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In the Air Tonight

In the Air Tonight

Welcome to Copper #94! As this issue goes live, I'll have just returned from a quick trip to NY and back----so sorry, no analysis of the Phil Collins song. I'll leave that...

In the Air Tonight

Issue 94Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #94! As this issue goes live, I'll have just returned from a quick trip to NY and back----so sorry, no analysis of the Phil Collins song. I'll leave that...

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Milky Way, Patagonia Mountains

Milky Way, Patagonia Mountains

Milky Way, Patagonia Mountains

Issue 94PARTING SHOT

Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

I’ve just started working with an independent jazz distributor from NYC, Jim Eigo with Jazz Promo Services. I’m highlighting several of his recent and upcoming releases in this issue; there are...

Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

Issue 94TO BE DETERMINED

I’ve just started working with an independent jazz distributor from NYC, Jim Eigo with Jazz Promo Services. I’m highlighting several of his recent and upcoming releases in this issue; there are...

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019

Things change. That’s inevitable, and occasionally, it is for the better. This year the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest moved from its familiar setting in the Denver Marriott Tech Center to the massive Gaylord...

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019

Issue 94FEATURED

Things change. That’s inevitable, and occasionally, it is for the better. This year the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest moved from its familiar setting in the Denver Marriott Tech Center to the massive Gaylord...

The Adventures of Jeff Beck: First Movement

Geoffrey Arnold Beck was a war baby, a term exclusively used for kids born during WWII, I think because of the sheer trauma of the times. He grew up in...

The Adventures of Jeff Beck: First Movement

Issue 94MUSIC TO MY EARS

Geoffrey Arnold Beck was a war baby, a term exclusively used for kids born during WWII, I think because of the sheer trauma of the times. He grew up in...

How Records are Made, Part 3: Quality Control

How Records are Made, Part 3: Quality Control

The telephone rings. “We have a few pallets for you, can we deliver tomorrow morning?” The next morning, an 18-ton truck with a hydraulic tail lift arrives. It is July...

How Records are Made, Part 3: Quality Control

Issue 94REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

The telephone rings. “We have a few pallets for you, can we deliver tomorrow morning?” The next morning, an 18-ton truck with a hydraulic tail lift arrives. It is July...

Siouxsie and the Banshees

There once was a time before “goth” was a meaningful word to describe black-clad young people who viewed the world with deep irony and high curmudgeon. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (born...

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Issue 94OFF THE CHARTS

There once was a time before “goth” was a meaningful word to describe black-clad young people who viewed the world with deep irony and high curmudgeon. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (born...

The Bass That Phil Lesh Gave Me

The Bass That Phil Lesh Gave Me

In one’s early life as a musician, one tends to look for signs along the way that you’ve chosen the right path. For me, there were a couple early indicators...

The Bass That Phil Lesh Gave Me

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 94MUSIC

In one’s early life as a musician, one tends to look for signs along the way that you’ve chosen the right path. For me, there were a couple early indicators...

Copycats

Copycats

Today we’re talking about musical imitation and modeling. Also ripoffs, quotations, homages, sampling. Apologies to those who’ve read my previous rants on these topics; I realize I’m going back to...

Copycats

Issue 94TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Today we’re talking about musical imitation and modeling. Also ripoffs, quotations, homages, sampling. Apologies to those who’ve read my previous rants on these topics; I realize I’m going back to...

Ancestry

A while back, I started messing about researching into my ancestry. I can’t say I was particularly drawn to the subject, but my daughter Lorna subscribed to ancestry.co.uk and wanted me to...

Ancestry

Issue 94QUIBBLES AND BITS

A while back, I started messing about researching into my ancestry. I can’t say I was particularly drawn to the subject, but my daughter Lorna subscribed to ancestry.co.uk and wanted me to...

Drive, He Said Part 3

Part 1 of this series in Copper #92 covered idler-drive turntables; part 2 in issue #93 examined belt-drive tables. In this installment, we’ll look at direct drive turntables…and yes, they did exist before the Technics SP-10 was...

Drive, He Said Part 3

Issue 94VINTAGE WHINE

Part 1 of this series in Copper #92 covered idler-drive turntables; part 2 in issue #93 examined belt-drive tables. In this installment, we’ll look at direct drive turntables…and yes, they did exist before the Technics SP-10 was...

That One, Right There

That One, Right There

That One, Right There

Issue 94RODRIGUES

Inevitability

  I recently had an interesting conversation with a Very Famous Audio Engineer. I asked about his background, how he grew up, and the factors that made him choose his...

Inevitability

Issue 94THE AUDIO CYNIC

  I recently had an interesting conversation with a Very Famous Audio Engineer. I asked about his background, how he grew up, and the factors that made him choose his...

Dating

Leslie. “I’m breaking up with you. I have never been so humiliated in my life.” For a brief while I dated a woman with the wonderful name of Leslie Goldinger....

Dating

Issue 94MUSIC'AL NOTES

Leslie. “I’m breaking up with you. I have never been so humiliated in my life.” For a brief while I dated a woman with the wonderful name of Leslie Goldinger....

Haydn Symphonies

Haydn Symphonies

Talk about classical canon: conductors and record companies never seem to tire of the Haydn Symphonies. Not that I object—there’s plenty of material to delve into. Haydn wrote 104 of...

Haydn Symphonies

Issue 94SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

Talk about classical canon: conductors and record companies never seem to tire of the Haydn Symphonies. Not that I object—there’s plenty of material to delve into. Haydn wrote 104 of...

In The Beginning

In The Beginning

Believe it or not, several people have encouraged me to write about my time in radio. Who cares about radio? Not even me, anymore. But I sure did then. As...

In The Beginning

Issue 94TRUE-LIFE RADIO TALES

Believe it or not, several people have encouraged me to write about my time in radio. Who cares about radio? Not even me, anymore. But I sure did then. As...