A beautiful new born baby.

El Capitan at Sunset in Yosemite.
Taken on September 5, 2011

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It was a joy to make videos like this with Ryan McDuff, John Rinehart, and the body of Grace EV Free. Thank you to everyone who gave food and served at our Grace Good Bank.

Narration by John Rinehart
Footage shot by Ryan McDuff
Edited and produced by Brian Petersen

Grace Thanksgiving: Food Bank on November 18 2011 from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.

Enjoy this recap video from our Food Bank at Grace EV Free, La Mirada.

I was able to get this great shot in June of 2011 in Western China.

I had a really fun time with Bryan Kuranaga and Kathryn Heberling during their engagement photo session at the Fullerton Arboretum. This was truly a beautiful day with a beautiful couple. Many blessings on their engagement and marriage.

I had such a wonderful time photographing the beautiful Johnson Wedding in Yorba Linda and Fullerton. Enjoy these pictures and rejoice with the happy couple.

I interviewed Eddie Kramer and recorded this video for Waves on the new Kramer Master Tape plug in from Waves. It is hot!
 

In this video, producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones) provides an overview of the Kramer Master Tape and how it can help you warm up your mixes.

Developed in association with Eddie Kramer, the Kramer Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow & flutter, and noise parameters, the Kramer Master Tape provides comprehensive control over the contours of your sound. And to top it off, we’ve added a flexible slap & feedback delay, ideal for rock, dance, dub, you name it. For recording, mixing, mastering, and more, bring the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to your DAW with the Kramer Master Tape plugin. It’s the reel deal.

The Kramer Master Tape Plugin Dream Team
Special thanks go out to Eric Schilling (Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Natalie Cole, Elton John) who provided us with the machine, Bob Olhsson (Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross) and especially John Haeny (Bonnie Raitt, Weather Report, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Jim Morrison, Tom Jones), who provided invaluable assistance in the development of the Kramer Master Tape plugin.

SPEED selects the simulated tape speed.
MONITOR selects the monitoring mode.
BIAS controls the level of the ultrasonic bias signal.
VU METER displays input or output level.
VU CALIBRATION controls the VU meter headroom calibration.
DELAY TIME controls the time of the tape delay effect, with settings for 7.5 ips (266 milliseconds) and 15 ips (133 ms).
DELAY TYPE toggles between delay modes.
FEEDBACK controls the amount of the delayed output signal.
LOWPASS controls the LP cutoff frequency on the delay path.
RECORD LEVEL controls the input level.
LINK I/O links Record and Playback Levels controls.
PLAYBACK LEVEL controls the total signal output level.
FLUX controls the level of simulated magnetic radiation emitted from the record head.
WOW & FLUTTER controls the speed and gain modulations and fluctuations.
NOISE controls the level of added modeled noise but not noise modulations and signal additive noise.

Grace EV Free Children with Hebrews 4:16 from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.

Tupac Shakur’s “Changes.” “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child. Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems.” “Where is the Love’” by Black Eyed Peas. These are just a few of the massive hits that have helped shape today’s R&B/Hip Hop sound. And all were mixed by Tony Maserati.

One of the most respected mixing engineers on today’s scene, Maserati has played a major role in defining current R&B and hip hop aesthetics, and has mixed over 250 releases for dozens of superstars ranging from Sting and David Bowie to Macy Gray and Alicia Keys. A two-time Grammy winner, Tony was recently nominated for his third, for his work on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things by Jason Mraz.

After completing his studies at Berklee’s program for production and engineering, Maserati got his start the New York scene in the mid-’80s and before long Tony had hooked up with early rap legends like Heavy D and Brand Nubian. Perhaps best known for his work on such hits as Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs,” Mark Anthony’s “I Need To Know” and R. Kelly’s “I Wish,” most recently Maserati has been hard at work on new releases from John Legend as well as Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas.

Maserati says “I have been using Waves plugins from the beginning of my immersion in digital workstations. I’m looking at my computer screen and more than half of the tracks are Waves plugins. From dynamics and EQs to special effects, most of the tracks that recording engineers send me have Waves plugins on them, making it easy for me to save their work and edit or just start from one of my presets.”

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Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Kiss, David Bowie
Any producer is only as good as the music he helps create. By this standard, Eddie Kramer must be regarded as a legend. In the course of a production and engineering career that has spanned 30 years, Kramer has been behind the boards for the biggest names in music – The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Peter Frampton, Carly Simon, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, David Bowie, The Beatles and Bad Company, just to name a few. But he is perhaps best known for three long-term associations in which he not only helped create some of the most important music of the rock era, but also set standards for rock production that set him aside as a true innovator. His work with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Kiss produced music which continues to influence rock musicians and producers today.

Born in South Africa, Eddie studied classical piano, cello and violin at the prestigious South African college of Music. At a young age, his interest switched from classical to jazz. He moved to England at 19, where he recorded local jazz groups in a home-based studio and installed hi-fi equipment as a hobby. In 1964, he joined Pye Studios, and recorded a variety of artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Petula Clark, and The Kinks, demonstrating a versatility, which Eddie possesses to this day.

In 1965, Kramer established the sophisticated KPS Studios, which, despite its rudimentary 2-track recording capability, gained such a reputation that in less than a year they were bought out by Regent Sound. They enlisted Kramer to oversee construction of their new four-track studio.

Getting “Experienced”

Kramer’s next stop was Olympic Sound studios where he developed a fantastic reputation among the bands of the time – Small Faces, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix, among others. His association with Hendrix was the most powerful one, and the one that lasted the longest. Kramer engineered every Hendrix album from “Are You Experienced” to “Cry of Love,” and after Hendrix’s death co-produced the posthumous releases “War Heroes,” “Rainbow Bridge” and “Hendrix in the West.”

In 1968, Kramer came to work at the Record Plant in NYC, engineering Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland” LP, and also worked with Vanilla Fudge, Joe Cocker, and NRBQ. In 1969, Kramer went independent, producing Johnny Winter’s first LP and engineering Led Zeppelin II, acknowledged by fans and critics alike as perhaps that bands most influential work. This led to work on five albums with the band, half of their overall output. This pairing provided some historic moments. As Eddie tells of one particular session, “Zep II was mixed over a two day period in New York, and at one point there was bleed-through of a previously recorded vocal in the recording of “Whole Lotta Love.” It was the middle part where Robert (Plant) screams “Wo-man. You need it.” Since we couldn’t re-record at that point, I just threw some echo on it to see how it would sound and Jimmy (Page) said “Great! Just leave it.”

Woodstock

Soon afterwards, Kramer was recruited to record the Woodstock festival for both the album and the movie. “I arrived at dawn and was struck by the sight of the sun rising over what appeared to be the stage. The show was scheduled to start by lunchtime. That panic pretty much set the tone for the entire concert. All of us in the crew had Vitamin B shots, so that we would be able to stay up for three days. The whole thing was recorded under the most primitive of conditions, but we got it done,” says Kramer. “Woodstock was 3 days of hell and drugs”.

Woodstock established Kramer as one of the most important live music producers of the rock era, starting a series of artists recorded live which would ultimately include Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, John Mayall, The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, David Bowie, Derek and The Dominoes, and others.

Electric Lady Studios

Hendrix quickly hired Kramer to build a state of the art studio. After 13 months and a million dollars, Electric Lady Studios was complete, and Kramer served as its Director of Engineering from 1970 – 1974. During this time, in addition to producing the posthumous Hendrix records, Kramer produced records by Carly Simon, Sha Na Na and Peter Frampton, and engineered albums for artists as diverse as Dionne Warwick and Lena Horne, David Bowie’s “Live at the Spectrum” and “Young Americans,” featuring “Fame” with John Lennon, and Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” and “Physical Graffiti,” among others.

In 1975, Kramer left Electric Lady Studios to work with the No. 1 band in America at the time and produced “Kiss Alive.” In addition to producing “Rock and Roll Over,” “Love Gun,” “Alive II” and “Double Platinum” for Kiss, Kramer worked on Ace Frehley’s first solo record, Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same” (the album and the movie), Peter Frampton’s historic “Frampton Comes Alive” LP, and The Rolling Stones “Love Ya Live,” three of the most popular live albums of the rock era. In the last three decades, Kramer has produced countless bands from Anthrax, Motley Crue, and Twisted Sister to Buddy Guy, Sting and Carlos Santana. He produced the Hendrix tribute album, “Stone Free,” for Warner Bros., which features tracks from artists such as: The Cure, Eric Clapton, The Spin Doctors, Seal/Jeff Beck, Slash/Paul Rodgers, and others. The album has generated approximately $1,000,000 in charitable funds which have been donated to the United Negro College Fund as musical scholarships to The Berklee School of Music, Julliard School of Music, and The Dance Theatre of Harlem. Since 1997, he has remastered all of the Jimi Hendrix albums from the original master tapes for Experience Hendrix/MCA. Eddie won a Grammy in 2002 for his work with Carlos Santana and Michelle Branch on the single, “The Game of Love.” Eddie has also worked with Lauren Hill on her new album.

Eddie’s photographs may be viewed at www.kramerarchives.com.

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In this exclusive video, producer / engineer Val Garay explains how the Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter® helped shape the sound of hit records for artists like Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, The Four Seasons, and James Taylor.

Shooting and interview by Brian Petersen for Waves at the Village Studios in Los Angeles. Assisted by the legendary Phil Towne.

Related plugin: Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter®

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2011 Senior Recital of Trevor Gomes at Biola

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Andrew Scheps on the Waves Masters Tour at the Village Studios on March 13, 2011.

Visit Andrew’s site at http://www.scheps.com/

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After graduating from the University of Miami’s music school, Andrew Scheps worked for Synclavier. Following that he toured with both Stevie Wonder as a keyboard tech and Michael Jackson as a mixing engineer. Eventually Andrew began concentrating on recording, and he found himself engineering for some of the most successful producers in rock: Don Was, Rob Cavallo, and Rick Rubin.

Andrew has recorded such diverse artists as Audioslave, Green Day, Johnny Cash, Jewel, Neil Diamond, Limp Bizkit, Alanis Morissette, The Rolling Stones, and Linkin Park. Artists such as U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, and Camp Freddy featuring Scott Weiland have taken advantage of Andrew’s talents as a mixing engineer.

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Andrew Schep’s Discography
 

2011 America World Adoption Seminar at Grace EV Free

Enjoy photos and video from the 2011 America World Adoption Seminar held at Grace EV Free.

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Trevor Gomes recording sessions. Engineered by Brian Petersen.

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Waves Grammy Congratulations NAMM 2011 from Brian Petersen on Vimeo.

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Chris Lord-Alge
Jack Joseph Puig
Manny Marroquin
Ross Hograth
Andrew Scheps
Dave Aron
Val Garay
Stevie Black
Scott Martin Gershin
Rob Arbittier
John Mills
Nic tenBroek
Michael Pearson Adams
Jordan Rudess

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Saying What You Believe Is Clearer Than Saying “Calvinist” by: John Piper

We are Christians. Radical, full-blooded, Bible-saturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered, mission-advancing, soul-winning, church-loving, holiness-pursing, sovereignty-savoring, grace-besotted, broken-hearted, happy followers of the omnipotent, crucified Christ. At least that’s our imperfect commitment.

In other words, we are Calvinists. But that label is not nearly as useful as telling people what you actually believe! So forget the label, if it helps, and tell them clearly, without evasion or ambiguity, what you believe about salvation.

If they say, “Are you a Calvinist?” say, “You decide. Here is what I believe . . .”

I believe I am so spiritually corrupt and prideful and rebellious that I would never have come to faith in Jesus without God’s merciful, sovereign victory over the last vestiges of my rebellion. (1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 3:1–4; Romans 8:7).

I believe that God chose me to be his child before the foundation of the world, on the basis of nothing in me, foreknown or otherwise. (Ephesians 1:4–6; Acts 13:48; Romans 8:29–30; 11:5–7)

I believe Christ died as a substitute for sinners to provide a bona fide offer of salvation to all people, and that he had an invincible design in his death to obtain his chosen bride, namely, the assembly of all believers, whose names were eternally written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain. (John 3:16; John 10:15; Ephesians 5:25; Revelation 13:8)

When I was dead in my trespasses, and blind to the beauty of Christ, God made me alive, opened the eyes of my heart, granted me to believe, and united me to Jesus, with all the benefits of forgiveness and justification and eternal life. (Ephesians 2:4–5; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Philippians 2:29; Ephesians 2:8–9; Acts 16:14; Ephesians 1:7; Philippians 3:9)

I am eternally secure not mainly because of anything I did in the past, but decisively because God is faithful to complete the work he began—to sustain my faith, and to keep me from apostasy, and to hold me back from sin that leads to death. (1 Corinthians 1:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24; Philippians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 1:25; John 10:28–29; 1 John 5:16)

Call it what you will, this is my life. I believe it because I see it in the Bible. And because I have experienced it. Everlasting praise to the greatness of the glory of the grace of God!

Photo from the 2011 Pasadena Rose Parade

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Jack Joseph Puig is among the most sought-after producers and mixing engineers in the music industry.

Jack Joseph Puig is world-renowned as a producer, mixer, and engineer, blending the sounds of the past three decades to create a unique contemporary aural tapestry. As one of the industry’s most in-demand engineers, Puig has manned the controls for a veritable who’s who of major artists.

Recently, Jack Joseph Puig collaborated with Waves on The JJP Analog Legends, which features four precision-modeled plugins based on rare gear from his own studio. Here are some photos of a recent session with Jack as he explains the front and back end of the plugins.

Check out his plugins
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About JJP Analog Legends

JJP Analog Legends is the result of an ongoing Waves research and development project that has lasted over 3 years.

Fairchild compressors are among the very rarest pieces of recording gear; it’s rumored that less than 50 were originally manufactured. One of the first things we discovered when testing Fairchilds is that each model sounds different. In fact, even within the same stereo module, each channel can sound and behave differently! Only a few fortunate studios in the world have multiple units, with the opportunity to compare the subtle differences between them. And so, our quest for the best sounding Fairchild led us to producer/mixing engineer Jack Joseph Puig, well-known in audio circles for his enviable collection of hard-to-find gear.

Jack loaned us his very best sounding unit, and we painstakingly analyzed and modeled its every attribute, replicating its sound and behavior to the point where the software was virtually indistinguishable from hardware. Jack was an indispensable part of the development process, greatly assisting the Waves team by testing and fine tuning the software models of his hardware, as well as contributing an extensive library of his personal presets.

So when you fire up the PuigChild, it’s almost as if you were working together with Jack Joseph Puig in Ocean Way studios. Better yet, it’s as if he loaned you a Fairchild. And not just any Fairchild; his BEST Fairchild.

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Among his clients:
The Rolling Stones, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Green Day, Fergie, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Klaxons, Panic At The Disco, Weezer, Counting Crows, Pussycat Dolls, Goo Goo Dolls, The Black Crowes, Switchfoot, No Doubt, Mary J. Blige, and more.

Puig has produced hits for the Verve Pipe (“Freshmen”) and The Black Crows (“Good Friday”), among others. Calling Ocean Way his home, Puig has spent time both as an engineer and as a producer and sees the duality as a plus when dealing with today’s Top 40 rock acts, many of whom ask him to mix their albums as well. He has also mixed albums for Hole, Collective Soul, Green Day, Mick Jagger, Lisa Loeb, and others.

Puig’s Picks

The vintage hardware modeled in the JJP Analog Legends are among the rarest, most coveted pieces in the audio world. The PuigChild 660, PuigChild 670, PuigTec EQP-1A, and PuigTec MEQ-5 are based on these acclaimed units.

About Fairchild: Among gear aficionados, the stereo Fairchild 670 is considered the most coveted of all compressors, not only because of its pristine sound, but also its rarity and price: 670s routinely go for tens of thousands of dollars on the vintage market. (They originally cost less than $1000.) With 20 vacuum tubes and 4 hand-wired transformers in a hefty 6 rack-space chassis, these hard-to-find units weigh in at a robust 65 lbs.

Designed by Estonian-born Rein Narma in the early 1950s, both the stereo 670 and its mono counterpart the Fairchild 660 use single push-pull amplification stages with extremely high control voltages. Both variable-mu limiters are unique in that they use tubes for gain reduction as well as amplification. Compression takes place directly in the audio path, rather than being routed to a separate circuit.

Prior to the 660 and 670, Narma’s Gotham Audio Developments had built consoles and components for such luminaries as Rudy Van Gelder and Les Paul. Shortly after Paul asked Narma to build a limiter, Sherman Fairchild caught wind of the project, licensed the design, and hired Narma to come onboard as the company’s chief engineer. After his stint at Fairchild, Narma relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and became vice president of Ampex, pioneers of multitrack recording equipment.
About Pultec

Custom-engineered and built by hand, the original Pultecs have long been a top choice of leading recording and mastering engineers. Pultecs are renowned for their ability to accentuate individual frequency ranges without significantly altering other frequencies.
In 1951, Gene Shenk and Ollie Summerland of Pulse Techniques Inc. introduced the first passive program equalizer, the EQP-1. Using equalization circuit designs licensed from Western Electric, the initial Pultecs suffered the gain insertion losses typical of passive filters. So, they added a gain makeup stage, using a push-pull design with multiple vacuum tubes. The result is the classic we’ve come to know as the EQP-1A.

Conceived and created for broadband equalization, the EQP-1A features four low boost/cut frequencies, three high-cut frequencies and seven HF boost points, along with a bandwidth control for shaping the high boost curve. The EQP-1A and the MEQ-5 together comprise one of the best known equalization chains in audio history.

More about Jack Joseph Puig

Jack Joseph Puig is a Grammy Award-winning music engineer and producer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the mid 1990′s production of Tonic. Following this breakout success, Puig went on to work with Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes,^[1] John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Green Day, The Counting Crows, No Doubt, Klaxons, Panic at the Disco, Stone Temple Pilots, U2, and many others. Puig has shared Grammy Awards with The Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Vanessa Carlton, John Mayer, Fergie (Black Eyed Peas), U2, and No Doubt. In 2006 Jack Joseph Puig became a E.V.P. atInterscope-Geffen-A&M Records. He has signed Klaxons and Charlotte Sometimes. As a A&R man he works with Shirley Manson, Ashlee Simpson, Klaxons, Charlotte Sometimes, The Counting Crows, Puddle of Mudd, and The Like.

Prior to his mainstream music production successes Puig rose to prominence as an engineer in the Contemporary Christian music scene of the mid-eighties. He worked mainly on Myrrh Record releases. He engineered for Christian acts sych as Amy Grant and Russ Taff. Some of the records he engineered were Grammy-award winning works such as Grant’s landmark 1985 LP Unguarded.

Partial discography

• Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine (1998) m
• Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You (1998) p/m
• John Hiatt – Stolen Moments (2005) e/m
• Bette Midler – Some People’s Lives (1990) m
• Jellyfish – Bellybutton (1990) e/p
• Bette Midler – For the Boys (soundtrack) (1991) m
• Jellyfish – Spilt Milk (1993) e/p/m
• The Grays – Ro Sham Bo (1994) p
• The Black Crowes – Amorica (1994) e/p/m
• Tonic – Lemon Parade (1996) e/p/m
• Weezer – Pinkerton (1996) e/m
• The Black Crowes – Three Snakes & One Charm (1996) e/p/m
• Talk Show – Talk Show (1997) m
• Big Wreck – In Loving Memory Of… (1997) m
• Hole – Celebrity Skin (1998) m
• Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy Up The Girl (1998) p/m
• Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider (1999) p/m
• Stone Temple Pilots – Revolution (1999) m
• The Counting Crows – This Desert Life (1999) m
• Beck – Nicotine & Gravy (1999) m
• No Doubt – Return of Saturn (2000) m
• Green Day – Warning (2000) m
• Collective Soul – Blender (2000) m
• Five For Fighting – Easy Tonight (2000) p/m
• Shelby Lynne – Bridget Jones’ Diary, original soundtrack (2001) m
• Tricky – Blowback (2001) m
• Remy Zero – The Golden Hum (2001) e/p/m
• The Rolling Stones – 40 Licks (2002) m
• Phantom Planet – The Guest (2002) m
• Sheryl Crow – C’mon C’mon (2002) m
• Vanessa Carlton – Be Not Nobody (2002) m
• Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles (2002) m
• The Counting Crows – Hard Candy (2002) m
• Switchfoot – The Beautiful Letdown (2003) m
• Stereomud – Every Given Moment (2003) m
• The Ataris – So Long, Astoria (2003) m
• Stereophonics – You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003) m
• John Mayer – Heavier Things (2003) e/p/m
• No Doubt – The Singles: 1992-2003 (2003) m
• 311 – Greatest Hits ’93-’03 (2004) m
• Sum 41 – Killer Queen(2005) e/p/m
• Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (2005) m
• Son Volt – Retrospective 1995-2000 (2005) m
• Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business (2005) m
• The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang (2005) m
• The Rolling Stones – Biggest Mistake (2005) m
• The Pussycat Dolls – PCD (2005) m
• Mary J. Blige – The Breakthrough (2005) m
• John Hiatt – Chronicles (2005) e/m
• Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In (2006) m
• Dashboard Confessional – Dusk and Summer (2006) m
• Fergie – The Dutchess (2006) m
• The Academy Is – Santi (2007) m
• Macy Gray – Big (2007) m
• U2 – Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007) p/m
• Lifehouse – Who We Are (2007) m
• Queen Latifah – Trav’lin’ Light(2007) m
• Puddle of Mudd – Psycho (2007) p/m
• Klaxons – Golden Skans radio remix (2007) m
• Eric Clapton – Complete Clapton (2007) m
• Panic at the Disco – Nine in the Afternoon (2007) m
• Charlotte Sometimes– Waves and the Both of Us (2008) p/m
• Jack Savoretti - Harder Than Easy (2009) m
• Kylie Morgan (country artist) 2010

I had a joy editing this video for Grace EV Free in La Mirada for our 2010 Thanksgiving service. Enjoy.

From a harp recording session by Brian Petersen with a piece written by Trevor Gomes on November 20, 2010.

Miced with a Neumann TLM 49 cardioid directional large-diaphragm studio microphone running to a UA LA 610 into Pro Tools LE8 running Waves Mercury Bundle.

People may ask, “How do I record a harp?” A couple rules always apply for any recording. I use a nice large room with high ceilings, a good player, good charts, and a good producer and engineer. I used two mics in with one pointing at the soundboard and the Neumann is bit higher aimed at the strings. I loved the result and will use this in the future.

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declaring the glory of God

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Photo taken during the 2010 Thriving Musicians Summit at Bayside Church.

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Photo from the Whitney Portal above Lone Pine.

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John Rinehart preaches on “Defending the Fatherless” on Orphan Sunday at Grace EV Free.

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The sky opened up on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon to reveal rays of light from the sun.

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A shot from the CD release concert of Lincoln’s latest worship album at Bayside Church in Granite Bay, CA.

Check out his site here http://www.normstockton.com/

From his site:
Bassist/solo artist/clinician Norm Stockton travels extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan. He has been profiled in Bass Player magazine (12/95 & 2/10) and is recognized by many as one of the premier bassists today. Since 2006, he has been the touring and recording bassist with chart-topping worship artist (and former Steve Perry guitarist) Lincoln Brewster.
As a solo artist, he has released two instrumental projects that have garnered widespread acclaim from around the globe. His recently-released 2nd solo project, Tea In The Typhoon, features stellar guest artists John Patitucci, Gregg Bissonette, Lincoln Brewster, Michael Manring, Etienne Mbappe and more, and further affirms Norm’s reputation as a world-class bassist and composer.

Norm has performed or recorded with such artists as:

Vicky Beeching (worship artist)
Lincoln Brewster
Dominique Di Piazza (John McLaughlin)
Brian Doerksen (worship artist)
Bryan Duncan
Steve Laury (solo artist, Fattburger)
Luna Halo
Mandisa (American Idol)
Darrell Mansfield
Rob Mullins (solo artist, The Crusaders)
David Pack (Ambrosia)
Rita Springer (worship artist)
Darlene Zschech (Hillsong)
and many more.

Norm is also known internationally as a bass educator and clinician. His bass instructional DVD series, Grooving for Heaven (distributed by Alfred Publishing), has sold extensively in the United States and abroad. He has served as adjunct faculty at Concordia University, Hope International University, Biola University, The Los Angeles Music Academy, and MusicDojo.com. He also serves as the bass columnist for Christian Musician magazine.

Norm lives in Orange County, CA, with his wife and daughters.

Norm Stockton proudly uses and endorses instruments & products from the following:

MTD
Gallien-Krueger
MTD Strings
Shure

and, of course, he unequivocally prefers Coca-Cola to Pepsi.

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© 2010 Brian Petersen

I love being part of a team where I get to see people live out their adoption in Christ and defend the rights of the orphan and widow.

Project Hope at Grace EV Free celebrated its third Orphan Sunday by hosting Sunday services called, “Defending the Fatherless.” November 7 is internationally recognized as Orphan Sunday and the event was tailored for the church body with preaching, sung worship, testimonies, prayer, and exhibits with tables from local ministries to help Christians defend the fatherless. I’ve included the sermon video below with some photos of the fun event. Enjoy and God bless you!

You can download the sermon audio or listen online by visiting the Grace EV Free website here.
You can also check out the original post from Project Hope here.

Click on these photos to view them large. Photos by Brian Petersen and Erik Bergen.

Click on these photos to view them large. Photos by Brian Petersen and Erik Bergen.

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© 2010 Brian Petersen

Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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© 2010 Brian Petersen

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A sweet moment from a child dedication at Grace EV Free on November 7, 2010.

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From a photo session for Waves by Brian Petersen with Tony Maserati in Studio D at the Village Recorder in West L.A.

The man behind the sound of the Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Beyoncé, Usher, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Jason Mraz, Macy Grey, Mary J, Blige, Rob Thomas, Sting, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Ricky Martin, Notorious B.I.G.

Read more: http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=8873#ixzz13PWelf3l
Visit Tony’s site at http://tonymaserati.com/

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About Tony Maserati

Widely regarded as the principal architect of the legendary New York Sound, Tony Maserati is one of the world’s most respected mixing engineers. In a dazzling career with countless hit records for superstars ranging from Sting and David Bowie to Macy Gray and Alicia Keys, Tony has done more than simply make the songs sound great. He has played a major role in redefining the aesthetics of R&B, hip-hop, and pop.

After completing his studies at Berklee’s program for production and engineering, Maserati got his start at the legendary Sigma Sound Studios in New York during the mid-’80s, hooking up with early rap legends like Heavy D and Brand Nubian. Working closely with Bad Boy Entertainment’s roster of heavyweight talent—including Mary J Blige, Faith Evans, Notorius B.I.G. and Lil Kim—he helped create what became known as the sound of New York hip hop. It wasn’t long before he was leaving his mark on smash pop hits including Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs”, Marc Anthony’s “I Need to Know”, and R. Kelly’s “I Wish”.

Today, as an active producer / mixing engineer as well as instructor at Tisch School of the Arts / New York University, Tony mentors up-and-coming engineers and artists. He’s won two Grammy® awards, one for Beyonce’s “Crazy In Love” and one for Sergio Mendes’s Timeless, and is the recipient of a 2006 TEC Award. He is an active member of The Recording Academy, and this year received his seventh Grammy nomination, for Jason Mraz’s We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

Maserati says “I’ve been using Waves from the beginning. From dynamics and EQs to special effects, most of the tracks I’ve mixed have Waves on them. Waves did an amazing job turning my personal processing chains into custom plug-ins.”

Selected Discography

• Marc Anthony: “I Need To Know”
• James Brown: JB (Best of the Best)
• Mariah Carey: “Honey,” “The Roof”
• Destiny’s Child: “Survivor,” “Bootylicious”
• R. Kelly: “Like a Real Freak,” “TP-2″
• Jennifer Lopez: “Play,” “Ain’t It Funny,” “I’m Real”
• Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera: “Nobody Wants To Be Lonely”
• Maxwell: “Fortunate”
• Mýa: “Best of Me”
• Notorious B.I.G.: “Mo Money Mo Problems”
• Puff Daddy: “Been Around the World”
• The Simpsons: The Yellow Album
• Jessica Simpson: “Sweet Kisses”
• Tupac: “Changes”
• Vitamin C: “I Know What Boys Like”
• Anouk: “Hotel New York” Album
• Jason Mraz: “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.”

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This was a fun video to be a part of and I enjoyed working with Ronan Relosa, Kenny Clark, and Walt Harrah. I recorded and edited audio along with editing the video. I hope you enjoy.

Produced by Walt Harrah
Drawings by Ronan Relosa
Voiceover by Kenny Clark
Audio and video edited by Brian Petersen