| | Wyn doing pre-production work inside the CCTV recording truck prior... | |
| | | Ling Dian's producer, Funky Sueyoshi (r), and his friend, Shigeta ... | |
| | | Another shot of Wyn working his magic during pre-production inside ... | |
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| | Wyn & Funky cheer for Wei (c) as he shows up with the missing S... | |
| | | Funky teaches us that in China, the work ethic is always "eat first... | |
| | | (l to r) Two staff members, Batu, and Funky relaxing for a brief mo... | |
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| | The weather in Beijing was great- sunny & high 50's almost ever... | |
| | | Where are the wall of Marshall stacks? Chinese musicians prefer fu... | |
| | | (l to r) Wyn, Funky, and Mr. Wong discuss the procurement of audien... | |
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| | 60,000 person capacity stadiums rock! I want to play one someday! =) | |
| | | Funky- the drummer, producer, and musician-of-all-trades during sou... | |
| | | (l to r) Mr. Wong, Ding, me, Funky, and Wyn during soundcheck. Lin... | |
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| | It's Chinese custom to burn incense and pray before each show for ... | |
| | | It's also customary to have a feast of roasted pork. Mmm... Yummy... | |
| | | A wide view of the concert stage. No expense was spared to make th... | |
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| | Ling Dian's singer Xiao Oh (l) and guitarist DaMao (r) being rock ... | |
| | | Ling Dian's Dong Dong checks his bass during soundcheck. Is that ... | |
| | | Another stunning view of the concert stage. | |
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| | Wei (l), DaMao's friend of over 20 years, took the best of care of... | |
| | | Full deployment of the PRC's security police ensured there would b... | |
| | | We begged & borrowed to get the Pro Tools gear needed to record... | |
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| | The PowerMac G4 DP867 (mirrored doors) that Batu (Chia Tai Ice Musi... | |
| | | The CCTV recording truck came w/ 4 DA-88's hard-wired to the 32-ch... | |
| | | We borrowed 2 DA-38's to get a redundant 16-bit 48-track recording... | |
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| | An add'l Mackie 24.8 that we borrowed to use w/ the DA-38/ 88's. | |
| | | The 32-channel SoundCraft mixing console in the CCTV recording truck. | |
| | | The PRC are weary of ANY types of public gatherings, apparently. C... | |
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| | (l to r) The drummer from Beyond, Kelly, and Funky at the after-sho... | |
| | | Ling Dian's keyboardist, Chao LeMeng (l) and the drummer from Beyo... | |
| | | Chao (l) came by to give his warm-hearted thanks to Wyn on a job we... | |
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| | A shot of Mao TseDong's tomb, which faces Tiananmen Square. | |
| | | Another memorial of some sort on Tiananmen Square. | |
| | | I never figured out what this minature was. But, it was an eye-cat... | |
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| | Wyn, outside one of the gov't buildings on the left side of Tianan... | |
| | | There was an interesting display of red flags and writings on Tiana... | |
| | | There was a beautiful fountain and a flood of tourists on Tiananmen... | |
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| | Hey, who are these handsome foreigners and what are they doing here? | |
| | | Another wide-view of the Tiananmen Square gate. | |
| | | A view of the first gate of the Forbidden City, just inside the Tia... | |
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| | View from inside the first outside gate of the Forbidden City. | |
| | | You too can have your photo taken as Ching royalty! =) | |
| | | Police firearm training in public, on the Forbidden City walkway?!!... | |
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| | I wasn't sure what these people were doing, but they looked intere... | |
| | | Outside the Forbidden City #1. | |
| | | Outside the Forbidden City #2. | |
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| | We were accosted and taken to an art gallery by a tour guide. Pain... | |
| | | Painting of the four seasons: Summer. | |
| | | Painting of the four seasons: Autumn. | |
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| | Painting of the four seasons: Winter. | |
| | | One of the many Mongolian feasts Wei treated us to had live singers... | |
| | | Outside the Great Wall park offices. | |
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| | Wei (l) and Wyn (r) outside the Great Wall park offices. | |
| | | Many sections of the Great Wall are broken and separated from the m... | |
| | | A breath-taking view of the Great Wall of China. | |
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| | The meandering Great Wall of China. | |
| | | A view of the cable cars that took us up to the Great Wall viewing ... | |
| | | Another breath-taking view of the Great Wall. | |
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| | Another view of the meandering Great Wall. | |
| | | Some parts of the climb on the Great Wall were over 60 degrees in i... | |
| | | On top of the Great Wall. | |
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| | Cute camel #1, at the Great Wall parking lot. The owner tried to c... | |
| | | Cute camel #2, at the Great Wall parking lot. | |
| | | Wyn (l) and Funky (r) hard-at-work during editing. | |
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| | Wyn (r) and Funky (l) during editing. | |
| | | DaMao ripping it up during a touch-up recording session in Chia Tai... | |
| | | Our last meal in Beijing- a luncheon w/ the band before our 4:45pm ... | |
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| | Best buds- Ling Dian's drummer, ErMao and Wyn. | |
| | | Best buds- Ling Dian's Chao LeMeng and Wyn. | |
| | | (l to r) Xiao Jie, Wyn, and Ling Dian's DaMao. DaMao and his wife... | |
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| | Best buds- Wyn and Funky. Funky took the best of care of us in Bei... | |
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