December 24th, 2014 § Comments Off on Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! § permalink
Best wishes of the season to all of my friends, family and associates! Cheers!
I was reminded of a time, far away, long ago…
A Christmas gift from Toronto Sound Studios to John Jones, from 1976.
Somewhere, lurking on the various pages of my site, are other Christmas messages – like this one from 2001 and another silly one from 2008 with your Christmas card and some lovely Coyote sounds from the Dell.
December 22nd, 2014 § Comments Off on SUMMERTIME #13 on AC 40 CHART for USA! § permalink
At least it is tonight!
December 21st, 2014 § Comments Off on ISINA launch at Capitol Studios § permalink
A fun evening was had by all in the historic Studio A of Capitol Studios in Hollywood for the Launch of Walter Afanasieff’s new ISINA project.
ISINA asks;
Are you a singer, instrumentalist, sound engineer, composer or electronic music DJ?
Have you ever wanted to have your work featured, professionally recorded and distributed around the world by Bungalo and Universal Music Group Distribution?
Are you ready to shine like the star that you are?
The All-New ISINA Academy is offering 100% FREE world-class training and full-access admission to the inner world of the music industry to a select group of talented artists.
And you get Walter and Kenny and Babyface and Humberto and Frank and many more to help make it a reality!
Walter Afanasieff, Kenny G, Babyface, Humberto Gatica and Frank Gambale.
I rode in on a horse with super producer, engineer, mixer, Skip Saylor of Skip Saylor Studio in Northridge. We’ve been working together on the Meninos Do Morumbi project for Music is Hope Foundation and on the Nick Wood album for Syn Songs. Skip mixed the Meninos & Julian Lennon version of Summertime, which is currently rising up the radio charts across the USA…
Alex & his lovely wife, with Skip Saylor and John Jones.
Here I am with freshly shaved super producer engineer and old friend David Reitzes.
John Jones and David Reitzes
The hall leading to Studio A at Capitol Studios, Hollywood.
December 6th, 2014 § Comments Off on Max Webster – Toronto Sound 1977 § permalink
How lucky was I to grow up in such a rich musical climate as Toronto in the 70’s and 80’s?
Back in 1977, when Toronto Sound studio was the holy house of recording (Rush, Crowbar, Klaatu, Dr Music, Thin Lizzy), another of the many killer musical groups to be produced and recorded by Terry Brown and company was Max Webster, the Kim Mitchell vehicle.
This was the band that came out of Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels and his all time classic album Over-Nite Sensation. Hey, I did too!
In the 80’s we recorded a lot of music at ESP in Buttonville with Gary McCracken and Terry Watkinson of Max Webster. Awesome musicians!
This track is from their 1977 album, “High Class and Borrowed Shoes”. These guys were even better live! I can vividly remember being mesmerized watching Kim’s every note from 20 feet away!
This is where it all started! Recorded at Toronto Sound by Terry Brown, with Ken Morris assisting.
Terry, Kim, Mike and Gary.
December 5th, 2014 § Comments Off on Recording Ordinary World: Duran and J. Jones § permalink
