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Today was the last official day of production for the Madi Diaz record, which is now titled "Skin and Bone". The record sounds great and Jonathan Wyner of M-Works Mastering (www.m-works.com) did a great job tying the whole thing together. Everything sounds great and as soon as the album art is finished the record will be ready for duplication. Look forward to a release date of mid March.
Frank and I are also packing up and getting ready for the big move to LA on Monday morning. If you want us to stop in your town, give us a call! |
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if you are reading this then you should go to http://www.halftoneproductions.com to check out the new website that frank made yesterday. we will probably be using the new site for most of the journaling and picturing from now on. go check it out. in other news we just finished mixing one song for the Madi Diaz record and we are up bright and early (7:30am Hawaii time) to start mixing again. lunch at the beach is in the plans for today followed by more mixing.
also, check out john mayer's blog at http://www.johnmayer.com/blog
its funny stuff. |
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back in hawaiiiiiiii to mix the record. the weather is beautiful, too bad we have to be inside all day. in case you haven't heard, madi is going to be playing SXSW (south by southwest) this year in austin, tx on march 17th, so save the date. in other news, James Farrell is moving up the ladder in the International Songwriting Competition so good luck to James! more news as is happens. aloha. |
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hola.
we're heading back to boston to start overdubs for the madi diaz record at Rich Mendelson's studio. we will be working with Adam Ollendorff as well as Annie Lynch to add some finishing touches to the songs. keep checking back for more updates on the album. |
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hey guys,
madi and the guys were interviewed by tracey shavone of kkcr radio hawaii, and the interview is going to be played live today (wednesday january 3rd) at 2:20PM hawaii time, which is 7:20 east coast time. feel free to listen in at kkcr.prg and hear some of the rough mixes of some of the songs we've been working on, as well as a live in studio performance of "we were wrong."
martin's going to do some rough mixes in a few minutes, so i'll get going on pictures.
man i am sunburned.
oh hey,
( some pics )
more to come. |
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hi guys.
life has been too awesome to have 10 minutes to post an update. tomorrow's a day off, so hopefully we'll post some pictures and some video.
it sounds soooooo good.
Jan. 1st, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! Tomorrow is the big trip to Kauai, Hawaii to start work on the Madi Diaz record. Stay tuned here on livejournal because we are frequently going to be posting pictures and video of the sessions. Happy Festivus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaeQz5HwfoI
Dec. 25th, 2006 @ 06:47 pm
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hey guys. here's a movie of the rehearsal for the george massenburg session.
Oct. 23rd, 2006 @ 12:24 am
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| » ladies and gentleman, madi diaz. |
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hey guys.
so there's been a TON of stuff going on lately. the main thing is that halftone is going to be doing a full length record at the steelgrass ranch in hawaii with madi diaz. lots of details there that will eventually spill over here.
on top of the record, we were asked to do a session for george massenburg with madi at berklee. i had the fortunate chance to produce for george, wish was the thrill and chance of a lifetime. madi was backed by good friends adam ollendorf, james farrell, zach mangan, kyle hurlbut and adam popick. want some pics?
( more. )
we also started rehearsal for the album today:
oh. i just bought a video camera. so expect some cool stuff comin soon.
later.
-frank
Oct. 22nd, 2006 @ 11:48 pm
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Hey kids. I've posted three songs we did with James Farrell on the halftone website. Go to http://www.halftoneproductions.com to check them out. Enjoy.
Martin
Sep. 6th, 2006 @ 02:36 pm
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good friend and halftone artist eric glassman has just been diagnosed with lyme disease. for the past week he has been undergoing days full of testing and waiting, and today some tough results came back. the next few weeks are going to be the begining on the path to recovery for him. please keep him in your thoughts.
for more information about lyme disease, please visit the american lyme disease foundation
we've been working with eric all summer on a three song demo. one of the songs, "undergound" is going to be put on hold until eric is back to good. the other two have been turing out beautifully. one, "hold me now" is being considered for integration into the berklee mixing curriculum. weeee.
audio from james farrell and eric to come.
arlight, back to mixing.
Aug. 11th, 2006 @ 09:53 pm
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hey gang.
been veeerrrryyy busy lately, wrapping up james farrell and eric glassman songs.
( curtain call mix )
( emma mix )
more audio stuff and a website revamp coming soon.
Aug. 4th, 2006 @ 04:57 pm
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| » reelin in the years |
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thanks to martin's craiglist scanning, we got three more reels of 2 inch gp9, bringing the grand total to five reels. we got an insane deal on these things.
the new reels are getting on pretty well with the old ones. there were a couple tiffs during the first few hours, but they've settled down.
an RE-20 and Joe Meek pre-amp are on the way. more soon.
Jul. 22nd, 2006 @ 11:29 am
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just a few pics from vocals with james for "moment of closure"
stuff is sounding great. i'm about to go in with eric to start on vocals for "emma" and "underground." last night we had a rehearsal for the third song with adam ollendorf, charlie worsham and ian kagey. we're going to to try to do the majority of it live without headphones. it shall be sweet.
Jul. 20th, 2006 @ 01:04 pm
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hey hey.
so the latest project has been working on some more eric glassman/this car up songs, the first being "emma."
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i am so pumped about this song. the drum sounds are amazing, and we just finished up bass today. even the rough mixes are sounding phenomenal. it's great to be back in the studio again with these guys. more stuff to come in the following weeks, including some new james farrell sessions. stay tuned.
Jun. 17th, 2006 @ 03:21 pm
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hey campers. just hopped in the studio today to do basics for one of katy pearson's songs, "freudian slip." the drum sounds ending up being really nice, and i'm pumped to start overdubbing. there's been a bit of a buzz about katy in mp&e lately thanks to some visiting artists showing interests in one of her other songs, "the world is numb to me." i'll keep you updated on the latest.
-frank
Jun. 10th, 2006 @ 04:38 pm
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Hey Guys,
Martin stumbled upon an online directory at berkleemusic.com where students/allumns can post profiles.
Feel free to check out Martin and Frank's new pages.
Also expect some more professional info/contact stuff going up on the site soon.
Jun. 1st, 2006 @ 01:36 pm
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so it's summer, which mean halftone will sure to be busy. the fun started tonight helping longtime friend holger record some demo's with a jazz quartet.
also frank just got back from hawaii, where he was helping record a surround sound gamelan record. he was able to work at the newly built steelgrass studios of kauai. hopefully martin and frank will be able to work out there sometime soon. for more information about the gamelan group, check out thier website and check out the steelgrass ranch and the power of music series of kauai at his website
stay tuned for more projects and site updates.
Jun. 1st, 2006 @ 12:10 am
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