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Caspian – Dust and Disquiet

September 25, 2015 by Rafi

We were pleased to host North Shore band Caspian while they tracked another full length at Q. They brought Matt Bayles (he’s worked with all sorts of well known/heavy bands, such as Isis/Mastodon) with them, and it sounds amazing. The record is richly textures and layered, and the band made use of pretty much every instrument we have at Q.

Filed Under: Caspian, Matt Bayles Tagged With: art, artists, caspian, heavy, instrumental, joe tooley, jt, matt bayles, prog, rock, studio a, Studio b

Skrillex Visits Studio A

July 29, 2014 by Rafi

Skrillex and JTSo, turns out Skrillex is playing at Harbor Lights tonight. (I guess it’s also called something else now, but out of respect for our vintage gear, I use vintage venue names.)
Anyway, with Tall Joe Tooley overseeing the session in Studio A, Skrillex and a couple of friends worked on tunes till the wee hours. We heard they even tracked some GANG vocals; And they upped the laptop count (those running music software) in Studio A’s control room higher than ever.

Filed Under: Skrillex Tagged With: artists, joe tooley, jt, laptops, skrillex, studio a, super cool, tracking, wee hours

Hillary Reynolds Band – Honey, Come Home (Video)

June 25, 2014 by Rafi

Honey, Come Home is the first song and video to be released from HRB’s upcoming album, The Miles Before Us.

The Hillary Reynolds Band have been very hard at work, with Joe Tooley, in every room in Q Division, recording and mixing beautiful, lush songs. Honey, Come Home features bowed bass, cello, mandolin, acoustic guitar, quiet drums, piano (our baby grand), and Hillary’s beautiful voice (ok, and some lovely harmonies from the dudes too).

Filed Under: Hillary Reynolds Band, Video Tagged With: acoustic, grand piano, hillary reynolds band, joe tooley, jt, lush, mixing, neve, strings, studio a, tracking

Blue Ribbons – Gas Station Girl (Video)

April 24, 2014 by Rafi

Here’s another video from the Blue Ribbons session in Studio A.

Filed Under: Blue Ribbons, Live, Mixing, Multimedia, Video Tagged With: artists, blue ribbons, gipsy pixel, grand piano, huge drums, james rohr, jef charland, joe tooley, matt beaudoin, mb, Mike Castellana, studio a, video

Brother & Co. – Unknow You (BC)

December 17, 2013 by Rafi

Joe Tooley recorded and mixed this full length from locals Brother & Co.  The band is led by Josh Pritchard of Ruin/Renewal. Unknow You is often quiet, introspective, alternative/Americana sounding tunes with whispery vocals, expansive drums, and textured guitars. Did we mention heartache? There’s some of that too.
The band features a stellar rhythm section: Andy Plaisted on drums and Dave Westner on bass.

Visit the band’s website.

Filed Under: Brother & Co. Tagged With: andy plaisted, andy santospago, artists, Brother & Co., drums, joe tooley, jt, Studio b, trident, unknow you

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At the beginning of the year @theworldiswrongpodca At the beginning of the year @theworldiswrongpodcast shared this story about Mike Denneen and Jon Brion and Jellyfish and Spilt Milk and the tension between paying tribute and blazing a new path... in control rooms and recording studios all over the planet folks hunt for familiar sounds and invent their own... there are no rules.

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