Jim Alfredson

If you want to hear them in action, check out our myspace page. The tunes on there were recorded with the MXL 603s set up in an ORTF configuration, out in front of the drums. In fact, that's the only mics that are on the drums except a bass drum mic. I then used a Shure SM57 on the guitar amp, another kick drum mic on my Leslie bass rotor, and another SM57 on the top rotor. 6 mics. That's it. Granted, the tunes are compressed pretty heavily on myspace, but you can still hear what those mics sound like in a simple setup.

An inexpensive super-cardioid to try would be the MXL (otherwise known as Marshall) 603s. They are usually around $90 a piece and are made in China. However, they are very high-quality mics. I got turned on to them by the engineer who recorded our two albums, who has every kind of expensive mic you can think of. I've been using them as drum overheads, as a stereo pair for simple ORTF micing, as Leslie mics, even as acoustic guitar mics. They sound great! They need phantom power (being condensers) and they have a very high output. There is also a modification you can do to them to make them sound even better which consists of changing a cheap capacitor on the circuit board to a higher-quality, higher tolerance capacitor. I haven't done it yet, but I've read it makes quite a difference. However, for live work, I wouldn't worry about it. If you're interested, PM me. I can get them very cheap.

Oh, and there are some tracks from it on the recent re-issues of George Benson's first two Columbia dates. How it is? It's funky and good! The only thing the stinks is that all the tunes are short and fade-out (some right before the organ solo starts!!!) and makes one wonder if the full versions of the tunes are somewhere sitting in a vault.

They re-issued this on vinyl a few years ago. It shouldn't be too hard to find.

Business is business. It's all about carving out your own niche, servicing that niche extremely well, and changing with the times. You can blame your poor sales on downloading, the internet, a sluggish economy (all of which may be true) and just sit there and complain about it or you can do something about it.

still think miami stinks jim! Yep. If they make it past the Nets, just wait until the Pistons get their hands on them.

The only thing that looks fishy to me is when the three tires hit each other on the incline. It just doesn't seem like there would be enough force to get them moving uphill that far. But otherwise, that was cool!

You see this, Joe?

This picture from their myspace page is hilarious: The cute girl towards the bottom right looks to be pretty enamored.

All right, Joe... here's something for you that's actually *good*. Enjoy!

He definitely kicks ass on the instrument, that's for sure!

I don't think the search problems are related to the database. I think I just need to get the server upgraded (more memory mainly). That said, I think I'll email Invision and ask them how we can optimize both my server and the database.

Well, considering Jimmy Smith came on the scene in what, 1956? You're saying Tony Monaco is the best jazz organist in the last 50 years? I mean, he's good, but c'mon!

Tony's a great player and the new album is nice, but is he "the best to come since Jimmy Smith"? Not in my book!

Ah, I have a copy of that. "Boston Plays The Music of Big John Patton." The record company shelved it, after spending an unheard of (at that time) $2million to produce it. Scandelous!!!

Dude, everything is fine. It's just a little fling, man. I can stop anytime. I'm in total control.

Miami stinks. They were lucky to get by Chicago in the first round.

Found this while doing a search for some Rhodes information: Various - Hit The Rhodes, Jack The track listing looks pretty good: 1. Intro: Hit the road Jack 2. Hampton Hawes : Web 3. David Axelrod feat. George Duke : Mucho chupar 4. Joao Donato : Nana das aguas 5. Cedar Walton : Low rider 6. Ramsey Lewis : Jungle strut 7. Roy Ayers feat. Harry Whitaker : Aragon 8. Kool & The Gang feat. Ricky West : North, east, south, west 9. Lonnie Liston Smith : Get down everybody 10. Donny Hathaway : Valdez in the country 11. Latimore : Sweet vibrations 12. Dr. Lonnie Smith : Sizzle stick 13. Stanley Cowell : The stoker 14. Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Burke : The last stroke of midnight 15. Gabor Szabo feat. Bob James : Ziggidy zag 16. Eddie Henderson feat. Herbie Hancock : Butterfly 17. Patrice Rushen : The hump Anybody have this?

And finally... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBXal1GAA4A

... and yet so far advanced... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCb52iQrfo

And then... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_MMUfuVt5g All I've got to say is... 1984 had the dream of breakdancing robots. We're so far behind...

I am speechless... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZEGHnAxEpo

So I was browsing the "Musical Instruments" category on Ebay and I see an ad with a thumbnail picture of two naked girls. Knowing that ebay doesn't allow such things and being the curious one that I am, I clicked on the title of the listing, which is the strange phrase "wod zvindo". All of a sudden, I wound up on a page that looked like the ebay log-in page. The problem was, I'm already logged in. I looked up at the url and it read: http://cerditgarupp.50megs.com Obviously it's a fishing site. But here's the scary part... All I did was click on the listing title. Somebody has figured out how to link outside url's to the actual listing titles of auctions. That's very very bad, in my opinion, and represents a pretty serious security hole on ebay that needs to be fixed! I tried to send an email to spoof@ebay.com about this, but they only accept forwarded email spams. I can't seem to find an address on the site to send this to, but I thought I would warn you guys. No clicking on the naked ladies!!!!

The obligatory CDUniverse link: Blue Mitchell - Blue's Moods (click to buy)

Man, I need to get this. Thanks for the reminder. EDIT: Bennie Maupin - Penumbra (click to buy)