Kiva Records

Kiva Records This is an archive of the creative output from Kiva Records, home of producer/songwriter Russ Hopkins

New album on KIVA
29/09/2025

New album on KIVA

Beautiful Day 0:00Red Rose 3:34Sweet Love 6:22If Only You 9:42Like a Dream 13:24Nights In White Satin 17:45Cactus Song 23:00You Keep Me Hanging On 25:31Hands...

My current recording space.
16/03/2025

My current recording space.

This is one way to mic a piano. Notice my trusty portable digital recorder above the keyboard, a very useful tool for s...
16/03/2025

This is one way to mic a piano. Notice my trusty portable digital recorder above the keyboard, a very useful tool for songwriting.

Here I am letting someone else do the engineering in February, 2025.
16/03/2025

Here I am letting someone else do the engineering in February, 2025.

These days I occasionally I go elsewhere to record projects. This is drummer Jess Amedee and I at Colorado Sound Studio...
16/03/2025

These days I occasionally I go elsewhere to record projects. This is drummer Jess Amedee and I at Colorado Sound Studios listening to our progress on the debut Russ Hopkins Band album in February 2025.

The current Kiva studio just before selling most of my analog recording machines and outboard sound processing equipment...
16/03/2025

The current Kiva studio just before selling most of my analog recording machines and outboard sound processing equipment seen behind me in 2022. It's all "In the box" now with a Pro Tools digital work station.

Ian and I during "take your son to work day," 2016.
16/03/2025

Ian and I during "take your son to work day," 2016.

I'm admiring an old-school half inch two track mastering tape machine at my friend Kevin Clock's studio Colorado Sound S...
16/03/2025

I'm admiring an old-school half inch two track mastering tape machine at my friend Kevin Clock's studio Colorado Sound Studio in Denver.

Sometimes recording was for the birds. Fort Collins 1993.
16/03/2025

Sometimes recording was for the birds. Fort Collins 1993.

Another remote setup for The Parlor Sessions. I don't know where I found the energy to move around all that equipment. ...
16/03/2025

Another remote setup for The Parlor Sessions. I don't know where I found the energy to move around all that equipment. Good times though. Pictured is Charlie, my assistant.

Kiva Studio, Orchard Place location in the beginning in 1993. Never really had a control room. Looking back on it I'm ...
16/03/2025

Kiva Studio, Orchard Place location in the beginning in 1993. Never really had a control room. Looking back on it I'm in awe of what all happened in such a small space.

I truly enjoyed most of my studio clients, many of whom became friends. This is Paul Russell, AKA "Your Imaginary Frien...
16/03/2025

I truly enjoyed most of my studio clients, many of whom became friends. This is Paul Russell, AKA "Your Imaginary Friend."

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