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February 28, 2010: Our string group (Bill Boyd, Mike Watson, Alicia Kircher, Dr. Mike and Jackie Robbins) played with Lee Oskar and the band Friday night, February 26, at Highway 99 Blues Club. We got an incredible reception! We play there again in April.
February 20, 2010: Grace Yoo and Dr. Mike recorded the Paradis Sicilienne and overnighted the CD to Los Angeles where it was played Saturday for a special occasion. The response: “received the CD and have listened to it. FABULOUS!!! A treat to experience...perfect.”
February 20, 2010: Rehearsed with Lee Oskar, his band, and our string group again. We play next Friday evening at Highway 99 Blues Club at 9 p.m. Should be fun. They’ve heard great things about Opus 4 Studios from other engineers and are excited to visit.
February 10, 2010: No rain! Melodyne DNA is an epochal development: this allows pianists, guitarists, and other acoustic instrumentalists to correct their recorded imperfections and sound note perfect! Astonishing! There are additional, creative, uses for this groundbreaking tool. Might there be musical and ethical considerations? In some instances, definitely.
February 9, 2010: I am at MacWorld in San Francisco. The weather is generally good with just morning sprinkles...so far. Actually, I have had some time to more familiarize myself with Melodyne DNA (direct note access), the recent application from Germany enabling individual notes within a chord (polyphony) to be changed to suit the musician’s intent. Extraordinary. Unlike Autotune, this technology, properly used, is actually undetectable! Dr. Mike is working on optimal codecs for compressed web videos to (very importantly) achieve an acceptably representative sound and reasonable appearance.
February 7, 2010: Dr. Mike attends the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Opus 4 Studios continues tracking sessions. Work continues on Kerry duVent’s CD beginning February 17th. Dr. Grace Yoo and Mike record a CD for a special February 20th occasion in Los Angeles.
February 5, 2010: David Rosenthal, keyboardist and tech guru with Billy Joel, is currently working at Opus 4 Studios on a new project. Billy Joel and Elton John are playing the second of two shows at Key Arena February 6th. It is an understatement to state these are two of the most famous and popular musicians in the world.
January 28, 2010: Opus 4 Studios owner Dr. Michael Matesky, cellist with the Opus 4 String Quartet, performed with Lee Oskar (WAR) and his band on KZOK’s “The Bob Rivers Show” then perform January 29th at Highway 99 Blues Club. They have been requested for a return engagement February 26th at 9:00 p.m.
January 4-18, 2010: Dr. Mike attends CES. Some “high performance” speaker and amplifier manufacturers request a “super” demo CD, DVD or files from Opus 4 Studios for the 2011 CES show. Dainius Vaicekonis’ three CD mastering project completed. Kerry duVent new age piano CD tracked. It is currently being mixed. E-Major’s rap CD is being tracked. Voice work for major businesses (Boeing, Microsoft, Costco, T-Mobile, St. Michelle, etc.) continues in the studio.
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Bothell, WA
206.240.5111
