KCRW Engineers' Blog Vox 2008-09-06T01:45:53Z KCRW Engineers http://kcrwengineers.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398a76a410003/tags/kcrw/ In the Studio on KCRW.com The political race…and race at the conventions tag:vox.com,2008-09-05:asset-6a00e398a76a41000300fae8dc105f000b 2008-09-05T22:58:02Z 2008-09-06T01:45:53Z KCRW Engineers http://kcrwengineers.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom 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! tag:vox.com,2008-09-04:asset-6a00e398a76a41000300fae8dbc248000b 2008-09-04T20:19:25Z 2008-09-06T01:46:47Z KCRW Engineers http://kcrwengineers.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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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 tag:vox.com,2008-08-31:asset-6a00e398a76a41000300fae8da8f7a000b 2008-08-31T17:59:47Z 2009-03-14T10:27:31Z KCRW Engineers http://kcrwengineers.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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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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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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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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]]> The Black Keys Live Session, 3/31/08 tag:vox.com,2008-04-18:asset-6a00e398a76a41000300f48cefc6a50002 2008-04-18T22:02:05Z 2008-05-07T20:18:50Z KCRW Engineers http://kcrwengineers.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Watch or listen to The Black Keys live session here Hold on to your seat here come the Black Keys! With all the sessions Ray Guarna and I do in our studio, the goal is to bring you big time studio quality sound. Sometimes We get in a groove a...

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Watch or listen to the David Gray live performance here These are the sessions I love to get. David Gray came into the studio with a load of songs, rehearsed on the road and ready to go. Right away, the studio space was charged with energy. T...

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Watch or listen to the Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings session Sharon Jones brought her revivalist funk and soul sound to our basement today. The 8 piece band, The Dap-Kings, skillfully backed up the most soulful singing you'll hear this...

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Waiting for Daphne

Near the end of the set up for a typical Morning Becomes Eclectic live performance, if the musicians are good and everything goes smoothly during the sound check, there comes a certain point where everyone is...waiting. Everything is in place, eve...

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]]> Fiery Furnaces live session tag:vox.com,2007-10-23:asset-6a00e398a76a41000300e398b60be90005 2007-10-23T21:49:01Z 2007-10-23T22:04:21Z KCRW Engineers http://kcrwengineers.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Watch and listen to the Fiery Furnaces live session here When I was listening to the Fiery Furnaces CD the day before the performance, I wondered how they could pull off what I heard with just three keyboards, bass, Drums and a lead vocalist. W...

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