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Looking for
gear?
Check out the For Sale section.
Movies,
records, tapes, oh my!
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Can't watch those old family movies? We can
archive your treasured family videos
and reels to the convenience of DVD.
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Love your vinyl but no
longer have the means to play it? Or
maybe you have treasured acetates in your
family archives?? Let us transfer/restore
them to CD so you can enjoy them
again.
Need
Info on Recording?
Learn more about the recording process in the Articles section. Bruce
Valeriani has authored a number of
informative articles on a number of
recording-related topics.
Choir &
Choral Groups
Let us record your seasonal
performances!! CDs of your concerts are
great for holiday sales, demos, sales to
the public, and grant
applications.
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 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2008
Local classic acoustic rock band DejaVuAcoustic was in for a
Live-Off-The-Floor sound and Video session, as was Mango Upstart and
young singer Katie Gardner. Also completed was The Moon Runners demo and Gabrielle & The Licks first album.
Codes Pro Media had a compilation mastering project done and we had
another round of corporate voice work for Nancy Morris and Autoskill,
along with more video production for CADTH.
Local songwriter Alex Lacasse started work on the recording of his 2nd song and work continues on Balkan Fusion artist Gypsy Ravens latest project.
Before closing for a holiday break the last couple of weeks of the month,
December was a blur of many various Christmas-oriented projects, along with
quite a number of vocal demos and track mixing.
All the best for the holidays and the New Year!
OCTOBER 2008
Mixing was completed on local rockers Endyium's new album and it was sent off to Chicago for mastering by mastering engineer
extraordinaire John Scrip at Massive Mastering.
Demos were completed for The PaintSplats and also amazing local
fingerstyle guitarist Denis Turbide.
Also finished was a meditation CD project and a number of mixing projects
for several Indie artists, and we also finalized editing/post-production for a
recent NLP seminar.
A new French-language children's project by the McLean Brothers was also
completed.
SEPTEMBER 2008
The month started with a bang with production on the new demo for Tech Rocks
winners - Fused.
A new 3-song demo for 2007 Kiwanis finalist Meaghan Moore was just
completed, along with projects by the McLean Brothers and up'n coming
songwriter Alex Lacasse that are still ongoing.
Work also continues on Balkan Fusion artist Gypsy Ravens latest project.
AUGUST
2008
The month ended on a high note with the Semi-finals and Finals for Ottawa's Kiwanis Idol 2008. This year's contestants made the job very difficult for the judges, but Blue
Bear Sound was proud to offer prizes to this year's winners:
- Angela Rozman, 3rd place (right in
photo)
- Jenna Taggart, 2nd place (left)
- Regine McCamus, 1st place (middle)
The studio was busy this month with local Ottawa performer Alex Lacasse - who was in the
studio to begin production on his next song, along with a variety of Indie
mixing projects, and corporate voice & multimedia projects.
JUNE/JULY 2008
Video production and voice-overs were the projects du jour for much of June - and post-production
was temporarily-halted on Endyium's new
album to do some more recording, but mixing started up again near the end of
July. Work continues on the Gypsy Ravens and Gabrielle & The Licks projects, and post-production is just about to
start on the new Bodhi album.
Auditions for
Ottawa's Kiwanis Idol were
held on JUL 19/20th and the crop of new singers looks very promising.
Capping off July, local Ottawa performer Alex Lacasse was also in the
studio finishing production on his new single - So Into You.
MAY 2008
Progress continues steadily on the production of Endyium and Gypsy Ravens latest projects. Gabrielle & The Licks were back in the studio to work on more new
material for their forthcoming album.
Multimedia and voice productions continued for Nancy Morris, and 76 Design, along with collaborative
projects with Click Track Audio for CADTH.
APRIL 2008
In addition
to many multimedia productions, and the usual slate of VO projects, April was a
huge month for mixing - with projects for Indie artists in Texas and Australia,
along with continued work for several local artists - including Endyium and Gypsy Ravens.
Ottawa's Kiwanis Red Carpet Idol held on APR 19th at Centrepointe Theatre was hosted by Maria
Hawkins and was a HUGE success - the 9 young singers did an absolutely
amazing job! Big congratulations to the performers and everyone involved.
MARCH 2008
Bodhi was back in for more tracking on their latest album, post-production is about
halfway thru on Endyium's new album.
We've also worked on a variety of Indie mixing projects, and several multimedia
productions.
Help support Ottawa's newest singing talent at the Kiwanis Red Carpet Idol - 8:00pm APR 19th at Centrepointe Theatre.
FEBRUARY 2008
Work continues on Endyium and Gypsy Ravens new albums, along with the usual VO projects, multimedia, and video
post-production.
JANUARY 2008
Blue Bear Sound's Bruce Valeriani (right) was happy to sponsor and judge this year's Greely Idol competition along with Ms. Canada Stephanie Hiddema (center), and Greely
Community Association President Will Ney (left).
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Happy New Year, everyone!!!!
January hits the ground running with mixing projects for Balkan Fusion artist Gypsy Ravens,
Ottawa rockers Endyium, and continued
production on Bodhi's new album as well as Gabrielle Gigučre's new first full release.
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