Our new (old) microphone
I bought a Neumann UM57, mainly because I can’t afford to splash 10k on a U47.  An engineer friend suggested I find a UM57 since they...
A day of ambient piano with Sonbahar
I had a nice day with composer Sonbahar this month. The day was spent recording piano, but not just the piano as it sounds normally....
Podcast Production 2022
I've been producing the Queer I Am podcast for host Andrew Flewitt during 2022. Andrew asked me if I could help him put a pro sounding...
Binaural recording underway
I made myself a basic binaural head set up during lockdown 3. I bought a polystyrene head, two lovely FEL omni Clippy mics and fitted...
Julian interviewed on Us People podcast
Here's a nice chat I had with Savia Rocks on her Us People podcast, which covers how I got into music and recording. I really like this...
Church Road publishes its first audiobook
I recently set up Church Road Audiobooks and my first book is Martine McDonagh’s dystopian climate novel ‘I Have Waited And You Have...
Fujiya & Miyagi new video
Here’s a new video we made for the band who have a new album out soon. Filmed over in Worthing with Gavin Williams and recorded live...
Revox B77 refurb
I met up with a very talented lazer engineer called Graham last year and we chatted about our mutual interest in tape recorders. Probably...
The Academy Of Sun/The Quiet Earth
Guest post from Nick Hudson of The Academy Of Sun
Our new (old) microphone
I bought a Neumann UM57, mainly because I can’t afford to splash 10k on a U47. An engineer friend suggested I find a UM57 since they...
