Rooftop Recording

07/10/2025

Thanks to William Marshall Bennett for tackling the studio’s “honkytonk” upright Hamilton by Baldwin. One string change and a bunch of action fussing later, she’s in working condition, and ready for all your vibe piano needs!

07/01/2025

New out - Mike Ward's songs remind me of the folk singer's version of the Kinks. He grabs a subject, and gets to it in all the meaningful angles in a way that you wouldn't expect. Stories come in from the side and grab your heart strings. Sometimes they make you laugh. Enjoy! - just out. Recorded mixed and mastered here.

12 track album

07/01/2025

Mic shootout day.

07/01/2025

Steve has been recording a series of singles. Check them all out, including this new one, just out. As always, Bandcamp gives the best feedback and money to musicians you want to support. Thanks!

06/17/2025

From John Lennon (my musical hero) to every singer and musician struggling with self doubt. Your expression is beautiful to me. The more real, raw and open, the more beauty. Be yourself in what you do, and that is the spring of artistic beauty. It’s hard, but be there for it. I will be.

John Lennon once said, “I never liked hearing myself.” As a fan, that statement always struck me as surprising. How could a man with one of the most iconic voices in music history dislike the very thing that made him a legend?

But the more I read and listened to his interviews, the more I understood. Lennon was his own harshest critic. He often complained that his voice sounded “thin” or “nasal,” especially in early Beatles recordings. He used studio effects—like double tracking and echo—not just for style, but to mask his perceived imperfections.

He famously said he preferred the sound of his voice on songs like “Tomorrow Never Knows” or “Strawberry Fields Forever” because they were so processed. He even asked producer George Martin to make his voice “sound like the Dalai Lama shouting from a mountain top.” That request wasn’t about ego—it was about insecurity.

Lennon also disliked the emotional vulnerability in some of his songs. Listening back to tracks like “Julia” or “Mother” was painful because of how raw they were. He poured real trauma into those recordings, and hearing them again reopened old wounds.

As a fan, I don’t hear flaws—I hear honesty. But I respect that John, like many artists, struggled with self-perception. That very vulnerability made his music even more powerful. His voice may not have pleased him, but it moved millions of us.

06/04/2025

Hey all, check out the YouTube page for Singer-sngwriter, Rooftop client, Steve Gulian. Give him a subscribe. Post your pages in the comments too!

Hi. I'm Steve, the extroverted introvert, watching the world from a quiet perch in the corner, nursing a beverage and writing a song about it all. St.Even Gulian is a singer\songwriter\storyteller from Detroit, MI. Belting out songs on acoustic guitar, harmonica around his neck, St.Even’s music ha...

05/25/2025

It’s very important to sanitize live vocal mics after every use.

04/24/2025

The racks are all back together, back at home.

04/22/2025

More from a remote recording session at Frog Holler Barn for Billy King.

04/22/2025

Remote session at Frog Holler Barn for Billy King.

04/07/2025

This recording was made here, super fast in a single day. We not only do production and fully developed albums, but also we do demos and other live recordings. Congrats on the release, The Dirty Cupid!

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03/31/2025

I have an open time for a session this coming Sunday, April 6th. It's a rarity for a weekend day to be open on such short notice. If you would like to book that date, please PM me.