We are finalizing the details for a new release that we are particularly excited about: the ambient instrumental group Halls of the Machine. Since several of the band members are local, we had the privilege to meet with two of them, Michael Jerome and Mike Graff, to learn about the project they conceived, recorded and produced at the end of their days with Course of Empire.
Read More »“I didn’t realize that Get Smart was a Mel Brooks production… but it’s obvious now,” I heard Clay say as I walked into the Control Room. Clay recently bought the DVDs for his wife, who used to watch the show frequently. As Clay and Paul, our chief engineer, deconstructed some old mixes in the control room, Clay mentioned this in passing. Once started on the subject of Get Smart, Paul, […]
Read More »RTNDA and NAB are always great opportunities for seeing old friends, as well as making new ones. This year was particularly fun for us because around 3pm each day, we got to give away a Fender Road Worn guitar. Fresh crowds gathered around our booth, their fingers itching to run across the tattered frets… All in all, we had a great time at NAB/RTNDA, and so did the lucky winners […]
Read More »“He never sang to the feds, but it turns out Al Capone had a song in his heart. All it took was a stint in Alcatraz to bring it out,” begins the KFWB article on the ruthless crime boss. “The gangster who supposedly orchestrated the 1929 Valentine’s Day Massacre,” composed a love song, “Madonna Mia,” perhaps for the Virgin Mary or his faifthul wife, while expiating his sins at the […]
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