Thursday
Apr122007
I have a gift
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 12:38PM
Well, I like to think I do anyway. Some people are great at making money. Some people can build things with their hands or speak in front of large crowds. Some are good at getting cheap gear and naming people's recording studios. I'm the latter.
I don't want to brag, but Paul Eckberg's studio? The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Paul? That was mine. The Velvet Eagle? Obviously. And who can forget Abbey Road?
Well, my friend Jeff Pardo, a phenomenal keyboard player and young producer, has put a great, little place together. He invited me over to see it and he recorded me singing lead on one of the new Caedmon's tunes. It turned out fantastic.
It seems that Dear Mr. Pardo is having trouble naming his place, so obviously, he turned to me. Before giving him my final suggestion we thought it would be fun to put up a couple pictures of the place, tell you a tiny bit about Jeff, and then let you vote on the four names I've come up with. The winning name will be my submission. Vote by replying in the comments.
Ok, Jeff has the obligatory MySpace page right here. You can hear some of the stuff he's worked on and read a bit about him. He's from the suburbs of Chicago. He likes baseball and thinks the Cubs have a chance every year. He loves Billy Joel, Star Trek and long walks on the beach. And penguins. Dude loves penguins. I don't think its healthy. And again, he can play piano like a madman, and he makes great faces doing it.
The studio is in a detached garage behind his house in East Nashville.
Here are the potential names. I will both provide the names and, in true Spelling Bee fashion, use them in a sentence.
A) Mr. Potter's
-- "I've got a session over at Mr. Potter's."
B) Kid n' Play's "House Pardo IV"
-- "Dude, have you seen "House Pardo IV yet? Vanilla Ice is in it!"
C) I'm a Doctor, Not a Studio
-- "Honey, I'm just going to swing by I'm a Doctor for a couple minutes on my way home."
Also
-- Recorded at I'm a Doctor, Not a Studio and The Velvet Eagle.
D) The Penguin
-- Pardo's getting some great sounds over at The Penguin.
BONUS POINTS: available to anyone who can successfully change the word "field" to something similar sounding, and clever, to fit in "Wrigley ____". Also available to anyone who can tell us the name of Danny Devito's lair in that Batman movie.
NOTE: other names will be accepted as write-ins, but you still must submit a vote for one of these four. And again, vote by clicking on that little "comments" button right below. Go, go, gadget democracy!!
I don't want to brag, but Paul Eckberg's studio? The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Paul? That was mine. The Velvet Eagle? Obviously. And who can forget Abbey Road?
Well, my friend Jeff Pardo, a phenomenal keyboard player and young producer, has put a great, little place together. He invited me over to see it and he recorded me singing lead on one of the new Caedmon's tunes. It turned out fantastic.
It seems that Dear Mr. Pardo is having trouble naming his place, so obviously, he turned to me. Before giving him my final suggestion we thought it would be fun to put up a couple pictures of the place, tell you a tiny bit about Jeff, and then let you vote on the four names I've come up with. The winning name will be my submission. Vote by replying in the comments.
Ok, Jeff has the obligatory MySpace page right here. You can hear some of the stuff he's worked on and read a bit about him. He's from the suburbs of Chicago. He likes baseball and thinks the Cubs have a chance every year. He loves Billy Joel, Star Trek and long walks on the beach. And penguins. Dude loves penguins. I don't think its healthy. And again, he can play piano like a madman, and he makes great faces doing it.
The studio is in a detached garage behind his house in East Nashville.
Here are the potential names. I will both provide the names and, in true Spelling Bee fashion, use them in a sentence.
A) Mr. Potter's
-- "I've got a session over at Mr. Potter's."
B) Kid n' Play's "House Pardo IV"
-- "Dude, have you seen "House Pardo IV yet? Vanilla Ice is in it!"
C) I'm a Doctor, Not a Studio
-- "Honey, I'm just going to swing by I'm a Doctor for a couple minutes on my way home."
Also
-- Recorded at I'm a Doctor, Not a Studio and The Velvet Eagle.
D) The Penguin
-- Pardo's getting some great sounds over at The Penguin.
BONUS POINTS: available to anyone who can successfully change the word "field" to something similar sounding, and clever, to fit in "Wrigley ____". Also available to anyone who can tell us the name of Danny Devito's lair in that Batman movie.
NOTE: other names will be accepted as write-ins, but you still must submit a vote for one of these four. And again, vote by clicking on that little "comments" button right below. Go, go, gadget democracy!!
Reader Comments (60)
http://www.theicehaus.com/ is available, heheheh.
count me in for "im a doctor..."
Mr. Potter's has a great "roll off the tongue" factor.
If Pardunk has an affinity for Star Trek, why not call it "The Engineering Deck"? Would you be proud to put "recorded at 'The Engineering Deck'" on your project?
The Penguin
Love the "I'm a doctor"....hey not too be ADD here, but the next album you purchase should be "Young Modern" by Silverchair!
Amazing record with some beautiful pieces...even Bono speaks highly of it.
Write in: March of the Pardos. Just sayin'.
Required: I'm a Doctor, Not a Studio (that's so brilliant).
Arctic World Sound
It's a shame you couldn't call it "10 Forward." That's totally dependent on being a ST:TNG fan, anyway. Put a flat screen with a nice moving starfield on the wall... Whoopi in the corner wearing a sushi plate on her head...
Got to be Penguin for me, although Potter Penguin Palace has a nice ring to it.
As for Wrigleys Field how about Wrigleys Weald (Weald: M.E. for a tract of open forest land, particularly found in Southern England).
ow many reocrds is gold in Austrailia compared to the USA?
Why doesn’t it say Austrailia’s Record sellings on Al’s site?….He tours there as well as Canada, and Canada is listed….