Ophelia Syndrome’s “Shades of Grey” out soon

April 1, 2009

Another one of the projects I’ve been working on is being released in the near future. The Ophelia Syndrome headed into Catherine North last fall to record their debut EP, and now it’s very close to being released.

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More Mojave at Catherine North

March 25, 2009

For almost two weeks Dan Achen and I have been recording Mojave at Catherine North Studios. Dave Tolley laid down drums on three tracks and percussion on a few more. In addition to my button pushing and knob tweaking duties, I also had a chance to play bass.

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Vancouver’s Mojave land at Catherine North

March 16, 2009

I finished my first day with Mojave at Catherine North today. It looks like the band will be documenting the recording process on YouTube, so you can follow along.

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Recording Steph Fraser at Catherine North

March 11, 2009

I’ve had the privilege of working with Blackpool’s Steph Fraser and Phil Simpson at Catherine North the past five days. The pair are recording five new songs for an upcoming release. I had worked with Steph back in March of 2008, and again last summer.

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“Michael P. Chambers” and Money on the Dead

March 4, 2009

I have the Money on the Dead CD in my hands. As of my last post about Money on the Dead, the CD was on its way to be manufactured. Just yesterday copies of the disc arrived at Catherine North.

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The Rest — Modern Time Travel (necessities)

February 3, 2009

The Rest recently posted a video of their performance at Catherine North Studios on September 6, 2008. Modern Time Travel is the second single from their new album, Everyone All At Once.

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Money on the Dead, dead on the money

January 21, 2009

Money on the Dead is Jeff Brett (a.k.a. Oliver Peach) and Derek Higgins’ latest project. The CD will be seeing the light of day very shortly. The master disc is being sent to the presses this week.

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Mix and match

January 12, 2009

I’m currently working on a couple of projects at Catherine North Studios: tracking vocals with Chelsea Redford, and mixing an EP for the Ophelia Syndrome.

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Do They Know It’s Christmas?

December 19, 2008

While grocery shopping last week I heard The Barenaked Ladies’ version of Do They Know It’s Christmas. It did strike me as odd that this song would be covered so recently (2004), and broadcast through the store as if it was a Christmas classic.

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