Recently Completed Recordings:

•Lisa Harriton is working on an album with Drew Sherrod producing and Mike Masters engineering. Lisa, former keyboardist for Smashing Pumpkins and currently in the Adam Lambert band, is also a keyboard instructor at Musicians Institute in Hollywood.

•Firesign Theatre - with all four original members - have recorded running commentary for two of their 1970’s Films. Both films, Everything You Know Is Wrong and Martian Space Party, are to be reissued on DVD in 2010. The audio commentary was engineered by Bob Wayne.

•Susan Rabin, former vocalist with Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, has been in tracking rhythm section and lead vocals for an upcoming release produced by Bevan Manson. The project is being engineered by Mike Masters.

•Pianist Evan Wish recording solo acoustic piano tracks for his follow-up to the critically acclaimed Lullaby Of Love –check out cdbaby.com for reviews. Produced and engineered again by Peter Granet (engineer for George Harrison, Michael Jackson, Linda Ronstadt & Van Morrison), this album will be released later this year or in 2011.

•Legendary Los Angeles area piano tuner Keith Albright recording an oral history of his career for a release as an audio book. Bob Wayne is conducting the interviews with Keith and engineering and editing the project.

Recently Completed Mastering Projects:

•Saxophonist Dale Fielder has mastered and released his most recent album titled Stellar Moments. The album was recorded last year here at Sunburst (see 3rd quarter 2008 Sunburst Newsletter) and was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Bob Wayne.

Recently Completed Archiving Projects:

•UCLA Special Collections, a department of the UCLA Research Library, is coordinating the transfer of some 350 plus hours from the audio archives of noted visionary and novelist Aldous Huxley. Known internationally for his 1932 novel Brave New World and other works, the massive collection was recently acquired by UCLA and includes reel to reel audio tapes of lectures, seminars, and radio & television programs. Sunburst will be doing the audio tape restoration transfers to digital over the next several months.

Other News :

•Our matched pair of AKG 451 E’s (small diaphragm condenser mics) have been recently rebuilt by Tony Merrill of Steven Paul Audio in North Hollywood, California.

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