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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Sessions, Visitations and Donations

The recent Katrina disaster has pulled our attention to our neighbors from Louisiana, but here are a few things that have been going on around ESM:

Drop Trio, the funk/jazz/improv monsters from H-town, came in to master their third album with Allen. "Cezanne" was recorded live at the intimate jazz club known by the same name and is a non-stop 76 minutes of jams and improv's based on songs of thier previous albums "Big Dipper" and "Leap". www.droptrio.com

Joyce Pierce delivered one song to be mastered and added to her contemporary gospel album "24/7 Intimate Praise". Joyce was produced by our good friend, neighbor and client Dan Workman from Dan Workman Music.

New Orleans-based mastering engineer Joe Doherty stopped by for lunch and a studio visit. He told us some of his first-hand stories of the trouble caused by Katrina. He's staying here in the Houston area until officials allow people to return to the Crescent City. Luckily, Joe's home is in a high part of the city and did not sustain any damage, as far as we can tell. Hang tough, Joe!

And lastly, ESM is proud to donate our mastering services to put together the Katrina CD, which will donate all proceeds to help the victims of the Katrina disaster. Please help out and purchase a CD if you can. www.katrinaCD.com

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Opening the door...

In the spirit of helping our fellow neighbors, ESM has decided to open our facility to any engineers displaced by the Katrina disaster.

If you need a facility get some work done, then give us a call to see if we can help you out.

Also, if you are a musician and have an extra instrument or need a sub for a gig, please contact these folks.

They are a clearinghouse to match displaced musicians with paying gigs and use of instruments here in the greater Houston area. They are not taking any referral fees, so please help them if you can.

Friday, September 02, 2005

Hurricane Katrina Relief

Please take the time to help victims of the recent hurricane disaster.

Red Cross Donations

The McCormick Tribune Foundation is matching $0.50 for every dollar donated.

Please help in any way you can.

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