11.15.2007
It appears we've settled in to a quarterly update schedule. While this isn't as often as we like and forces us to leave out most of the projects we work on, it's currently the best pace we can keep up with - enjoy!
Legenedary indie rockers Thursday sent Brad the tracks for their new CD/DVD release "Kill the House Lights",
released on Victory Records. This release is a collection of previously unreleased live and studio offerings sure to please the fans. Super mixer Mike Shipley had Brad put the final polish the new Planet of the Stereos album.
This Sydney based band is releasing a great mix of pop and rock - be sure to check them out. Norwegian engineer Audun Borrmann
has kept Brad busy, working on projects such as NavyElectre and JB & the Delta Jukes - it's a pleasure receiving mixes that are so balanced and organic!.
The North Mississippi Allstars had Brad master their new album, titled "Hernando" - it's their 'heaviest' offering yet, be
sure to give it a listen! Producer/engineer Skidd Mills sent the new Saving Abel
album and singles for their new Capitol Records release. This band's blend of catchy hooks and straight ahead rock has
been turning heads for some time now. Brad was also chosen to master the new Cherry Poppin' Daddies album (titled
"Susquehanna"), superbly mixed by Billy Barnett at Gung Ho Studio - it's a great mix of different styles show-casing
the bands considerbale talents. Euphonic was also chosen to master the new Shane Shu album for V2 Records - this is one of most entertaining records we've ever heard - do yourself a favor and check it out!
08.23.2007
Ok, we're doing better with the news updates - it's only been about two months this time. Anyway, we've been as busy as ever, working with some amazing artists; here's some quick hits...
Universal Records recording artist Jully Black sent her new album in to Brad for mastering. The album was mixed by Dylan "3-D" Dresdow and has some really stunning tracks. Dylan also sent Brad some new will.i.am tracks in for a final bit of polish, including the new single "I Got It From My Mama" - his new album is due to be released on A&M/Interscope in September. The prolific North Mississippi Allstars have kept Euphonic busy finishing up three different projects: a new acoustic album, a 10 year retrospective double album, and a double CD release of the stereo audio from their live DVD Brad mastered, "Keep On Marchin'".
Legendary producer Jim Dickinson chose to have his new album mastered at Euphonic, the third album we've done for him. Brad was also picked by producer/engineeer Chris Hobson to master the debut album from Thieves & Liars - this album is amazing from top to bottom. It was recorded at Sounden Recordings and delivered on 1/2" analog tape. Anthony Gomes sent Brad yet another album for polish, this one a live album recorded over the last year. Former Dust For Life singer/guitarist Chris Gavin brought in his latest project, called White Noise Theory - these tracks are really killer - great band. Brad was also called on to put the finishing touches on projects by , Say Hello to the Angels, Sahra Indio, Semper Fire, Norsk Kurveunion and many more.
06.15.2007
Its about time we updated this page! The last year-and-a-half have been a whirlwind with record month following record month, so weve literally scheduled this time to make sure the news gets updated. Theres no way we can cover all the stuff thats happened over the last 18 months, so this will just be some highlights to get us caught up. We promise to make a better effort to keep this updated from here on out
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2007 has been amazing here at Euphonic so far, allowing us to work with such amazing artists as Fuel, Sister Hazel, the North Mississippi Allstars, Deepfield, the Shotgun Wedding Quintet, and many more. We also built a new mastering studio which sounds amazing!
Recent sessions include the brand new Fuel album Angels & Devils (to be released August 7th) on Sony/Epic. It was mixed by the uber-mixer Mike Shipley and the first single Wasted Time has been serviced to radio. Sister Hazel had Brad put the finishing touch on two new records a collection of previously unreleased material spanning their career called Bam and a new holiday album to be released later this year. Brad was also hired by long time clients (and friends) the North Mississippi Allstars to master the audio for their new live DVD Keep On Marchin'. San Franciscos Shotgun Wedding Quintet sent their new album (superbly mixed by Dave Greenberg) to Euphonic for mastering they marry hip-hop and jazz in an incredible way, and their new album is really stunning, keep an eye out for this one. The crew up at Big Blue Meenie has kept Brad busy as well, sending down tons of killer projects from bands such as Me Talk Pretty, Smokestar, Vie Perdu, Quitter, Water Under Water, the NOx Curve, Ecotone, Last Perfect Thing, Ground To Machine, Fakeknife, and Delmag. Those guys rock
Again, theres tons more not covered here, but just nowhere near the time to cover the projects weve done since the last update (over 400!)
The new studio is completed except for the final wood trim, which we hope to get up in the next few weeks. Its a good bit bigger than the old room and sounds AMAZING. We'll have pics posted as soon as it's finished. The gear and monitoring is essentially the same as it was, though Ive added a new EQ, a copy of the old A&M Mastering EQ, the Davelizer. This box is pretty special. Special thanks to my tech, Frank Lacy, for his efforts in building this box. If you need an amazing tech that is fast and thorough, give Frank a call at 662.236.5063 and tell him I sent you...
As a teaser, here's a pic of the desk in the new studio: 
If you have a second, drop by the Euphonic Masters MySpace page - http://myspace.com/euphonicmasters
01.29.2006
Whew, we're off to an amazing start this year - January was a banner month for Euphonic, starting off the new year with a bang by being chosen once again by Ben Kenney (bassist from Incubus) to master his second solo effort (titled 'Maduro') for Ghetto Crush. Producer Sal Villanueva and engineer Tim 'Rumblefish' Gilles sent Brad the new Folly album for polishing. The album, titled 'Resist Convenience', was tracked and mixed at Big Blue Meenie for Triple Crown Records. The Dirty Americans were back at Euphonic putting the finishing touches on their new EP. It was produced by Kenny Olson and mixed by Skidd Mills at 747Studios. Legendary producer and artist Jim Dickinson sent his latest Memphis International Records effort to Euphonic for final tweaking, and Bolivian artist Edwin Castellanos sent his new album of traditional Bolivian music to Brad as well. Zak Cohen of Woodshop Recording sent down Canadian native-american artist Art Napoleon's latest effort, which sounded great (as usual from Zak), and Dave Martin sent Brad the latest Cuppa Joe Records release, an album by Jeff Skorik.
12.01.2004-12.31.2005
We've been so busy over the last twelve months that we've let the news section slide. At this point, going back and writing news clips for every month is simply too time consuming, so we're going to give some highlights from 2005 (and December 2004)...
Congrats to FMR/Warner rockers Goodnight Nurse for the debut of their new album, titled 'Always and Never', which debuted at #5 on the NZ top 40, going gold it's first week! Warner Brothers has created a new imprint label called Liberty & Lament who signed the alt-rockers Lucero. Their latest album, 'Nobody's Darlings' is it's first release and was mastered by Brad, as was their live album that will be packaged with their new DVD, 'Bright Stars on Lonesome Nights Documentary', released on New Scratch Records. Cuneiform Records sent several records down this year for Brad to polish including the new Ahleuchatistas album which is amazing, as is the new Soft Machine DVD which was originally recorded three decades ago. Brad was also called upon to master the latest by Djam Karet for Cuneiform, titled 'Recollection Harvest'. Super-mixer Mike Shipley sent several albums to Euphonic, including Baumer's latest, the rocking debut from Head Rush, and the indie-electronica-rockers My Epiphany.
Rockin' producer Paul Ebersold brought a project in to Euphonic for final tweaking, this time an explosive new rock band called Revelation Theory . Mixed by Skidd Mills, this album is sure to get you moving. The long awaited debut album from The Secret Club titled 'The Sunday Suite' was brought to Brad by 'the j', j.hall of Theta Rhythm for final tweaking. The j also mixed and sent down the debut from album by The New Tragedies which is making waves in the midwest based on its unique brand of indie pop. Producer/engineer Ken Mary sent Brad the new Phunk Junkeez single and congratulations to Big Daddy Weave for the success of their latest Word release, 'What I Was Made For'. The album was superbly mixed by Shane Wilson.
Once again the Dirty Americans called on Brad to finish up their album for it's US release on Roadrunner Records titled 'Strange Generation'. This album was produced by Paul Ebersold and tracked/mixed by Skidd Mills. Producer Jason Cupp sent in the analog masters (we love those) for the new Valley Arena album, released by AstroMagnetics. Also on Astromagnetics, The Secret Lives Of The Freemasons debut album is a rocking good time, recorded at The Clubhouse (an awesome studio) as was the new Blackout Pact album.
Mixer Jeff Powell joined Alvin Youngblood Hart at Euphonic to put the finishing touches on Alvin's latest, 'Motivational Speaker'. Oteil Burbridge chose Brad to polish the new Oteil & the Peacemakers album titled 'Believer'. If you haven't had the chance to hear him play with the Allman Bros. or Aquarium Rescue Unit, you owe it to yourself to check this out. Swedish superstar Louise Hoffsten was back in Memphis cutting her latest album titled 'From Linköping To Memphis'. This release is on Memphis International Records, who also sent Brad Earl Thomas's latest 'Intersection', The Redstick Ramblers' 'Right Key, Wrong Keyhole', Philipp Fankhauser's latest album, 'Talk To Me', and the soundtrack from the motion picture Forty Shades of Blue.
Brad was also chosen to cut both an EP and a full length album for the Radiant Republic of Texas. Both were mixed by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio and were (beautifully) mixed to 1/2" analog. New tracks were sent to Euphonic for Michael Deiss's debut on Sony. Prog-rockers Man On Fire chose Brad to master their latest, 'Habitat' for ProgRock Records, featuring Adrian Belew and David Ragsdale while The Mob, featuring vocals by Doug Pinnick and mixed by Kip Winger (yep, same one) sent Brad their latest as well. Mem Shannon sent in his latest effort, mixed by Erik Fletterich, while Lystras Silence was sent in by Aaron Sternke. Aaron mixed the record at Ted Curtis's breathtaking Upstairs Productions. Craig Zarkos showed his amazing chops in recording and mixing Ripplegroove's latest record, which grooves forever...
11.29.2004
ATO
records artists North
Mississippi Allstars were in mastering their latest effort,
titled 'Electric Blue Watermelon' this month. Featuring guest
appearances from John
Mayer and Robert
Randolph, this album is truly amazing - look for it in April
2005. Americana rockers Lucero
had Brad put the finish on their latest single, while Mike
Hohnholz sent in his latest effort, recorded and mixed by Craig
Alvin at Upstairs
Productions. CCM artist Clay
Crosse had his latest mastered at Euphonic, and Forerunner
Records sent in two albums, a killer pop album by Pablo Perez
and a rocker from Marcus Meier. Costa Rican super mixer Alberto
Ortiz chose Brad to master the new effort from Freddy Alvez
and also sent in a great pop production from Los Bespas.
Texas rockers The
Vanished sent in their latest single while The
Nancy School and Candlefuse
sent in their latest albums for final tweaking.
10.29.2004
This month, Keith
Harris and Dylan "3D" Dresdow sent in the new
Keith Gamble record for mastering. Keith
Harris produced the album while Dylan Dresdow handled
the engineering/mixing duties. In another banner month of international
work, Johannes Eberhard
tapped Brad to master the latest effort by Swiss band 'Standards
of Rumantsch', while producer Peter Crosbie sent in the new single
by Belgian pop act Lester.
Multi-instrumentalist and amazing producer Seth
Glassman sent in an EP he produced for Darlene Love,
a stunning new vocal talent. An interestiong band, Aradhna,
sent in their latest effort for some tweaking, this is the third
album Brad has mastered for Aradhna.
Microwave Dave
sent in his new live solo effort, and Brad was kept busy working
on projects for rockers SeekerOne
and Shadow
Reichenstein (these guys rock).
9.29.2004
Japanese artists Machine
and the Synergetic Nuts kicked off this month sending their
new album in, courtesy of Cuneiform
Records - it's a real mind-blower. Opera Star Kallen
Esperian (who has an amazingly beautiful voice) mastered her
new record at Euphonic this month and it's amazing. Nashville
rockers Common
Ground brought their 1/2" analog masters in for the new
album, titled 'Service'. The album was recorded and mixed
by Neil Martin at Lyquid Lava House of Muse on his
new SSL. Congrats, Neil Craig Zarkos of proxy music
in Oceanside, CA sent the new country album by Randy Burk
to Brad for final polishing as did Sam
Verrella, who mixed the new (rockin') Chumley's
Toy album in Orlando. Eric
Vincent sent in an EP by Chase
for mastering and Jeff
Chaz, The Bourbon Street Bluesman, sent in his new album
as well. (Update) We are deeply saddened to hear that ARS
owner producer/engineer Sam
Verrella passed away in his sleep on 12/31/04. He was a great
guy and will be sorely missed. RIP, Sam.
8.29.2004
August saw the North
Mississippi Allstars bring their new live album 'Hill Country
Revue' (recorded at Bonaroo featuring Jim Dickinson,
Chris Robinson, and RL Burnside) in for mastering.
The album, skillfully mixed by Pete Matthews is an amazing
display of great performers in their element. Cuneiform
Records sent in two albums for some polishing, a great effort
by Forever Einstein and a powerful album from Alec K Redfern
& The Eyesores. Sister
Hazel had Brad cut a double album for their annual music festival
The
Rock Boat featuring Ingram Hill, Dexter Freebish,
& Cowboy Mouth among many more. Rappers Rated-R
and White Boy sent in their latest radio singles, while singer/songwirters
Graham Perry and Camille
Miller sent in their latest album efforts for mastering.
Brazilian artist Julio Figueroa sent his new album in as
did CCM artist John
Angotti. Finally, to end the month, Save
the Radio, Monty McCune's solo effort, sent in his new
EP - watch for this one, every track is aweseome...
7.29.2004
Once again, Sister
Hazel was back in Euphonic Masters this month, this time
putting the finished touches on their new album, titled 'Lift'.
This new effort was produced, engineered, and mixed by Skidd
Mills at 747-Studios.
Ben Kenney
(bassist from Incubus) sent Brad his new solo effort on Ghetto
Crush, which is very cool, keep an eye out for this one. J.P.
Sheganoski has been very busy as Risus
Productions, sending Brad three EP's to put the finishing touches
on; The Breakout, Lost In Vex, and Full Surrender.
J.P.'s neighbor, Jay Kahrs of Mad
Moose Recording dropped in and brought two records for mastering
off the custom Studer deck; Steep Creek and Lifeguards.
Our friends at Big
Blue Meenie sent down the new Green Machine album, and
Brian Harper was in from Chicago mastering his new solo effort.
Jay Hallstrom of Radio
Poet Productions sent down the new Imago
Dei album, also on analog tape, while Irish rockers The Real
and Norwegian popsters MFOX sent in radio singles.
6.29.2004
Sister Hazel sent Brad their new radio single, a cover of the
Cars' classic 'Just What I Needed' this month in preparation for their upcoming
album. Listen for it on your local AC/Hot AC station. Steve Selvidge (formerly of Big Ass
Truck) and Dave Shouse (of the Grifters) brought
in their new project, The
Bloodthirsty Lovers, from French
Kiss Records for the final polish, and it's very cool. J.P
Sheganoski of Risus
Productions sent brad the new Pallas
Athena EP for mastering, while Chicago rockers
Rome For A Day, Memphis jazz/rock/hiphop fusion group Free
Sol, and Dallas
rockers The Vanished all sent radio singles for mastering. Jimmy
Hunter of Cazador Recording sent in an album by Niko
Poulios, while Brad was
also brought on to finish up albums by Costa Rican Javier Arias, Deep
Shag, and Living Proof (mixed by Mike Kovach).
5.29.2004
May brought yet another busy month. Cuneiform
Records tapped Brad to
master the latest Richard
Leo Johnson Trio album as well as the new Yang record, both stunning records of amazing performances. Once again Mike
Shipley sent Brad a new single to master for Bardic
Records, this time
on the European duo Werring. Equal
Vision Records had Brad master the
new full-length from Endicott, and Brad also mastered the new FPTOZ album,
both from Big Blue Meenie. Orlando's Damaged
Goodz sent up three more
tracks as they work on assembly of the new full length and New York rockers
Jimmy Vigilante sent down their new EP as well. Brad wrapped up this
month by mastering the new Big
Joe Duskin album for Yellow Dog Records.
4.29.2004
This month, David Hodges (formerly of Evanescence) brought in Trading
Yesterday's (his new band) first record for mastering, watch out for
this one. Super-mixer Mike Shipley called on Brad to master the two latest
singles from Jennifer Marks and Ben
Arthur, artists on the new Bardic
Records label. Jennifer's single "Live" is featured on the
soundtrack 'The Terminal'. Brad was also called on to master Philip
Fankhauser's
latest effort for Memphis
International records. Brian
Fitzpatrick was
in mastering his new record (another one courtesy of Big
Blue Meenie)
and Blind Pig Records sent Albert
Cummings new album in for polishing.
April also brought some heavy rockers in with albums and EPs mastered
for the bands Blood Ties, Heaven&Hell, and Chronic
Tendencies. Brad
was brought in to master the new Now
is Now album (mixed by Matt Hennessey).
Brad also mastered EPls and singles by Drew Holcomb, Free Sol and Million,
from Norway.
3.29.2004
Memphis rockabilly favorites The
Dempseys brought their new record
to Euphonic this month. Stunning performances as usual, the fans
will love this new record. Rockers We're
All Broken sent in their latest effort
for mastering, courtesy of our friends at Big
Blue Meenie studios. Rock,
hiphop, and jazz all came together on Free
Sol's new album, recorded
at Young
Avenue Sound, here in the heart of rock and the home of the
blues. Brad was also called upon to put the finishing touches on Ruben
V's newest record, tracked and mixed by Matt Martone. Matt
also brought Brad the new radio singles from Canadian rockers Rake.
South American rockers Enrique Castillo and Enoch Samuels send
Brad their latest efforts, fantastic productions as we've come to expect.
March also brought us
the installation of a new custom built mastering console designed
by
Collins Audio and Euphonic Masters. This console, the ATC-1,
allows greater routing flexibility and control than our previous console
that was custom
built by Crane Song.
2.29.2004
Roadrunner
Records rockers Dirty
Americans had Brad
cut their new single 'Strange Generation' which includes
an enhanced portion containing their new video - look for it on MTV. ATO recording
artists North
Mississippi Allstars sent their new EP to Euphonic for
some polish as well. The EP was recorded and mixed by super engineer
John
Hampton. Alphajerk sent
the Crank
County Daredevils (self-proclaimed
'Kings of Sleaze') new album in, and Atomic
Tangerine sent Brad their
latest single for mastering. Vestige
Records' Sean Chambers was in putting
the finishing touches on his latest record, produced by Bud Snyder.
Christian rockers Ephaphatha sent Brad their latest
single and plan to return to finish up their new album sometime in April,
and Southern Records sent
the latest Watermelon Slim album in for some polish
as well. Brad also cut two new singles for RnB artist Methrone as
well as albums for Gina
French, Doug Mattingly, Perspective,
and Seven
Dollar Socks before finishing
out the month mastering 'The Golden Gate Escape' EP
from The
Radiant Republic of Texas, which was recorded and mixed in Chicago's Electrical
Audio.
1.30.2004
Happy New Year! January was another banner month at
Euphonic, bringing exciting new artists from the US and abroad. Belgian
sensation Mint sent their new album to Euphonic for the final polish.
Brad also mastered the radio singles. Wisconsin based rockers The
Groovehogs finished their second record with Brad. The record was Produced by the
legendary Jim Gaines and recorded/mixed by Kevin
Houston. Rock bands
My Blue Pill and Pillbox (no relation) finished up EPs and singles at
Euphonic, and Chicago based indie rocker Charlie Keel also had Brad master
his new album, which was tracked at Chicago Recording Company and mixed
by J.Hall of Nucleus Productions. The
Hour Unknown brought their new
album in for some tweaking and slipping in just at the end of the month,
Pennsylvania rockers Stept-On sent Brad their new EP (which rocks, by
the way) for mastering. Finally, Adrian James brought his 12 year, Pink-Floyd-like
psychedelic album in for the finishing touches.
12.30.2003
This month, Brad put the finishing touches on Sister
Hazel's new double-live record (as well the radio singles), 'LiveLive',
which was mixed by producer/mixer extraordinaire Skidd Mills. The
Vanished (formerly Seven Channels) also finished
up their new record at Euphonic Masters this month,
releasing the follow up to 2001's 'Seven Channels'. Without
End, a new metal group comprised of former members of Morbid
Angel, Ripping Corpse, and Last
Remains dropped by to finish up their new record, mixed
at Big
Blue Meenie. Brad also mastered the new Shady
Deal record, produced by the legendary Jim
Dickinson, Orlando based Damaged Goodz punkish
EP, and cut a new single for Texas' own Tragic
Komic. Austin-based Trash
Rock Kings sent their album up (this record rocks) for
some polish, as well as rockers Tipsy McStagger,
pop idealist Alex Chu, and the folky Suckiels.
Producer/engineer Chris Aiken took advantage of
Euphonic's FTP server to submit the mixes for Polish artist Ferid's
new radio single, and just before Christmas, Brad mastered the new
album for Costa Rica's Kadeho, mixed by super-mixer Alberto
Ortiz.
11.30.2003
We can now master your surround project -
Euphonic Masters recently purchased three more B&W Nautilus
monitors and a Velodyne subwoofer to complete the surround monitoring
system. Sister
Hazel brought their new DVD ('Live*Live') in for surround mastering
(5.1). Brad also mastered the soundtrack from Moby's
'Alien Sex Party', as well and a new EP from sensational singer Lauren
Gifford. Brad's Costa Rican friends also helped keep him busy
with Sintagma's
new record as well as a new EP from Akasha, both mixed by the amazing
Alberto Ortiz. Continuing to extend his international client list,
Brad also mastered the newest album for Norwegian artist Kirsten
Wollan. Legendary producer Jim
Dickinson brought the North
Mississippi Allstars' fourth record in for mastering, entitled
'Tate County - Hill Country Blues'. San Diego based This
Holiday Life mastered their new record, mixed by Pete
Stewart,
at Euphonic, as did Orlando based Atomic Tangerine (watch out for
these guys). Brad also put the finishing touches on Mour's new record,
as well as radio singles for Cody Smith.
10.30.2003
While attending the AES convention in
NYC, Brad met up with producer/engineer extraordinaire Dave McNair
who passed him the masters to Nine
Days latest effort, entitled 'Flying The Corporate Jet'. Rockers Dust
For Life stopped by to cut their new EP, which was tracked
and mixed by Pete Matthews. Atlanta jam band Janah traveled
to the Home of Rock and Roll to master their
new album as did Nashville producer Neil Martin,
who brought two projects - an EP with radio singles from Thin
King as well a funky record from Kat
Maxwell. Heavy rockers The
Nancy School sent their project to Brad for a final polishing,
as did Florida's own Elohsa.
Producer/engineer J.P. Sheganoski of Risus
Productions sent down an EP by Beyond
Mirth, and James Greenlee sent Brad three
more tracks from Lucid Fuse. Once again, Alberto
Ortiz, the stunning mixer from Costa Rica, sent Brad
another great sounding project, Geovanny. Bethany
World Prayer sent up another live record from the bayou,
while Lindsay
Smith sent her project in from Atlanta, courtesy of Lee
Flier. Finally, Brad put the finishing touches on country-rocker Jim
Wilson's new record, 'This Old House'.
9.30.2003
September brought Jahn
Hampson, lead singer
of Nine Days, to Euphonic for the mastering of his amazing solo
EP,
'17 Minutes And 38 Seconds In The Dark'. The EP was tracked and
mixed by the ever-impressive Dave McNair. Jody
Abbott of Breaking
Point also dropped in to master some new tracks for Wind-Up
Records,
the new album is going to rock. Brad also cut new radio singles
for Skillet and Elisha's
Request, while mastering full-lengths
for One Way and Blair Combest. Kids musician Rebecca
Frezza sent
her new record in to Euphonic for a little polish as did Kenny
Howes, a phenominal California musician. Producer/engineer Kevin
Rose had Brad master the eclectic new record from Subversivo, and
Brad also put the finishing touches on a new blues compilation
from Southern Records, featuring Delta Moon, Chef
Chris & His
Nairobi Trio, Fiona
Boyes, Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans,
and Little Toby Walker.
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