A New Recording & Mastering Studio in Baltimore
Baltimore’s own Kadman came in to the studio last week to record 2 songs for their upcoming EP. The sessions went smoothly. We tracked drums, guitar and vocals. The bassist is on vacation and should be back in the next week or two to finish up his portion. We’ve done some rough mixes and they are sounding pretty good.
Construction is complete. The sofa has been relocated. Cables are strung from the console with glee. We have a handful of sessions booked and even more studio tours scheduled. The winner of our free session at Kevin’s Concert is planning her time with us. We’re just itching to get all the last minute details in place so we can officially open our doors and plan our open house. Natty Boh, anyone?
We can now cross the website off the list. If you’re reading this, it must be done now. We intend for this to be not just a brochure site, but a micro community. A place to discuss local music, thoughts on music-making and the industry in general, and ideas for projects. We’ll keep you up to date on who’s in the studio and what artists we’ve worked with in the past are doing now. So if you’re planning a session with us, send us a link to your website and your upcoming gigs and we’ll be happy to post them.
In my younger days I wasn’t much of a Cure fan. They were mopey. Wore dark clothes. And were considered “gothic”. Something I couldn’t wrap my finger around. Until I heard their album Mixed Up, which was simply remixes and rearrangements of their studio songs. At that time, anything with a drum machine was offensive to me. It felt inhuman, like a sub-par replacement. I didn’t see the big picture of what could be created and innovated with a drum machine. Anyhow, regardless of my problems with a certain instrument, the record spoke to me. Namely the remix of Caterpillar and Inbetween Days. They were so completely different from the originals; they were almost new songs.
25 recordings have been added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. It’s great Herbie Hancock is finally in there. Of course he was sort of in there when Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key Of Life was added, but he was only a side-man there.
01. The first trans-Atlantic broadcast (March 14, 1925)
Nickel Bag Of Funk