Dedicated to providing singer-songwriters, working musicians, students, and casual players of all abilities with quality, affordable audio recordings.
Forest Audio is a well-appointed project studio located in the coastal Maine town of Belfast, dedicated to providing singer-songwriters, working musicians, students, and casual players of all abilities with quality, affordable audio recordings in a relaxed, supportive environment. Once upon a time, making a professional recording meant spending big bucks at a “real” studio. Today the game has chan
Forest Audio is a well-appointed project studio located in the coastal Maine town of Belfast, dedicated to providing singer-songwriters, working musicians, students, and casual players of all abilities with quality, affordable audio recordings in a relaxed, supportive environment. Once upon a time, making a professional recording meant spending big bucks at a “real” studio. Today the game has chan
Operating as usual
These incredible musicians make it look so easy. It ain't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw5yFbY9k7w
‘I Never Cared For You’ comes from Alison Krauss’ solo album Windy City that is available now. Order the album digitally, the deluxe CD or vinyl: https://Ali...
Ever seen one of these? Wow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo5mvTfYSQY
Keith Medley makes beautiful music on his own creation; the one-of-a-kind 27-string guitar. Download a free song at http://KeithMedleyMusic.comProduced by Jo...
This just totally made my day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4sWx0gW2_M
“Move Into The Light,” from the album BE THE LOVE YOU WANT by Southern Avenue, out August 27, 2021 on Renew Records/BMG. --Written by @Jason Mraz , Michael G...
Before auto-tune and midi paks…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlSVkzbJDA
I edited this footage on my iPad from the doco Doin it again.Edited! I get tired of all the d***y comments on this, so lets clarify a few things.1. The song ...
My pals Harry Richter and Steve Lynnworth play so pretty! Thanks for the share, guys. I just wish you got to finish the tune!
Making great music and having too much fun! with one of my favorite guys, David Dodson.
So, you think you're a guitar player? It's a fairly long segment, but the interview is worth the listen. Very illuminating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSp6hC7AS7M
starts @ 0:27
This is so much fun! I love these guys. 😊
Recognize any of these guys?
Here's something that really got my attention. Country music and hip-hop had a love child and named him Willie Jones. Great stuff…
Some people can't breathe for the flag
Had to take a knee for the flag
I really wanna ride for the flag
But I gotta keep an eye on the flag…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8xqcuK-aD0
Listen to the single "American Dream". Out now!Stream: https://empire.ffm.to/americandream.oydThe PENTHOUSE / EMPIRE 2021Director: Jamal WadeExecutive Produc...
Happy Inauguration Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDf2Yl3nSmY
This is dedicated to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless Black sisters and brothers who have died.resources:https://www.blackvisio...
My Rode NTK has been a faithful if somewhat "plain spoken" audio servant for quite a few years. After reading numerous articles about how the sound of that mic could be seriously enhanced by replacing the capsule and and tube, I decided to go for it. When the parts arrived in the mail I quickly determined that I was in over my head and prevailed on Lincoln Clapp to do the mod for me. I'm very happy to report that I'm very happy! The NTK is now my first-call voiceover mic, and I expect it to see a lot of service on vocal sessions of all sorts.
I'm not a huge country pop fan, but this is a really well-written and produced tune with a PERFECT message for these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v7jXWZZ-VI
Music video by Sugarland performing Bigger (Live). © 2020 Big Machine Label Group, LLC http://vevo.ly/O70PF8
My new baby — a WA-14 from Warm Audio. Check out the shootout between this mic and an AKG-414 (which costs twice as much). If you watch the upper-right corner of the video you'll see a very discreet display of which mic you're listening to at any given moment. It doesn't hurt that the singer is so great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjFzC8zxEok
Robin Horty shot this video during the recording of sound cues for Theater For The Earth's production of A Prayer For The Great Mother. Thanks for the share, Robin!
Have some fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTJfITfbYNA
September 26, 2016 by BOB BOILEN • They came, they measured, and they returned to perform a show like no other. It was the great NPR Tiny Desk Takeover by Bl...
I just got my hands on Carol Graff's new cd. Job well done, Carol! I'm honored to have played a part.
This link came to me through the regular newsletter I get from American Songwriter magazine. So much music is so over-produced these days that I was really taken with the stripped down arrangement of this tune. I'd never heard of Victoria or seen her perform, so I was totally unprepared for the moment she started interacting with the audience at 2:26. OMG.
Drama on a Wurly, from a sound studio near an airport in LA. Stream it here: https://fanlink.to/vcdrama IG: https://www.instagram.com/victoriacanal FB: https...
Joni turned 76 on November 7. Aoife O'Donovan nails it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDqorM26hPc
Subscribe to the Live from Here channel and click the bell for notifications: https://bit.ly/2JCVkzd Happy birthday this week (November 7) to Joni Mitchell! ...
Lately I've found myself involved in more spoken word projects (audiobooks, etc). To facilitate that work, I dusted off my carpenter's apron and built a new free-standing isolation booth. It's not soundproof, but it does take "quiet" up several notches. Many thanks to Paul Hodgson, who offered lots of useful input in the design phase.
Pop quiz. How many of these do you know? I got fifteen. Caveat: since this is Rick Beato, we're just talking rock 'n roll here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UNuqYFP-pM
In this video I countdown my Top 20 Acoustic Guitar Introductions of All-Time. THE BEATO CLUB → https://flatfiv.com/pages/become-a-beato-club-member BUY THE ...
This'll put a little swing in your step!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZ7YLU5YjI
Tommy Emmanuel, Richard Smith and Jim Nichols play Swing 42 at the Chet Atkins convention, Nashville TN, July 2018.
Dagney Ernest, Jen Hodgson, Frederica Chapman and Jim Doble of the Theater For The Earth talk strategy. Three-part harmonies, dramatic narrative, and Tibetan singing bowls! Recorded for their upcoming production, "A Prayer for the Great Mother."
David Dodson working out cello parts for "Hurry Home." Look closely and you'll notice the vintage Radio Shack cassette player he uses to do this. He's got the fastest rewind finger in the east. 👈
I have an interesting mix of things going on these days: I just finished working on a hard rock EP (eventually to become an album) with Tune Squad, I'm in the middle of a bluegrass album with Miners Creek, I'm working regularly with David Dodson on a comedic country album, I'm just about to begin a solo classical guitar project with Lance Olivieri, and in June I'll be working on a vocal piece with Frederica Chapman and Theater For The Earth. Variety is the spice!
This one is for Ted DeMille. I'm not sure why. It just is. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzodB0Sp6ZI
A country singer reminisces, tunefully, about his late father, who was a composer of atonal music. Written and sung by Merle Hazard. Featuring Alison Brown a...
There was a time in my life (quite a while back) when I thought I could make some money songwriting. I gravitated toward mainstream country because it seemed like that genre was most receptive to material from outside writers. Long-story-short, I concluded that I probably could do it but it would be a hell of a lot of work and was unlikely to lead to the kind of life I saw myself living.
Fast forward to this morning. I was poking around on YouTube looking for something else and stumbled on this: one of three songs (that I'm aware of, anyhow) that I wrote that got played by anyone else but me. Paul Hotchkiss (credited as a co-writer) was a music publisher who made some lyric suggestions and helped put the demo together, but the song is 95% mine.
In the end, I never saw a nickel of licensing money or royalties. Such is the music biz, I guess. This video was clearly done for some local or regional tv show—the set looks like it came straight out of the 50's!
All-in-all, I thought the band did a pretty decent job with the tune. I bet Hank Williams, Jr. would have knocked it out of the park. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19JJ0QBOLvs
Jerry Piper and his band performs this great truckin' song, written by Paul Hotchkiss/Steve Chiasson
For your Wednesday morning listening pleasure…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVuOyfvs_oY
Bird's Nest Title track from the upcoming release THE FRETLESS Karrnnel Sawitsky Eric Wright Trent Freeman Ben Plotnick Filmed by Matt Miles mattmilesfilms.c...
Looking over my studio calendar for the week: Monday morning meeting with my Belfast Center landlord, John McKeith, to arrange a promotional photo shoot; Monday afternoon recording session with Resa & Emily Randolph (of Miners Creek Bluegrass Band); Wednesday morning meeting with a couple of middle school students doing job shadowing; Thursday morning class teaching "recording studio basics" to some folks from the Belfast Senior College; Friday afternoon recording session with singer-songwriter David Dodson. If I'm not careful, this is going to turn into something like a real job. 😉
So here's something fun…
Back in October, I set up a stereo mic in the middle of the audience at David Dodson's annual Camden Opera House variety show extravaganza. The event was to be videotaped, and the idea was to try and improve on the audio quality that he'd been getting from just the video mics in the past.
It turned out that there was quite a bit more to it than just capturing the sound in the room. Among other things, we wound up mixing in a vocal feed that was taken directly from the board and some sampled horns to beef up some of the horn lines. On the whole, I think it turned out pretty well. There will be more videos to follow, but here's a taste…
https://vimeo.com/306592963/fb64e7cc42
From the David Dodson 25th anniversary concert
I'm always interested in what other folks have to say about their recording/mixing process. Seems like I always find little nuggets of wisdom and things to try or just pay closer attention to. Some good stuff here…
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/11-tips-better-mixes-kendal-osborne/?utm_content=article3-button&utm_source=insync&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181208-national
Kendal Osborne (The Recording Lounge) shares 11 tips for how today’s recording engineer can get the most of the sounds and spaces they’re working with.
Congratulations to Richard Murray on his cd, "Tall Pines." Great tunes, humbly and tastefully presented. Beautiful artwork by his wife, Sharon!
I've been a huge fan of Mike Senior for years. I first encountered his work in the pages of Sound on Sound, and later in his books "Recording Secrets for the Small Studio" and "Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio." Those two references had a transformative effect on nearly every aspect of my own approach to recording and mixing. I'm faster, better and smoother thanks to Mike!
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