Taylor News Oct 2011

Happy Halloween

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Lots of little Trick or Treaters at our door this year. Our favorite are the little ones that dress up like bugs!

Fun Facts:

• The biggest pumpkin in the world tipped the scales at a whopping 1,446     pounds. This gigantic gourd was weighed in October 2004 at a pumpkin festival in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada.


• Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!


• The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie "Halloween" was actually William Shatner's mask painted white.

Here's What's In The News at Taylor Sound

Black Phoenix Orchestra is back in the studio working on their new and first full length album. September and October the band was in for pre-production work. They are scheduled to start tracking the album early December.

Alkatine has finished up their first 6 song EP and are out to print. All songs were tracked, mixed and mastered by Brad. We look forward to their release in the near future. Wayfarer and Clara's Silence have also finished up their first EP's respectively.  Brad tracked and mixed all songs and has just finished up the final mastering as well.

New to us, the band 'The Pygmies' came in to have their new album mastered. Looking forward to checking these guys out!

In The Works

Singer/Songwriter Aislinn Grant has been in the studio putting some final touches on her EP and guitarist 'Electric Monk' is currently working on a full length album and will be in and out of the studio over the next couple of months finishing off his tracking.

Making Radio Waves

'Rockets and DInosaurs' were added to X92.9FM Daily Rotation recently. Black Phoenix Orchestra was added to a number of radio stations across Canada. Please see the band's websites for more details.

 

 

 

X929 Xposure 2011

Congratulations to this year's X92.9 Exposure Contest winners, 'Meesha and the Spanks', 'Bigger Fish Than Guns', and our recording artist 'Black Phoenix Orchestra'. Each of these bands received $25,000! Awesome contest from Calgary's Alternative Rock Station, who don't have any strings attached with their prizes, allowing the bands to spend the money where they need it most, and with whom they choose. Also local indie band 'Rockets and Dinosaurs' made it into the final Top 10 for Xposure with their EP 'High Five' that was recorded here at Taylor Sound as well so Congrats to them.

For the unsigned talent out there that wants to try their hand at the commercial radio scene, you can upload your songs directly to the x92.9 website. Make sure the quality of recording is very good, radio friendly! If not, a really great song may get tossed simply because the quality is not up to broadcast standards. If you're proud of your music, then show it through a good quality recording. If you're looking to record some stuff for Exposure, wether it be for the contest or simply for their feature segments, make sure to give yourself enough time. This year we unfortunately had to turn bands away because trying to book your studio time at the last minute is problematic. By calling early, booking early and giving your engineer time to do a good mix, the happier and hopefully more successful you'll be!

If you're a band that likes to record their own stuff, think about getting someone else to mix and master it. We are available to help in both those situations and are starting to see more work come our way in the form of mastering and remixing of songs.

Good Luck Out There!

Remember to follow us on Facebook to see what's happening here, as well, I try and keep everyone informed with upcoming grants and unique performance opportunities.

Toodles!
Trish Evans
Director of Marketing and Funding.

 

Taylor News Dec 2010

Well its been a busy couple of months here at the studio, haven't posted for awhile ( I need to do better I know). Been working with Black Phoenix Orchestra, Rockets And dinosaurs, Clara's Silence. Also coming up in the near future a new Lions album will start, as well as new stuff from Atacama Republic, and a full length from Clara's Silence. Also in the works is the Tricia Evans demo series which we are 3 songs into, Flowers being the first demo single please go and check it out. We should also have some studio video footage coming to you soon.

A heads up to bands, we are heading into radio contest time. Don't leave booking too late, dec, jan, and first half of feb are booked so if you're thinking about getting in you may want to book now.

On a fun note, I hope everyone is enjoying the winter and hope you all get a chance to slow down and relax over Christmas!! I'm looking forward to spending our first Christmas in our new home and being able to  have people over for a Christmas bevy (couldn't really do that in the apt).
Until next time!!

Brad