Zension Studio

10/24/2025

A new addition that isn't gear coming to the studio right after Christmas! Fingers crossed he will like hanging out. Moto the Maine C**n Studio cat! Hopefully there will be room left on the couch when he's fully grown, he's going to be a big guy.

07/15/2025

Congratulations to Nevayh for cracking 1,000 Spotify streams for Stronger Than! Currently 2,300 views for the music video and even more impressive are the 3,200 views of the video for I Will Trust. In the modern era of music where stream and view counts are bought (yes it's a thing) and tens of thousands of songs are released daily on a myriad of platforms, it's incredibly difficult to organically cut through all the noise. But their music and message continues to march forward connecting with an audience. Even though some members of the group have moved on from music and the project is no longer active, what they produced will surely endure. Honestly that is what making music should be about. The Stronger Than record continues to be some of my personal favorite production and mixing work and I enjoy revisiting it.

12/19/2024

11/14/2024

Just wanted to take a second to give a heartfelt Thank You! to everyone who helped me make it to my 10 year anniversary! It's been quite a ride with lots of ups and downs but most importantly lots of great music that I am very proud to have been part of! What do you say to another 10? I'm in.

09/20/2024

By request and in honor of our 10th Anniversary we have updated our logo to Zension Studio EST. 2014! Everything priced at our cost because we like you!

EST 2014 Zension Distressed 2? ⭐ EST 2014 Zension Distressed 2 ❗ EST 2014 Zension Distressed 2

09/13/2024

Congrats to the great one himself Jeff Reinartz Music on the release of his new single!

It's release day! It's release day! "Day by Day" is finally here and available on all your favorite streaming platforms! I did all the instruments this time, and I'm really proud of it.

This song is near to my heart because it addresses moving on from things that are no longer serving us. As always, HUGE thanks to Scotty Rohr at Zension Studio for helping me to get this song from a sheet of notebook paper to you! We had a little help from the very talented Autumn Beckett too!

We sincerely hope you like it and share it with anyone you think needs to hear its message.

Below are links to a few of the most popular sites. Enjoy, and happy Friday the 13th!

https://open.spotify.com/album/6B4ZoL8h1PHZROppNhvhog?si=3tiowY1DQcydrqeowcJwzg

https://pandora.app.link/1dqUSTjpRMb

https://music.apple.com/us/album/day-by-day/1762327912?i=1762327913

https://youtu.be/q3af7np5JFY?si=ss15K9RD5S9RNWqR

https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0DCRKZ1CG?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_qJfqjX15EgeEeCzgkGAfbAdPQ&trackAsin=B0DCRVTRDY

04/03/2024

First day of production of some new music. Happy to be back at it!

01/19/2024

Big thanks to Jeff Reinartz Music for another great song and trusting us with it!

My new single "Crosses" is available on all your favorite streaming platforms today!

Special thanks again to these super talented friends who helped me to get this done (and who I can't tag from this page, so give them a pat on the back if you see them)!

Mark Dixon - Mandolin
Pete Jacobsen - Bass
Terry Schmidt - Piano/Organ
Victoria Smith - Violin
Pete Wangen - Drums
and
Scotty Rohr - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering, Artwork and good conversation.

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it!

Here are the links to a few of the platforms it can be found on:

https://open.spotify.com/album/76bvgqQgbajmFYO6SSeAhD?si=hZIlTuPmQKa-g-s7UbssXg

https://music.apple.com/us/album/crosses-single/1722028805

https://youtu.be/7LnXG5man0U?si=tyQwH-_ikMRJv_Qo

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CQKN4JRL?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_f72WUaul47Goa5EkYlwNywmIm

12/14/2023

Just adding some final touches to the new single Crosses. This one has the distinction of our longest song ever in production but I think you'll be able to easily hear all the extra effort. Keep an eye out for the release date coming soon!

11/14/2023

Some additional photos of the studio over the years and some of our new space.

11/14/2023

On this day in 2014 I finished putting together my modest first studio in the basement of my old house. When I took this photo I had no idea the studio would evolve into what it is today! It has been an eventful 9 years and I have been truly blessed to be part of making some incredible music that I am very proud of. What I am most grateful for is getting to work with some of the greatest people you would ever want to know and spend time with! Looking forward to the next chapter in our brand new space!

10/01/2023

Held a little open house to show some folks around the new studio today. seems to like the song writing corner of the new tracking space. He grabbed a guitar and played me one of his new tunes. I think you'll like it, I know I sure did! This one and a few more will be part of his new EP we will be putting together this winter and it should be out early next year. Photos and walkthrough of the new diggs soon!