Herring fires up his guitar rig August 17th-18th at The Miraverse. Jimmy will be teaching master classes each day, and he and his band will be welcoming participants to join in afternoon jam sessions. In …
Neocapitalism
There seems to be a general consensus that the two fundamental governors of capital market behavior are fear and greed. I believe that a new kind of capitalism can be implemented based on two other levers: curiosity and generosity. When things are not working, we can be curious and discover …
Week 148 (Control Room Wood Trim)
The wood trim in the Control Room is now complete: Getting to that point was definitely more than half the fun…
Week 147 (Music Room Floor, Part 2)
Started in earnest last week, the floor of the Music Room remains this week’s major production. And indeed, progress is looking good: Here is that progress from another perspective:
Week 146 (Music Room Floor, Part 1)
The installation of the wood floor in the Music Room is now in full swing, for real this time. Here are three perspectives of first twelve diamonds: Despite the awful spectrum of the mercury-vapor work lamp, these images do show how the wood appears to change color as one moves …
Week 145 (IAC Door Installation)
This week our door installation team hung 12 more IAC doors, all in the Main building. In this photo you can see 9 of them (if you know what to look for): That’s one and a half tons of hardware that moves with effortless precision. Let’s rewind a bit to …