A Matter of Trust, Yo!

Yo-yo of Trust

Vibe 56 is proud to have earned the trust of many talented music professionals here in Nashville. Staying consistent with what we deliver can only be accomplished with the help of some key folks that are dedicated to serving up only the highest quality of themselves.

As Ben Folds sang, "If you can't trust, you can't be trusted." It's important to have trust between the folks you work with.

Here's a short video clip of an exercise we refer to as "The Yo-yo of Trust". Scott Velazco, Vibe 56's head engineer, introduces producer/engineer David Wilson to the business-end of the yo-yo of trust.

We ARE Going to Talk About Fight Club...and Pro Tools

Fader-aide

Technology is fun...and scary. Major updates to our fundamental system are always a little stressful, but I understand a little stress is actually healthy. We're all very healthy after successfully upgrading to Pro Tools 7.4cs5 earlier this week.

As a former studio technician myself, there is a real feeling of confidence when knowing that all technical aspects of the studio are at 100%.

The most troubling technical issue we've faced recently was having to intermittently "fight" with the faders on our ICON D-Command console. The software upgrade and the included firmware upgrades have directly addressed our fader fighting issues.

Special thanks to Gil Gowing and Mike Ziemba from Digidesign for their help in putting our fader fighting days behind us.

(...and thanks to breezy421 for the photo of our console!)

Gantt-O-Rama II

Jason Gantt returned to Vibe 56 with Chris Ayer for a full week of tracking earlier this month. Jason is handy with a fader and a knob, and not too shabby with a camera either.

Last time Jason was tracking here, he put together a cool photo collage that included the front inside of the studio. You can view it here. This time around, Jason put together a couple of photo collages inside our control room.

The Montgomery Gentry Entry

Revival Chorus
...from Montgomery Gentry's newest release.

Last February Blake Chancey was in the studio recording the last bits and pieces for Montgomery Gentry's Back When I Knew It All. Interestingly enough, the stuff that was recorded here ended up becoming the intro to the entire album, which was released today. Gordon Mote played our Hammond organ and did the vocal of the preacher.

Every preacher needs a congregation right? Blake Chancey invited our neighbors from SESAC to come on over and congregate to tape. I even ended up being part of the congregation myself.

My free copy of the album still hasn't shown up at the studio, but I did find this video interview on YouTube featuring the The Big Revival:

[UPDATE]
I just became aware of this video footage that was shot during the recording of the congregation voices. This either makes more or less sense in the context of this post: