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Article from MusicPlayers.com Scott Kahn

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MusicPlayers.com, the online magazine for serious musicians, interviewed Simon Collins about his third album, the U.S. debut of U-Catastrophe. In the interview he talks about the specific tools and gear he used to create the album, and how pleased he is with the results.

MusicPlayers: How did it all come together?

Simon Collins: I was looking for a deal in the States. I spent a great deal of time in Europe, and my records were fairly successful over there. I met Michael Caplan [who signed Collins to Razor & Tie in the USA] and at the time I was doing a cover of "Keep it Dark" by Genesis for their 40th anniversary.

I was working with Dave Kerzner, who owns Sonic Reality Software, and we did that together. I played it to Michael Caplan. He was working at Columbia at the time. He loved it. Flipped out and was, like, "Oh my god, we've got to do something here. We've got to get something going.

MusicPlayers: Tell us about some of the specific gear you were using. Our audience cares much more about what you're playing and how you're playing it than what you drank last night at dinner.

Simon Collins: [laughs] Well, I'm using Logic – I use Logic Audio, first of all, for my recording. And I'm using a Mac Book Pro. When I did the "Keep it Dark" thing with Dave [Kerzner], I ended up getting a load of free stuff. Apple Loops, AmpliTube... and Sonik Synth. I have a lot of sounds that I design myself through Nord and Waldorf.

... I prefer to use just a few items that I know how to use really well and then get the most out of them."


Simon Collins, in 2007 signed with Razor & Tie and set to work on what would be his first US release, U-Catastrophe. He teamed with producer/engineer Kevin Churko, winner of the 2008 Juno Award for "Recording Engineer Of The Year" honoring Ozzy Osbourne's "Black Rain."

Dave Kerzner, founder of Sonic Reality, has worked with a wide range of artists, producers and music, tv and film companies. His sound and music industry experience extends back to the first days of digital sampling and his company has provided both sample content and patch programming for many IK products including: SampleTank, SampleTron, SampleMoog, Sonik Synth, Miroslav Philharmonik.


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2009-02-26

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