Many of you know that my regular job is that of an engineer and producer for other artists and labels. When I record, I use the highest standards possible, often in a more traditional recording style than the restrictiveness of E.S.E recording. Meaning the use of overdubs, headphones and other typical techniques that are not the live performances as we do for Blue Coast Records. This week, I have two exceptional recordings that I'd like to point out to you.
Last year, Blue Coast artist, Rob Ickes, asked me to engineer a recording in Nashville for his own label, Reso Revolution. Rob and I have recorded many albums for Rounder Records in the past, but this was the first for his label. Rob is an exceptional talent and a 10 time winner of Dobro Player of the Year. On this recording he is performing in the studio live, with Michael Alvey on piano and Robinella on vocals-- the album is called Road Songs. Rob has graciously allowed me to release 3 songs at 96kHz that have uncompressed dynamics. Let us know what you think!
http://robickes.argoarts.com/
Gregory James is a world music artist who's guitar playing crosses into jazz, flamenco, Afro-Cuban and Middle Eastern musics to name a few. Gregory and I recorded this album many years ago with producer/bassist, Benny Reitveld. Benny is most known as the bass player for Carlos Santana and Miles Davis. For this album, Benny wanted to go into a more 'Electronica' genre. We are happy to be re-releasing this album as CD Quality Downloads. We have also uncovered previously unreleased tracks of the Bjork Song, Come to Me, sung in Spanish by Destani Wolf. The 96kHz tracks posted came directly from the 1/2" mixes. It's a 10 minute version complete with a 20 piece string section and incredible musicianship.
http://gregoryjames.com/come-
Many of you have been asking for more variety in our music selection, so, we thought we'd offer you something different from our catalogue at Downloads NOW!
We'll be back soon with more live E.S.E. recordings from Blue Coast Records very soon!
Enjoy the Music!
Cookie Marenco
Blue Coast Records
founder and producer
