Sunday, August 24, 2008

Blue Coast World debuts High Resolution Downloads and New SACD's at Rocky Mountain Audiofest, Oct 2008

Blue Coast Records, a west coast label known for exceptional acoustic recordings, will be hosting a room at Rocky Mountain Audiofest Oct 10-12, called Blue Coast World. Joining Blue Coast Records will be Festival Link and other high fidelity music companies. The LSA Group and Exemplar Audio is outfitting Blue Coast World with incredible gear that will make Room 414 at the Marriot in Denver one of the 'must hear' rooms at the show.

Unique music from known high quality recordings will feature artists from various genres. "Garbage in, garbage out", says Marenco, "what's the point of high fidelity music if the original recording is less than stellar".

Blue Coast Records will also host a special evening of solo piano with legendary talent, Art Lande. The performance will be a celebration of the Blue Coast Records release called, While She Sleeps, a solo piano recording featuring Mr. Lande. The performance is at 7pm at the Marriot Tech Center in the Lobby and is a free concert followed by a signing and reception party with Lande and producer, Cookie Marenco.

Blue Coast Records will also be highlighted in the Audiotion room at the conference. Other events include Marenco as a panelist at the Digital Pavillion on Friday.

For more information contact Blue Coast Records, 650 591 6857 or visit the websites...
www.bluecoastrecords.com
www.audiofest.net
www.festivalink.net
www.thelsagroup.com
www.audiotion.com

Friday, August 01, 2008

In Nashville Recording with Blue Coast Artist, Rob Ickes!

Rob Ickes, one of the few Dobro masters and Blue Coast artist extraordinare, brought Cookie Marenco to Nashville to record the debut project for his label, Resorevolution Records. The recording features Rob on Dobro, Michael Alvey (piano) and RobinElla (on vocals). The music was played live in the studio and will have a unique 'jazz/country/swing' to it.

Rob chose Wildwood Recording in Franklin, Tennessee to capture the performances being one of the few studios that has 2" tape, a great sounding grand piano and wonderful acoustics in the room. Cookie brought her arsenal of proprietary silver cable and Rob's 'special' mics to the session. She was assisted by facility owner, Brendan Harkin, a well known engineer/producer/musician in his own right.

Cookie will return to OTR with the tapes en route for mixing and high res files for backup. The album should be completed and available later this year. We're all looking forward to some sneak peeks of this recording!