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Gear Review: Andrew Brierly from the Home Recording Odyssey podcast sent in this audio demonstration of what he believes is a practical use of lava lamp technology in the recording process. Lava Lamp Plugin - RTAS For Mac Celebrity Interview: This week Big Al caught up with Mike Schettler, Mike Bolan's partner at Hit Street Records and owner of Shortler Studios in Spokane, Washington. The Shortler Studios Control Room Window See the full set of detailed picson our Flickr page Sound Studio Construction On A Budget Richard Oliver - Studio Designer The Stupid Knob: Jimmy Buffet takes a page from Willie Nelson's book! Viewer Mail: Shane Hendricks Dave Criddle

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Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: What was the longest title of a song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100? A: The 1981 Stars on 45 #1 hit, simply called Medley, "technically" is the longest song title to become a chart hit on Billboard. It originally appears in complete title form on the printed edition of the Billboard Chart. The actual title is: Medley: Intro Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going To Lose That Girl / Stars On 45 Congratulations to this this week's winner, the only person to answer correctly, Mr. Dennis McFall! Dennis takes home a copy of Guitar And Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at RenegadeMinds.com. See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr creative commons digidesign guitar and drum trainer ssl solid state logic vst lava lamp