Well, a lot happens around here and each issue of Tape Op is harder to get out on time. There are changes happening too. Adam Selzer, who has been a tireless supporter and help around here, is going to take over a lot of the day-to-day work related to the magazine. That means that he'll be answering the mail, soliciting ads, and helping to keep the business end of this venture together. We moved the office out of my bedroom and into the front room at Jackpot! Recording, so we'll have a central place for contributors to drop in and possibly be able to take more folks up on their "intern" offers. Adam runs a great little studio (Type Foundry) here in Portland, and I want everyone to be nice to him.
I'd apologize for this issue being rather late, but you can read those kind of laments in plenty of other "zines". Instead, I'll tell you about some of the stuff that keeps the mag from getting done. It's probably no secret that I record music for a living, but for the new readers I'll mention it again. The studio has been incredibly busy for the last 6 months, with rock stars like Pavement, Elliott Smith, Petra Haden, Miss Murgatroid, Quasi and others dropping in most recently. I'm the main engineer there, with my lovely assistant Joanna Bolme sitting in on many sessions and getting closer to knowing her way around the board, patchbay and compressors. This means that I work a lot of 7 day weeks. I'm not complaining... I'm the one that over-books myself... but it doesn't leave much time for Tape Op, exercise, a love life or much else. Plus, being so wrapped up in playing music, recording and doing the mag gives me a strange feeling that I'm living some sort of monochromatic life.