Wrapped up another great session with Josh Quillen of So Percussion, who was in the studio recording pieces he commissioned from composers and some standard favorites. He really knows his way around a steel drum!
Josh Quillen of So Percussion on Steel Drum
Had a great session with Bridget Davis and the Viking Kings. Such a nice group of people and super talented. They got busy and pumped out tracks for a full length album, due out Fall 2014/Spring 2015. Produced by the extraordinary (and tall) Russ Flynn.
Bridget Davis / Vocals
Sam Petitti / Guitar
Dag Markhus / Drums
Dan Stein / Bass
Check them out:
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Our new housing facility is coming along! Still a ways to go, but fingers crossed for this fall. Wonder who our first guests are going to be!
March, 2014
Toni Atari was recently here recording backing vocals for her tracks Problem Boy and Meteor. I asked her if she had a photo we could post, and she generously offered up these kind words about the studio:
Toni Atari
“Pop musician and southern Vermont sound pretty much mutually exclusive. To have a state of the art sound studio in this breathtakingly beautiful place that I call home is some kind of heavenly blessing. I recently took two tracks, Meteor and Problem Boy, to Guilford Sound with my fingers crossed–I needed to get some final backing vocals and harmonies recorded and had a tight deadline to do so.
Over the past few years I’ve had to take dozens of four hour commute back and forth between Brattleboro and Manhattan to find studios and engineers that can handle the demands of recording and mixing pop tracks. Not to mention that have a respect and understanding of modern pop aesthetic.
And now–yay!! There is Guilford Sound!
Dave Snyder was incredibly efficient both technically and creatively. He brought an amazing ease and trust to the recording session, and I quickly felt right at home working as a team to bring the dance track Problem Boy to a whole new level of pop awesomeness.
Matt, the engineer who recorded the final harmonies for the Meteor, was also a real pleasure to work with. He cultivated an easy, laid back environment where the emotional performance required to get the soulful ballad soaring was quickly accomplished.
I am sure to return for my upcoming recording needs and I’m looking forward to exploring all the other capacities of this gorgeous studio as my career progresses.
Thank you Guilford Sound! You’re beautiful!”
Awww, thanks Toni. You are beautiful, too.
Carmelita Tropicana and longtime collaborators Ela Troyano, Susanne Sachsse and Eliza Schvartz were in the studio this week via Vermont Performance Lab, recording audio for their new work Schwanze-Beast. Locals, check out the free work-in-progress showing tonight at the Whittemore Theater at Marlboro College, 7pm! Carmelita is hilarious and not to be missed!
