Mike Watt –
In the Studio for Bullet Cable/Core X2
LIVE
By Kimmy McCann • Apr 15th, 2009 • Category: Bullet Report
We will try to keep it real throughout the day: Mike Watt in the studio.
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We will try to keep it real throughout the day: Mike Watt in the studio.
Stealing is wrong.
24th Street Theater recently lost their funding, and Tenacious D organized a benefit show to raise funds and create awareness for the 24th Street Theater so that they can continue their community efforts.
This last year, I was sitting at a table I found and next to me a conversation was taking place that I found interest in. I sort of joined the conversation on the outside ring and as the conversation progressed, I found myself in the company of some of the coolest people at Eventide.
Our day is about sharing music, talking with people we want to talk to, hunting around the internet for something to share, designing, designing, designing. Best of all: Doing our part to support the making of music and being excited for those who do it successfully.
If you want to know how Core X2 and Bullet Cable sound in recording, you have a pretty extensive collection of bands and musicians who have used them in the recordings of Revolver’s “The Unit” Challenge. All of the songs, recently posted on their site, brings back memories about how we helped make this happen.
Kii Arens, the talented designer for Eagles of Death Metal’s new CD, “Heart On”, gives Core One an interview about the cover art.
I told Ann Summa that we wanted to glorify East LA and the low-rider car culture by doing ads taken in neighborhoods with people hanging out with their cars. Since modern car culture is reference to both Hot Rods and Low-Riders, we thought we would do the local of the two references and see where it could take us. Since all of our ads are about musicians living multi-activity existences (including music), we thought that cars worked into our customers’ multi-dimensional lives and it should be shot this way.
Paul Gilbert asked us to include him as a Bullet Cable endorsee when he approached us at Winter NAMM 2008. He had been using, and publicly decreeing coil cables as his choice beginning in December 2006 when he appeared with John Petrucci on the cover of Guitar One Magazine. This article tells the story about our response to finding out that a present day legend was showcasing one of our best selling cables.
John Taylor, of Duran Duran, contacted our office about a special project that he wanted us to be a part of for Peavey and Juicy Couture. This story is our version of what transpired when we helped create a limited plug and play station for Neiman Marcus, with John as our inspiration.