Bill Belknap, Tulsa recording engineer on Rumblefish

[giovanni]

Hi everybody. Giovanni here.
In a few days I will post an interview with Bill Belknap, the engineer who worked with Stewart Copeland on 'Rumblefish' soundtrack. I know this is considered from many of you, one of the best recording ever done by Stewart as a solo artist, and wonder if you would like to place some specific questions to Bill. I already have some curiosities to ask, but as usual it would be great if we can work on it together, and I am sure that some of you would love to place some questions.
So c'mon nutters...it's our time again! I just give you a couple of days...ehehe, ok ok let's make three!
Thanks gang!

[Dietmar]

exact dates and places for the wiki, of course...
Dietmar

[ltwoman]

Heavens, Gio, I thought he'd died!

I'm going to defer to the more seasoned Nutters for burning questions. I can only wonder "what was it really like to work with Stewart at that tender age?"

[DirtyMartini]

This may or may not be useful, but Robin Yeager's writeup about recording RumbleFish might help you generate some ideas for your questions for Belknap, Gio:

http://tresvirgosstudio.com/history (scroll way down to RumbleFish).

Questions that pop into my head:

* What was the biggest challenge and/or most creative solution they came up with for RumbleFish? (Though I suspect those answers have been well covered already.)
* (Riffing off Dietmar) What equipment was used?
* Did he ever convince his wife that he'd worked with Stewart? --> http://www.stewartcopeland.net/forum/se ... 1&sr=posts

[smax]

leading from DM's (odd) link; what did Bill mean when he said "I still have the gun with your prints."?

[BABA]

OK, here's a question: did Stewart actually play a typewriter, or were the typewriter sounds sampled and run through a Fairlight?

Thanks in advance. I'll try to think of more questions.

[DirtyMartini]

*bump* for questions

(Hi, BABA!)

[giovanni]

Ok good, I will add them to my interview...I also have some exclusive pics that will be used together with the final edit of the interview on line.
Thanks.
Giovanni

[zilboy]

Ok, I have one: Why did Stewart's drums sound so horrible? Muffled, flat and dull - like cardboard boxes!