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Analog Tape Week was a massive success. We had multiple bands swing by and revel in the retro vibes. Andrea Shea from WBUR swung by and documented the proceedings the same day that Astral Bitch rolled in to track a new song.
You can listen to the piece below, or surf over to WBUR to hear the piece and see some pictures captured by photographer Robin Lubbock
Join us on September 2nd at 7p (doors at 6p) for a very special intimate show featuring Joseph Parsons (on tour from Germany), and local singer/songwriter Amy Fairchild.
Q Division Studio manager Ed V came back from a month in Germany with a newfound love of schnitzel, and this American born but German touring Singer-Songwriter, Joseph Parsons.
Joseph Parsons writes songs that cut close to the bone. His live solo shows live between rock and folk — stripped down, honest, and unafraid to face the dark. Over the years, Parsons has carved his own path across continents and stages — leading the Joseph Parsons Band and founding the bands Hardpan, Parsons Thibaud & US Rails.
Amy Fairchild is a multi-award-winning songwriter and recording artist based in Boston, MA. Her accolades include top honors at the Lilith Fair Talent Competition, Kerrville Folk Festival, and the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. Her 2002 album Mr. Heart, produced by Adam Steinberg, earned praise from critic Dave Marsh: “Not many people make records this good.”. In 2010, she co-founded the band MIRIAM with Carla Ryder and Andy Santospago, performing regularly around Boston. Amy’s 2014 self-titled album and 2017 release Nobody’s Satellite showcased her ongoing creative growth, earning acclaim for her authentic voice and artistry.
With a career spanning over two decades, Amy continues to write, record, and perform, captivating audiences with her distinctive sound and enduring passion for music. On September 2, guitarist Thomas Juliano will accompany her.
On September 2 Joseph plays an intimate show in Studio A (duo, with Ross Bellenoit), and Amy Fairchild will perform with Thomas Juliano. This is your chance to see an internationally acclaimed artist in the intimate setting of Q Division- a living room concert at your friend Q’s house.
Tickets are available here. IF you can’t make it in person, we’ll be LIVESTREAMING the show on youtube.
We’re bringing back ANALOG TAPE WEEK – and turning off the computer* for a week!
Before the pandemic we had an incredibly fun week tracking to tape, and we’ve decided to do it again this coming September.
Did you ever wish you could record in as they did in the heyday of analog studio sessions? Don’t get us wrong, we like the computer, but sometimes we miss the smell and sound of analog tape, and well, the whole thing is just very different. You can always record to analog tape at Q Division, but this September we’re going to make it a little easier by setting everything up ahead of time: tape machines, drums, amps, headphones, even instruments; not only that, we’ll waive the tape rental costs.** We’ll be renting out the studio by the day and half day particularly for our THIRD ever ANALOG TAPE WEEK, where you can track basics TO 2” ANALOG TAPE. Are you interested? Drop us a line!
Please check out our FAQ on ANALOG TAPE WEEK, here.
* Actually, we’ll most likely be leaving the computer on so that we can dump your tracks to Pro Tools lickety split, and we’ll most likely run headphones from Pro Tools too – to take advantage of our Hearback headphone mix system.
**So, tape rental is 100% free; however, if you want to keep your work on 2″ analog tape, we’ll pro rate the tape cost and you’ll need a tape flange, which we’ll also have available at near cost.
Come see Todd & his band play the new record, Alchemy – in the room where it was recorded, and welcome them home from a month long tour in Germany! The show will be filmed and recorded as well (it’s a recording studio!), as well as live streamed. The band will play 2 sets, starting at 7 PM.
Tix are $20/ADV $25/Door and are available via EventBrite
The Mommyheads – long time art prog band based on the East coast – were one of the first bands to let us record them live and shoot video at the same time in the old Q2.0 after the pandemic. They recently came back to the new Q and did the same thing – it was a pure blast! Check out some of these videos:
