by beachraven | Jan 23, 2021
Sunrise at Monterey Bay, California It always seems to happen; I never know how I’m going to feel. I was surprised the day after we got married by how good I felt and was struck entirely off guard when I saw my first album credit. Of course, this time, I knew...
by beachraven | Oct 30, 2020
I came across a pink door in the forest leading to nowhere. Have you noticed these lonely doors? Some of them are nice, all painted up with fancy hardware. I know they’re just for fun, but it takes an effort to build a workable door, so is there a hidden meaning? I...
by beachraven | Sep 18, 2020
Monterey Bay, Monterey, California I’ve mixed the audio for thousands of TV commercials. One of my favorite campaigns, from the fall of 1992, was produced by ad-agency Weiden+Kennedy and directed by Joe Pytka. Unlike most of the sessions I mixed in that...