tape op conference tuscon

Tape Op
The Hilton Tuscon El Conquistador resort. Life is tough.

Larry Crane of Portland’s Jackpot Studios’ fame and Craig Schumacher persuaded me to come down to Tucson, Arizona for this year’s Tape Op conference. One shouldn’t really need to be persuaded to come to a lovely city like Tuscon, it’s just that I can’t abide temperatures above 80º – it’s that English thing. The conference rallies up to a thousand producers and engineers who gather to talk about recent technological developments and mostly to talk about good old fashioned analog tape recording.
I am here to speak on a panel about the internet, music delivery and the disruption that follows.

I am now armed with a Cingular 3G wireless card so even here in the southern desert I am able to get signal. I’m going to attempt to post as often as I can and also capture performances and speakers etc on the video camera. Calexico are due to play poolside this afternoon at this amazing resort that we are staying at. Stay tuned.

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