Rooftop Recording

11/09/2025

Tube compressor rack for the next 2 days at Willis Recording.

11/06/2025

I was very happy to be able to work as tracking and mastering engineer on this album. I don’t know the details, but it was to also be available on vinyl LP. The original songs are excellent - nostalgic and touching. Put this on on your holiday rotation. You’ll be happy you did!

Well, family, my dream Christmas album is finally out. 🙂 A labor of love for the last year, “Waiting For Santa” is my proudest accomplishment yet. Half original material, and the other half my favorite unsung heroes of the holiday music library, I hope this album makes you feel all of the warm and fuzzies it does for me!!

I could NOT have done it without my musical family. ❤️

Tracks 1-10,12-13 were recorded at Willis Sound by Dave Roof
with Mike Harrison on piano 🎹
Reuben Stump on bass 🎻
and Dave Zwolinski on drums 🥁
*Track 1 & 10 Reuben Stump on vocals 🎙️
* Track 9 Ellie Martin on vocals 🎙️
* Track 11 was recorded at Black Sheep Studios by Steve Capp
with Rufus Ferguson on keys 🎹
Matt Ryan on electric bass 🎸
and Brandon Williams on drums 🥁

Y’all did such an amazing job in the studio, thank you.

Thank you to my co-producer Matt Ryan, co-writers Mike Harrison, Ellie Martin, & Reuben Stump. And thank you Mike for Track 4. 🎁

Mixed by Matt Ryan at Detroit Born Sound and Mastered by Dave Roof at 💿

Album photo by Matt Ryan and graphic design by Sarah Leonard , thank you for the amazing graphics and physical CD & vinyl design too.

Thank you Jeff Pedraz for such thoughtful liner notes. I feel so seen!

Thank you Murphy 🐾 for posing so amazingly and last but not least, thank you to my mom & dad for being so supportive and Christmatizing every holiday season. ☃️

10/20/2025

Still one of the sexiest microphones ever. She’s got it going on at 80!

10/02/2025

I was delighted to master this record. Remember attending shows and buying on Bandcamp are the only ways artists actually get any money from their releases. Thanks for supporting live original music. This is the creative edge of jazz and modern electronic art music.

09/02/2025

So thrilled to have 2 clients on this list from the excellent Sonic Coast ap/broadcast. J. Michael & the Heavy Burden and Steve Gulian are both projects produced here. Thanks to Sonic Coast, and to all my artists trusting me with their creations.

Great Lakes / Great Grooves

08/27/2025

As the summer gig season slows down, it's a great time to start a new single, EP or album project. This is among the best times of year to book dates.

This year, we've had significant upgrades in signal processing and the mic arsenal will compete with the biggest stdios in the world. PM with questions, or to start a conversation about producing your music!

08/24/2025

Rock kick tone.

08/06/2025

Big thanks to Jim Alfredson for service to the Leslie and Hammond, along with selling me a recently recapped vintage 1178. Now that I have this unit in, I am selling a pair of WA76. I will sell them locally for cheaper than Reverb prices first if anyone wants one or both. These are fine units used on many, many recordings over the last decade or so. One has a meter light out. Both work sonically perfectly.

07/21/2025

The City Lines came to me to track drums, which was a fabulous session with Bob Zammit and his gorgeous Virtue Drums custom kit. They did the production work at home and with a team in California. They brought it back to me for mastering. Thanks, and congratulations team!

Whatever involvement, I love a great album, and playing whatever role makes sense.

Official video for The City Lines song "Blood and Smoke" from the 2025 album Prescribed FiresFind it on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and more ...

07/15/2025

Live sound with JBL mains and QSC monitors are available for your event. Live recording is available as well.

The amazing and talented DAVID ROOF master sound engineer. thank you David for all you do for us !!! 🤗🦋

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