Garage Mahal Recording Studio

02/21/2025

New at Garage Mahal Recording Studio: I am now the proud owner of a 1968 Fender Deluxe Reverb guitar amplifier. Legend says the Deluxe is the most recorded amp in history and I believe it. Pristine tone, the spring reverb and tremolo are lush and shimmery, and it’s REALLY loud. When you want to record with that legit Fender tube amp sound, give me a call.

02/03/2025

Weekend Update: More fun recording old timey music with Mark Horn. He played some shuffley snare drum with brushes and then the old washboard! This was my first time recording a washboard, it actually came out sounding pretty cool.

01/17/2025

Back in my New York days I saw this man perform a lot. Mark Horn was the drummer for the Blue Chieftains, a really great Alt-Country band that played the east village in NYC very often. Sometimes they would play three sets, three nights in a row. I absolutely loved them. Imagine my surprise when Mark, who I had never been formally introduced to, called me to record his trio at Garage Mahal Recording Studio. Like me he lives in Maine now but had recorded at Coyote Studios in Brooklyn where I worked THIRTY YEARS AGO. Small world, right?

01/17/2025

Yesterday at Garage Mahal Recording I had the pleasure of recording Mark Horn (banjo/vocals), Doug Moier (guitar), Andy Buckland (standup bass) and Karen Grimshaw (vocals). I think the best description of their music is “old timey”. They played and sang great, just a pleasure to listen to even though technically I was working.

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays from everyone at Garage Mahal Recording Studio!

12/14/2024

Today, this man dug deep and laid down excellent bass tracks with a Carol Kaye/James Jameson vibe. It’s said (and I firmly believe) that you can hum a good bass line. Thanks to Bernie Tajonera of COSMIC for a great afternoon of music. Cosmic guitarist Bill Bourassa will be in tomorrow to record overdubs. Looking forward to it.

11/28/2024

Happy Harvest Day
from Garage Mahal Recording Studio

10/20/2024

The COSMIC logo looks great on drummer Todd Gibson’s kick drum!

10/19/2024

The very nice people in COSMIC are back here at the studio to record their next record. Good songs and they’re a real pleasure to work with.

10/19/2024

Another piece from the Garage Mahal Recording Studio guitar amp collection: the Ampeg V4. The legendary Ken Fischer of Trainwreck Circuits turned me on to this amp (I believe he helped develop it when he worked at Ampeg). It’s the amp you here on “Get Your Ya-Yas Out” by The Rolling Stones. Sounds awesome but it weights a TON. Good for the studio but gigging with it requires a road crew.

08/07/2024

Support your local music scene! Not just because you are a nice person, but also because the music is SO good.

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08/05/2024

Mainebrews N Musicreviews is a great resource for learning about new Maine-based music. I recently designed the logo for their TOP 10 list, and I think it came out pretty snappy!

Thanks to Rowan Bishop at Bridge Street Design for the cool new logo!

MAINEBREWS WEEKLY TOP 10

Our top 10 is based on a compilation of data from radio airplay, sales from Bull Moose, live show hype, reviews, streaming numbers / accessibility, social media hype, being recent, and a bunch of other mind numbing factors.

1: Griffin William Sherry
“Roll Down Slow”
2: 12/OC
“Seven In Tennessee”
3: Toby McAllister
“If I Should Fall From Grace With God”
4: SPARXSEA
“Roses In The Street”
5: An Overnight Low
“Lady Londonderry”
6: Lynda Mandolyn
“Little Dreamer”
7: Buck T. Edwards
“Cumberland Ave.”
8: Rigometrics
“All My Friends(Live For The Weekend)
9: The Side Chick Syndicate
“Get Used To This”
10: Euphemia
“Rock Show”

We will be rewarding the artist in the number one spot by donating to their Bandcamp page and/or purchasing their music at Bull Moose! What's the best way to get on this list? Get yourself on the radio. Get a press packet together and contact WCYY, WCLZ, WERU, WMPG, WPOR, The Greetings From Area Code 207 Radio Hour, Rock Rage Radio and radio 207 dot com, just to name a few. Get some merchandise for sale in Bull Moose stores. In other words…get yourselves out there.

06/26/2024

Over the weekend the Galilee Guys were here at Garage Mahal Recording Studio to lay down tracks for their next single, a rock arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner". As a result, I've been feeling quite patriotic all week. Special thanks to Ronnie Lee for some tech work on the drum kit.

06/26/2024

I got a nice shout-out from Mainebrews N Musicreviews for my work on the new COSMIC cd. Thanks Paul Gauer!

06/03/2024

Mixes for the new AfterBlack release (recorded and mixed here at Garage Mahal Recording) are completed and the band is thrilled. I must admit I'm digging them myself. Here's a taste!

05/06/2024

The Garage Mahal Recording Studio gear arsenal now includes a Vox AC30 guitar amplifier. Made famous by the Beatles, they are used by a host of artists from the late Tom Petty to Brian May of Queen. All you players out there know this is a serious jangle machine and an important addition to the collection.

05/02/2024

After tracking guitar, bass and drums live on the floor yesterday, 3/4 of Afterblack were back at Garage Mahal Recording Studio today for guitar overdubs. Songs are really shaping up nicely. Tomorrow we tackle vocals.

04/30/2024

Garage Mahal Recording Studio alumni Afterblack are active again (yay!) and recording their next release here at the studio. Today was setup day and we’re getting a thunderous drum sound.