Bluetone Studio

01/25/2022

Comping guitar tracks with Clayton Keiber of Eldridge Rodriguez fame. He's still a very down to earth guy.

09/01/2021

Control Room 2 Pano

09/01/2021

07/24/2021

To a Rock n Roll Ghost…

04/11/2021

First accordion trip yesterday. Lovely instrument.

07/03/2020

This was a great setup. Coles 4038 near, RCA-77DX distance...both into cloud lifters...and a Neumann m-147 behind the guitar and aimed at the body. For vocals we used an RE-20 into a VoxBox...offset so the singer wasn't going directly into it. So we didn't need an pop-filter or de-essing. The RE-20 was perfect for a non-direct address. An amazing, versatile, inexpensive mic.

25 days ago David and I went into his Bluetone Studios in Somerville, MA to record a few tracks and film the session for posterity while maintaining a safe social distance. Clayton is currently editi

06/21/2020

I documented the safe studio process we've been using at Bluetone for the last few weeks. Essentially involves defining Artist Space and Engineer Space to maintain social distance. It also covers how to manage surfaces and equipment -- mic quarantining, for instance.

Posting for anyone interested in how safe recording can be done. Also if anyone has ideas or solutions that have worked for them, I'd love to talk!

Bluetone Studio Safe Recording Protocols General Bluetone Studio is located in a building with other businesses so there are common areas (hallways, restrooms). Building management requires everyone to wear a mask in all common areas. The building common areas are cleaned by professional staff 5...

06/15/2020

Falling for the mid-side stereo miking. Requires almost no phase correction and is ideal for a single instrument. Not super wide but much easier than AB or XY. Dennis doing some smooth brushwork helped too...

06/09/2020

Studio Rat Confessional. I think I may love an aesthetically beautiful setup more than I like the actual music. Is that wrong?

06/07/2020

Every once in a while I still get to shred...

03/09/2020

We hosted a freelance video shoot earlier this year for an Eldridge Rodriguez single. It’s on Big Takeover Magazine now.

Dear Friends and Enemies, Big Takeover Magazine has premiered the video for Eldridge Rodriguez's "Your Dead Boyfriend." Featuring Sarah Borges
It's flashy, it's got Gorillas.
Go check it out, NOW!
http://bigtakeover.com/news/VideoPremiereYourDeadBoyfriendbyEldridgeRodriguez
Thank you Jen Dan Jack Rabid and Big Takeover Magazine for the showcase.
Thanks to those who took the time to offer their skills
Directed and Cinematography by Patrick Ruth
Edited by Patrick Breen
Every other Crew Position and Gorilla Performance by Jeff Tanger