When I haven't written anything on my News page for a while, its not a sign that there's nothing happening - it's more that I'm flat out with a lot of projects!
The last few months have been especially music focused - here's what's been happening:
Stomping Nick Jackman: who is a one man band with a punk blues country kind of persuasion.
Lots of hard hitting rock numbers but also leaning towards the country ballad side of things too. Recording and mixing: 'Shake For Your Cake'
Natalie Slade and The Real: These folks spent a couple of days at York St in Auckland tracking 4 awesome tunes, and I've been working with them finishing any overdubbing, plus coming on board as producer and mixer. Talented talented talented.
Archon Records: Recording rap vocals for this Christchurch based hip hop label.
Matt and John Calman: Working with these Wellington based folks to bring together musicians for the backing tracks on John Calman's recordings. This project is just blooming more and more, and now invloves brilliant musicians playing piano, oboe, cornet, flute and cello. Recording and mixing.
Happiness Stan: Stan's debut record is something very special, and the collaboration that's gone on in the production is also pretty cool. All the basic tracks for the songs were lovingly recorded by Ben Edwards in his Lyttelton studio. We've been overdubbing vocals, guitars, percussion here at The Garage, and some truly massive sounding electric guitars were tracked up in Auckland at The Dragon Room with Mr Andy Lynch. A long time in the making, but well worth waiting for!
Davey Thorpe: The Skiffle Machine has been letting loose an album in Jon Peel's Rangiora studio and I've been mixing these good time tunes, which should be wrapped up in the next month or so.
So all in all, lots of creativity and good music being produced here and around the country, all filtering through The Garage. Nice.