KCRW Engineers' Blog

MGMT Live Session

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:56:20 -0700

Stream the MGMT session here MGMT, the budding wunderkinds of the indie pop scene, visited our studios today delivering their brand of electro dominated songs. The live versions in this session feature a little more prominent guitar than yo...

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Marching Band Live Session

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:33:26 -0700

Now that the subscription drive and two weeks of convention coverage are over, it's back to business as usual in the performance studio at KCRW. Today we were visited by Marching Band, the project of two lads from Sweden, Erik Sunbring and Jacob...

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The political race…and race at the conventions

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:58:02 -0700

Recently an LA radio trade publication published an objection by a reader that another station’s reporter commented there weren’t many persons of color at the Republican National Convention. The reader felt it was a cheap shot and everything shou...

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Swimming with sharks....no really!

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:19:25 -0700

After spending two weeks with two legged lawyer type sharks here at the convention sites, I had an opportunity to experience REAL sharks, you know the aquatic type at the “Underwater Adventures Aquarium” located at the Mall of America. Mike Newpo...

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an evening at the Minnesota State Fair

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:59:47 -0700

After flying from Denver to the twin cities and setting up our equipment yesterday, TODAY was my day off. It turns out in addition to the Republicans about to begin their National Convention, Minnesota is hold it’s state fair here, not 5 minut...

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More behind the scenes at the DNC

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:29:01 -0700

Yesterday I wrote about some of the behind the scenes technical & logistical aspects which goes into our setup at the DNC. Today I thought I'd share a bit more of what happens behind the scenes. I'm really the advance man on these convention ...

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Behind the Scenes from the DNC

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:00:22 -0700

My name is Steve Herbert and I’m the Chief Engineer for KCRW. One of the many roles I fulfill for the station besides technical support is that of logistical support. As such, this election year marks the fourth presidential political cycle for...

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Bitter:Sweet, The Ditty Bops, and Billy Bragg

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:36:45 -0700

Before I begin this blog, I want to invite readers to post comments and suggestions about what you may want to read about the how, what, why, or whatever of bringing you the live music sessions you hear on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Last month s...

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Busy Few Weeks

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:05:05 -0700

Mario here- I've missed a few days from the blogosphere but today I intend to make up some lost days. The studio was a busy the last few weeks and I got to record some great sessions with established musicians plus one new band. A couple of perf...

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Mia Doi Todd Live Session

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Engineers) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:34:34 -0700

Watch or Listen to the Mia Doi Todd session here A few weeks ago, Mia Doi Todd performed hauntingly beautiful songs in our studio, from her latest album, GEA. With a classically trained alto voice, accompanied by sparse instrumentation, the sessi...

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