Kill Hannah - Wake Up The Sleepers

Another Credit For The Bridge Sound and Stage

Kill Hannah - Wake Up The Sleepers

04 Living In Misery

Recorded By [Amanda Palmer's Vocals] - Owen Curtin

Sugartown's The Royalty

The Bridge Sound & Stage had the pleasure of recording Sugartown's The Royalty a few months back. While in the studio we were able to engineer and track two songs, "Forth" and "Move". The band is made up of two guitarists, a bassist a drummer, singer, and usually houses two vocalists in their songs. While holding true to an independent sound, have major pop influences such as Prince (as they say on myspace). I hear a bit more Built to Spill. If you want to get more info or hear the mixes they put together check out their webpage. There is also a video shot by of friend Jon Lukason that is from a performance of The Royalty on the "Katos show" which airs in the Arlington and Somerville area on local access. You can check the video out here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nw1nLKhSKPs. All in all it was great to have The Royalty record in our studio and we are looking forward to the next session.
-dB

Bay State Of Mind - Recorded at The Bridge

AR Classic artists, Dominik Omega, Waters, VICEVERSAH and Kiki recently joined forces at The Bridge to remix Jay Z's "Empire State of Mind" featuring Alicia Keys. The result is "Bay State Of Mind" a remix for the city of Boston, which on its first week on YouTube, has gotten over 1,500 plays!! We wanted to help spread the word and share the song with you here:




You can also download the song for free by visiting the AR Classic Records Blog.

The Red Carpet at The Bridge Sound and Stage

Live Concert Albums at The Bridge Sound and Stage

Stereogrove recorded their debut album at The Bridge in front of 70 fans. It was a a night none will soon forge . Highlights were giveaways, paintings and most of all great music. Stay tuned for info on how to buy the album. The Bridge Sound and Stage holds up too 200 guests. We have plenty of parking and we are a short walk form the MBTA. Mirror Head shot the event with 5 cameras and Natalie Bagdonas took photographs!

Bob Ludwig & Elliot Scheiner at The Bridge Sound & Stage!

Bob Ludwig and Elliot Scheiner told some good stories, including a discussion on whether The Eagles or Steeley Dan were more finicky with their mixes. Good times were had by all! Thanks to CDIA for lending us the chairs and reppin' hard at the event!

This was part of a Tour called the from mic to monitor roadshow. The show is only a small part sales pitch. Mostly it is a student level lecture on concepts like word clock and speaker placement.

Stay tuned for more famous appearances at The Bridge coming soon!

Bob Ludwig at The Bridge

Who is Bob Ludwig?
His mastering credits are extensive, and include albums for many major classical artists and rock bands alike, including Jimi Hendrix, the Kronos Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, Nirvana, The Strokes, Queen, U2, Guns N' Roses, Richie Sambora, Simple Minds, Bryan Ferry, Tori Amos, Elkie Brooks, Jars of Clay, AC/DC, Bonnie Raitt, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Bee Gees, Madonna, Will Ackerman, Pet Shop Boys, Dire Straits, John Fogerty and most recently Coldplay and Radiohead.

http://www.gatewaymastering.com/


When will Bob Ludwig at The Bridge Sound and Stage? This Thursday night! You will need a Free Ticket! so go to this site and come to Cambridge's best recording studio to meeta living legend!

http://www.sadie.com/sadie_events_mm09_us.php?loc=4

Eddie Carlino's custom guitars, Medford MA

Eddie Carlino has a custom guitar shop in Medford MA. http://www.carlinoguitars.com. I have been admiring his custom inlays work and just enjoying hanging out at the shop. He has a laser cutting machine that can cut the most accurate shapes out of wood and he has been using it to help me with a few projects at the studio. Check out the shop the next time you are in the area.

THIS IS TONIGHT AT Boston College! I am working with Mike W tonight tracking drums at The Bridge Sounds and Stage. IF I was not doing that I would be at a Boston Pro AES Event. It is called "Audio for Live Television Sports Productions" ant it will be run buy with Rick Smith. Anyone is welcome to show up.

Noah from Mirror Head Media came by over the weekend did a pre-light of the stage for the Stereogrove show. It looks great and I think the video will look very good!

Who is stere grove?

http://calendar.boston.com/cambridge-ma/events/show/88847114-stereogrove-debut-performance-and-live-recording-at-the-bridge

http://www.prlog.org/10339931-stereogrove-revolutionizes-the-music-industry-with-personalized-theme-songs-for-fans.html

http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/localspotlight/gettingtoknow-stereogrove.aspx

http://www.reverbnation.com/stereogrove

http://stem.bandcamp.com/track/kankamangus

The New 8 Core was install yesterday! Works great! The Bridge Sound and Stage is once again to the cutting edge. 9:30 AM on Sat. Lots of you are at AES but I'm at the studio mixing. 

Tweet Tweet

So if I update the blog it goes to the studio FB page and then to the My Space page. After that is updates the twitter page. So this blog post will end up on twitter after it goes to FB and Myspace... So if you are in to that end of the line, up to the last second, news from every location kinda thing then I guess the link is http://twitter.com/thebridgestudio
Peace

Boston Band Crush: Show Crush: Stereogrove

Boston Band Crush: Show Crush: Stereogrove

smart guy! one of my first teachers.

The Boston Section of the Audio Engineering Society Presents…

Audio for Live Television Sports Productions
By Rick Smith

Audio for television sports is a specialized branch of the audio industry. TV sports audio personnel face unique challenges in order to provide the viewer with high quality sound from a live sporting event. Rick Smith will walk you through the equipment, signal path, and miking challenges faced by television audio engineers.

Tues Oct. 12th, 7pm
Devlin Hall - Room 026
Boston College



Rick Smith has been freelancing in the television audio industry for almost twenty years. He has worked at every major sports venue in New England, and others around the country. He has mixed shows for sports as common as baseball, basketball and hockey, as well as unusual events like ballroom dancing, paintball and professional bull riding. He has grown with the industry. Fifteen years ago 90% of sports productions were still mixed in mono on analog consoles. Today, a TV sports mixer needs to be prepared to build mixes in mono, stereo and surround on a variety of digital consoles.

Rick is currently teaching full-time at the New England Institute of Art and freelancing in the TV sports industry.


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FROM POINTS NORTH AND SOUTH: Take Interstate 95 (Route 128) to Exit 24 (Route 30). Proceed east on Route 30, also known as Commonwealth Avenue, and follow for about five miles to Boston College.
FROM POINTS WEST: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to Exit 17. At the first set of lights after the exit ramp, take a right onto Centre Street. Follow Centre Street to the fourth set of lights, and turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. Follow Commonwealth Avenue 1-1/2 miles to Boston College.
FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to Exit 17. Take a left over the bridge after passing the Sheraton Tara Hotel. Take the first right onto Centre Street. Follow above directions from Centre Street.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: The Boston College branch of the MBTA's "Green Line" (B) ends at the Boston-Newton boundary on Commonwealth Avenue


Devlin Hall is located in the center of the Chestnut Hill Campus. Parking is available in the Commonwealth Ave Garage for a minimal price. The entrance for Room 026 is in the rear of Devlin hall. Parking on Commonwealth Ave is also FREE!

The Bridge Sound & Stage mentioned in Boston Music Spotlight Online Magazine!

Stereogrove was recently interviewed by Boston Music Spotlight, an online music magazine highlighting local Boston talent. When asked what they had coming up in their near future they mentioned our Cambridge recording studio. Check out the link to the article below:

http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/localspotlight/gettingtoknow-stereogrove.aspx

The Update

So we have had a few requests for updates on the Bridge. We have been installing the PA system, working on the sexy talk-back mic, converting to our 8 core mac pro, testing out the Api Preamp, Installing the Eventide and other reverbs in our digital path, playing with the new Roland tape delay... Our clients have been a steady flow of regulars. AR Classic record did a lot of work at the start of the month. We have a comedy recording this weekend and Stereo Grove playing a show on the 17th. We are working with Noah on a few video projects. Lots of production work for the Arc these days also. so yeah that is the update. I'll try to stay on top of it more so I dont have to make such long lists...
Peace

Another great review in the Holland Tunnel

Things change

When we first moved into The Bridge I looked for photos of the studio when it was The Fort. It is cool to see what is was like back in the day. I like those gobos.

We will both be at the Boston Music Conference

Hi All,

I went to this last year in support of the Irish band Fred (See video below). This year we will be there to promote The Bridge. We hope to see you all there so let us know if you can make it.

THE BOSTON MUSIC CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER TO BRING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S ATTENTION TO THE REGION’S MUSICAL TALENT

BOSTON, MA - The second annual Boston Music Conference (BMC) will be held September 24 and 25, 2009. The mission of the Boston Music Conference is to educate and empower aspiring artists by providing them with information and tools necessary to pursue a career in music.

The Boston Music Conference is a two-day event that includes workshops, showcase performances, panel discussions and various networking and social events. Topics to be covered include “Brands, Bands and Fans”, “Deals and Distribution”, “Breaking into Crossover Markets and International Deals”, “The Digital Age of Music”, “Getting Your Music in Games”, “Audio Engineering”, “Songwriting” and more. Complete information is available at www.BostonMusicConference.com

The overarching theme of the conference this year is the impact of digital technology on the music industry. Some of the subcategories to be covered include how new digital distribution platforms are creating opportunities, new channels of digital revenue and some of the innovations that are fueling growth.

The BMC brings the attention of the music industry on a national level to the talent and opportunity that exists here in Boston. Top music industry executives and A&Rs from major labels including Sony, EMI, Universal and Motown will be present to share their experiences and advice with attendees, view the talent Boston has to offer during the showcases and talk one on one with attendees.

Some of the industry’s top music industry companies, iZotope, Harmonix, Sonicbids, Nimbit, BMI and the Recording Academy will be present at the Boston Music Conference as well.

Artists who would like to participate in the showcase performances are encouraged to submit samples of their music through Sonicbids.com/bmc2009 or via email at info@bostonmusicconference.com.

The conference is $99 in advance and $150 if purchased at the door. Students at Berklee, New England Conservatory, Emerson, AI and Northeastern can receive a 40% discount by sending an email from their school email address to info@bostonmusicconference.com and they will receive a discount code. To get your school added to the list of schools eligible for a discount call 617 834 0552 or email jody@bostonmusicconference.com. Attendees are encouraged to bring their bio and promotional kit to the event because this is a rare opportunity to meet top music industry executives.

Workshops for the event will be held Thursday September 24, from 11 to 5:30 at Mojitos at 48 Winter Street in Downtown Crossing, followed by Showcase Performances from 6 to 11 at Mojitos at Pearl in the Roxy Complex located at 279 Tremont Street. The conference will be held at the Roxy Tremont Ballroom at 279 Tremont Street in the Theatre District, Friday September 25 from 11 to 6.

The goal of the Boston Music Conference (BMC) is to educate and empower the city’s aspiring talent who are interested in pursuing a career in music by bringing the resources and information to them in Boston. The BMC is part of an organized long-term initiative to bring national attention to Boston as a source of major talent within the music industry and develop local talent.

pulley's rope

You will all very impressed with the PA we have at the studio these days. We installed the DBX Drive Rack, JBL subs and new JBL stage monitors. The gain B4 Feedback is unreal, some how I was walking around the floor with a live mic! We flew the mains and that was a lot of fun. I had a good time hanging them by myself and all the while thinking how grateful I am that my father showed me a few knots as boy. Well, good night y'all.

Do you smell sex and Candy?

We will be hosting Marcy Playgound at the studio. Ticket giveaways will be on the Radio (WFNX and others). We will also have ticket info at our Facebook page.

Also a quick Promo for my fried Leo and is long runging Blog

grooveTEK.net

Peace,
O

A week of Nicks!--- Read it all at FaceBook

The Bridge Recording Studios

Nick Romanow recently formed a new band, The Royalty. Dave, Dre, Aaron and Sarah Smith him came in last month to record at The Bridge. They say the sound like Prince, I will say the band had a very chill relaxed vibe in the studio but no purple guita...Read More

We Are The Royalty

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The Bridge Recording Studios Nick Maestri and his band "The Electric Music" recorded last week. 2 Live guitars, Drums bass and vocals. It was all recorded live and sounded awesome!

The Electric Music on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

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MySpace Music profile for The Electric Music. Download The Electric Music Psychedelic / Italian pop / Crunk music singles, watch music videos, listen to free streaming mp3s, & read The Electric Music's blog.

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Media Electric spends 2 days at The Bridge

Having a sound stage in Cambridge, MA has opened many doors for local production teams. We offer the Boston market space for film, video and music projects. We look forward to doing more work with Media Electric.

Free Parking The band

We tracked and mixed four songs for free parking this month. It was a great time working with these guys. Check them out at The Cantab this Friday the 21st.

Bryant James tours The Bridge!

Bryant James recently came to Cambridge to shoot a video tour of the studio. Here it is!!

AES Last Tuesday of The Month Social

We had a good time grilling in the back lot and chilling in the studio with the guys from AES. It was a good chance to meet up with a lot of guys I dont get to see very often. Eric Masunaga from http://www.modul.us/ came by as well as folks for Izotope and Lou from www.sonic-space.com
Rick for Parson's Audio.

Video Production at The Bridge Sound and Stage

The Bridge has recently hosted a few Video Production projects in the studio. With the stuido's more than adequate size, not only can it easily adhere to many genres of music but to a wide variety of Video Production. From Pre to Post-production and casting to green screen, The Bridge Sound and Stage is an excellent host for many film and video projects.

Music Review You Shouldn't skip. Eric Holland

This is the RSS feed for the Holland Tunnel. My buddy Eric has been posting regular reviews for several years now and his wisdom, experience and taste in music set him apart from the pack.
Here is a more standard link for those who don't use RSS. I just started using RSS in Firefox. I just click the subscribe button and ask to put the link on my bookmarks toobar. Then I then click the link I see all the latest blog postings.

Update: a better link http://www.hollandude.com/

The Bridge Recording Studios on Facebook

Recording Mons at HTM

It has taken me a while to post about this recording. The music they make at HTM is well above par. Their focus and tireless efforts in chanting are unmistakable even to those like myself with less experience with byzantine chant.

However this is not why I waited to post. I was working at a monastery and hanging out with open minded, intelligent, men who believe and devote their life to god. I found this experience set my balance off a bit. Liz jokingly asked if I planed to join up and I think Niall may have considered joining as well. I am not a person with strong faith, and my skepticism it extreme at times. But with that on the table, I feel comfortable saying this place and these men are unique in their true devotion to faith. Without question HTM is a very wonderful place where humble and devoted men strive to demonstrate a life of faith. I have read a few book about the semi-modern saints so that I might further understand the role models these men have for their lives. From what i can see these men strive to model their lives after the saints. With all the cults, mad-men, and perversions of traditional religion, it is nice to know that this traditional christian community offers a a church that supports and understands a modern world. -O

808 and cousin Niell's visit

What a great week at the bridge. I'll ad more updates soon.

Boston Recording Studio

Boston Hip Hop History Made At The Bridge!

After the on-stage reunion of Boston Hip Hop group, Made Men at this year's Boston Unity Fest at The Paradise Rock Club, the group made history by recording their first tracks with Hip Hop legend, Edo. G, right here at The Bridge Sound & Stage. Though Edo has worked with Made Men member, Twice Thou, on tracks for their group 4 Peace, and Edo and Mr. Gzus go way back, Edo and Benzino had never gotten together in the studio, so this was a big moment in Boston Hip Hop history. Thanks go out to DJ Benny at 88.9FM WERS for spreading the word on the air that night!

Walter Sickert was so good.

Amanda Palmer asked The Army of Broken Toys to open for her at The Bridge Sound and Stage on 4-14-2008. The show was recorded and 200 + people enjoyed it live. I would like to thank all the students and interns who helped get the show off the ground. -Owen Curtin

Special thanks to an amazing band

Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys

Rock!

The Bridge Hosted Army of Broken Toys and Amanda Palmer
http://fakepinkglasses.blogspot.com/2009/06/amanda-fucking-palmer.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcwonthelottery/sets/72157619674526561/
The Bridge Hosted Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer "Live at The Bridge"

Record a live album with 100 of you biggest fans and at a venue that is also a recording studio.

Good Day

Good Day
See Video of a live concert at The Bridge by Amanda Fucking Palmer

Blowing Up

The studio has been booked for weeks without a break. We will be having some Orthodox Byzantine monks chanting int he studio this Sat. On Sunday, Amanda Palmer will be playing a private event for about 300 folks. Amanda was in last week recording some vocals with Kill Hanna.

Bat's Tones

I had a quick 4 hour session mixing 7 jazz songs. We spent the first hours listening to other recording Patrick enjoyed and we loaded in the files. For two hours we matched that sound fairly quickly and edited the heads and tails of each tune. I then mastered it all with the L3 muliband inside of Wave Burner. EZ, fun and creative. This was an ideal session for both of us. Patrick play amazing Miles Davis inspired music all over the Boston area. His personal playing is an ever evolving mix of highly communicative, improvisational, dynamic jazz virtuosity.

After the session we drank wine spoke about the Transfiguration Monastery where I'm recording the monks chanting.

Somerville Recording Studio

Song Contest

Please help us get out the word that we are offering free recording time at our Cambridge recording studio.

If you could post this on your myspace and facebook listings that would be a big help

http://www.sonicbids.com/TheBridgeRecordingStudio

What a Week!

We started out the week by getting a recording gig with our friend Amanda Palmer. She performed in a play that transformed the work of Neutral Milk Hotel in to story about Anne Frank, death and hope. We had Jeremy Stark set up for a remote multi-track recoding as part of the sound mix that will go onto a DVD of the show. He set up 16 mics and feed a mix to a video truck. The theatrical performance was covered on NPR' "All Things Considered."

We also shot HD Video for a film we later edited for the Catolic Democrats. Mike Frazier did a great job video editing! You can see the video here. Our client can be see here on msnbc's Countdown and read in the Chicago Tribune.

Lastly ... well one other big thing went down but I can't say here/ Lets just say that Major Label Recording Acts Record Music at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Cambridge, MA!

DIY Microphone for 20 bucks

Hey! Thanks for the link!
This is a good project to build your own microphone.
creativitytospare.com issue # 16

Chain Link

This article was from the Boston Globe and write abouts Sound Scape and very cool sound art project . It lists Owen Curtin, sound engineer.

We need a wiki site but for now we have to just add our name to a page from the past. This link is to the wiki site for our historic cambridge recording studio

Just a few mentions of Owen's Recording work and other stuff on the web. This link is a review of review of a Avi and Celia record owen some mixing did last year at the mix hut. Mixed by Owen Curtin.

This next link is from a very old review that was also in the Northeast Performer back in 2002.

Doing the math and checking it twice

We hope to have diffusion very soon. This graphic was done in sketchup and represents 1/2 of a diffuser. We will use this patten 4 times to cover the rear wall of the control room. You have to flip every other half diffuser.

Spring Cleaning

We have said enough is enough. The studio has now been converted from wood shop / studio to just a recording studio. Owen Curtin: mixing, tracking and studio cleaning master.

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try out the rss feed if you like.
open for Amanda Palmer ... see sonic bids
Owen Curtin

Great Help

Steve has been helping out a lot at the studio.

He helped record a few weeks ago and has also be working on the no57s team to move our PUS. Thanks man. You are helping us build Cambridge a great recording studio!

Fred

Some times I just make posts to help the search engines. Rather then just promote our studio a few other bands are listed too.

Recording Studio In Cambridge MA
www.thebridgesoundstage.com
Recording Music In Boston, Somerville and Cambridge
Good Music
Great Drummer
Rock In Boston

Retrospek in the Studio - Sleepwalker's Remedy coming soon!

Dorchester's finest boom bap collective, Retrospek, recently came through The Bridge to work on their upcoming debut, Sleepwalker's Remedy.

As always they were a pleasure to work with and hammered out one hip hop classic after another.

Be sure to be on the look out for Retrospek!

Rehersal and record at the bridge

the misery series
show on may 30 @ paradise

The stage in the live room is a great place to have small shows or large rehearsals.

Popcorn and Candy

I'm working an a film today for Bella Rose Films. I always enjoy working with the exceptionally talented video editor Rebecca Gwynne . We are so glad that she uses The Bridge
This post production work is for the Tipping Point Foundation in San Francisco. They are a non-profit that enables real change and I have a lot of respect for.
This picture show my edit position at the production desk in the foreground. Beyond that you see the LCD and the console. In the back ground you can see the live room.

The studio is ideal for Post Production for Film and Video

Yeah Size Counts for somthing.

Our live space is 900 sq. feet. What's Up! Oh yeah .. plus the lounge and the iso booth. ; )

New Blood

We will both be at the NEiA Spring Portfolio Show: Friday April 17th - Courtyard by Marriott, 777 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA, 1-5pm Plenty of free parking

Tracking with the Mutronics Mutator

The Mutator is a dual mono/stereo rack effects unit, boasting an amplitude follower with external key input, LFO and a VCF/VCA courtesy of an SSM 2045 on each channel. You can hear one squeaking and screeching over Johnny Greenwood's guitar at the end of Radiohead's "Paranoid Android." The filter is of the four pole, 24 db/octave lowpass flavor made famous by Dr. Robert Moog, but the 2045 also has a two pole, 12 db/octave lowpass that Mutronics elected not to use. We asked Tony Allgood of Oakley Sound Systems in the UK to tap the IC's two pole output and include a two/four pole toggle switch for each channel, and recently tracked a few sources through it at the Bridge.

First, we tracked a drum loop from Reason:

• Dry loop
• 12 db/octave, slow LFO sweeps
• 24 db/octave, slow LFO sweeps

Then, we tracked sustained chords from Reason's "Maelstrom" synth, with its filters bypassed.

• Maelstrom chords, dry
• Maelstrom chords, 12 db/octave, slow LFO sweeps
• Maelstrom chords, 24 db/octave, slow LFO sweeps

Finally, we convinced Owen to bust out his beautiful old bass and lay some stank down. The bass was tracked into Pro Tools through a Universal Audio 2-610 DI/pre. The first passes used the Mutator's amplitude follower to create an auto-wah/envelope filter effect:

• Electric bass, 12 db/octave autowah
• Electric bass, 24 db/octave autowah

The second passes used the Mutator's key input to trigger the envelope. We reused the dry drums and offset them by a quarter note for this effect:

• Electric bass, 12 db/octave keyed
• Electric bass, 24 db/octave keyed

This isn't Gearslutz, so we weren't especially concerned about matching volumes for comparison. The bright, fizzy character of the two pole filter, made famous by ARP and Oberheim in the 1970s, is apparent at any level. It can be a subtle difference, depending on the program material and filter settings, but it's a euphonic one, and both modes will likely see use at the Bridge.

Fr. Joseph

Happy Good Friday,
So I got a call last night from The Holy Transfiguration Monastery to meet up and talk more about the recording they are doing. I was there last week with cuz Niall and we heard some amazing chanting. I think that this CD will be amazing. The timing and tuning is top notch. We also had a very nice lunch.
-O

So I just noted that WFNX has this way to help you check out playlists with the youtube links

I have been listening to The Killers and The Cars and asking how they are connected in my mind. Still not sure but here is another track. Maybe you can sort it out.

And well the Raconteurs also fit in to this section of my mind but for no good reason at all. But what a good song right. I think it is cool maybe because the song is so good it can sell a fairly lame lyric.

Well as for other talk.. The new gear in the studio is like mixing glue! (Ah don't you love the sound of a false promise? It is so easy to elevate something by saying it does what you wish it could) But seriously, we made some amazing mix filling textures that you wil be hearing more of in the future.

Last but not least, our Cambridge studio is looking now for a Variac and a Hot Plate and I would love demo yours if you have one...

more then my brain can hold

So cousin Niall showed me this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SHHPFipk0A

Wiki Wiki Wiki

So we have always loved the stories we hear and the Boston music scene is full of great tails. For sure you can't through a stone in this town with out hitting a guitar player out or a recording studio and this makes for a lot of good music and and lot of folk lore. So for our recording studio to be rooted in the best of this history is realy something special. You see, The Bridge Sound & Stage happens to be a studio with a very rich history. Our recording stage once belonged to Fort Apache and in that time the stage has hosted names like David Bowie (buy the WBCN CD"), Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Infact on the CD "This is Fort Apache" you can hear this lineup!
Magnetic North Pole- Cold Water Flat
Not You Again- Dinosaur Jr
Star (Full Band Version)- Belly
Stove- The Lemonheads
Murdering Stone- The Walkabouts
Crutch- Buffalo Tom
Run Leter- Throwing Muses
The Freed Pigs- Sebadoh
Anyone Can Play Guitar- Radiohead
Here Comes The Pain- Juliana Hatfield
Sulk- Billy Bragg
I Think She Likes Me- Treat Her Right
Off To One Side- Come

Yeah it is nuts!

Notoreous Cuz with Santas Like Qualitys

Owen's cousin will roll in from from NYC and loan us a Fatso and a Mutator !!! And well... we don't know how we will ever thank him! We wish we could help him find a new home for his studio so he can get back to making amazing music. We will just have to hope that he moves to Boston and hangs out at The Bridge Sound and Stage.

Jeremy helps out again

Jeremy Stark from no57s.com came by and installed the woofers in the NS-10s. He also installed a speaker select switch so we can use up to 4 near field monitors. He has been doing most of the tech work for us and has been a great help. He has graciously put up with the recycled cable that I have stored up over the last 10 years. We have placed many orders from redco, mouser, and made a few trips to "you blew it".... He has also done some recording and mixing here at The Bridge Sound and Stage with Math.
-Owen Curtin

New Mics Sound RIght

So Its 12:11 AM on Monday Still recording. I have a student to help out in studio D at 10AM and a meeting at 11, interview at 12:30, class at 12:30 and then again at 4. Home by 8 for dinner and try to keep touch base with the day's activities back at the bridge.

I am tracking a rehearsal for a band that is playing Church in a few days. I used the new Earth Works QTC40 (were the QTC1) match pair! Sounds amazing! Also my new Karma tom mics work quite good. The omni make the proximity effect no issue so I can get close enough to make it happen.

I also cut a deal for a Rosetta 800!!!! yes new converters are a nice thing. Can't wait to hear them!
So anyway that is the story. The bad has stopped playing. Oh and thanks to Steve and Tao for all your help tonight.

Peace,
Owen Curtin
www.thebridgesoundstage.com

New Work Updates from The Bridge


Well the Producer's desk has finally been completed, and set in place, and it is sure looking good. Thanks Ben for doing such great job!

In other news, work has begun on our diffuser, which we are looking very forward to hanging. Thanks go out to Diggits for his awesome job designing it.

If you want to see more photos of the studio, check out our Photobucket page. We will update it from time to time so you can all check out the progress in the studio. And as always be sure to check out what's going on with AR Classic Records.

Jesse Beaverson Demigod among Humans

What A Guy/ What A Class

Thanks to some HTML wizardry, i have solved the photo overlapping issues on the blog. The same issues that i single handedly created in the first place. In the future, anybody who wants to make a post within the blog should follow the template of a previously posted entry, i.e. copy and paste the source view of an older blog entry into your new entry, then go to the wysiwyg view, (where the copied and pasted content of the older template blog should appear) and then delete and reenter text/pictures in the appropriate places. This may seem redundant, which it is, so if you can make entries without all these steps by all means do so. This method is just a surefire way to avoid any formatting issues.

Owen taught a fairly good sized class here at The Bridge today, and it went well. Having a spacious studio packed with good equipment is certainly a better alternative to a cramped classroom with a couple mac's in it. The students got to set up and record live drums & also experiment with some different mic techniques, such as isolating the bass drum mic with some well placed freestanding gobos.

Ben also finished assembly on the first of 2 diffusor panels, and Janos and Owen seem excited about it. Mounting it on the wall before installing the bass traps underneath it should be interesting but he knows what hes doing.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Huge Live Room Sounds Like Concert Hall

String Quartet For a Film Score

Ben Phillippo came in to record several selections he composed for his film. Allan Espinosa and others played in this, out first session on the stage at The Bridge. The live room sounds so amazing. The Cascade Ribbon microphones set 20 feet back from the quartet gave a truly remarkable sound.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Any size band could record in this room

Live Stage to Record your Band

So as you can see, the live space is a beautifully large. We have room in here for a marching band! That fort of gobos / sound baffles was made from Ready Acoustics frames. They worked quite well for isolating a guitar amp from the drum set you can see on the stage. The sound of the room mic placed at the camera’s perspective sounds more like delay. Adding that mic to the mix can not even be compared to reverb effects.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Power

The Otari Status

It takes a lot of cable to move the PSU into the mech. room. Terry was kind to get this job started for us. We are moving all the amps and PSU for the Otari Status out of the control room. We hope this will let us use a bit less AC in the studio.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Rack Time

Rack Time

Ben Foote is hard at work building the rack / producers desk. Work still goes on. We just finished a film for http://www.bellarosefilms.com

Monday, February 9, 2009

Live Room Plans

Diffusion and Absorption


We have not finalized the plans but we are looking at diffusion along the far wall and wood floors. Also a Curtain to pull along the wall. Mike McDiggitz helped us by creating a spread sheet that determines the ideal Quadratic diffuser or any span. See it here.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Control Room View

Moving Along

The Rack is in place and tv is up. Thank you Ben Foote. The console is working great as well thanks to Andrew Lypps.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Live Room Stage

                           Naked Chips

Jon, Jake, Chris and Ryan came in for 36 hours of recording and overdubs. In the end we got a great thank you note.

“Thanks again for your suggestions, and for giving us a kickass recording. We really appreciate it, and hopefully will work together sometime in the near future.

Your feedback saved our music. All the overdubs, new parts, re-written solos, it all made a huge difference.

Thanks man,
Chris”

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Live Stage to Record Your Band

                                                         Any size band could record in this room

      So as you can see, the live space is a beautifully large. We have room in here for a marching band! That fort of gobos / sound baffles was made from Ready Acoustics frames. They worked quite well for isolating a guitar amp from the drum set you can see on the stage. The sound of the room mic placed at the camera’s    perspective sounds more like delay. Adding that mic to the mix can not even be compared to reverb effects.

 Monday, March 2, 2009

                                                                    
                                   

Overdubs

I miss our Yamaha NS-10s

Looking at the photo from the Naked Chips overdub session reminds me that I can’t wait until the NS-10 woofers show up in the mail. It was still a great session working with these guys. They have some serious musicianship in that band. I think they may be using http://www.merch-music.com/ to create CD download codes. They could then put the codes onto Tee Shirts or Frisbees and sell the code and product as one fun and inexpensive item.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

New Carpet

Adding this platform gives a good view of the live room and the console from the back of the control room. Thanks to paul for helping us with the carpet.

Platform for producers desk

Monday, January 5, 2009

Moving Along

The Rack is in place and tv is up. Thank you Ben Foote. The console is working great as well thanks to Andrew Lypps.

Control Room View

Wednesday, February 25, 2009