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Friday, May 09, 2008

Summer Here We Come!

Spring has sprung and what a wet one it was! As the ESM family survived the storms and stayed dry in the process, we were able to celebrate Christmas, bring in the New Year, and get some mastering done in the meantime! Here’s what has been going on since the last time you heard from us…

November 2007

After mixing with SugarHill’s very own Andy Bradley, Jonovan returned to our studio to master his contemporary single “Lost In My Memories”.

There were no kiddie games played when Peekaboo Theory came in to master their 12 song album entitled Sy3nc3 & ,>r0gr@m5.

Ken Valentino dropped by to have two of his albums mastered. One 10 song album called Three-Ours and an 8 song album called Three-Thirs.

JJ Worthen came in to master his 6 song rock album called Devotee. JJ had worked with Dan Workman and Steve Christensen prior to his mastering session.

With recording and mixing sessions finalized with Andy Bradley, Mickey Mosely came in to master her 14 song album Ever Yours.

Cody Kouba was in this month to master 3 country songs after he recorded and mixed with Andy Bradley at SugarHill.

Singer-Songwriter Liza Linney came in the studio to master 4 of her songs after working with Jaymes “Jimmi Jaymes” Garlington.

Chet Daniels came back with his latest single “Infectious”.

The ESM family was able to show some of our moves when Tye Roberson came in with her R&B/Hip hop single “The Way I Move”.

We had some exciting clients from Germany this month. That’s right! Frantic Dwarf recorded and mixed a 6 song album called Fast Foward with Jimmi Jaymes and mastered with us afterward!

December 2007

Shades of Blue came in to add more color to the red and green season. They mastered their 8 song album called Set Sail after working with John Griffin.

After working with Andy Bradley at SugarHill, IdolHand came in to master their 14 song self-entitled album.

January 2008

The new year was brought in with Billy Bourbon’s 16 song album called Trained Professionals.

There was no hiding done when Flowers to Hide came in to master 4 of their songs after mixing with Steve Christensen.

The Allen Oldies Band came in this year to master their 17 song album entitled Ride the Wild Surf.

February 2008

After working at Steve Christensen’s home studio, Craig Kinsey joined us to master his 15 song album called The Burdener.

Studemont Project mastered Warmth of the Midnight Sun, their 10 song album with Allen this month.

Trystan Lane was also in our studio mastering their 13 song album.

We were able to master some classical music this month when Adam Tendler brought in a 5 song classical CD after he mixed with Josh Applebee.

We did a little two step when Hill Country Jane brought in their 10 song Texas Country album The Great Charade.

Alan Lett from Letthead Productions pointed Robin Leigh in our direction as we mastered 2 of her acoustic rock songs.

Maybe they weren’t royalty, but Subversa came in to master their 7 song hard rock album entitled Between Kings.

A 17 song compilation was done for Ramon Rabaza’s live recording.

March 2008

Juan Ruiz was in our studio mastering his 15 song Latin rock and Hip hop album called Green Card Special after mixing with Jimmi Jaymes.

Jimmi Jaymes once again mixed another project for us to master. It was Anthony Sanders’ 4 song R&B album.

Shooting to release his album last year, which in the Chinese calendar was the year of the dog, Aubrey “Bluesdog” Dunham mastered his 13 song blues/rap album called The Year of the Bluesdog this year after recording and mixing with And Bradley.

April 2008

No hatred went down here as The Hates came in to master 30 Years of Hate 1978 – 2008, a 20 song punk rock album that was mixed by Steve Christensen.

ESM was able to master and do a compilation for SPM (South Park Mexican) this month. Shadow from Dopehouse Records brought in 16 songs for Allen to compile into an album entitled SPM’s Most Addictive Vol. I.

It may not have been the Fantastic Four, but 3 Fantastic came in to master Life Just Keeps Getting Better & Better, a 13 song album that was mixed by Steve Christensen.

Johnny Bush teamed up with Ray Price, the legendary Willie Nelson, and SugarHill’s Andy Bradley to bring us a 12 song album called Young At Heart.

So that’s all for now folks! What could the summer possibly bring for the ESM family? Stay tuned and find out!

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