Check this out!
Baidu.com is like google in China, so on a whim, we decided to search for the Blue Coast Collection and to our suprise, there were hundred of listings (more than 457 as of this writing)! We used the google translator to see what it was they were saying about us and it seems we're very well received!
Most of the forums seem to be generated by colleges kids, both men and women. We've heard reports that acoustic music is well received by 30% of the population... We're beginning to believe it!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Blue Coast Records Opens Up a New Section called Tidbits! New Music From Art Lande! 96K downloads on a whim!!
Dear Friends! Thursday is a tough day to get anything done, so we've moved our new music offerings this week to Friday.
Our contest from last week brought HUGE response and great reviews for all three songs presented. Jane Selkye's rendition of Ascension Day, brought the most favorable accolades, but we will offer all three as downloads next week at 96K. Those that participated, will get a free 96K version of all three songs when they are mixed.
This week, we had Blue Coast Artist, Art Lande in the studio recording with Bruce Williamson, his long time friend and musical companion for more than 15 years. These two fine musicians performed 3 Duke Ellington songs followed by their IMPRESSIONS of the same song.
The Ellington Challenge!
This week the challenge is to figure out which Duke Ellington piece these 3 IMPRESSIONSISTIC songs spawned from. You'll need to figure out the songs in the correct order and submit to me before 11pm PST on Saturday.
If you guess correctly, on Sunday we'll send you the original improvisation of the Duke Ellington piece as Art and Bruce performed them in the studio last week! It's not easy to figure out. Here's a hint for one piece... shiny material/Children play with these... :D
You don't need to purchase to be part of the contest. The whole song can be streamed as an mp3. If you like the music, our 96K
Our contest from last week brought HUGE response and great reviews for all three songs presented. Jane Selkye's rendition of Ascension Day, brought the most favorable accolades, but we will offer all three as downloads next week at 96K. Those that participated, will get a free 96K version of all three songs when they are mixed.
This week, we had Blue Coast Artist, Art Lande in the studio recording with Bruce Williamson, his long time friend and musical companion for more than 15 years. These two fine musicians performed 3 Duke Ellington songs followed by their IMPRESSIONS of the same song.
The Ellington Challenge!
This week the challenge is to figure out which Duke Ellington piece these 3 IMPRESSIONSISTIC songs spawned from. You'll need to figure out the songs in the correct order and submit to me before 11pm PST on Saturday.
If you guess correctly, on Sunday we'll send you the original improvisation of the Duke Ellington piece as Art and Bruce performed them in the studio last week! It's not easy to figure out. Here's a hint for one piece... shiny material/Children play with these... :D
You don't need to purchase to be part of the contest. The whole song can be streamed as an mp3. If you like the music, our 96K
Tidbits will be priced at $2 per single... less than the cost of my triple espresso!
Art Lande and Bruce Williamson--Tidbits
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Cookie Marenco
Blue Coast Records..
Thursday, May 14, 2009
If It's Thursday, It Must be NEW MUSIC TIME at Blue Coast Records
Since the wonderful response of our 96K downloads, we decided to release music every Thursday on this high rez format!
This week we'll release the final 3 songs from the Blue Coast Collection at 96K at a special price of $3 per download. The songs will remain discounted until June 1 when they'll go to our regular price of $4 per song and $40 for the entire album bundle.
We have so many special 'treats' in the vault recorded using our E.S.E technique, we're not sure which to release first. Come back every Thurs to find out.
We also have a number of 44.1 downloads available at
www.bluecoastworld.com
and are adding new music all the time. These are recordings produced for the artist (mostly by me and some of my producer friends) that we've made available for downloads. They don't pass the test for us to be released as 96K downloads (either because they were recorded at 44.1 or mixed to 44.1..... ) because we don't believe in upsampling.
Tell your friends, visit forums and let us know where you're talking about us.
We love your comments.
Enjoy the Music,
Cookie
This week we'll release the final 3 songs from the Blue Coast Collection at 96K at a special price of $3 per download. The songs will remain discounted until June 1 when they'll go to our regular price of $4 per song and $40 for the entire album bundle.
We have so many special 'treats' in the vault recorded using our E.S.E technique, we're not sure which to release first. Come back every Thurs to find out.
We also have a number of 44.1 downloads available at
www.bluecoastworld.com
and are adding new music all the time. These are recordings produced for the artist (mostly by me and some of my producer friends) that we've made available for downloads. They don't pass the test for us to be released as 96K downloads (either because they were recorded at 44.1 or mixed to 44.1..... ) because we don't believe in upsampling.
Tell your friends, visit forums and let us know where you're talking about us.
We love your comments.
Enjoy the Music,
Cookie
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
High Resolution Downloads Three Hours After Performance
Special Event 09 April 2009
On April 9, 2009, Blue Coast Artists Keith Greeninger & Chris Kee were joined by world-class drummer Brain for a one-time only performance and live recording at the request of Blue Coast Records' producer and founder, Cookie Marenco.
Some of you know Brain's incredible drumming skills from his work with Primus, Tom Waits, Buckethead, Guns N' Roses and many others. Keith Greeninger's familiar voice is heard in the lead-off track on the Blue Coast Collection - Keith is a stunning performer. Chris Kee, also featured on the Blue Coast Collection, is playing acoustic bass. Chris plays bass on Jane Selkye's Blue Coast Collection pieces, though recently he's becoming known for his work with Houston Jones and Peter Rowan.The recordings took place at OTR Studios, homebase for Marenco. In house IT specialist and General Manager for OTR, Patrick O'Connor, handled all the details for creating the site, uploading and backend support. Tim Jones, house engineer at OTR Studios, assisted Marenco with the E.S.E. setup. E.S.E. (Extended Sound Environment) is the proprietary technique created by Marenco and Jean Claude Reynaud for use with Blue Coast Recordings.
The music was recorded to 2" analog tape and mixed to the Sonoma Systems DSD (direct stream digital). From the DSD, the music was tranferred to 96K and 44.1 .wav files for uncompressed downloads. The full song can be streamed at 124kbps mp3 quality. "These are big files, but not as big as DSD, which we are hoping to release soon," says Marenco. "The DSD sounds incredible. If there is enough demand, we may release the multitrack as .wav files for people to make their own mixes at home."
Response to the high resolution downloads has been remarkable. Computeraudiophile.com commented on the event calling it "one of the coolest releases so far in 2009". Fans are choosing the 96K download 8 out of 10 times. Plans are in the works to release the Blue Coast Collection, the flagship recording, for 96K downloads before the end of the month.
Marenco adds, "The recording with Keith, Brain and Chris was a tremendous success on a musical level as well. Considering the musicians had never met prior to the session, let alone played together, this is a remarkable achievement. We are planning on another live session before Brain leaves to tour with Guns N Roses and Keith and Chris have their summer festivals."
The event was created for visitors, Ed Martin and Andy Gilbert, who flew from Oklahoma to visit Blue Coast Records. Other guests in attendance were Merl Saunders Jr, Mike Newman, Anne Vrolyk, and Scott Thompson. Blue Coast offers special thanks to Andrew Doyle and Mike Howle assistants at OTR who helped but were not at the event.
From Recording to Worldwide Distribution within 3 hours... AMAZING!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Blue Coast Records - High Resolution Downloads Three Hours After Performance
We want to thank our fans at The Computer Audiophile site for posting our story on the front page! If you want to join in on the forum, please click here.
Fri, 04/10/2009 - 15:05 — The Computer Audiophile
From BlueCoastRecords:
"Special Event 09 April 2009
Earlier this evening, Blue Coast Artists Keith Greeninger & Chris Kee were joined by world-class drummer Brain for a one-time only performance and live recording at the request of Blue Coast Records' producer and founder, Cookie Marenco.
Recorded using the E.S.E (Extended Sound Environment) proprietary style these pieces and are incredible in sound, music and magic. The prices will be $1.50 for CD Quality and $3 for 96K quality downloads.
Some of you know Brain's incredible drumming skills from his work with Primus, Tom Waits, Buckethead, Guns N' Roses and many others. Keith Greeninger's familiar voice is heard in the lead-off track on the Blue Coast Collection - Keith is a stunning performer. Chris Kee, also featured on the Blue Coast Collection, is playing acoustic bass. Chris plays bass on Jane Selkye's Blue Coast Collection pieces, though recently he's becoming known for his work with Houston Jones and Peter Rowan.
From Recording to Worldwide Distribution within 3 hours... AMAZING!
Cookie Marenco, the Blue Coast Artists and the team at Blue Coast Records sincerely thank you for showing your support for high quality music and performances!"
Link -> http://www.bluecoastrecords.com/special-event-09-april-2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Special Package Price and New Music to Check Out!
Hi friends, hope all is well with everyone! Spring is here and the sun is out. The economy is still taking it toll around the world, but we're hoping for brighter days very soon.
We thought this was good time to offer a very special package price for both the Blue Coast Collection and the new Art Lande disc! Time for friends, time for gifts, time to enjoy the music and relax in their sound. Check out the website for more details!
Garett Brennan fans (Blue Coast Collection artist) has released a new CD. It's under Garett's own label, Threepin.com. We mastered the project for him at OTR Studios and loved the music. Great songs in a contemporary bluegrass/folk/rock genre. OTR/ArgoArts built the CD Quality download site. You can preview all the songs as mp3 streams. The disc, called Huckleberry Tree, will be available later this month. Garett's continuing his work as an environmentalist. Hats off to him!
We have more recordings coming. Mid April, be looking for a 96K piece from jazz pianist, Vijay Iyer. Let us know what you're listening to!
Cheers!
Cookie Marenco
producer/founder
We thought this was good time to offer a very special package price for both the Blue Coast Collection and the new Art Lande disc! Time for friends, time for gifts, time to enjoy the music and relax in their sound. Check out the website for more details!
Garett Brennan fans (Blue Coast Collection artist) has released a new CD. It's under Garett's own label, Threepin.com. We mastered the project for him at OTR Studios and loved the music. Great songs in a contemporary bluegrass/folk/rock genre. OTR/ArgoArts built the CD Quality download site. You can preview all the songs as mp3 streams. The disc, called Huckleberry Tree, will be available later this month. Garett's continuing his work as an environmentalist. Hats off to him!
We have more recordings coming. Mid April, be looking for a 96K piece from jazz pianist, Vijay Iyer. Let us know what you're listening to!
Cheers!
Cookie Marenco
producer/founder
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Vinyl? 1/4" tape? Possibly on the way for 2009
Hi all!
Many of you received our newsletter by email a few weeks ago asking the question about our releasing vinyl and 1/4" tape of our Blue Coast Collection. We were thrilled by the responses and hope to announce streets for later this year. Add your name to our mailing list to be the first to know!
Last week, Keith Greeninger and Jane Selkye were both in our studios (at different times) working on side projects and sounding as fantastic as ever. Fans will be happy to know there are talks of more recording for both of them,
If you haven't been to our website in awhile, you'll notice our recent updates. We've added sponsor modules to help offset our costs. If anyone is interested in sponsoring our site and some of our projects, please contact us at
Thanks, all!
Blue Coast Records
www.bluecoastrecords.com
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