Kaïn chez Dogger Pond!

Les boys de Kaïn sont de retour. Ils préparent un nouveau projet pour 2013!

Another snapshot of Tchad listening to a Rhyme Disease track. I love the smile on Les Cooper's face on the right. Cool moment! (@ La Fabrique in St-Rémy de Provence)... Photo by Victor!

 

The master & I

 Studio La Fabrique in beautiful St-Rémy de Provence

Just returned from MWTM with Tchad Blake in Provence. Had a great time & met a lot of great, talented people. Tchad is immensely generous and shared his knowledge without any hint of secrecy.

He really enjoyed my work and loved the Daniel Audio Labs NF12 nearfield monitors. So much so that he's getting a pair for his own Mongrel Music studio in Wales. I'm really thrilled to know that he'll be using them to mix the biggest names in the music industry! Wow!

He also loves our honey!

 

La Fabrique studios in southern France

A bee pollinating lavender in St-Rémy de Provence

NF12 nearfield monitors on the Neve 88RS @ La Fabrique

France awaits my arrival... !
7 days at La Fabrique in St-Rémy de Provence starting June 18th with Tchad Blake.



TCHAD BLAKE is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.

    He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including State Radio, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Brazilian Girls, Sheryl Crow, Travis, Marike Jager, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, The Pretenders, Bernard Fanning, Los Lobos, The Bad Plus, Suzanne Vega, Al Green, Tracy Chapman, The Dandy Warhols and The Black Keys, among others.

          BLAKE often partners with Mitchell Froom, with whom David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez of Los Lobos formed Latin Playboys. He is noted for creating original and at times awkward sonic textures, constantly shifting mixes, and use of binaural recording.

         In 2011, his work on The Black Keys album, Bothers, has been rewarded with the Grammy for Best Alternative Record. In 2008 he landed the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, for his work on Suzanne Vega's Beauty and Crime. He won his first Grammy in 1999 for The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow.

Nini Marcelle maintenant disponible sur iTunes!
Encouragez la relève!

'Je marche dans mes pas' de Nini Marcelle sera disponible en ligne le 25 mai 2012.
Ce projet a été réalisé, enregistré et mixé ici avec des gens de talent fabuleux!
Nini Marcelle, Gilles Tessier, Simon Blouin, Rémy Malo, Nathalie Bonin et pleins d'autres
Recherchez-le, achetez-le et encouragez la relève musicale!

It's May... The bees are out in the fields, the apple blossoms are just coming out, the grass is green again... The koï fish have thawed, the kids are outside & the renovations are pretty much finished.
I've got 3 batches of mead brewing and some wine aging in a cask.

I'm currently working on Carmen Campagne's next CD.
Here she is with some kids from the Collège St-Bernard, who wrote the lyrics to one of the songs on her upcoming CD. François Yvon, the school's director is also in the photo with Carmen.

July Gaudet was here in February!!

She's working on her next CD. We're having a great time just being creative... one song at a time!

Here's a snapshot of her playing on the flametop Les Paul. (I do believe she's in love!)

Mix with the Masters

I'm off to France in June to learn from THE BEST!
I've been accepted in a seminar with none other than Tchad Blake.
He's worked with just about everyone from Peter Gabriel to Suzanne Vega, Crowded House to Latin Playboys... I've been a fan forever. We modeled our Daniel Audio Labs nearfield monitors with quite a bit of Tchad's work.
http://www.mixwiththemasters.com/BLAKE.html

7 days at Studio La Fabrique, recording & mixing.
http://www.studioslafabrique.com/Introduction.html

Can't wait!