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The success of Mobile recording – Part 2

December 31, 2010

After arriving in Melbourne for another challenging mobile recording we set up and worked with what we had been given. For more info on the issues and limitations that we had to work with check this out.

The tracking days and nights went well, and after finding some curtains and carpet to throw around the large [...]

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Mobile recording, DIY recording, Live recording – The challenge

December 31, 2010

Mobile, location audio or live recording whether it be for a band, a tv show or a film is always very interesting and often quite challenging. This particular mobile audio production project was no different and I loved it! Ashleigh Southam writes fantastically eclectic soundtrack style musical compositions that would equally be at home as [...]

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An Unfaithful album recording

October 15, 2010

Earthquakes don’t like country music, who knew?
The Unfaithful Ways were so close to finishing the recording and mixing of their debut album up at The Sitting Room recording studios just as the dreaded quake struck Christchurch and temporarily dampened proceedings. Four weeks on however and it appears that nothing will hold back it’s release, which [...]

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Mature Pine harvest – DIY recording success?

October 15, 2010

DIY recording success?
Pine have been one of Christchurch and New Zealand’s leaders in the indie pop revolution and a few months ago we finished up the recording and mixing of their latest album ‘Books and Magazines’.
This particular recording project was not only one of the last albums to come out of the studio (pre earthquake) [...]

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Julia Deans – A belated ‘Well done little lady’

October 15, 2010

Well done little lady
A while ago (2009) Julia Deans  came to The Sitting Room recording studios to record a bunch of songs for her Debut Album – ‘Modern Fables’. This is just a very short post to say well done Julia, Dave all the musicians that played on it. The album has been released for [...]

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Relaxing Times With Pine

February 23, 2010

Pine are in the studio right now. It’s hot, the music is warm, the beers are cold and listening with your eyes closed still looks gay.
Good times.

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Musical Numbsculls

January 18, 2010

I guess one of the occupational hazards of owning a recording studio is the feeling of numbness when it comes to music. I try and keep what I listen to fresh but, inevitably, it doesn’t always happen. If fact, at the end of last year, I was feeling particularly jaded and uninspired – not a [...]

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The Unfaithful Ways – congrats!

November 30, 2009

Gotta get a record deal, gotta get a record deal!
That has been the catch phrase for young indie musicians for decades, myself included. Hordes of long haired, guitar wielding mumma’s boys religiously following the teachings and trends of ‘Rolling Stone’ or ‘NME’ all pinning their hopes on the fact that it just might be them [...]

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RDU RoundUp – Sleepy Age in the recording studio

November 27, 2009

It’s been a while since I have talked and shared my thoughts and simply there’s no excuse other than the fact that we’ve been mental flat out busy! I am going to try and get this old girl of a blog back up to date over the next few days so what better way to [...]

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Julia Deans debut solo album recording

August 10, 2009

Last week we had the ‘always wonderful’ Julia Deans (FurPatrol) in at The Sitting Room recording studios recording tracks for her first ever solo album. It was a star studded affair with the a multitude of special guest appearances on the record. I wont name names yet but it’s going the be a KILLER album.
There [...]

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