“Ohm Lad” is a nickname given to me by Frank Zappa. I got this name by fixing Frank Zappa’s guitar equipment while on the road with Frank and The Mothers of Invention. The “roadies” would break his guitar pedals and I would fix them by using my Ohm meter.
The Ohm Lad nickname didn’t stop with me. When good friend, Jim Seiter, Manager of Mobile Recording Services at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood, California learned of my nickname, he immediately coined one for my mentor, the great Harold Hill. Jim called Harold “Ohm Dad.” So . . . it came to pass that on any given day you could drive down our street and see Ohm Dad speaking in the most animated fashion to Ohm Lad. Perhaps they would stop at May’s Eatery on the way to the (then) world-famous Studio 4 for a cup of coffee and a “tea cake.”
John Dykstra once visited the Necam-equipped Studio 4. I was given the pleasant assignment of showing him how the (first ever) moving fader Neve console worked. He was so impressed that he insisted that I accompany him to Van Nuys so that I could see the motion picture equipment he used to film the space sequences for Star Wars. John was amazed at the Necam technology. I was equally amazed at seeing John’s motion picture studio.
This site used to be, then wasn’t, and now is again. Where has this site been? I let the domain name lapse. Someone seized the domain name and camped out on it for years hoping I would feel like bribing him or her to release it. They didn’t use the domain. I could not use it. Finally they “went away.” So now Ohm Lad Music is back.
it’s back because I’m recording again and I want to share the demos of my upcoming 2nd album, Love Songs (click CD 2 in the top menu).
I wish you Joyfulness and Contentment,
Barrymore
