by beachraven | May 25, 2019
Scully 280B 8-Track Tape Machine Early in my career, I worked with a Scully 280B 8 track tape machine. It was a workhorse with a great sound and a transport like a rocket, but it lacked basic things like a tape counter. It wasn’t a problem though. After a time, I...
by beachraven | May 18, 2019
I recently spent some time in Mexico with an old friend, Galen Wathen, a chiropractor turned bodyworker. During our conversations, he told me about a realization he had one night: he should quit “touching” his clients and “feel” them instead. The next day, Galen gave...
by beachraven | May 10, 2019
In a recent study, a number of radiologists looked at a series of X-rays as if they were looking for lung cancer. On one of the X-rays was placed a picture of a gorilla the size of a matchbook, about 45 times larger than the nodules they were looking for. Eighty-three...
by beachraven | May 4, 2019
Shure PE50SP Vocal Microphone This Shure PE50 pictured in the photo belongs to Donna Rawlins (my wife). She used it, on and off the road, in her band for ten years. The PE50 is a pro-version of the SM58, the most popular vocal mic in the world. Every singer and sound...
