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I was featured in Spotlight in Recording Magazine. Here is the links and text.
[SPOTLIGHT]
[ SPOTLIGHT ]

Hello! All of us at Recording Magazine are pleased to present SPOTLIGHT.
Featuring one reader’s outstanding song submission each month, SPOTLIGHT will delve into the gear and recording techniques used by the artist. SPOTLIGHT will give you the opportunity to read (and hear) how fellow recording musicians made a good song sound great.
We hope you enjoy SPOTLIGHT. Here’s to making great recordings!

Songs featured in SPOTLIGHT are chosen from the pool of entries sent to Marty Peters for our Readers' Tapes column. Because the point of Readers' Tapes is to teach readers how to improve their recordings, in the past there was no place to discuss submissions that were so good Marty had no criticisms for them.
These submissions are now being set aside for SPOTLIGHT.

"Catwalk"
Eric Bolvin
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Equipment: Mac and Windows computers running Digidesign Pro Tools LE and Mbox interface, Propellerhead Reason, Celemony Melodyne uno; Mics: Electro-Voice RE20 (trumpet), Audix D2 (ride tom), D3 (snare top), D4 (floor tom), D6 (kick), and ADX51 (hi-hat), Marshall MXL601 (snare bottom and ride cymbal) and MXL2001 (overheads); Akai EVI Electronic Valve Instrument playing Roland JV-1010.

Music: “Catwalk” is a horn based, jazz / rock instrumental. Eric composed, arranged, engineered and produced the track. In addition, he played the trumpets, keyboards, and also the Roland-JV1010 (MIDI sound module) horn section and organ using the EVI, a MIDI controller that emulates playing a trumpet. Myron Dove played bass, Michael Renwick played the guitars, and Peter Booras played and recorded the drums.

Recording: Getting the most from some very modest gear and the most basic recording environments—all the instruments but the drums were recorded in Eric’s spare bedroom, the drums were recorded in Peter’s teaching studio, and the mixing was done in Myron’s living room—these guys have managed to track a full bodied, funky tune that would belie its humble origins. The bass is phat, the drums have a nice ambient quality, and the compressed and processed electric guitar and Rhodes style piano provide a mellow jazz funk.
Most impressive to our ears, however, is the exemplary tone that Eric achieved on his trumpet with the Electro-Voice RE20. Those of you familiar with this column know of our admiration for this all-purpose dynamic microphone, and it once again proves its mettle, providing a beautiful rich tone to an instrument that can be problematic at best. In addition, Eric’s use of the Roland JV sounds were not only creative but convincing as well. Nicely done.

Suggestions: None, really—it sounds like the bedroom, living room combination suits these guys to a tee. Eric didn’t list what monitors were used for checking the tracks and mix, but whatever they were, I hear nothing to indicate that they weren’t up to the task.

Summary: This one should serve as an inspiration to all home studio recordists!

Contact: Eric Bolvin, ::: Eric Bolvin Music Studios - home :::.