Cherie Call - Grace

No sooner had we finished hilary weeks' Christmas Once Again record than in walked Cherie Call. I believe this will be Cherie's eighth album, the seventh that Ive recorded and the third that Ive had a hand in producing.
As you may have noticed, these pictures are a) not grainy b) not super dark and blurry and c) actually good. that is because they were taken by my good friend and dreamboat jed wells, who, if you must know, is completely awesome.


day one - ryan tilby and pat campbell showed up for some bass and drums.

day two - ryan tilby, pat campbell, dylan schorer, ryan tanner, paul jacobsen, dustin christensen, nate pyfer and brian hardy showed up for some everything.

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.