Makin Records
As I write this Im sitting in my office engineering a soon to be Cellar Live release by Bill Coon and Oliver Gannon. I think they call themselves Two Much Guitar, a fun play on words no doubt but there is never toooo much guitar when these guys are on stage. Its so great to witness the mutual admiration and respect that these to wonderful musicians have for one another.
Cellar Live has been a source of enjoyment since the day it started. What was suppossed to only be one two records tops has turned into 18 records with about 6 more expected to be released this year alone. Cellar Live is also hoping to attend MIDEM for teh first time thie January in Cannes, France.
There is something that never gets old about the process of putting out a cd. I have learned so much over teh past five years about the process and continue to learn on an ongoing basis. I never would/ve never dreamed of actually engineering a record five years ago. Now I'm not quite sure if I'm doing a good job but Chris Gestrin or Brad Turner who mix most of my records never say anything about the files I present to them so I must be doing something right. Make no miskake about it though, Brad and Chris make these records sound amazing. Recording on such a small stage is a difficult task sometimes but these guys lend their genius to the whole process and make me look like a genius!
The most rewarding part of the label is my distro deal with Japan. You see distro in Canada really means nothing. Im lucky if I sell 50 of any of our titles in the stores even though we continue to get tons of reviews nation wide. We sell lots of units on our website, from the club of course but Japan is what makes it really fun. They seem to be able to take a completely unknown artist in their market and sell a ton of records. For example 300 Bruno Hubert,350 Dave Robbins Sextet, 250 Joel Haynes Trio, 100 Oliver Gannon etc. Its nuts and they love our stuff which is really cool to.
I have had the pleasure of working with the Saltspring Workshop Sextet who are some fine young musicians and they have a cd coming out soon, we're trying our hardest to get the UGETSU cd out, Linton Garner's last concert before he passed is also in the works as well.
Fun stuff!!
Cellar Live has been a source of enjoyment since the day it started. What was suppossed to only be one two records tops has turned into 18 records with about 6 more expected to be released this year alone. Cellar Live is also hoping to attend MIDEM for teh first time thie January in Cannes, France.
There is something that never gets old about the process of putting out a cd. I have learned so much over teh past five years about the process and continue to learn on an ongoing basis. I never would/ve never dreamed of actually engineering a record five years ago. Now I'm not quite sure if I'm doing a good job but Chris Gestrin or Brad Turner who mix most of my records never say anything about the files I present to them so I must be doing something right. Make no miskake about it though, Brad and Chris make these records sound amazing. Recording on such a small stage is a difficult task sometimes but these guys lend their genius to the whole process and make me look like a genius!
The most rewarding part of the label is my distro deal with Japan. You see distro in Canada really means nothing. Im lucky if I sell 50 of any of our titles in the stores even though we continue to get tons of reviews nation wide. We sell lots of units on our website, from the club of course but Japan is what makes it really fun. They seem to be able to take a completely unknown artist in their market and sell a ton of records. For example 300 Bruno Hubert,350 Dave Robbins Sextet, 250 Joel Haynes Trio, 100 Oliver Gannon etc. Its nuts and they love our stuff which is really cool to.
I have had the pleasure of working with the Saltspring Workshop Sextet who are some fine young musicians and they have a cd coming out soon, we're trying our hardest to get the UGETSU cd out, Linton Garner's last concert before he passed is also in the works as well.
Fun stuff!!
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