thursday, September 29, 1977
daily nebraskan
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More than music recorded at new Lincoln studio
Bv Jim Williams
Vande Hughes owns Arcane Sound Recording, a newly,
opened recording studio at 9 1 6 N St.
Along with AMP Sound Programming and WW Sound
Studios, Arcane provides musicians and others with pro
fessional recording services.
Hughes said a studio is useful to many people, includ
ing businesses that need cassettes, makers of radio and
television commercials, people with tapes to copy, people
who want to record their children's voices for posterity,
songwriters and musicians making demonstration tapes to
send to record companies or music students who want to
hear what their compositions sound like.
Hughes said recording on Arcane's eight-channel equip
ment costs $35-an-hour plus the cost of the tape. The
price includes the services of an engineer to run the equip
ment, he said,
' Hughes explained the recording process: in the studio,
the performer's sounds are received by a microphone. In .
the control room, the engineer uses a mixing board to
adjust the sound and feed it to the tape recorder,
The performer can listen to each channel as soon as it
is recorded to spot mistakes. When all eight, channels are
filled, the engineer re-mixes them to produce a balanced
sound.
"If you think about what's going on in the recording
room, you'll lose your concentration," Hughes said.
"Anyone -who comes in here, we'll explain to them any
thing they have to know to make a good recording.
There's a vast difference between recorded sound and live
sound."
Hughes is a musician. He said he bought the studio
mostly for the use of his group, "Matthew," which he de
scribed as a jazz and jazz-rock band, Other members are
Chris Hall, Bob Dale and Paul McFarland.-
, Hughes said the group needed a studio because it does
not make live appearances. He said there is no place in
Lincoln to play the group's type of music.
"The group is not trying to foster any kind of
sexual glitter rock," he said. "We're trying to get people
to listen more carefully. Our music is not dance music."
Hughes said "Matthew" once cut a 45 rpm record.
"To be honest with you, we had a hell of a time getting
anybody to listen to' it," he said. He said Lincoln radio
stations showed no interest even in listening to the record
simply because it was by a local group. "I was really dis
appointed," Hughes said, "In fact, I was shocked."
Hughes said many talented musicians cannot record
because large conglomerates control the national music
industry.
"The main problem in recording is to get the optimum
use of the time you're paying for," he said, "There are a
lot of good groups around the country who can't afford
recording."
Qits & Q
Medieval atmosphere greets The Alley shoppers
By Kathy Foreman
Editor's note: This is second of a two-part series on a
new section of Omaha's Old Market. . . The Alley.
The atmosphere of the street level shops, like the rest
of The Alley is distinctly European. The walk-way outside
the street level shops is dim and tunnel-like, built into the
side of the building. But instead of the dank smell
common to tunnels, the street level walk-way is scented
with the spicy aroma of potted geraniums placed on the
ledges. .
In such a medieval atmosphere, visitors might almost
expect to see a wizard, a Merlin of the Old Market. The
visitors will not be disappointed if they visit The .
Sorcerer, The smallest shop in The Alley, The Sorcerer
has a Hawaiian witch mask and a devil's head that seem
to hex each other from opposing walls, The window
displays Voodoo Doll Kit complete with pins and instruc
tions for only $1.75, Other items at The Sorcerer include
books on magic tricks, ESP and I Ching, Tarrot cards and
good luck pendants. A sign on one wall proclaims, "Yes!
We do magic shows!"
The first time I went to The Sorcerer, the shop was
closed. A sign on the door explained the keeper had "Van
ished." However, returning a few minutes later 1 found a
man Jn . his , fifties, , wjtl greying r black hajr, beard and.
mustache. .He was performing slight-of-hand tricks and
demonstrating his psycho-kinetic abilities to entranced
shoppers. The magician was Fred Crouter, who, with his
partner, Larry Brodahl owns The Sorcerer.
Magic performances
Crouter, a practicing psychologist in Council Bluffs,
has been interested in magic since the age of nine when he
saw "Blackstone, the last of the great illusionists,"
Crouter was so inspired he even performed magic profes
sionally for ten years. His partner continues to perform
a nightly magic act at R.C, Tetley's restaurant.
According to Crouter, both men opened the magic
shop three weeks ago as a hobby, Although business has
been "very good" Crouter jokes that soon he plans to
hang a sign in the store warning customers: "Cursed be
he that shops and does not. buy." However, Crouter said he
was afraid people would take the sign, like magic in
general, too seriously. "We just have fun down here with
our magic," he explained.
Neighboring The Sorcerer, The Knotty Lady is the
brainchild of a former hospital dietition, Mary Applegate.
Her husband, Bill, who mans the shop on weekends, said
business has been steady since their July 10 openings.
Macrame is the main stock and trade of The Knotty
Lady. Those considering themselves "artsy-craftsy" will
find instructional booklets, beads, yarn and-burlap to .
make their own macrame designs. However, those with
less skill and time will find all kinds of "macrame items
Musicians to jive thrice
Jazz musician will be jivin' this weekend at the Lin
coln Community Playhouse.
The Lincoln NeoClassic Jazz Orchestra will present
three concerts at the Playhouse. The concerts today and
Friday will begin at 8 p.m., the Sunday concert will be at
2 p.m., said John Tavlin, a member of the NeoClassic
Jazz Orchestra board of directors.
Ticket prices for the evening shows are $3 per person
and the Sunday matinee price is $2.50 per person.
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hanging from the walls and ceiling.
There are scores of wall hangings, plant holders,
jewelry items, mirrors and lamps. Bill Applegate explained
that all items in the store are, handmade by either his wife
or himself. . ,
"She makes 99 per cent of the stuff and I make the
rest," he said.
Rya rugs
Also available at The Knotty Lady are Rya Rugs, either
in kits or handmade by the Rya distributor, Georgia Ever
man. The retired, junior-high librarian said she believes
she is one of three dealers in the United States of this
decorative rug from Denmark.
The third shop on the street level is The Rainbo, a
teacoffeecookware shop owned by "Debi Arendt. This is
the third year The Rainbo has been in The Market and
store clerk Moe Griffin said it was the first shop to open
in The Alley area.
For those seeking exotic teas, the selection is vast,
including English breakfast tea, apple, cherry and Russian
tea. Coffees at The Rainbo come from all over the world
as evidenced by their names, Colombian, Viennese Cin
. namon, Kilamanjaro, and Mocha Java.
Moving down to the basement level, shoppers find
Crabtree and Evelyn, a bath and soap shop owned and
operated by Joel Kenison. A South Dakota native,
-Kenison has expanded his Sioux Falls operation in The
Alley. At this time, Kenison still is stocking his store with
hand and body lotions, wicker bath accessories and soaps.
By Christmas , Kenison plans to sell 1,500 varieties of
soap. He carries the exclusive dealership in this area for
Crabtree and Evelyn soaps from England. Kenison also
plans to add perfumes and men's shaving accessories to his
stock.
The remaining shop to explore is The Rose Garden.
Open only four months, this shop is filled to the rafters
with every variety of fresh, dried or silk flowers. Interest
ing and costly arrangements using flowers and driftwood,
shells and candles, line the shelves of the large, aromatic,
i shop. Baskets of multicolored Uva grass, giant pampas and
Yarrow wave gently in the air currents of passersby, while
the many eyes of the peacock feathers watch customers
browse.
Owned by Carol Steveck, the Rose Garden also carries
a large assortment of candles, windchimes and insult
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Pianist Misha Dichter will play as the second artist in the Performing Arts series. '
Renowned pianist performs Sunday
Internationally renowned pianist Misha, Dichter, hailed
. by Newsweek magazine as "the best of the new breed of
pianists," Sunday night will perform at Kimball Recital
Hall," according to Ron Bowlin, UNL performing arts
coordinator.
Dichter began piano lessons at the age of six when his
family lived in Los Angeles, Dichter and his Polish-born
parents emigrated to Los Angeles in 1948 from his birth
place, Shanghai.
He studied with Aubi Tzerko in Los Angeles and
with Rosina Lhevinne at the Juilliard School of Music
in New York. While at Juilliard he won the Beethoven
Concerto Competition and was awarded the school's
highest scholarship, the Joseph Lhevinne Scholarship.
From there, Dichter traveled to Moscow, where he cap
tured the Silver Medal of the Tchaikovsky Competition.
. The Moscow victory -"was followed by a performance on
national television with the Boston Symphony at the
Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglcwood. The NBC-TV
broadcast introduced Dichter to millions of Americans.
Since then he has toured the United States, the Middle
East, the Far East, the Soviet Union and Europe. His U.S.
concerts have included appearances with major orchestras
such as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland
Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Sympho
ny, and the Los Angeles Symphony. Overseas concerts
have been in the cities of London and Berlin.
Over the years Dichter's reputation has grown so that
international newspapers have called him "an intense
pianist, a fine virtuoso," "a superb musician," and said,
las music contains "that extra something-personality,
electricity," and "romantic fervor with princely self
discipline." The program for Dichter's Lincoln recital will include
"Six Variations in F Major" by Beethoven, "Grand
Sonata No. 3, Opus Posthumous" by Schubert, "Fas
chingsschwank aus Wien" by Schumann, and "Sonata No.
7 in B flat Major" by Prokofiev.
Tickets for the concert are available in the Kimball
box office, according to Bowlin.
