Your Livable Garden

Your Livable Garden is a radio show that I produce every week for broadcast every Saturday on KSEV700 AM.  At 15+ years, it is the longest-running landscape architectural show in the nation.  Every week, the hosts, Shawn and Blinda Kelly come to the studio with a bottle of wine and 2 hours of the most interesting gardening/landscaping/pool stories, tips and jokes.  It’s a very amusing show and I recommend you checking it out if you get the chance.  It airs Saturday mornings from 6:00 am – 8:00 am.

To record the show, I use a Shure SM7B on Shawn and an EV RE-20 on Blinda.  The mics are patched to a pair of AMEK PurePath Channel Strips, with filters and dynamics applied.  The calls are recorded with a Comrex DH20 patch, I make my little comments with a SM57 (going through an Audient  mic pre) and everything is mixed live on a Mackie HUI in Pro Tools.

It’s a lot of fun and we are glad to have Shawn and Blinda working here at Tierra Studios!

Al Cofrin, the leader and producer of Istanpitta, was in to mix and master his new album “Exiled”. Its collection of Sephardic music, and its masterfully done. Al brought in musicians from all over the country and put down some great tracks. Over the course of the last several weeks he and Randy Miller mixed and mastered the tracks in Studio B.

Check out the Sintefex, Manley and Weiss eq.

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Travis Stepheson dropped by today to lay down some guitar on some of Pura Vida Publishing’s new cuts. He’s a killer player and a genuinely chill person to work with. Thanks for gracing the tracks.

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Jadewood aka Elias Sanchez, Saul Sanchez, and Lee Cerda, has been working on their new album tirelessly at Tierra Studios under the guidance of Randy Miller. They’ve cut drums, bass, guitar, and will soon be hitting the vocal booth.

Jadewood’s Elias Sanchez

Jadewood’s Lee Cerda “rockin” outLee Cerda and Saul Sanchez tracking bass guitarTierra’s Randy Miller and Jadewood’s Elias Sanchez hard at workSaul Sanchez in session

Randy Miller and Elias Sanchez in sessionTierra Studios’ Randy Miller adjusting micsLee and Saul in sessionRandy and Elias tracking guitar

Michael Shawn Kelly and Blinda Ann James have been at Tierra Studios recording “Your Livable Garden,” the longest running gardening radio show on air. “Your Livable Garden” is aired every Saturday morning from 6 ‘til 8 on AM 700 KSEV and you can visit their blog by clicking here.

Shawn Kelly and Blinda James

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