The Jawshop Presents Reel to Real

Image of Paul the jawshop Clifford playing and recording an Erhu with a Wollensak reel to reel

Recording a Cell Tower

Ride along with Paul Clifford’s Jawshop Adventure Recordings. In this episode he revisits his local cell tower and implements his magic to extract his unique and amazing audio recordings.

If you are curious about what a bow pulled across a spring attached to a cell tower sounds like or are just interested in how the art of field recording and how sounds are captured then we invite you to visit the Jawshop and check out the audio treats.

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The Jawshop Presents Cedar Branch Scout

Paul Clifford returns with quick scouting video demonstrating the tuning of cedar branches that in a second future attempt, will be bowed and broadcasted using three submerged speakers into an underwater forest spring/ pond using contact mics, whilst exclusively being recorded by a hydrophone.

The Jawshop Presents Drums in a Silo

Tag along with Paul Clifford on his fun adventure to record drums in an empty grain silo. In this episode of the Jawshop Adventure Recordings Paul sets up his Gretsch Drum kit in a Grain Silo. If you would like to hear the killer reverb he produced check out the video below.

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The Jawshop presents The Brick Organ

  • A still image of Paul Clifford with a brick from the video recording an organ from Paul Clifford's Jawshop Adventure audio recording studios
  • A still image of a microphone recording an organ from Paul Clifford's Jawshop Adventure audio recording studios
  • A still image of bricks on an organ from Paul Clifford's Jawshop Adventure audio recording studios
  • A still image from the video recording an organ from Paul Clifford's Jawshop Adventure audio recording studios
  • A still image from the video recording an organ from Paul Clifford's Jawshop Adventure audio recording studios

In this episode of the Jawshop Paul supplements the studio church organ with a liberal addition of bricks in order to convert it into a midi pad. If you would like to hear the results of his efforts check out the video below.

The Jawshop presents Recording an IR in a Cave

  • Musician Paul Clifford, field recording at the jawshop adventure recording studios.
  • Musician Paul Clifford, field recording at the jawshop adventure recording studios.
  • Musician Paul Clifford, field recording at the jawshop adventure recording studios.
  • Musician Paul Clifford, field recording at the jawshop adventure recording studios.
  • Musician Paul Clifford, field recording at the jawshop adventure recording studios.

In this episode of the Jawshop we travel into a small cave to capture an IR (Impulse Response) using an AEA R88 stereo ribbon mic. This short video includes examples of sounds put through the cave IR so you can hear how cool the effect sounds.

RainCatcher

  • Join Recording Artist/Musician Paul Clifford and his custom Airstream Mobile Audio Recording Studio on his recording adventures in rural Ontario, Canada. The locations for his field recording adventures include rivers, forests, silo’s, culverts and a whole lot more.
  • Contact Mics attached to Recording Artist/Musician Paul Clifford's custom Airstream Mobile Audio Recording Studio on his recording adventures in rural Ontario, Canada. The locations for his field recording adventures include rivers, forests, silo’s, culverts and a whole lot more.
  • The Jawshop Studios are unique combination of in-house and mobile recording studios operated by artist/musician Paul Clifford who also hosts a podcast and adventure recording channel.

On this episode of the Jawshop Adventure recordings Paul sticks a little closer to home as he records the sound of rain on the roof of his custom airstream, mobile, audio recording studio.

The Jawshop Studios are unique combination of in-house and mobile recording studios operated by artist/musician Paul Clifford who also hosts a podcast and adventure recording channel.

The Cliffs and Bones Project

We proudly present The Cliffs and Bones Project, the self titled EP musical collaboration between University of East Hastings Alumni Bob Hamm and Paul Clifford. The accompanying video contains the full audio with lyrics.

Track Listing: 
1. Dan's Passing 
2. If I had a Guitar 
3. Travelin' On 
4. Working Man 
  • A graphic illustration of musician composers Bob Hamm and Paul Clifford, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.
  • A graphic illustration of musician composer Paul Clifford, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.
  • A graphic illustration of musician composer Bob Hamm, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.
  • A graphic illustration of musician composer Paul Clifford, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.
  • A graphic illustration of musician composer Bob Hamm, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.
  • A graphic illustration of musician composer Paul Clifford, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.
  • A graphic illustration of musician composer Bob Hamm, The Cliff's and Bone's Project.

All songs written by Bob Hamm Produced by Paul Clifford of The Jawshop Adventure Recording (Dan’s Passing produced with Bob Hamm) Performers: Bob Hamm – Vocals, guitars, keyboards and more Paul Clifford – drums, keyboards, sound effects and more.

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Dancing Grouse Animation

Cocky chick, 
Cocky chick,
Itching for a fight,
Until it gets too real,
Then he opts for flight.

This little animation was inspired in part by an encounter I had with a young grouse chick who was attempting to intimidate me with his incredible moves. Rather than flee in terror I watched the display and was impressed with this brave little chick. But also when Paul Clifford sent me his musical number Woke Dreams that my imagination was inspired and soon after this little Grouse and his moves became a video. Why? Simply for my own amusement I guess, there is no deep thought or meaning in this number, nor does it reflect actual Grouse reality or culture in anyway but is meant as a portrayal of human culture. Be aware that I did create it with a younger audience in mind, with the intent of bringing a smile to a child’s face so maybe this video is not so shallow or meaningless after all.

Several species of Grouse are common in Coastal Salish territories, they are numerous and are a food source for both people and other wildlife. Personally I love to hear the sound of their drumming coming from the edges of the forest, it is both a magical and haunting sound from a beautiful and brave little bird.

Like what you hear, Woke Dream the music from this video along with other amazing audio loops created by Paul Clifford’s Jawshop Adventure Recording Studios will soon be available at our coming soon new loop shop SpiceRack.

The Jawshop presents ‘Working Man’ – by Bob Hamm

I am delighted to be sharing more of Bob Hamm and Paul Clifford with you all. These two seasoned professionals and University or East Hastings Alumni have teamed up again to bring us another brilliant tune and music video. This tune is titled Working Man and was written in their honour so we invite all you working men and the people who love them to give it a listen, unlike most things these days it won’t cost a dime.

Working Man Words and Music composed by - Bob Hamm 
Performers: 
Bob Hamm on Guitar and Vocals
Paul Clifford on Drums
Video Production - The Jawshop Adventure Recording Studios