When I get the opportunity, I make audio recordings of steel orchestras, as well as other mostly acoustic instrumental and choral music.  I have been involved in the audio/video business for over a half century, beginning when I was in the junior high school A/V club.  Most of my professional career, I have designed, installed, repaired and used professional audio and video equipment.  Audio has been my specialty.  For 36 years I was employed as a design engineer for the ABC television network.  Much of the time I have had to teach others how to use the equipment and, in order to do that, I had to be able to do it myself.  I also had to develop critical listening skills, in order to troubleshoot audio problems, particularly subtle ones.  I have been the Chief Engineer of a number of radio stations.  And as a part of my involvement with radio stations, my work also entailed recording and editing audio. 

Over a period of time I purchased some professional equipment and started doing my own recordings.  When I got involved with steelpan, I immediately wanted to record the instrument.  My equipment and technique has evolved and improved over the years up to the present, as I describe in articles on this website.  I have recorded many hours of pan music, some of which has been commercially released.

Not being satisfied with listening to and making my own recordings of live performances, I collect recordings (CDs, DVDs, records, cassettes and tapes) not only of steelpan, but also of calypso, soca and many other genres.  I can listen to pan day and night if I wish.  The quality of the recordings varies greatly: Some are excellent, some mediocre, others awful.  They are, all too often, technically deficient recordings of excellent performances.