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Pigeon Hole & Stuey Kubrick Present:

New video from Pigeon Hole, directed by our friend Stuey Kubrick. This song was one of the most fun to make on the record – it’s a real trip. The build up at the end has literally dozens of layers of little percussion sounds building into a giant crescendo. This video features hidden treasure, space men, and…. bonfires.

Check out Pigeon Hole’s new album “Age Like Astronauts” on iTunes

Sara Brudner is an amazingly graceful singer/songwriter residing in Vancouver, Canada. I had the pleasure of working with her, engineering a 6 song EP which is set for release August 27th, 2010. The record has a very lush and organic vibe. Production was handled by Josh Parsons, who brought a very unique and effective sensibility to the boards.

Catch Sara Live

For a taste of what you can expect, you can check out Sara this Tuesday, July 13th at the Biltmore. Sara’s live performance is a very true and well crafted representation of her studio efforts. For more info on the event, click HERE.

Listen to Sara

Two singles have been leaked so far, including her latest single “Two Tequila Shots & A Black Hole”

Coming Soon: A Behind The Scenes Look

Josh Parsons & Jamie Kuse at work on Sara Brudner's debut EP.

I will be providing an in depth behind the scenes look into the creation of the EP closer to the release date. The album has a lot of organic elements, and features some contributions from some of Vancouver’s finest studio musicians.

Keep your eyes out for Sara… she’s got that “it” factor.

www.sarabrudner.com

It was a fun session recording this track. Noble was literally fresh off the plane from Australia, and arrived at the studio right from the airport. Hadn’t seen him in what was probably a couple years, so this was a great “first time back” type of occasion. Noble knew all his parts perfectly because a year or two prior, a rough demo of it had been cut back at the Ephin studios.

Watch video from the recording session:

The Recording Process:

After a couple rye and cokes and some catching up, we were all ready to get cas in the booth. If i remember correctly, his verses went down in just one or two takes each, with full double layers thrown on for an extra thick sound – something that I almost always do with Caspian. He also recorded his parts of the chorus, with the holes left in in for Noble to slide in his vocals.

When Noble got in the booth, the process was just as smooth, again because he had all his parts already worked out. I picked a suitable mic / preamp combination for his voice and we were right into it. We filled in the his chorus layers first to get the vibe going, then took it from there. His bridge leads were done in a few takes, with me slicing it up on the fly and choosing the best lines from each take. Everyone in the studio was excited about how it was coming together, and knew right away we had a great single on our hands. A few adlibs later and we were done the recording. After another couple drinks with the guys and some catching up, we called it a night.

After we wrapped it up, the track ended up sitting for a several months before we ended up mixing it (the video footage is from 2009). When cas gave the go-ahead, i spent an afternoon on it. Didn’t go overboard, just made sure the vocals were sitting right: crisp and clean, and that the beat banged. My main focus on the instrumental was to ensure the string loop floated along, anchored by a smacking snare right in the middle of the mix to create the “head nod” feel. A quick master with my favorite pieces to get it up to volume, and we had our selves the final product you here now.

The Final Product:

Special mentions to Caspian, Noble, Vision, Ephin, Heera, Janet & Wisers Wiskey.

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Have a listen to the first leaks below!

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Developed in the 1980s by Hugo Zuccarelli, Holophonic Sound uses the same “multiple exposure” premise as that used to create holographic images. The recorded sound produced is so realistic, some people claim they can smell sulphur when they listen to a holophonic recording of someone striking a match. It appears that Holophonic Sound waves stimulate our brains to reproduce very realistic and truly three dimensional sound within us, thereby stimulating other responses that our brains expect to accompany the sound. Even more interesting is the fact that researchers report that some hearing impaired people can “hear” Holophonic Sound – again because it stimulates their brains even though their audio receiver mechanisms are not working properly.

Listen To Holophonic Sound

You should listen on headphones, and close your eyes for best effect.

Food for thought: Why is this concept not used more in Film/TV and in music production? Share your comments and thoughts below.

The song illustrates Catrina in top form, backed by beautiful piano and a lush string arrangement. The song was engineered and produced by myself, and written by the talented Warren Dean.

Check it out below, and please feel free to leave feedback.

Download a copy of the album version of the song from her website at www.sarabrudner.com/mymymy
Check out her myspace at www.myspace.com/sarabrudner