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Juliana Hatfield Live Stream!

December 18, 2020 by Rafi

We’re excited to present a live stream with Juliana Hatfield, on December 19th; she’ll be performing “Become What You Are” in its entirety, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar.

We’ll be streaming it from our YouTube page.

A note from Juliana:

I am excited to announce that for my first livestream I will perform, at Q Division Studios, my “Become What You Are” album, start to finish, by myself with an acoustic guitar. It will be broadcast via the Q Division YouTube channel. Showtime is Saturday, December 19th at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (Massachusetts time).

There is no set ticket price—you can pay what you want, or not. It is up to you. Since none of us—artists nor audiences—can have in-person concerts until who knows when, I am hoping that some of you will be able to contribute something, which will help generate some of that lost touring income. But I understand that a lot of you are struggling financially and I want everyone to be able to see the show—so if you can’t pay, that’s okay!

Starting right now, there will be a “donate” button with my PayPal account at www.julianahatfield.com and a link to the Q Division channel. You can pre-pay (pre-donate) now or at any time from now until and during the show on December 19th.

This is my Christmas/Holiday gift to you—to thank you for continuing to be here, listening—and you will reward me by being present yourselves when I play and sing my album. And we can chat, live, before/after/during the event! The songs still mean a lot to me and I have been so gratified by the way that people responded, and still do, to the music. Cheers!

–Juliana

Donate using this PayPal link.

Filed Under: Juliana Hatfield Tagged With: james, james bridges, juliana hatfield, live stream, studio a

Magen Tracy & the Missed Connections – Long Burning Fuse

August 16, 2019 by Rafi

Megan Tracy’s new album is a true collaboration with folks from all over the Boston music scene pitching in – performing, arranging, and producing, We’re lucky to have hosted the band as they worked on this album over the last few months. Produced by Q’s Ed V and friends Craig Small, and recorded by James Bridges and mixed by Pat DiCenso, this album is a trip.

Filed Under: Magen Tracy Tagged With: dz, edv, james bridges, studio a

Pale Monsters: All This Time We Wait video

February 9, 2018 by Jon Lupfer

Chris Mulvey just shared a new music video that was filmed with their friend Nick Mariani. You can check out on Vimeo or YouTube. The video involves a lot of bike riding and traffic in Boston. These are things that happen. It’s warmer in the video than now though.
ALSO they have (or had, depending on when you read this) a record release on March 10th at the LIZARD LOUNGE. 

Filed Under: Clients, Mixing, Multimedia, Pale Monsters, Pale Monsters, Spotlight, Video Tagged With: james bridges, jon lupfer

Juliana Hatfield releases “Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John”

January 31, 2018 by Samuel Haiman

Tracked by James Bridges and mixed by Pat DiCenso in studio A, Juliana Hatfield’s Olivia Newton-John tribute album has been described as a match made in female-rocker heaven.  Recorded with her longtime rock ‘n’ roll rhythm section of drummer Pete Caldes and bassist Ed Valauskas of the band Gravel Pit, the record showcases both hit songs and lesser-known tracks from Olivia’s catalog.  Describing her admiration for Newton-John to Paste Magazine she admitted “I never lost my love for Olivia. I never hid it.”

For the sale of every album, one dollar will be donated to the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre (ONJ Centre), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing patients with cancer access to leading medical treatment, breakthrough research, and the best in wellness and supportive care.

Filed Under: Gravel Pit, Juliana Hatfield Tagged With: ed, ed v, james, james bridges, juliana, juliana hatfield, olivia newton-john, pat, pat dicenso, studio a

Amanda Palmer – Small Hands, Small Heart

September 27, 2017 by Rafi


Amanda Palmer and our old friend Sean Slade rolled into Studio A for a couple of days to record a song Amanda wrote with the help of her fans. Proceeds from the sale of the song on Bandcamp went towards hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. Head on over to Amanda’s website to check out the story behind the song. There are even some pictures from the studio in there.

Filed Under: Amanda Palmer Tagged With: amanda palmer, artist, hurricane relief, james, james bridges, puerto rico, sean slade, small hands, studio a

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We’re live with @julianahatfield - on YouTube... We’re live with @julianahatfield - on YouTube... 
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Thank you everyone for acknowledging Q through the Thank you everyone for acknowledging Q through the BMA’s - we’re lucky and grateful to our incredible engineers, producers, musicians, and interns (a top notch crop from 2015 seen here!), who - through their love of music and musicians - all come together to make recording at Q the special experience it is. Can’t wait to see what 2021 brings and to get together in person again. Be safe everyone!
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Room mic in Studio B - while recording drums for @ Room mic in Studio B - while recording drums for @fielddaymusic’s 7” - before the pandemic made this sort of thing much more complicated. We’re still following the state’s guidelines, and adapting - working to keep folks safe and make great music.
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CP’s champagne sparkle Ludwig kick (not sure abo CP’s champagne sparkle Ludwig kick (not sure about the floor tom)- seen after a @colindrumskinda recording session a while back… Both he and Q engineer  @seanbrownbike can mic and hit a drum - which is a pretty great skill!
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A few weeks ago we took delivery of Mitch Easter’s Chamberlin M1. With analog tapes that are a time capsule from a forgotten era, this magical machine has the sounds of vibes, female voices, male voices, cello, harpsichord, violins, flutes, and french horns... 
We have a bit of an embarrassment of riches of analog tape samplers at Q, but as you might know or can guess, these beasts are incredibly temperamental and not always on their best behavior, but when they're working well there's nothing quite like these incredible machines.
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