The Houndz "After Life Crisis" Record Completed

Tracked and Mixed by Bernie Mack at Gallery of Carpet Recording in Villa Park, IL

Mastered by Nick Eipers

The Record is scheduled to be released in January 2008 along with a book written by Steve Wyrostek.

Artist - Michelle Shocked - Scheduled to Record at Flashpoint

The Recording Arts Program will track and mix artist "Michelle Shocked" on November 30th- 2007.

Just Added To Collection: Eicor (Shure 710) Vintage Microphone

Paul Taneja Recording Session at Flashpoint

Paul Taneja:





























Mic placement on acoustic guitar and vocals:



Gefell M930 on vocal and Neumann KM 184 on acoustic guitar
both with Great River mic pres and Crane Song compression:



Royer 121's in Blum for the room:


Paul Taneja:



Another shot of Paul:

Nick Bognar Tracking at Flashpoint Academy

Myself (Bernie) going over signal flow (and the fact that I need a new haircut) with students for the Nick Bognar Tracking Session at Flashpoont Academy:

In Studio Recording I section B, students tracked "Duece" in the main music control room and studios. Students were responsible for instrument placement, mic placement, signal flow, sound check, monitor and cue. This experience confirms that hands on learning through collaboration is the most effective form of instruction for digital media arts. The session went down perfectly - the students are top notch! Mic src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpdhEWu1tmc8f8yIllBTfA1FRWXbzrXuFTLBRXBcTisPyeY78kMYm2NblkJeWFMjAXPdGULECZvzlOvgWsydCc7plLPxUqir_9izhf0LgPC_Urjb8kYa_6FAAlBWUCHm15RrL4ixm43o/s400/Nick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131809819225400722" border="0" />Placement on drums: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4MK5fmIqZDPL8hJQ0S2TATb-LGBviD1vzZ5AvuvU6nM4tOtzWXiefOEaIbjhRAYqOqfTdoSYCdiNwUWD8jLrCyqzzPc8L5FPUr6wpkDemmMNDEvRN8ZXMNwtG5UNlk_pXoeb3zirB5g/s1600-h/DSC03464.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4MK5fmIqZDPL8hJQ0S2TATb-LGBviD1vzZ5AvuvU6nM4tOtzWXiefOEaIbjhRAYqOqfTdoSYCdiNwUWD8jLrCyqzzPc8L5FPUr6wpkDemmMNDEvRN8ZXMNwtG5UNlk_pXoeb3zirB5g/s400/DSC03464.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131037137428980946" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2ULcWEv3A47yqTvLYh50Ex1yCz5f8O2x4FGpt2FvCct1gqIE-ivIeBnA6qpqNBIMO9pZvAJrAWg_zH_e7azmDrzN2RML4-YY1AQ7zZg1QfOcXeEqhk3KdBvqBO-QkcMM_masWl4fmhs/s1600-h/DSC03465.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2ULcWEv3A47yqTvLYh50Ex1yCz5f8O2x4FGpt2FvCct1gqIE-ivIeBnA6qpqNBIMO9pZvAJrAWg_zH_e7azmDrzN2RML4-YY1AQ7zZg1QfOcXeEqhk3KdBvqBO-QkcMM_masWl4fmhs/s400/DSC03465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036918385648834" border="0" /></a> Electric bass - steward DI and 421: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyujHTkglQPzZdMIFvFMzU-YO1u2vh78zQfa0rAi5SSojXGOhcaWdLMrTA0lvjvcoI_U98tU9L3VNFydkk-NQP-fV3tOK-TueXfiYMoVF_zq-lI-htfz0bDrjSw7G-7AZ2rpJu1BahD8/s1600-h/DSC03471.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyujHTkglQPzZdMIFvFMzU-YO1u2vh78zQfa0rAi5SSojXGOhcaWdLMrTA0lvjvcoI_U98tU9L3VNFydkk-NQP-fV3tOK-TueXfiYMoVF_zq-lI-htfz0bDrjSw7G-7AZ2rpJu1BahD8/s400/DSC03471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036609148003506" border="0" /></a> Electric guitar 57 and 121: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcX8JU4i2ci7G6c1YIr-YNlkRdOHAhJ6RscBsuN2fGC1VuV0ZPt9S2bg7tr5Ey3fT4ZRUhlpDD0Chc8-tWYeUPiZbcbisyRbqFQhq0BWbgKyQqZdTWq9VyEuNSLOUKhq0KhHOXWLEPrA/s1600-h/DSC03472.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcX8JU4i2ci7G6c1YIr-YNlkRdOHAhJ6RscBsuN2fGC1VuV0ZPt9S2bg7tr5Ey3fT4ZRUhlpDD0Chc8-tWYeUPiZbcbisyRbqFQhq0BWbgKyQqZdTWq9VyEuNSLOUKhq0KhHOXWLEPrA/s400/DSC03472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036372924802210" border="0" /></a> 195's for overheads, 421's on toms, 451's on hat and ride: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTvWY1_4uj3R-6M-9nmoAHvn63A5vizIwKFaM57Ma01p48YpKaSZFbT8kSIzWD89deYye_gFtulIys7u9spAj_Z2cO3pTtTP3LoeCHKem-NO2UGKFiU9RQKG85ej8_HEX8w44APYpXZ8/s1600-h/DSC03474.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTvWY1_4uj3R-6M-9nmoAHvn63A5vizIwKFaM57Ma01p48YpKaSZFbT8kSIzWD89deYye_gFtulIys7u9spAj_Z2cO3pTtTP3LoeCHKem-NO2UGKFiU9RQKG85ej8_HEX8w44APYpXZ8/s400/DSC03474.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036063687156882" border="0" /></a> KM 184 on acoustic: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603xbYMGvHea5aqL4XSSicmZj-dylGKN7VVb3Agij2AjV7G5dfQbHIGIysL5I0xmPBktxuCY9I6kWzKbwlZAubDFNg2_70gLPheq6GBWKtN1v42srHSxp7sIYLBqVAUesr59F_FzIMM0/s1600-h/DSC03477.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603xbYMGvHea5aqL4XSSicmZj-dylGKN7VVb3Agij2AjV7G5dfQbHIGIysL5I0xmPBktxuCY9I6kWzKbwlZAubDFNg2_70gLPheq6GBWKtN1v42srHSxp7sIYLBqVAUesr59F_FzIMM0/s400/DSC03477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131035788809249922" border="0" /></a> 451's on congas: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5VoMdew-T0YfDr58fF47AEZt2wFFf0ZrhJ677CXjP72bsBc1iwze6bEXMaUIqvECl46aWq-_vnmrq8P0whM_2zekCf2SupG0_VxoyBvtmjwpc4WXysULasfl0TzRzfU_Pw05uyK-nA8/s1600-h/DSC03481.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5VoMdew-T0YfDr58fF47AEZt2wFFf0ZrhJ677CXjP72bsBc1iwze6bEXMaUIqvECl46aWq-_vnmrq8P0whM_2zekCf2SupG0_VxoyBvtmjwpc4WXysULasfl0TzRzfU_Pw05uyK-nA8/s400/DSC03481.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131035518226310258" border="0" /></a>In Studio Recording I section A, students tracked "Nick Bognar" in the main music control room and studios. Students were responsible for instrument placement, mic placement, signal flow, sound check, monitor and cue. This experience confirms that hands on learning through collaboration is the most effective form of instruction for digital media arts. The session went down perfectly - the students are top notch!

In Studio Recording I section B, students tracked "Duece" in the main music control room and studios. Students were responsible for instrument placement, mic placement, signal flow, sound check, monitor and cue. This experience confirms that hands on learning through collaboration is the most effective form of instruction for digital media arts. The session went down perfectly - the students are top notch! Mic Placement on drums: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4MK5fmIqZDPL8hJQ0S2TATb-LGBviD1vzZ5AvuvU6nM4tOtzWXiefOEaIbjhRAYqOqfTdoSYCdiNwUWD8jLrCyqzzPc8L5FPUr6wpkDemmMNDEvRN8ZXMNwtG5UNlk_pXoeb3zirB5g/s1600-h/DSC03464.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4MK5fmIqZDPL8hJQ0S2TATb-LGBviD1vzZ5AvuvU6nM4tOtzWXiefOEaIbjhRAYqOqfTdoSYCdiNwUWD8jLrCyqzzPc8L5FPUr6wpkDemmMNDEvRN8ZXMNwtG5UNlk_pXoeb3zirB5g/s400/DSC03464.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131037137428980946" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2ULcWEv3A47yqTvLYh50Ex1yCz5f8O2x4FGpt2FvCct1gqIE-ivIeBnA6qpqNBIMO9pZvAJrAWg_zH_e7azmDrzN2RML4-YY1AQ7zZg1QfOcXeEqhk3KdBvqBO-QkcMM_masWl4fmhs/s1600-h/DSC03465.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2ULcWEv3A47yqTvLYh50Ex1yCz5f8O2x4FGpt2FvCct1gqIE-ivIeBnA6qpqNBIMO9pZvAJrAWg_zH_e7azmDrzN2RML4-YY1AQ7zZg1QfOcXeEqhk3KdBvqBO-QkcMM_masWl4fmhs/s400/DSC03465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036918385648834" border="0" /></a> Electric bass - steward DI and 421: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyujHTkglQPzZdMIFvFMzU-YO1u2vh78zQfa0rAi5SSojXGOhcaWdLMrTA0lvjvcoI_U98tU9L3VNFydkk-NQP-fV3tOK-TueXfiYMoVF_zq-lI-htfz0bDrjSw7G-7AZ2rpJu1BahD8/s1600-h/DSC03471.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyujHTkglQPzZdMIFvFMzU-YO1u2vh78zQfa0rAi5SSojXGOhcaWdLMrTA0lvjvcoI_U98tU9L3VNFydkk-NQP-fV3tOK-TueXfiYMoVF_zq-lI-htfz0bDrjSw7G-7AZ2rpJu1BahD8/s400/DSC03471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036609148003506" border="0" /></a> Electric guitar 57 and 121: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcX8JU4i2ci7G6c1YIr-YNlkRdOHAhJ6RscBsuN2fGC1VuV0ZPt9S2bg7tr5Ey3fT4ZRUhlpDD0Chc8-tWYeUPiZbcbisyRbqFQhq0BWbgKyQqZdTWq9VyEuNSLOUKhq0KhHOXWLEPrA/s1600-h/DSC03472.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcX8JU4i2ci7G6c1YIr-YNlkRdOHAhJ6RscBsuN2fGC1VuV0ZPt9S2bg7tr5Ey3fT4ZRUhlpDD0Chc8-tWYeUPiZbcbisyRbqFQhq0BWbgKyQqZdTWq9VyEuNSLOUKhq0KhHOXWLEPrA/s400/DSC03472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036372924802210" border="0" /></a> 195's for overheads, 421's on toms, 451's on hat and ride: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTvWY1_4uj3R-6M-9nmoAHvn63A5vizIwKFaM57Ma01p48YpKaSZFbT8kSIzWD89deYye_gFtulIys7u9spAj_Z2cO3pTtTP3LoeCHKem-NO2UGKFiU9RQKG85ej8_HEX8w44APYpXZ8/s1600-h/DSC03474.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTvWY1_4uj3R-6M-9nmoAHvn63A5vizIwKFaM57Ma01p48YpKaSZFbT8kSIzWD89deYye_gFtulIys7u9spAj_Z2cO3pTtTP3LoeCHKem-NO2UGKFiU9RQKG85ej8_HEX8w44APYpXZ8/s400/DSC03474.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131036063687156882" border="0" /></a> KM 184 on acoustic: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603xbYMGvHea5aqL4XSSicmZj-dylGKN7VVb3Agij2AjV7G5dfQbHIGIysL5I0xmPBktxuCY9I6kWzKbwlZAubDFNg2_70gLPheq6GBWKtN1v42srHSxp7sIYLBqVAUesr59F_FzIMM0/s1600-h/DSC03477.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603xbYMGvHea5aqL4XSSicmZj-dylGKN7VVb3Agij2AjV7G5dfQbHIGIysL5I0xmPBktxuCY9I6kWzKbwlZAubDFNg2_70gLPheq6GBWKtN1v42srHSxp7sIYLBqVAUesr59F_FzIMM0/s400/DSC03477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131035788809249922" border="0" /></a> 451's on congas: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5VoMdew-T0YfDr58fF47AEZt2wFFf0ZrhJ677CXjP72bsBc1iwze6bEXMaUIqvECl46aWq-_vnmrq8P0whM_2zekCf2SupG0_VxoyBvtmjwpc4WXysULasfl0TzRzfU_Pw05uyK-nA8/s1600-h/DSC03481.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5VoMdew-T0YfDr58fF47AEZt2wFFf0ZrhJ677CXjP72bsBc1iwze6bEXMaUIqvECl46aWq-_vnmrq8P0whM_2zekCf2SupG0_VxoyBvtmjwpc4WXysULasfl0TzRzfU_Pw05uyK-nA8/s400/DSC03481.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131035518226310258" border="0" /></a>
Mic placement on drums:



Mic placement on drums completed:



Bock 195 on vocals:



Fender Twin - Mic placement:



Bass rig:



Flashpoint's patchbay:



Nick tuning:

Chicago Band "Deuce" Tracking at Flashpoint for Studio Recording I

In Studio Recording I section B, students tracked "Deuce" in the main music control room and studios. Students were responsible for instrument placement, mic placement, signal flow, sound check, monitor and cue. This experience confirms that hands on learning through collaboration is the most effective form of instruction for digital media arts. The session went down perfectly - the students are top notch!



Mic Placement on drums:






Electric bass - steward DI and 421:



Electric guitar 57 and 121:



195's for overheads, 421's on toms, 451's on hat and ride:



KM 184 on acoustic:



451's on congas:


Micing the congas:

Added to My Collection: DuKane 7A160

Houndz Mixing Completed

The mixing process for the next Houndz record was completed this weekend. The lastest record represents a ten year client relationship between the Houndz and I. The CD will be available for purchase by 02-08 at local retailers. I look forward to working with them again. Once the mixing was completed I received the following email from Steve:

Thanks, Bernie-

You really did nice work on the mixes- I couldn't be happier with the
results-

I really appreciate your professionalism-

Have a good weekend-

Steve Wyrostek
President- Gentle Ears, Inc.
Des Plaines, IL 60016