First, let me say hi to my old forum friends (Peter, Sergio Silva, Joey Vasco, Lindsay Hahn, John Simmons, Bob Young, Andy Winter, Jeff Scott, Andy O'Connor, Chris Pappas, Jared Nakanishi, Jeff Thomas, John Hall, Jon Casselman, Melissa Breitsprecher, Ted Staberow. Please forgive me if I forgot any.) and a belated welcome to new members since 2005.
It feels good to be back in this wonderful family again. It's been over 3 years since I last participated in the forum discussions. Here's what happened: In early Spring of '05, I received a call from a friend in Beijing asking me to mix a pop album he was about to finish. I came and mixed it and reunited with many good old friends of mine with whom friendship was established during '94 and '95 when I produced a few pop albums in Beijing. They persuaded me to continue my music production/engineering/mixing career in Beijing. So my wife and I moved here in the summer of 2005 and I have been busy with work ever since. I've finally been able to catch some breath lately, thanks to the Olympic and Parolympic games during which the music industry takes a break.
Here's a TV footage covering the making of the sophomore album from China's leading art/progressive rock band, "Tang Dynasty", that I finished producing early this year:
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUtUmQeTus
In early '07, I mixed the debut album of a young hard rock/pop singer/guitarist. After finishing the mixes, we decided to recruit a guitarist and a drummer and put together a band to perform the songs at live gigs... some of them open air festivals and some club shows. I had great fun doing the gigs. Unfortunately, after a year of playing together, I had to find a substitute bass player and resign from the band this past July because my busy studio work schedule could not accomodate the band's activities. Here's a shot taken in late May at one of the beneficiary gigs supporting the victims of the devastating earthquake.
Any new Rickenbacker acquisitions during my hiatus from the forum? Yes, a 4004 Cii BBR and a 4003 BBR. The Cii is in the hands of Paul Wilczynski waiting for inlay modding and fingerboard varnishing which will be done in March 2009. Here's the 4003 BBR:
I look forward to having a good time discussing everything Rickenbacker here.
And, congratulations Joey! You're really a saint and the best man for moderating the Bass topics!
