O music, In
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with our ears and hear with our hearts.
Khalil Gibran
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Alec Wilder
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Firstly, Benchmark Mastering has been moving along smoothly, working with an amazing variety of artist and music from all over the world. It does appear that in these troubled times the world still wants it's imaginations tantalized by the amazing power of music.
Now for some exciting news!
Daniel Jones and Benchmark Mastering have an announcement to make. Benchmark Mastering will manage the historic Level 7 studios. Daniel will be busy overseas working on various project and we have come up with this new arrangement to utilize this amazing historic recording facility, making it available to the music industry at large. So effectively we are offering under one roof, a "one stop shop" where a song and/ or idea can be produced, recorded, mixed, mastered and manufactured or uploaded onto the net. For more information see our websites and / or contact me directly.
The philosophy behind making this amazing facility available to all is to “up” the quality of the sound of music down under. We have a plethora of amazing talent that is competing with the rest of the world and there’s a need for a top quality production house to set high standards on an international level. Part of the philosophy is recognizing that this is a “people” business, although the technology is important the focus will be on experienced, passionate, like minded people to front up the facility. The experienced and well known “Anthony The” previously of Velvet Studios Sydney has joined us and has been busy over the last few months producing, recording and mixing new upcoming local bands and projects at the new L7 studios. We are also about to announce collaboration with the legendary international producer / engineer John Hudson previously of Mayfair Studios London. John’s resume reads like a who’s who of the international music scene, just visit the Mayfair Studios website and see for yourself. Johns experience will be a huge benefit to our industry, both from the music / production viewpoint but also John’s willingness to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of producers and engineers.
So exciting times ahead, watch out for the L7 / Mayfair / Velvet / Benchmark revolution.
On a personal note, our family has had a sad year. Earlier this year we lost our father, Ted Bartley whose frail, old and tired body succumbed to a sudden and short illness. Ted was a few months away from his ninetieth birthday and he was survived by his wife Enid and children, Stephen, Yvonne, myself, a plethora of grandchildren and great grand children. After a few months on her own our mother Enid has also passed way. She was as bright as a pin but her frail body had also had enough and she passed 1 day after her 89th birthday.
My mother was the musical one, she played the piano, the cornet in a women's marching band, read music and was the first to explain to me as a pre schooler about music and what an orchestra was. TV was not available in those days so the piano, radio and gramophone player were in constant use. The music we listen to varied from the latest popular to jazz and of course the classics. In the evenings the radio went on and we would lose ourselves to power of music and sound, we all became good listeners and had the best “ear training” you could ask for.
On the other hand and at a very young age I watched my Father with fascination working in his shed building and repairing radios and record players. My Father explained in very simple terms how these radios and amplifiers worked, even how to read a circuit diagram which for a 9 / 10 year old was an amazing experience that laid the ground work for my future hobby and career. Later in my teens I built my first Hi Fi system that included an amplifier with bass, midrange and treble controls, which I adjusted constantly. This is when my father commented to me that "Hi Fi does not mean more tops and bottoms, it means the music become more real and accurate!"
Thank you Mum and Dad.
Enid (1920) and Ted (1919) Bartley now rest in peace together.
2009
Thank you and talk soon.
Don