NEWS
Looking for
gear?
Check out the FOR SALE section.
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.
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.
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 December 2006
We'd like to wish all our clients, colleagues, and
associates all the best for the Holiday Season and the
New Year!
HOLIDAY HOURS
Please note that the studio will be closed for the
holidays from Sat Dec 23/06 to Mon Jan 1/07. Normal hours
resume on Tues Jan 2/07.
October/November 2006
Both October and November was a blur of activity at the studio - we've
worked with several business & life coaches on audio and
video presentations & seminars, as well as video for
local rock-revivalists
Grampapunk,
and for networking organization BNI.
We also worked on software audio for
Autoskill
International - a local hi-tech firm - along with
more video for
Health Canada,
a musical arrangement for
Canada
Mortgage and Housing (CMHC), and 2006
Kiwanis Idol
runner-up Jenna Taggart came in to cut her demo.
September 2006
Up and coming Ottawa rockers Third Eye were in
working on their first demo. This high-energy young band
is just starting to play around town - watch for their
forthcoming shows.
Phil Houle's (from Ottawa's
melodic rockers
Forbidden
Dream) new solo album "Breathe" is just
about to head into post-production - the material is
an excellent mix of both acoustic and electric-based
tracks. Look for it to be out shortly!
Mixing for the new album by Florida Jazz-rockers
Stuey Blue
has just been completed and is in the hands of John
Scrip at
Massive
Mastering for the finishing touches.
Watch for its release soon.
Congratulations to the winners of
Kiwanis Idol
2006. The competition was very very
close between the top five contestants, making the
judge's jobs exceptionally difficult.
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And the top five are...
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(photos by
Jamie Johnson
and Steve Sharlow)
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Winner (top center): Sarite Harris
1st Runner-up (top left): Danielle Allard
2nd Runner-up (top right):
Jenna Taggart
4th place (bottom left): Lisa Leblanc
5th place (bottom right): Ashley Carwardine |
| The top-three contestants all receive
recording time at Blue
Bear Sound, along with a photo shoot at
Sharlow Photography, and a chance to
perform on next year's Kiwanis Idol CD.
The final event this year was MC'd by
A-Channel's
Kurt Stoodley and
Stephanie Beaumont....
...and judged by:
- Blue Bear's own
Bruce Valeriani (top)
- Maya Ethier from
Maya's School of Music (bottom left)
- Diane Theron from
The
Ottawa Sun (bottom right)
Congratulations to all
the
participants!!!
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August 2006
Congratulations to the winners of the
Parkway Road Pentecostal Church - Battle of the
Bands! First prize consisting of 9
hrs of recording time went to Curious Halo,
and second prize of a
Live-Off-The-Floor session went to
Your Portrait Here.
Work is progressing on the
Kiwanis Idol
CD. Watch for a 3-song EP previewing the
forthcoming album coming out this September!
June/July 2006
Forbidden
Dream's Phil Houle is in the studio
working on a solo project, and
Ottawa rock revivalists
Grampapunk
were just in recording their new demo, and work is progressing on the 2005 Kiwanis Idol Sampler
CD.
Video projects are in abundance with
post-production for
Xactly Design, BNI East,
as well as a several wedding & memorial DVDs -- and
VO sessions continue with more projects for
Acoustiguide,
Nancy Morris,
Michael Hughes
as well as
Rhonda
Finniss.
It's
that time of year again and Blue
Bear Sound is proud
to once more be sponsoring the annual Kiwanis
Idol competition.
Auditions are being held Aug. 5-6 at the
Ottawa City Hall on Laurier from 9-5pm.
More information is available at
www.kiwanisidol.org or from Eldon
Fox at 613.831.9900. |
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April/May 2006
We've been doing a ton of mixing for a
wide-variety of Indie projects -- New
Hotness from Cali, prog rock by Florida's
Cosmic Singularity, more
material from Stuey Blue
as well as TunnelVision
- and Ottawa trio
Addison was in to cut a couple
more songs for their upcoming release.
As well, things have been hopping in the areas of DVD production and voice-over
editing/post-production. Recent projects include noted speaker/networking master
Michael Hughes, "Speaking of
Success" mastermind Nancy Morris,
as well as video post for BNI East
and Caralyn's Hair and Wig Design.
February 2006
While all 6 finalists were excellent, the
Rock Resolution
competition ended the last week of January with Ottawa trio
Addison winning 18 hrs of time at
Blue
Bear Sound.
Work still continues on the mixing of Ottawa Indie-artist
Brant Pethick's
new album, as well as the
TunnelVision and Stuey Blue
projects. A new project by Gord Smith from Creekhouse Records is
also underway.
January 2006
Happy New Year, everyone!!!!
The Rock Resolution
competition brought to you by
York Entertainment, Molson Canadian,
106.9 The Bear and
sponsored by Blue
Bear Sound has begun.
Join the fun to cheer-on your favorite local band every Thursday night in
January at The Thirsty Scholar.
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Rock Resolution Judges
(picture by
barshots.ca)
Capital City Music
Hall's Albert Porter, 106.9 The Bear's
Wendy
Daniels, and Blue Bear Sound's
Bruce Valeriani
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Work also continues on the TunnelVision
and
Stuey Blue projects. A new project
by Ottawa Indie artist Brant Pethick is also in the works.
ARCHIVES
2005
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