News, a Celebrity Interview, a PSN Gear Review, we tweak the Stupid Knob and we have a special lava lamp edition of Viewer Mail! News:

Waves Announces MaxxVolume Plugin Alesis Introduces The CD Twin LE Smart Loops Launches SL Hit Tracks Digital Music Mentor Software Tex-Mex 'Bebop Kid' Freddy Fender has passed away at just 69 years old. His hits included Before The Next Teardrop Falls and Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, which rose to No. 1 on the country chart and top 10 on the pop chart that same year, while his songs Secret Love and You'll Lose a Good Thing also hit No. 1 on the country charts. He won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album in 2002 for La Musica de Baldemar Huerta. He also shared in two Grammys: with the Texas Tornados, which won in 1990 for best Mexican-American performance for Soy de San Luis, and with Los Super Seven in the same category in 1998. Freddy also appeared in the 1987 motion picture The Milagro Beanfield War," directed by Robert Redford. In February 1999, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. http://www.FreddyFender.com

Celebrity Interview: In part three of a three-part interview with Mike Schettler of Hit Street Records and Shortler Studios in Spokane, Washington, Al talks with Mike about mastering your tracks.

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UPDATE: The little mics from Naiant.com we talked about last week are out of stock until the first week in November. Gear Review: Zoom H4 Handy Recorder Edirol R-09 Recorder Viewer Mail - Special Lava Lamp Edition:

Michael: Lava Lamp In A Fender Guitar Caleb Hawkins Tim Burgess Crazy Joe: SurfLounge.com Liner Notes David "SpoonZ" Spooner: Lava Lamp Screensaver

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Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: While playing at Hollywood's Palladium in 1972, the guitarist in Chuck Berry's backup band was replaced by another one waiting backstage. The new musician played so loudly that Berry stopped in the middle of a song and asked the first guitar player to come back out. Who was the guitar player he kicked off the stage? A: Keith Richards! This week's one and only correct answer came from Ed Kachajian. Ed 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 ultramaximizer alesis led zeppelin the who sublime van halen freddy fender before the next teardrop falls wasted days and wasted nights secret love you'll lose a good thing la musica de baldemar huerta texas tornados soy de san luis los super seven the milagro beanfield war robert redford zoom handy recorder h4 edirol jimi hendrix michael dorr chuck berry keith richards