Last night, I celebrated with my fellow GRAMMY nominees from the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy at the very swanky Lodge at the Regency. (Which, I must add, features a fully functioning 1909 Austin pipe organ. If only they had blasted an ominous chord when they called me to the stage instead of, you know, just announcing my name...)

What a great time! As a newcomer to the Bay Area, I truly appreciate being welcomed into this community and meeting so many talented engineers and musicians and music creators.

Here is a short interview I did with Kitty Margolis for GrammyPro about "sonic archaeology" and restoring Erroll Garner'sThe Complete Concert By The Sea.

And here I am trying out Dolby Atmos, watching and listening to Paul McCartney perform "Live and Let Die" in full cinematic virtual reality. It's the future!

Like so many of us, I've been listening to David Bowie's Blackstar over and over these past few days. I have not been so emotionally unmoored by a work of art in a long time. It is devastating and uplifting and reminds me why we create art, why we need art. Bowie recorded this at The Magic Shop in NYC, the studio I called home for over six years. I was not involved with the project, but I would pass him in the hallways, and sometimes I could hear bass lines and kick drums through the ceiling. I had no idea what he and his fellow musicians, artists, producers and engineers were creating in the studio. I had no idea.

With turkeys.