more pictures from the hilary weeks album. this is rhythm section #2. pat campbell on drums, matt larson on bass, sam cardon on piano and corey christiansen on guitar. it was great just to hear these guys play together. such amazing musicians.

Merry Christmas from Hilary Weeks

Hilary Weeks is back in working on her 8th album and second Christmas album. In order to properly put everyone in Christmas Spirit, Tyler Castleton and I thought it appropriate to do a little decorating.
Here are some pictures from the first day of rhythm section tracking.
Todd Sorensen-drums
Rob Honey-bass
Tyler Castleton-piano
Mike Dowdle-guitar
Hilary Weeks-vocals
Pat Boyer-cables/microphones/food
Jordan Clark-food/microphones/cables
Scott Wiley-buttons/knobs

The Other Hymns Record

last week the hymns record for deseret book was mastered. here are a few more pictures from those sessions.

pat campbell plays the broom on sarah sample's track

spencer harrison and lauren casper

Microphone Action Squad - Engage!

welcome to microphone action squad.

yes, that's the name of the studio.

yes, the name is ridiculous.

Well We're Movin On Up...or Over...or...Next Door

as of july 1st i no longer occupy studio b in the former june audio/stone five studio complex.

the old room looks lonely

i've now moved into studio a. much bigger space, much more gear. why former june audio? well, it's unclear as to who now owns the name, but regardless, things changed enough over the last years to make me think a new name, and a new start was in order.

pat and jordan start setting up the new space

May and June. Arizona and Utah

after finishing a month long project in early May, which was, shall we say, very strange, yes, very strange indeed...so anyway, after finishing that particular project i was off to arizona to record zack lind from jimmy eat world in the band's own tempe studio. zack had agreed to play drums on 3 new songs for benton paul.
the studio was great, the gear was great, zack was great, arizona - not my favorite. seriously, how do you people live there?

setup #1 in the studio

zack, benton and manager ryan wyler

setup #2 in the bands warehouse/storage area

back in utah, benton and scott johnson in for some keyboard overdubs

benton's 3 songs are now done and off to jeff rothschild for mixing. last week saw the start of a hymns record for DB. Libbie Linton, The Mollies, Kyle Henderson, Joshua James, Dustin Christensen, and many others will all be in to add their voices. Here's a photo from when Paul Jacobsen was in -

and finally two weeks ago my "new" u-67s arrived after many attempts to get them to Utah. I had really forgotten how amazing a good 67 can be. These are only 3 serial numbers apart and they are quite minty! They've been put to a lot of good use lately, including all of Benton's vocals.

The 3rd Annual JuniorAudio Awards for Excellance in Studio Accoutrement

Welcome to the 3rd Annual JAAESA's!! Thanks for joining us.

Thanks to a project that gives me ample internet time, the JAAESA's are back again! What? you missed the 1st and 2nd Annual JAAESA's? Hmmm, that's really too bad.

On to the awards!

The Award for Best Confectionery Impersonation of the Many Faces of Elvis Presley goes to...

The newly arrived console-top M&M Elvi!!
In case you are questioning my dedication to the M&Elvis's, when they arrived at the studio in my backpack, they fell out, hit the floor and broke into many many little Elvis parts. At least a few hours and lots of superglue later they were ready to take their place amongst the many studio mascots. Who would've known then that they were destined for JAAESA glory!

The Award for Most Useless Yet Most Constantly Played Instrument goes to...

Blue Mini Strat!

T-Castle-Dogg brought this little gem back for me all the way from Thailand. That's right, this baby is IMPORTED. Man, I wish we had things like this here in the states!
Anyway, without fail, everyone who enters the studio picks this up and lets loose with a sweet riff or two. Of course, it makes no noise and doesnt even have strings. but still...
I'm thinking about dedicating a whole blog entry to photos of each and every client wailing on it.
Congratulations BMS!!!

The Award for Best Studio Drink of April 30th, 2009 goes to...

Lime Diet Coke!!
this one seems fairly self-explanatory



The Award for Biggest Waste of Money Spent at the St George Flying J Truck Stop goes to...

Utah ROCK ON Magnetic Small Fake License Plate Sign!!!
When I bought this sign I hoped that it would inspire those in the studio
to truly rock on.
This award proves that it has.



The Award for Greatest Indicator of Sense of Humor and Occasional Creator of Extreme Awkwardness goes to...

Chuck Norris Facts Books!
another treasure from TCastle. These books while very funny, can often be somewhat sordid. This usually adds up to great reading material and plenty of laughs for most who discover just how boring time in the studio can be. Occasionally however, it can cause great discomfort and make the mood very uncomfortable when those who are "less than relaxed" with their sense of humor think that I am for some reason trying to get them to spend their time reading total smut.


And Finally...Our Last Award of the Evening


The Award for Best Studio Snack goes to....

Wheat Thins!!!!
if it were up to me, I would make wheat thins ad slogan "hey, trust me, they are good!"
or "wheat thins, never forget"
or "just try em already!"
believe me, I would never go to the store and just buy some wheat thins as a snack, at least not before I bought tons of potato chips and tortilla chips, etc etc. but man oh man, we had some of these in the control room today, and they are just delicious.
so "JUST TRY EM ALREADY!"

uh, remember when this post was going to be funny?

nah, me neither. im going home.