Grand Piano Recording @Studio Blue

We had a special task today, and that was to record a number of  piano pupils playing the grand piano at Studio Blue. The age of the pupils were from the age under 10 years up to over 65!

Later we will edit the recordings and maybe put some effects on them, and all tracks will be compiled on a (non-commercial) CD.

It was really fun to meet many new people, most of them (if not all) without any experience from a recording studio! They all did a great job! :)

The Dynamic Duo

Top Three @Jano

Due to a water leak in the main room, tonight's gig was moved to the auditorium. Today's performance was a trio called "Top Three", with Ulf Johansson Werre (piano, trombone and vocals),  Hacke Björksten (saxophone) and Hans Backenroth (contrabass). It was the first time we were in this room, but it turned out to be a lot easier to manage the sound in there! The bass wasn't a problem at all, and was both powerful and clear and the total sound was equally good in all areas in the room.

The bass player had a small bass amp on stage which we tapped to the PA system, but we also tapped the bass contact mike and got to mix the two sources. The piano was miked with two Line Audio CM3 and the saxophone was miked with a Shure SM57, but it was barely amplified as it was loud on it's own.

The audience and the performers was very pleased with the sound, and afterwards people came to us and thanked us for the good sound! Always fun to be appreciated! :)

"Top Three"

Daniel at work

The way of the Audiophile

What happens when you have the kindest parents in the world? Well, you get a set of Ino Audio Pr24 speakers and amplifier as an early graduation gift! Love you guys! :D 

With these speakers a whole new level of audio detail emerge. They are powered by a Denon PMA-720AW integrated amplifier, a good amp that's very affordable. The speakers are resting on (blue) Sonic Design pads, and  another good thing is that I no longer hear the computer's CPU-noise in the speakers which I did with the HS80s.

The next thing on my wish list is to get some acoustic treatment for the room, but as a lodger and a student things are a bit more complicated. :) When I get my own place again, and can make a dedicated listening room, acoustic treatment and correct placing of the speakers will be top priority.

Recording and editing@Studio Blue

A long day full of music recording and editing! Started in the morning with a vocal recording practice session for my own music production school project song called "Satisfied". Also made a quick recording of myself, singing a vocal demo for a Swedish song that's in the making.

Got to use one of the mixing rooms pretty much the whole afternoon, and spent the time trying to find a good kicks and snare for the "You Remix". Oh, I'm still searching. ;) Also made some changes to "WTF?" and also put together a quick demo of the Swedish song-to-be. Still not sure what the name of the song will be, but it will probably be "Ensamheten" (the loneliness).

In the evening I had a reservation to use the A-studio, so I continued to work on the "You Remix".

So that was about 9 hours of work today. :)

Practice vocal session in the B-studio with Leo.

Afternoon editing of a three different songs in the small mix room.

Continued editing of 'You Remix' in the A-studio.

Acoustic guitar recording@Studio Blue

Today at school we recorded acoustic guitar for a classmate's "music production project". Using my classmate's own microphones the setup was AB miking with Line Audio OM1 for rhythm chords, with an additional Line Audio CM3 for mono recording of the melody part.

Needless to say; good fun in the studio! :)

M A Numminen@Jano

Tonight at Jano the main act was M A Numminen, the Finnish guy probably most known for the "Gummiboll" song, well at least for me. On piano and accordion was also Pedro Hietanen, and they both did a fun and appreciated show. This will most likely be the first and only time we put a mike on a telephone book, on which Numminen played as a drum! ;)

The opening act was Martin Åklint Trio with Annie Ternström, four youngsters that also played some great songs and got loud applauds!

The bass player in the opening act didn't have his own bass amplifier, which gave us total control over the bass sound this time. The room has some resonances in the low end frequencies when there are amps put on the floor behind the musicians, but tonight it wasn't a problem and the bass was clear and every tone played could easily be heard.

M A Numminen & Pedro Hietanen

Martin Åklint Trio with Annie Ternström

JANO - Jazzklubb Nordost

Since last autumn, me and a friend have been helping JANO in Täby with live sound on Sundays. Really fun and educational! We help setting up the equipment and then manages the amplified audio, to get the best sound possible to the audience. We have received many credits for the improved sound quality from people in the audience which is super fun!

So far we have been working with the following artists:

Peter Getz & Stockholm Jazz Trio
Meta Roos
Lill-Bength Erixons Kvartett.
Margareta Bengtsson
Peter  Asplund / Martin Sjöstedt Dektett
Mill Street Jazzband
Lisa Lystam Family Band
Jojje Wadenius
Robert Wells Trio (picture)
Jan Lundgren & Hannah Svensson
Joel Svensson B3 Trio

Today it's Sunday, and tonight is another gig.