Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
[singlepic id=639 w=320 h=240 float=left]Recording Chester Bay has been one of my favorite recording experiences in the last 21 years. Their acoustic/reggae/rock/jam/folk style called for a very clean, transparent, and in-your-face production. Having a nice, big sound room and some seriously pristine mics and preamps allowed us to capture what ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
[singlepic id=636 w=320 h=240 float=right] Hot Southern Mess is a brand new country music trio consisting of Katie Doffing, Kristen Thomas, and Kayleen Goettsche. HSM approached me to help them do some songwriting, production, and recording back in February of 2011. At that time, they were working on ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
[singlepic id=632 w=320 h=240 float=left]The past two years I've had the pleasure of working with Michelle Bergh, currently the "Miss Minnesota Preteen" title-holder. Michelle is very talented and has accomplished a lot for being so young. She previously was the "Miss Preteen National Sweetheart" and is VERY active ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
[singlepic id=634 w=320 h=240 float=left]Culture Cry Wolf came into Droptone in January 2011 to start production of their debut studio album, Día de los Muertos. Produced by both David Kellogg and myself (Stephen Helvig), this album has made an impact in both the hip/hop and punk rock scenes. Culture Cry ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
[singlepic id=629 w=320 h=240 float=right]Droptone is pleased to announce the release of Mikel Wright & The Wrong's first album, "We Get Down." This was an incredibly fun project and we enjoyed the opportunity to work with some very talented local musicians. Since 2007, Mikel Wright has been building his fan-base ...
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Saturday, August 4th, 2012
[singlepic id=532 w=320 h=240 float=left]Last summer I had the sincere pleasure of working with singer/songwriter Ariel Strasser. A recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory, Ari is an up-and-coming artist from St. Paul, Minnesota. Ari is deeply rooted in music. Her father, Tamás Strasser, is a violist in the St. Paul ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
[singlepic id=512 w=320 h=240 float=left]Samuel Crown has released a new E.P. "Dream My Way Up," a collection of 5 songs recorded over the past year. Ranging from electronic, synth-based dance tunes to bare-bones acoustic ballads, Samuel Crown covers a lot of territory.
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
[singlepic id=622 w=320 h=240 float=right]The Sota Boys are back to follow-up their album "Always Say Always" with a Christmas EP, "MistleFlow". The EP consists of 5 songs, 4 of which are originals, and one of which is a Sota Boy twist on George Michael's classic "Last Christmas". The project includes ...
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Monday, November 28th, 2011
[singlepic id=621 w=320 h=240 float=left]The Sota Boys are a local pop/hip-hop group managed by Droptone intern Drew Schmalz. The group consists of members Brent Haglund, Jesse Johnson, and BJ Skoog, with occasional features from some of their friends. This past summer, we had the privilege of producing their first full-length ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
[singlepic id=623 w=320 h=240 float=left]Over the last several months we've been fortunate enough to track and mix Vision The Kid's upcoming album "Lost Summer". Together with Producer Ryan Tru Truax, making this album has been an amazingly eclectic adventure. Our pristine signal chain met its match with Vision's lyrics and ...
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
[singlepic id=373 w=320 h=240 float=right]New artist Nikki (Nicole Rodriguez) recorded her first 3 singles at Droptone Studio over the last few months. All 3 songs were a collaboration between Nikki and I. Nikki supplied the lyrics and I layed down the tracks. Nikki was fantastic to work with and made ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
[singlepic id=168 w=320 h=240 float=left] Parallax made their way back to Droptone in early August to record their second live album, "Nice 2." This project is a collaboration among some of the state's finest artists including Big Zach (of Kanser), St Paul Slim, Jellyfish and Corey (of More Than Lights), ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
[singlepic id=368 w=320 h=240 float=left]The summer of 2010 has come and gone, but on September 1st one full length album remained. Corby Pelto recorded his debut album "Merry-Go-Round" over the last 3 months here at Droptone and it's out now.
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
[singlepic id=626 w=320 h=240 float=right]We just just finished a killer one drop track "Turn Back Time" for African based lyricist and singer Mukama Morandi. He had a great time performing his first studio vocal session and the track came out really strong. We are just starting to work on his ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
[singlepic id=606 w=320 h=240 float=left]Chicago based songwriter, Gordon Vanguard and his grunge-pop band Licker recently did some mix work at Droptone. The band recorded a handful of new songs a few months back at local recording school, IPR. With bare mixes in hand, they asked me to polish them up. ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
[singlepic id=436 w=320 h=240 float=right] Dancer and model, Dani Gassmann has just released her single, "Can't Take It Anymore" on iTunes.
Dani came to Droptone with a notebook full of lyrics and a few melodies in her head, but wasn't sure where to start with her first song. After talking about ...
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
[singlepic id=163 w=320 h=240 float=left] Maria Isa's latest release, "Street Politics," was another product of Droptone Studio. Maria brought her album to us this last spring and we helped her re-record, re-mix, and re-think her album.
The project began by adding the support of her extremely talented band. I captured the ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
[singlepic id=153 w=320 h=240 float=right] Earlier this summer, Fat Lemon, an alternative rock band, came into the studio to mix and master their latest self-titled release. The band tracked all of their songs independently outside of the studio, and I just helped them get the best sound out of their ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
[singlepic id=166 w=280 h=200 float=left] Morrison Boomer is an acoustic duo from Seattle. They were in Minneapolis over the last few months and I had the privilege to record their first studio release, and their second album throughout July and August. This album is mainly acoustic guitar, bass, and vocals. ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
[singlepic id=178 w=320 h=240 float=left]Several months ago I started working on a project with singer songwriter Keaton Kronberg. Before we got too far on his solo project, he ended up adding a full band to the mix and we switched gears. We both decided it would be best to let ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
[singlepic id=167 w=320 h=240 float=right] "Love All Over" was the culmination of 2 years of work by singer/songwriter Noah Cornelius. Noah and I began working together in the summer of 2007. We put down a handful of acoustic guitar scratch tracks and experimented with different tempos and song structures. Once ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Esera Tuaolo is scheduled to release his first solo full-length album on February 26th. The venue has yet to be decided. Esera has been working on his album over the last 2 years, tirelessly perfecting every track. Packed with 8 originals and 2 covers, Esera's album covers a wide variety ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
[singlepic id=157 w=320 h=240 float=left]Welcome to the Droptone Studio Blog! It's a new year and we've got a new website. 2008 was full of fun and lots of music. It went out with a bang as the studio stayed open around the clock working on Christmas music. Helen Thul, a ...
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