“Borealis” from Richard Murray – Engineering nightmare to sonic bliss!

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Lookit, I want to turn you on to one, here. From a musical and songwriting view, Richard Murray’s “Borealis” is fantastic; a tour d’ force of alt country americana styles. From a production standpoint, this record could easily have been an all out nightmare! But somehow, Murray’s team have built a masterpiece in composition and [...]

Rich W on Billy Chernoff’s “She Learned to Draw the Water”

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I want to thank Richard for this contribution to Small Barn on “She Learned to Draw the Water” by Billy Chernoff. Chernoff is a cowboy-gospel artist who has made great strides on the U.K. charts and is receiving quite a bit of air-play through Air-Play Direct, here in the States. An analysis of “She Learned [...]

Stompsters Pedal Fasteners Live Review

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Isaac at Stompsters sent me some awesome freakin’ pedal fasteners, the other day, and asked my opinion. Well they looked like exactly what I’ve needed for years, and I thought what better way to review them than to test them out and film it! So that’s what I did. In the video below, you get to [...]

A Long Road by Free From Gravity

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I tell ya, somebody’s gonna have to send me a mix that sucks soon, cause I’m running out of adjectives… Vince from Free From Gravity sent over “A Long Road” the other day and wanted to know my thoughts on the mix, as it’s about ready to send off to a big cancer charity project. [...]

“I Want Somebody” to Shine

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Recently, Jeff Heiniger sent over some tracks and asked my opinion and advice. Of the four, one stood out, and I told him why I thought “I Want Somebody”  was the most marketable of the tracks. I still have to go with the first track. It stands head and shoulders above the rest. “I Want [...]