San Diego’s Soundtrax Studio Is Back (and the hits will keep coming)!
August 13, 2012
It started with the renovation, repair and refurbishing of a pair of classic 1977 JBL 4343 midformat studio monitors. These were the sonic centerpiece of 1970’s San Diego iconic studio “Soundtrax.” JPapa was the original (and only) owner of these babies, and Lenny, in our service department, as requested, carefully reconed, re-diaphragmed and restored the […]
Read More »Quadruple Impact from new Mopho x4 Keyboard Synthesizer
August 2, 2012
Mopho X4 Keyboard Synthesizer from Dave Smith Instruments Price: $1,299 Double warranty! Free shipping in the lower 48 states King of synth, Dave Smith, has introduced the Mopho x4 Keyboard Synthesizer that builds upon the lauded, award-winning voice architecture of the Mopho and Mopho Keyboard. In this evolved polyphonic design, the board is stretched out […]
Read More »‘Actual Size’ – The Best Band That Never Was
July 27, 2012
This is a long story told short. There were hundreds of anecdotal road-horror sub-stories beneath this, and a long, circuitous path from the start to the end. But in slicing those all away we begin a long time ago in a faraway place known as West Lafayette, Indiana, with a band called Bandanna. The group […]
Read More »Catching Up with Cathryn Beeks: Musician and Talent Promoter
July 13, 2012
Bands and musicians seek her out for gaining exposure while fans of country-rock embrace the driving vocals she injects into her own catalog of songs. Meet singer- songwriter and talent impresario Cathryn Beeks, known widely as the host of The Homegrown Hour, which airs at 8 p.m. on Sundays on 102.1 KPRI radio. Cathryn is […]
Read More »Josh Damigo Turns a Heavy Heart into Award-Winning Acoustic Music
July 6, 2012
Call it a case of early musical repression that led Josh Damigo into becoming a heartfelt acoustic singer/songwriter with numerous awards under his belt. While starting piano lessons in the second grade, Josh’s fundamental Baptist parents allowed him to listen only to “safe music” on an oldies station. Marching bands were OK, too, although music […]
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