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RECORDED AT HOV- REVIEWED BY ROLLING STONE!
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New release from Mark Lindsay "Life Out Loud" on Bongo Boy Records! Recorded, mixed and mastered at HOV! More info here.
Green Day Gives HOV-produced Anderson Council a name check at Little Steven's Underground Garage 500th episode party.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day giving love to the lads in The Anderson Council
The debut CD from meyerman- nice review! Mixed at HOV, and the artwork was developed by Kurt too...
Our new side gig- Pro Audio Writers for Adorama's Learning Center in NYC! Check out our equipment reviews and guides if you are a studio geek like us!
Just posted is Microphones For Music, a guide to choosing microphones and basic miking techniques.
New Single from Gar Francis/Genya Ravan on Bongo Boy Records -- "This third Bongo Boy release is again mixed by the Gar Francis/Kurt Reil team at the House of Vibes in Highland Park NJ and mastered by our favorite drumming Grip Weed."
"This New Jersey band has been around since the 90’s with only a revolving bass chair. They eventually built their own recording studio which has been used by many other bands as well. Maybe that’s why this sounds so good. Very Beatles & Byrds with exceptional drumming."
This is a huge compliment for us. Let's not forget it was Al Kooper who played organ on "Like A Rolling Stone" and brought The Zombies' Odyssey And Oracle" to the US, among many other accomplishments too numerous to mention. Thanks Al for giving The Grip Weeds your stamp of approval!
AL KOOPER
www.alkooper.com
U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement
NEW YORK, NY, October 29, 2010 -- House Of Vibes Production has been selected for the 2010 Best of Highland Park Award in the Sound Effects & Music Production category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2010 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)
U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.
The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.
SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association
CONTACT:
U.S. Commerce Association
Email: PublicRelations@uscaaward.com
URL: http://www.uscaaward.com
Bongo Boy Records is a new NJ Indie record label. The first two digital download singles released are from NYC's Jana Peri ("Ballerina of the Bowery") and Jersey Shore rock band The Easy Outs ("Come On Come On"). Both songs were written by Gar Francis (The Doughboys) and recorded at HOV, with Kurt Reil co-producing and engineering. "Come On Come On" also features Grip Weeds Kristin and Kurt on backing vocals, and "Ballerina" features Kurt on drums. Come on, Rock on! www.bongoboyrecords.com
Check out Kurt's latest blog at Modern Drummer.com!
A third song from The Doughboys' new album "Act Your Rage" is "Coolest Song In The World" next week at Little Steven's Underground Garage Sirius Radio show: First "I'm Not Your Man" in 2009, then "Why Can't She See Me" and now their version of "Tuesday Afternoon"! Check out the show, the Doughboys and their new album, which was recorded at The House Of Vibes by Kurt Reil.
The Doughboys review in Goldmine
by Peter Lindblad, 1/16/2010
The Doughboys
Act Your Rage
Ram Records (RR - 0801)
Grade: four stars
Young people, listen up. Your elders are kicking your ass. What are you gonna do about it?
While you’re swooning over Miley Cyrus’ pop syrup and going gaga for Lady Gaga’s robotic techno trash, The Doughboys, who came of age in the ’60s and reunited in 2000 after 35 years apart, run them over with a bluesy garage-rock machine that kills called Act Your Rage.
Every song is rock solid and the hooks are sharp. Brash and confident, they plow through tough, early Stones-style anthems “I’m Not Your Man,” “Break Out” and “Turn Your Love On Me” with sweaty energy. Slash-and-burn guitars, primal rhythms and the wrenching blues harp and brass-knuckle vocals of Myke Scavone — remember him from Ram Jam’s “Black Betty”? — all combine to make Act Your Rage a combustible rock ’n’ roll fuel.
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...And A Happy New Year
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"...it is very well produced in the House of Vibes Studio in New Jersey. Tracks are clear and never colorless or dry. Its a perfect combination of sounds of tablas, guitar chords, and romantic emotive vocals. It's smart and crystal clear without falling into harshness."
4 STARS MOJO 07/09 "Rishte is vital and red-blooded." "Outstanding hybrid music from British-born Indian singer and US guitarist." |
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Released this week is Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly, a tribute to Holly and 50 years since "the music died". The album, produced, engineered and in part performed by Kurt Reil with Pat at the House Of Vibes, is getting raves: "DiNizio never simply re-creates Holly's originals: He turns That'll Be the Day into a cappella doo wop and Raining in My Heart into a John Lennon-like melancholy." -USA TODAY |
"Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly is a textbook example of how tribute albums should be done." -Bergen Record
It's been 50 Winters since the untimely death of Buddy Holly, a fact not lost on Pat DiNizio. Be on the lookout for Pat DiNizio/ Buddy Holly, due Jan. 27 on Koch Records. The latest solo album by the Smithereens leader features his renditions of 11 songs from the Holly catalog. It was recorded and produced by Kurt Reil with Pat at House Of Vibes. Check out the latest review.
"BLACK SHEEP" #2 COOLEST SONG IN THE WORLD OF 2008
on Little Steven's Underground Garage...Recorded at the House Of Vibes!
Jersey rockers pull Beatles boots on for this reverent, chord-for-chord cover.
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"B-SIDES THE BEATLES" CD The Smithereens' highly anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed 2007 release, Meet The Smithereens. Adding their own stamp to Fab Four B-sides from 1964 and early 1965, B-Sides The Beatles re-enforces what we knew all along: The Beatles B-sides were better than most of the A-sides released by other artists. Includes "You Can't Do That," "Thank You Girl," "If I Fell," "P.S. I Love You" (Featuring Beatles session drummer Andy White), and more. Cover art by legendary illustrator Jack Davis. |
With the Holidays nearly upon us, The Grip Weeds' "Christmas, Bring Us" is going back to triple A radio yuletide airplay. Featured on A Taste Of Triple A #47, a CD sampler sent to programmers, “Christmas, Bring Us” is the first holiday song written and recorded by The Grip Weeds. “I wrote it in response to the materialistic side of Christmas,” says Kurt Reil, “how you get caught up in all the buying and stress but sometimes miss the true meaning of it all. I wanted it to be good enough to measure up to our other songs and also be something you’d want to hear it even if it isn’t Christmastime.” For a list of triple radio stations, go to: http://triplearadio.com/the_panel/index.php#commercial
"Christmas, Bring Us" is now available as a CD single on iTunes and also on the CD Hi-Fi Christmas Party Vol. 2, available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/hifixmas2
House Of Vibes Productions, The Grip Weeds' recording studio, recently took delivery of a Sound Workshop analog recording console. Owned by musician Jan Hammer, this console was used to record the Miami Vice TV show soundtrack and Jan's music for the last 20 years. It now begins a new life at The House Of Vibes- the first recording session will be with Najma and Gary Lucas, quickly followed by The Smithereens. Then of course The Grip Weeds will resume recording sessions for their 5th album this Spring. Studio tan, anyone?
| Doughboys 1st recorded at HOV! Doughboys, Is It Now? (just out): "Sixties garage-rockers who made a couple of singles (I think I have one of 'em) reunited in recent years and now have issued an album that combines spirited, authentically tough-sounding period covers (The Animals' I'm Crying, Alvin Robinson's great Down Home Girl as filtered through the Stones' version) with similarly grounded originals that admirably capture the vibe of the era. (One member, Richard X. Heyman, has released a series of fine pop-rock albums since the '80s that are also worth checking out.)" -Ken Barnes, USA TODAY Blogspot |
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Release! PAT DINIZIO "PD" (East West Records)- Pat's second solo album
was recorded at HOV with Kurt Reil in a triple role as producer, engineer and
musician- Kurt plays drums on every track, and adds guitar, keyboards and backing
vocals to many others. this is a great new album from Pat- some of the best songs
he's written in years are here! Available
now at Amazon. |
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New Smithereens CD due Oct 9th- "Christmas With The Smithereens", their
first Holiday offering, was recorded this past Summer at HOV and features classics
reworked in the band's own inimitable style alongside a number of originals. It
was Xmas in July again at HOV (last year The Grip Weeds recorded their first holiday
track in July!)! |
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 l-r: Nitin Mitta, Najma, Gary Lucas, Kristin Pinell and Kurt Reil http://www.najmaakhtar.net/ http://www.garylucas.com/ www.nitinmitta.org |
Najma and Gary Lucas at HOV- East meets west at HOV! Najma Aktar, renowned world music vocalist (among her many accomplishments is her work with Page and Plant), and guitarist Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley) teamed up with tabla player Nitin Mitta for a demo session at HOV. The result was a unique blend of Indian music and Blues Rock- we hope this gets a release soon, as it is quite amazing stuff... |
"I rocked out with Meet the Smithereens! and had a total blast. Do you know about this record? It's a faithful re-creation of Meet the Beatles!, performed with the perfect combination of reverence and joy by New Jersey's best-ever bar band. And, since the Smithereens are decades older than the Beatles were, the old guys put something deeper and darker into the sound. Nothing can touch the original's pure joy. But the Smithereens plug right into my middle-aged fantasies, and the big sound, taken at, ahem, room-filling volume, was a thrill I won't soon forget. Soundstage depth was good per se but was not quite as deep as with my favorite high-end speakers."
Live Performance, Multi-Media Presentation and Q&A Session
Saturday, June 9th 2pm FREE
Ocean
County Library
Toms River Branch
101
Washington St
Toms River, NJ 08753
(732)349-6200
Call
in advance to reserve your seats
Make a world-class recording at home! International recording artists The Grip Weeds take you on the journey of a song, from demo to finished product ready for download, with special emphasis on doing it yourself from your own home. Along the way, The Grip Weeds will perform live, show videos and demonstrate basic recording techniques. Topics to be covered are song arranging, making a demo, recording and overdubbing, mixing, mastering and finally uploading the song to iTunes.
GAVIN EDWARDS
3 out of 5 stars
The improbably long-lived Smithereens have never been shy about their British Invasion influences -- now they make them more obvious with an inessential but fun tribute to the Beatles' American debut album. The Smithereens cover all twelve Meet the Beatles!'s tracks, hewing closely to the original arrangements, down to the hand claps in "I Want to Hold Your Hand." They add some deadpan vocals and a bit of extra guitar crunch, particularly goosing the ballad "Till There Was You" -- and against all odds they succeed in making forty-three-year-old music sound new again.
Pat DiNizio interview on Fender.com
Asbury Park Press, NJ
"Grip Weeds singer/drummer/guitarist Kurt Reil served as engineer and co-producer of the project, which was recorded at his House of Vibes facility in Highland Park. 'We wanted to be reverential to what (The Beatles) had done,'' said Reil. "There's a certain excitement in those early recordings. We wanted to reflect that and also infuse it with the Smithereens sound, and that was my job.'' Read Full Article
Coming this January is MEET THE SMITHEREENS, a tribute to the Fab Four's landmark US debut album MEET THE BEATLES. The disc was recently recorded at the House of Vibes and co-produced by Kurt Reil and the Smithereens. |
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New Releases Recorded At The House Of Vibes 7TH
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THE ANDERSON COUNCIL/ THE
FALL PARADE
Newly released on Groove Disques, THE FALL PARADE is the
Council's second album, and the second to be recorded at The House Of Vibes. "Pinkerton's
Assorted Colours" was deemed COOLEST SONG IN THE WORLD this week by Steven
and is currently number 1 on his garage chart in Billboard, while THE FALL PARADE
comes in at number 9 in the top garage albums chart. "They've got the 60's
chops on top of inventive song craft, smooth harmonies, and solid production courtesy
of Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds' House of Vibes studio. Do not play before bedtime
as these songs will be bouncing around in your head for hours." -Amplifier
(http://www.groovedisques.com/)
THE
RANDY BANDITS/ REDBEARD
Recorded by The Randy Bandits and mixed
at The House Of Vibes, REDBEARD showcases their unique brand of American
music. Echoing The Band, Neil Young and Guster, these musical adventurers dig
deep into various and sundry traditions to produce newly shining gems. Their style
swings from Rock to Country to Bluegrass to Jazz to Soul to Blues to Gospel with
lots of hybrids, a jillion instruments traded amongst them, and soaring vocal
harmonies.
CBS TELEVISION USES GRIP WEEDS SONG FOR NEW FALL PRIMETIME
SERIES :
CBS licensed “What’s In Your Mind”-- hear a
sample now (from the album The Sound Is In You) for the promotional campaign
of the new Fall crime drama series CRIMINAL
MINDS, starring Mandy Patinkin . The song is featured as the core
music for the 20 and 30 second-long CRIMINAL MINDS promotional commercials currently
running in heavy rotation on national CBS stations and affiliates throughout the
end of September, as well as on basic cable, radio and CBS website streaming.
“What’s In Your Mind” was discovered by CBS Director of Drama Promotions Brad Roe, through an iTunes search. According to Roe, “The title of The Grip Weeds song had grabbed me, but it was the chorus that was exactly what we needed, as the lyrics sell the premise of the show. I also liked the energy of the song and felt that its contemporary sound would appeal to a younger demographic.” The song was recorded at the House of Vibes and remixed there to great effect for the Rainbow Quartz reissue of The Sound Is In You.
- HOV recently
acquired a set of Universal
Audio UAD-1 digital audio plug-ins, which emulate many classic EQ's
and compressors which greatly enhance our digital recording capabilities! On the
Analog side, we've also taken delivery of a pair of Old
School Audio's MP-1 preamps- warm and fuzzy!
The Smithereens recently returned to HOV to do a remake of their classic "In A Lonely Place" for an upcoming movie soundtrack. House engineer/producer/Grip Weed Kurt Reil played the vibes, and Kristin Pinell (Grip Weeds) took on Suzanne Vega's harmony vocal. Click here for a report from Dave's Smithereens Page...
Recently issued on the Koch label is God Save the Smithereens- Deluxe Edition, which includes their version of the Beatles' "I Want to Tell You", recorded at HOV a couple of years ago.
Legendary bassist Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Ian Hunter) was here at HOV this past month as well! His playing was flawless of course- we got his sound and he did his track in one take...
The studio just acquired an awesome Universal Audio 2-1176 compressor, and also welcomed a 1965 Hammond L-100 organ to the HOV vintage keyboards collection. Think Small Faces and Procol Harum! |
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