WoW & WoW DVD-A

I saw a few posts here in AVS about AIX Record’s very high quality 96khz/24/5.1 recordings.
I usually purchase from Telarc or other highly reviewed SACD {fallow alot of what Kal Robinson reviews}. Have done all the tweaks and calibration disks. I have lower mid- level gear and a very acoustically challenged listening/ living room area. I also know spending large $$$$ for dedicated transport or larger power amps was not really going to give me a Ultra High Fidelity experience. So on a whim I purchased two of AIX DVD-A and all I can say is WOW!!!! You can hear the dramatic difference right away- no A>B test needs to be performed. My system received an up graded for just a few dollars . My 5.1 system sounds so much nicer, the music is focused, more alive, the instruments and voices are integrated and separate at the same time. It even sounds- smoother- (I do not know if this is an audiophile word). But the sounds stage is very very nice. Cons.- DVDs –are pricier, but worth it, not a great many well known artists represented, but the sampler pack [which is fantastic] is a nice free bonus, giving us a chance to listen to new artists and maybe add to our collections, or at least show off to friends what a 5.1 systems can do. The two-sided disks are interesting- watch/listen to the artist or just listen. All highly recommended.
db

Horray! After I just simply raved about Aix in a dozen posts over six months, somebody actually tried one!!!!! Just kidding- I'm sure five of you have. See what I meant, DAB? Are they not utterly fantastic? They are like upgrading every component in your system by thousands of dollars. There is a big article today on avs forum entitled "The Process of Surround Mastering". I just wrote and then posted in the forum which follows that article, an article of my own about Aix Records. Yeah, Aix are $25, but if they are just the most stunning audio fidelity you have ever heard, you'd rather spend a little less and get junk? I don't think so. Do you routinely buy recaps for your high speed driving? If you have an infection, do you go with prayer or erythromycin? Still watching in black and white? The best costs money to produce and sometimes you get what you pay for. Aix Records is a shining example. Glad you found Aix DAB, now PLEASE do as I do, and spread the word.
WoW & WoW DVD-A

I saw a few posts here in AVS about AIX Record’s very high quality 96khz/24/5.1 recordings.
I usually purchase from Telarc or other highly reviewed SACD {fallow alot of what Kal Robinson reviews}. Have done all the tweaks and calibration disks. I have lower mid- level gear and a very acoustically challenged listening/ living room area. I also know spending large $$$$ for dedicated transport or larger power amps was not really going to give me a Ultra High Fidelity experience. So on a whim I purchased two of AIX DVD-A and all I can saw is WOW!!!! You can hear the dramatic difference right away- no A>B test needs to be performed. My system received an up graded for just a few dollars . My 5.1 system sounds so much nicer, the music is focused, more alive, the instruments and voices are integrated and separate at the same time. It even sounds- smoother- (I do not know if this is an audiophile word). But the sounds stage is very very nice. Cons.- DVDs –are pricier, but worth it, not a great many well known artists represented, but the sampler pack [which is fantastic] is a nice free bonus, giving us a chance to listen to new artists and maybe add to our collections, or at least show off to friends what a 5.1 systems can do. The two-sided disks are interesting- watch/listen to the artist or just listen. All highly recommended.
db

Waldrep's stuff is the best. Here are a couple of interviews with him:

From 2007 (http://felixemartinez.com/2006-2007-12-01_column_bg.gif)
From 2003 (http://felixemartinez.com/2003-10_column_bg.gif) - at the time of the interview, he had just rec'd the Juber Guitar Noir disc from the replicator (happens to be my fave AIX disc).

Juber's Guitar Noir is my favorite as well. It's what I play for the family at Thanksgiving dinner. I always tell people that talk about the slightly higher prices to remembeer that the sampler disc that comes with it is at least as valuable as the discs which are paid for. All the samplers I have from AIX are just loaded with just about everything imagineable. Of course there's a downside to the samplers: once your listen, you're inclined to buy more :p .

edit: "remembeer" lol :) I think I need one.

DAB, gotta know what disk you have? I have "Brand New Opry" along with a sampler disk. I agree. They are fantastic. It is very hard for me to tell the diff between the DVD-A side and dvd video side. They both sound superb, although, I do like playing them in stereo, too (so I can listen with my "good" speakers).

David, what does the first sampler disk have on it? I forget what it is called. Not the "High Resolution Audio Experience" disk (I have that one), but the other one being offered. I can't seem to find what is on it. It clicks to the album or something.

Frank.

We purchased Bach-Brandenburg concerto no.s3&5 & Juber Guitar Noir. I purchased these as an experiment to compare them to other music- no comparison in sound! AIX Rules! I have another very well mastered CD from a guitarist named Miguel De Hoyos {out of Baja and San Diego ca}, - I don’t think you can find the cd unless you find him where he plays. He truly is a fantastic guitarist. His CDs are well mastered & wonderful to listen to but the AIX CDs is still much better {it would be great to get De Hoyos on a AIX recording I would put it an order for 10,just give away as gifts.}. The BACH cd sounds like the instruments are in the room. The Hi-Res catalog give you a sample if many artist, so if you and your friends have some particular style a few different style are covered in the sampler.
**if it matters- i am playing these on a OPPO 970

DAB- I strongly recommend Brand New Opry, Nitty Gritty Surround, and Surf City Allstars "I Get Surround" as your next Aix. Ravel's Bolero is great too. I have about 12 Aix now and am about to order another $100 worth, at least.
[QUOTE=DAB]We purchased Bach-Brandenburg concerto no.s3&5 & Juber Guitar Noir.

I've been out of town...London to talk about HD Surround Audio and Durango, Colorado to attend a wedding, so I apologize for not chiming in earlier. Thanks to Felix for passing along the link to this thread. It always makes my day to read comments like those started by DAB. It makes all of the time and resources expended worth it when listeners...music lovers...discover the quality that can be encoded on a small piece of plastic. My motto has lately been, "one listen and we gotcha!"

New things are in the pipeline and nearing completion. John Gorka is one of my absolute favorite singer/songwriters. My sister turned me on to his music and voice over 10 years ago and it just resonated with me. Last December, he came to California to do a project with us. He stayed in our home, rehearsed his band at the studio and spent the day downtown doing what he does best...sing his thoughtful songs and playing the guitar. This guy is the tops in the "new folk" genre. His project is a Collectors Edition...more than 20 songs, music videos...the works. It should be finished in about a month. Samples are available on the web site.

Thanks again to the very supportive AVS readers...I'm pleased to be a part of this community.

I picked up Steve Pierson and Blues Head a few month ago and really enjoyed it, it's now one of my favorites. I just ordered Nitty Gritty Surround and can't wait. I'd buy the whole catalog if I didn't have so many (expensive!) hobbies to attend to.

You wouldn't be the first to have a complete collection of all 53 AIX Records titles...there are over a dozen people that can claim to own everything I've produced. It's heartening and curious...we have classical, Romanian folk music and a Latin Celtic Fusion Band...Bad Haggis.

One of the funniest phone calls I've every received was from a record company CFO that had been introduced to the Laurence Juber - Guitar Noir disc. He wanted more AIX titles and complained that the web site didn't have a "BUY ALL" button! What record company wouldn't love to have customers looking to buy everything you make. BTW He did purchase a complete set and leaves his credit card on file.

Trying to finish up the John Gorka title today...we're getting close.

Dr. Waldrep- Have you ever given any thought to doing a record with Ricky's sons, "The Nelsons". From the two or three tracks they did on the R.N. DVD I have, "Ricky Nelson Sings", Capitol EMI 09463-44226-9-7, they are really good and they shine with modern audio technology. With an installed base of 73 million baby boomers, it would seem like a natural. They have a nice sister too, and she would be an asset on a disk, even just talking. It can't be a big retrospective on Ricky's career, since that is what the disk I have is. Maybe their repertoire is mainly his songs, and that would be fine. We just need more than two of their songs on hi-rez, and that is where Aix would come in.
You wouldn't be the first to have a complete collection of all 53 AIX Records titles...there are over a dozen people that can claim to own everything I've produced. It's heartening and curious...we have classical, Romanian folk music and a Latin Celtic Fusion Band...Bad Haggis.


Trying to finish up the John Gorka title today...we're getting close.

Every time I get disgusted with the sound of my system, I'll put on the AIX disks that I have and remind myself that it ISN'T my system, its the source, even with the same player. By comparison, every CD I have sounds grainy, even the good ones.

I agree. CDs are barely listenable. They are irritating. They do vary in quality. I have one by Buena Vista Social Club that I can enjoy. A former recording engineer working at Borders Books told me that it was recorded right and so sounds better than most CDs. I understand that same album is out as a DVD-A and I may break down and pay again someday to get it in 5.1. Is is not a shame that 96 kHz sampling rate /24 bit word length and the storage media to hold it and the players to play it were not available in 1983 when the CD broke across the world? The CD standard should never have been born, being just inadequate to produce a satisfying listening experience. Apparently CDs can sound OK if you have really great, really expensive electronics and $50,000 speakers. Final irony, of course- When a fantastic and far superior new techonolgy, DVD-A, became available, all they could think to do was throw old tapes from the 60s and 70s on the new format and never advertise it at all. A very real advance just squandered by the record companies. It must be one of the rare anomolies in our capitalist stytem where a very superior technology lies unexploited when it could produce vast profits for those who want to just scoop them up. Mark Waldrep with his Aix Records is scooping as fast as he can, and I hope to hell he gets filthy rich doing it. I'm certainly buying his great disks.
Every time I get disgusted with the sound of my system, I'll put on the AIX disks that I have and remind myself that it ISN'T my system, its the source, even with the same player. By comparison, every CD I have sounds grainy, even the good ones.

I have to laugh at the concept of "scooping" up lots of easy cash making HD Surround Music products. While I'm interested in making a living doing the work that I do and I certainly wouldn't mind a little more jingle in the bank...making recordings and projects like AIX does is not lucarative. I do this for the love of music and the quest for the ultimate audio/music experience. We've come pretty close.

If I wanted to make a lot of money...this would not be the way to do it.

Dr. Waldrep- I cannot help feeling that you may be like Walt Disney in his early days, cartooning away in Kansas City. He had a great talent and just had to hit. I really think that if you could get interviewed on the "Today" show or something you would just go all the way. People all over the world love music and want great fidelity. They have been denied it since 1983 when the LP was killed. Just let them know about your product and I think you will be stunned by the response. It is a marketing issue, just as it was for Walt. I wish you could patent your process. You don't even need too since no one else seems to know how to do it. I saw a 90 minute program on PBS the other night about Les Paul. He was a gitarist all during the 30's, playing with Paul Whiteman and Fred Warring. Finally he got noticed by Bing Crosby in Hollywood. He, Les Paul, thought of the concept of overdubbing, had an Ampex tape recorder given him by Crosby modified by Ampex with an extra record head, and the rest is history. Actually, he was a great gitarist, invented overdubbing, found wife Mary Ford, and the rest is history. He is still alive apparently. Maybe you could talk to him about how to get noticed. Let him hear your products! He'll be stunned like everyone else. Maybe make a disk of him playing, and this time do use some overdubbing. Now THAT would be a disk!
I have to laugh at the concept of "scooping" up lots of easy cash making HD Surround Music products. While I'm interested in making a living doing the work that I do and I certainly wouldn't mind a little more jingle in the bank...making recordings and projects like AIX does is not lucarative. I do this for the love of music and the quest for the ultimate audio/music experience. We've come pretty close.

If I wanted to make a lot of money...this would not be the way to do it.

Not only is Les Paul still alive, he plays every Monday night at the Iridium club in NYC. He must be over 90 by now. My 14 year old son keeps asking to see him before he dies. He wants to see the inventor of his guitar.

WoW & WoW DVD-A

Two more thumbs way up for AIX. The Zephyr a cappella disc is my all-time favorite surround recording. My wife, who never notices audio quality, heard Guitar Noir and fell in love instantly. "It sounds like he's in our living room." When I got my order, Dr. Waldrep even went out of his way to help me troubleshoot a playback issue I was having (hardware related).

DR AIX, I have yet to purchase a product from you. I do want Guitar Noir as well, just haven't got off my duff yet. The first artist I thought of when I heard of your discs is Don Ross (http://www.gobyfish.com/Home.html). His music would be perfect for quality 2 ch solo guitar. It would be interesting to hear solo guitar in 5.1! Call him up, see if you can make a deal. If you can I'll be first in line to buy one.

I was in sonic heaven about 6 weeks ago. My favorite audio shop had some factory reps and their higher end equipment in for demos and chat. I took two of my AIX discs along (Guitar Noir, New Opry) for listening material. All three of the reps, four customers, and one owner of a speaker company were floored by the sound on these recordings. The equipment ($100,000+) reproduced everything the discs had to offer. I now have 7 AIX recordings, Lowen and Navarro, and Jonathan McEwen the newest. I am looking forward to getting the Rite of Spring, Bolero, and one or two others in the next couple of weeks. Dr. Waldrep, please keep doing what your doing as it sounds great and word of mouth will hopefully open up an even larger pool of talent for you to work with.

Recommend Bach as I feel Bach will eventually break through and get noticed. Surf City Allstars "I get Surround" is great surfer music. I love it. I too have to order up some more Aix. Have around 12 and I don' t want to miss out in case Dr. Waldrep ever quits with the physical disks. Isn't he a champ? Does anyone else deserve to get rich more than he does? He's like Howard Hughes, Walt Disney or Les Paul in their early days. IF only he could get Joan Baez to put her voice in his fantastic disks and The Stones with Keith Richards' fantastic playing. The American and Brit. governments should pay to have Aix do it to preserve national treasures.
I now have 7 AIX recordings, Lowen and Navarro, and Jonathan McEwen the newest. I am looking forward to getting the Rite of Spring, Bolero, and one or two others in the next couple of weeks. .

Recommend Bach as I feel Bach will eventually break through and get noticed. Surf City Allstars "I get Surround" is great surfer music. I love it. I too have to order up some more Aix. Have around 12 and I don' t want to miss out in case Dr. Waldrep ever quits with the physical disks. Isn't he a champ? Does anyone else deserve to get rich more than he does? He's like Howard Hughes, Walt Disney or Les Paul in their early days. IF only he could get Joan Baez to put her voice in his fantastic disks and The Stones with Keith Richards' fantastic playing. The American and Brit. governments should pay to have Aix do it to preserve national treasures.

Sorry to brake the brilliance of your "dream come true" story , nothing against that but after that if somebody here will say a word about me promoting Jero on this forum I will be more then surprized. :D

I think on this forum we are fogetting about over surround music producers like Elliot Scheiner, Phil Ramone, Ed Cherney and many others.

Don't take me wrong but instead of building monuments here let's have Dr. Waldrep describe how he producing his quality surround recordings, Mixing Approach, Recording techniques and that makes his titles different from another labels and learn about Dr. Waldrep work as well in this perspective.

Sorry to brake the brilliance of your "dream come true" story , nothing against that but after that if somebody here will say a word about me promoting Jero on this forum I will be more then surprized. :D

I think on this forum we are fogetting about over surround music producers like Elliot Scheiner, Phil Ramone, Ed Cherney and many others.

Don't take me wrong but instead of building monuments here let's have Dr. Waldrep describe how he producing his quality surround recordings, Mixing Approach, Recording techniques and that makes his titles different from another labels and learn about Dr. Waldrep work as well in this perspective.

Pat, I don't think we are trying to build a shrine to Dr. Waldrep or forget about the other producers you mentioned. Part of what is making him so popular with a few of us is he is so approchable. I can't think of many if any other producers that take the time to visit these sites and personally respond to questions here or via email from his company site. As far as his approach to recording I have seen him talk about it at some length in a couple of other forums If you google Dr. AIX you will find several forums he has visited and explained many of the questions you mention in your previous post. From what I have seen in his responses here and in other forums, he has been very good about not self promoting more than necessary to respond to the questions. Anyway Pat if you have any examples of new music you have heard that you have heard in DVD-a or SACD let me know as I am always looking to add to my collection and expand my horizons.

Pat, I don't think we are trying to build a shrine to Dr. Waldrep or forget about the other producers you mentioned. Part of what is making him so popular with a few of us is he is so approchable. I can't think of many if any other producers that take the time to visit these sites and personally respond to questions here or via email from his company site. As far as his approach to recording I have seen him talk about it at some length in a couple of other forums If you google Dr. AIX you will find several forums he has visited and explained many of the questions you mention in your previous post. From what I have seen in his responses here and in other forums, he has been very good about not self promoting more than necessary to respond to the questions. Anyway Pat if you have any examples of new music you have heard that you have heard in DVD-a or SACD let me know as I am always looking to add to my collection and expand my horizons.

You right, this is great that Dr. Waldrep is available to talk to us, I just made a comment because this tread was getting too fare from reality and tried to put an objective root into it.

I have Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Bolero and of course NITTY GRITTY SURROUND by AIX label considering it high quality Surround Recordings.

But my personal interest in surround music can seems kind of subjective I don't buy surround titles to listen to my favorite tunes in Surround Sound. I am looking for something new, exclusive and unique. That why the work by Alexander Jero (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=876557) is the point of my current interest in terms of experiencing music in surround sound.

Will AIX ever switch over to Blu-ray? Full 8 channel audio support, greater capacity to have multiple audio perspectives at the same resolution quality, higher PCM resolutions (or TrueHD or DTS MA) than DVD-Audio, etc.? 1080p extras if you so choose.

That would be cool!

Dan

I've been down in Texas for a few days of R&R with some friends and just returned today. I'll be able to write more after shifting through the 450 emails that I have...argh!

A couple of quick comments:

Ed Cherney, George Massenburg [I know them both], and others are the top guys doing records for the major label and celebrity artists, however, as Ed told a panel at the Hosme Theater Cruise, "We have to compromise". They have to meet the needs of the industry that pays their invoices and that means making hit records for their clients and artists. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily afford them the chance to make the best sounding recording...only the ones that will be approved and sell well.

In my own little world, I do not have to dumb down the tracks I make, I don't have to issue CD in Standard Defition/stereo and I can experiment with artists that truely want to explore what's possible. It's proven to work...given the word of mouth, the awards and the reviews. I couldn't be more happy with the response. My honest hope is to push the industry into better audio, more channels and the inclusion of multimedia. Maybe it will happen but it doesn't really matter to me. I'm happy to do the work that I do everyday...what more could someone hope for?

I can't afford to pay for the Blu-Ray/HD DVD world...way too much risk. The formats are at war and the market is too small for a niche guy like me. THe world of media servers and iTrax.com will be the answer going forward.

More later...

I agree. CDs are barely listenable. They are irritating. They do vary in quality. I have one by Buena Vista Social Club that I can enjoy. A former recording engineer working at Borders Books told me that it was recorded right and so sounds better than most CDs. I understand that same album is out as a DVD-A and I may break down and pay again someday to get it in 5.1. Is is not a shame that 96 kHz sampling rate /24 bit word length and the storage media to hold it and the players to play it were not available in 1983 when the CD broke across the world? The CD standard should never have been born, being just inadequate to produce a satisfying listening experience. Apparently CDs can sound OK if you have really great, really expensive electronics and $50,000 speakers. Final irony, of course- When a fantastic and far superior new techonolgy, DVD-A, became available, all they could think to do was throw old tapes from the 60s and 70s on the new format and never advertise it at all. A very real advance just squandered by the record companies. It must be one of the rare anomolies in our capitalist stytem where a very superior technology lies unexploited when it could produce vast profits for those who want to just scoop them up. Mark Waldrep with his Aix Records is scooping as fast as he can, and I hope to hell he gets filthy rich doing it. I'm certainly buying his great disks.

preach, brother, preach! amen!

Exactly,

Why don't name this forum: "Surround Music Formats by AIX records"
because it all look like his marketing strategy, everybody els who trying to promote anything els here are cheaters and spammers.

Not quite. :rolleyes: The quality of AIX discs speaks for itself.

My intent in posting to this list or any other is to offer a professional's perspective on surround sound [including my own efforts], answer questions of interest to those that frequent this list and to promote the world of high definition surround music. If the moderators or AVS Forum list management feels that my presence has stepped over a line at any time and prefers that I refrain from posting...I will respect their wishes.

I am not talking about how good his products are. I am talking about his self promotion marketing action that he conducting on that public forum especially regarding his itrax project then other people are getting banded and aquesed of spamming trying to promote where favorite artists. That a shame for respectful forum like AVS to support this kind of practice.

patmiller, I mean piterU,

My 2 cents... IMO there are major major differences between AIX discussion here and the Jeru promotion by patmiller in the other thread which so many folks found alienating.

- AIX is already well-known in the industry
- AIX has product that is respected by many here
- One can read reviews of AIX product by known reviewers, unlike that patmiller person who urges folks to buy blindly
- There are AIX fans here who are very interested in what he has to say, there only seems to be 1 of that other guy's fan here (who seems determined everyone else must be one too).
- We know who AIX is, it is open and transparent - nothing is being hidden. Having pat miller, who wrote all those "reviews" on amazon, suddenly appear and be so pushy here - and for us to not have any understanding of business relationship or association between him and the person he is seeminly promoting is, well, unsettling - and if there is no association between the two of them then his behavior seems pretty obsessive IMO.

Rather than pestering folks in this thread and fixating on AIX, why not try harder to understand human nature and adjust accordingly?

Guys and Ladies, I started this thread because I took an AVS member’s recommendation on how good these DVD-A sounded & made a purchase. And everyone (about 8 now) who have listened to these Cds, have said- to a person- these are the best sounding Cds they have heard. The reason we are all on this board is to – seek out and go where music hasn’t gone before.. If we are professional musicians, for-profit enterprise, or an insurance brokers like myself {who can’t carry a tune to save his life} wants in a professional way discuses and further our knowledge on this BB, why would anyone want to make negative comments on our having a discussion among friends. Dr. Aix has given us an insight on how really good reproduced Music can be. We elect to come into these threads, it isn’t like my Yahoo mail page that have these BIG popup adds blinking their spam as soon as I going to my mail page.
And everyone can notice, we have had very few “post reply” from Dr. Aix [ so where is the spam???]. Am I a “fan boy’” you betcha. & I’m purchasing more Cds next week to round out my collection. The only down side to Aixrecords is they have so few artist to represent…
So I respectfully ask Mark to keep his insights coming.
*Note I have never met or knew anything about AIXRECORD co. until I hear about it here on AVS- 2 months ago.
DAB

My intent in posting to this list or any other is to offer a professional's perspective on surround sound [including my own efforts], answer questions of interest to those that frequent this list and to promote the world of high definition surround music.And it is much appreciated. Please don't stop posting on the account of one pesky viral marketer that keeps coming back like a bad rash.

Best,
Sanjay

After I had bought ~ 5 Aix, I called there one morning in ~ April, 2007. Dr. Waldrep himself answered the phone. Wow, what a mind. We talked for nearly an hour and he is brilliant. I've passed the CPA exam and I'm a Stanford grad, but he would stand out among that crowd. He is very knowledeable about servers and of course all the technical aspects of hi-res. He was able to loose me pretty fast. If only he could get on the "Today" show or one of those. He would impress! He is totally enthusiastic about hi rez audio and you can tell he is the kind of person that is GOING to really go somewhere with this. The big money boys will place their chips on him if they ever pick up on what he is doing and if they ever talk to him. Dr. Waldrep, I wish you would take your company public and issue some stock. I'll sure buy some. You are like Sam Walton in 1960.
Guys and Ladies, I started this thread because I took an AVS member’s recommendation on how good these DVD-A sounded & made a purchase. And everyone (about 8 now) who have listened to these Cds, have said- to a person- these are the best sounding Cds they have heard. The reason we are all on this board is to – seek out and go where music hasn’t gone before.. If we are professional musicians, for-profit enterprise, or an insurance brokers like myself {who can’t carry a tune to save his life} wants in a professional way discuses and further our knowledge on this BB, why would anyone want to make negative comments on our having a discussion among friends. Dr. Aix has given us an insight on how really good reproduced Music can be. We elect to come into these threads, it isn’t like my Yahoo mail page that have these BIG popup adds blinking their spam as soon as I going to my mail page.
And everyone can notice, we have had very few “post reply” from Dr. Aix [ so where is the spam???]. Am I a “fan boy’” you betcha. & I’m purchasing more Cds next week to round out my collection. The only down side to Aixrecords is they have so few artist to represent…
So I respectfully ask Mark to keep his insights coming.
*Note I have never met or knew anything about AIXRECORD co. until I hear about it here on AVS- 2 months ago.
DAB

Fresno and others...I have really appreciate the support the AVS Forum has continuously offered me in the past. It's encouraging to know that our work is recognized and that there are music enthusiasts that are truely interested in advancing the state of the art when it comes to capturing and reproducing sound.

Thanks...been working really hard to finish one of our Collectors Edition projects...this one of John Gorka.

So here's the deal....we're going to have a DVD release party on the 16th of September in my studio and following up at McCabes that evening where John will be playing. The 9 months of work are behind me and now I get to share this amazing artist with his existing fans and hopefully some new ones. If there are AVS Forum readers that would like to receive an invite to this event, please email me privately. There's not a lot of room here and we will be having some members of the press, but I'll do my best. You might also want to acquire a ticket for the McCabes show that night.

If you don't know who John Gorka is...you should. He's the best singer/songwriter of the "New Folk" movement. I'm a huge fan and am thrilled that he's agreed to come an participate in our party and play at McCabes [which is right around the corner from the studio].