The tracking room at Kaufman-Astoria. It's still early yet. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
A wider view. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Blurry, but there's my Kalamazoo. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Tenor 3s get down to practicing. The gentleman standing had flown in in from SFO. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Some fellow tenor 1s. Taichi Nakatani on the left with the Mosrite copy, and Ben Miller at the right. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Glenn Branca striking a commanding pose. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Blurry tenor 3s. Lots of activity! (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
A typical view during break. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
I'd not intended for the flash to go off here. But check out the flamed maple top on Kevin's guitar. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
The sea of guitarists. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Day two. Another practice. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
A break. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
A practice break, seen from the lectern. Reg, our section leader, is visible at front left. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
More practice. You can see Kevin right behind Ben's shoulder. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Food station carnage. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
We had plenty of bread on day 2. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
We sure generated a lot of trash. Note that this photo was taken before the next one--it can be hard to tell what time of day it is down there in the basement. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
The outside view of the studio. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
CUP, who earned my gratitude for great orange juice. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
The cases lined up in the hall outside the tracking room. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Tuning, reading, and always practicing. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
Fatigue is clearly setting in...but we would make it. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
I kept trying to get a visual sense of how many people there were, but it was not to be. Again, my Kalamazoo in front. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
A last view of the diner's sign. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)
The Canal Street crawl. I did like the sign, though. (Photo by Maurice Rickard)