posted Feb 1, 2012 9:11 AM by Landon Arkens
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Last year Ryan Heraly of Manic Eye Media spearheaded a video series featuring Madison musicians. Some of the videos have already been posted on this website. Click here to see all five videos. He's now put together the audio recordings from the series together in a compilation and has made it available on Bandcamp as a free download! Check out the page, listen online, and download- So much good music. |
posted Dec 24, 2011 10:19 AM by Landon Arkens
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Last night Robby and I made a Christmas album just barely in time for the holidays! If you've enjoyed seeing him play at Mickey's Tavern in the past, you'll enjoy this. Listen here. |
posted Dec 12, 2011 10:47 AM by Landon Arkens
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The Madison Music Foundry is offering introductory recording courses for the first time! The series includes 3 courses running 5 weeks each. The first 2 of which will be taught by MMF instructor, Jourdan Hines, and the third will be taught by me at Blast House Studios. This series isn't intended to replace a full educational program that other schools offer, but rather is designed to teach about audio equipment function and basic engineering principles that will be useful for any working musician, home recording enthusiast, or student deciding whether or not to enroll in a music industry specialized school. Read More |
posted Nov 23, 2011 12:14 PM by Landon Arkens
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I finished working with Orphan Bloom on their new EP, and they will be releasing it at the High Noon Saloon on Dec 1st! Show starts at 9pm.
Bluegills released their first full length album.
Pioneer was in the studio with me doing some tracking for their first full length album.
Kurt Klinger came back to record another batch of great songs with me.
Jake Wirth was in the studio tracking drums with me for his upcoming EP.
Nick Brown and I started mixing his full length album. |
posted Sep 21, 2011 2:44 PM by Landon Arkens
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This summer had a bunch of fun projects happen at the studio. Many of the projects will be releasing albums this fall.
Orphan Bloom came in to do full band tracking and is now finishing up overdub tracking for an EP release. Looking forward to mixing this!
Willow Lane came back in for another round of full band tracking. They're going to have plenty of great material to pick from and include on their first full length release.
Orpheus came down from De Pere and tracked an entire album in 6 days! We subsequently mixed and mastered it, and they'll be releasing it very soon after they return from tour.
Graham Webster tracked, mixed, and mastered an acoustic album with me this summer. Such an enjoyable session, and I love the album artwork!
Currently I'm wrapping up a mix project with Old American Junk. We did lots of tracking for the album over the summer, and I'll be sending final mixes to Justin Perkins very soon for mastering! |
posted Sep 14, 2011 11:52 AM by Landon Arkens
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There was an article about the Madison Music Foundry's Rock Workshop in this week's issue of The Isthmus. Click here to read it. The Madison Music Foundry is the sister business to Blast House Studios and is a facility for music lessons and full band rehearsals. They organize many events, including Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Classical Workshops, music theory classes, and will soon be offering a series of audio recording seminars.
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posted Aug 15, 2011 7:20 AM by Landon Arkens
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posted Jul 11, 2011 2:00 PM by Landon Arkens
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Click here to listen to a track from Kikeh Mato's debut album.
There's a soft place in my heart for bands that keep album production simple. Kikeh Mato astonished me when they came into the studio and played (and sang!) full keeper takes that made their way to the album largely unadulterated. I think I can count on two hands the number of performance edits that happened during the whole recording process! Visit their website for CD release information. |
posted Jul 7, 2011 1:18 PM by Landon Arkens
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posted Apr 28, 2011 4:44 PM by Landon Arkens
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It feels as if every other weekend for the past month a band that I've worked with is celebrating a release.
Whitney Mann is releasing her new CD, "The Western Sky" on May 28 at The High Noon Saloon in Madison.
Venice Gas House Trolly is releasing their new CD, "Burst Open" on May 6 at The Cardinal Bar in Madison.
The Whiskey Farm released their new CD, "Middle of America" on April 23.
Surgeons In Heat released their new EP on March 29.
Jeremiah Nelson released his new CD on March 26.
WilloW Lane released a new video.
and Zola Jesus released a new video in tandem with their national tour!
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