What's new....

Playing Out has slowed down this year--but I am not feeling that bad about it, because all my other friends who have been playing out for years are saying their work has slowed down as well. Maybe it's the economy, or maybe it's the proliferation of DJ's, but it's sort of become buddy-can-you-spare-a-dime among us working musicians. So I am Looking For Work I will play anywhere in California (actually anywhere at all) if the pay is OK. Or maybe even if the pay isn't OK.

If you want to hear some of my playing, I have posted some samples of the "Chunk Project", an album of funk grooves I finished in 2007. If you like what you hear and want to buy it (yeh!) it's the low-low price of $15 plus $2 shipping for North America. Paypal sales at charlielamm.com. Go to the CD page to learn more.

As music work has slowed down a bit I am doing some more stuff with electronic/tech these days. I can clone pretty much any effect or stomp you can think of, provided it's something analog and not too huge, email me at the contact page info if you want pricing. I am posting some more demos using the Big Muff Pi clone I built. Yes, you can get the sort of Brian Enoish sounds with this with a bit of processing in series with the unit. I hand-pick the components that go into this--I hand pick the components of pretty much everything I build or mod-- so I can guarantee you it sounds a hell of a lot better than one of the Reissues you can buy from G-C. Go here.

Finished a clone of the Mutron III auto-wah. Another favorite from my childhood, but does it sound as good as I remember? Probably not....but still came out OK I guess. Here's my build report, along with a sound demo.

Since some people who contact me about work seem to always ask this, here is a list of my current live setup.

FOR SALE! Yes, they're still a few in stock and ready to sell....as of March 2009 there are still about 10 left....the Irwin VCA in case anyone is building synth or automation projects and needs some great sounding audio or CV VCA's for cheap. I also have some extra DIP versions of the most-excellent SSM2164's (a few extras anyway....) available for sale. I hear these are geting harder and harder to find, but I still have 'em. NOTE: At this point I'm not going to make up any more PCB's of this VCA, so when they're gone they are gone. I've sold lots of these now and gotten no complaints, which means I must be doing something right....so if you're thinking about scooping the last ones up, have at it.