NEWS
Looking for
gear?
Check out the For Sale section.
Movies,
records, tapes, oh my! -
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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Nov/Dec 2007
Local rockers
Kinnexa Cross had an excellent
CD release party at Bassline Station - their new EP is now available.
Work continues on Bodhi's
new album as well as Gabrielle Gigučre's new first full release.
Endyium's new album is in the
mixing stage - we look forward to its completion early in the New Year.
Along with a myriad of Indie band mixing, vinyl restorations, voice-overs,
and video editing, we did some more multi-media work for CAPS - creating
the presentation for their launch of the new look of their association's
magazine - Speaking of Impact.
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy holiday and all the
best for the New Year!
Sep/Oct 2007
The early fall months are an unbelievable blur of activity at the
studio - a ton of voice-over, video post-production, and the usual assortment of
music production - Live-Off-The-Floor, tracking, and mixing.
Work continues on Bodhi's
new album as well as Gabrielle Gigučre's new (and very hot) first release. Local rockers
Kinnexa Cross new EP has just
gone to mastering - look for it's release on Nov 10 at their CD Release party
held at Baseline Station.
Ottawa rockers
Endyium have just finished
tracking their new album, we're about to head into the next round of production
with editing and mixing.
August 2007
Toronto's Bodhi was in to continue work on their latest album, as was local rockers
Kinnexa Cross to work on their new EP. Also watch for a new demo by Ottawa's Fog Pilots.
Blue Bear Sound's Bruce Valeriani along with Click Track Audio's Wayne Hawthorne
are busy judging this year's Kiwanis Idol competition.
The auditions were held Aug 4-6 and there was some tremendous talent. There will
be a showcase of the top 20 singers from 11am-4pm on Aug 11th at Festival Plaza
(corner Laurier/Elgin), and the semi-finals & finals will be on Sep 1st and 2nd.
More info at
http://www.kiwanisidol.org.
July 2007
Ottawa's A-Channel
recently did a spot on the studio - it aired on Aug 2 but you can check out the video!
Blue Bear Sound colleague and founder of the
Songwriters of Eastern Ontario - Nancy Beaudette - is hosting a
Songwriting workshop featuring Pat Pattison, Kathy Mattea, Jon
Vezner, and Stephen Webber on Aug 31-Sep 2. Details and
registration info is on the SOEO website
and also available as a
PDF.
Brandi Lee Morin was in town
cutting a quick demo for a Nashville producer and work on
Endyium's new album is
progressing nicely.
June 2007
Endyium is in the process of
tracking their new album, Tony Landers country EP is now complete,
and
Brant Pethick's
new CD has now been released - more info at
BrantPethick.com.
Up 'n coming R&B singer Trecele is currently recording her demo in the
studio, and work continues on the recording of
Kill Melody's demo.
May 2007
Brant Pethick's
new CD has now been sent for mastering (by the very-talented John Scrip at
Massive Mastering!) The release date is set for June 15th. Watch for
it at CD Warehouse and other local outlets.
Tony Landers country EP is in the final mixing stages and should be out
by the end of the month, and local ska band The Finkelstein Sh*t Kids (FSK)
were in to cut a couple of songs for their new CD.
Local rockers Lovecircus are
also in at the end of the month for a session.
March/April 2007
March and April were just insane - a blur of activity at the studio. Along with a ton of
voice projects, a great deal of audio and video production occurred.
Brant Pethick's
new CD is in the very final stages of mixing, and young local rockers
Hester completed a 5-song EP. Fans of Deep Purple and Jimi Hendrix will
enjoy the new Mandrake Root demo, and
TunnelVision (now renamed Kill
Melody) continued with more
tracking for their upcoming CD.
Also keep your eye out for the new album by Bodhi, now in the finishing
stages of mixing here at the studio.
February 2007
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Healey Disc
hosted a networking event for local Indie artists. Among many, attendees
included Jon Chandler (Amos the Transparent), Engineer/Producer Jason Fee, Bruce
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Mixing continues on Brant Pethick's
new CD, as well as production on Tony Landers 5-song country EP. Ottawa band
Tempus Fugitives was in to record their demo.... and
TunnelVision were back in to do
more tracking for their upcoming album.
Work also started on a full-length CD for Kiwanis Idol winner
Gabrielle Gigučre and her band, and
another video project was started for
Health Canada.
Things were busy in the VO department too, with voice projects for
Ann Max,
Nancy Morris,
Autoskill International, and
CIPO (the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office.)
January 2007
Happy New Year, everyone!!!!
After an extended period of recording, mixing has started for Ottawa Indie artist Brant Pethick's
new CD.
Ottawa band
MoneyShot was in to record their demo - a combination of inventive
original material and excellent-sounding covers.... and heavy rockers
Jerk Factory were also
in to record their first demo of original material. Work also started on a
Country project for singer Tony Landers, and rockers
System 6 were just in to record their first
demo.
We're very pleased to announce the addition of a new video workstation to the
studio's gear list -- a very powerful Mac Pro (Quad processor) fully-equipped
with the latest Final Cut Pro video production software suite as well as Sony
Vegas and DVD Architect.
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