Stories

Everything that really matters is what the diary doesn’t see. A booking may last a day, but the work and relationships around it can continue for years.

Recording, mixing and mastering Aurora for YES — including stereo, surround and Dolby Atmos versions.

Nearly three decades of recording, mixing and friendship with Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson.

Dolby Atmos can create an immersive mix, improve stereo playback and open up new royalty opportunities.

Viola, piano and beautiful music recorded live at Curtis Schwartz Studio.

Roger Dean brought the original Aurora artwork to the studio — a special moment in the making of the third YES album recorded here.

A song in a country pub takes me back to Zermatt, 1972, and the strange ways music carries our past with it.

Long before Google knew everybody’s phone number, my mother did. A true story about Norma Jean Schwartz, Bell Telephone in 1950s Los Angeles, Frank Sinatra, Alan Shepard, unlisted Hollywood numbers, and the strange human world that existed before the internet.

Desert hikes, John Wayne, chess games and the unmade film that became part of my family history.