I can’t begin to express how exciting it is to work with such great talents here at The Bridge. It is even more exciting when those people are on our staff! Many of you know that Arc make a lot of the music you hear form us but I’m not sure if you have all taken note of the work Dave is doing with Light foot. Dave is a prolific producer whose chill and humble vibe is as present at the studio as it is in the music he writes. We feel blessed to have him on our team.
This week Beantown Boogie Down showed Dave some real respect with comments on the “Fictionalgodfinger”, saying
“it is a succinct, soulful experience with plenty of organic instruments carefully stacked on top of one another.”
To see for yourself be sure to check out Light foot!
We have been a bit slow with the posts this month so after a four day lockout with Sky Case I was spent out and I ask Ryan “Hey Ryan, you wana write your own post for the bridge blog?” and that goodness he took me up on the offer.
First off he is a video they made at the studio:
Secondly here is what Ryan had to say:
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So, we’re finally recording for our project known as “Sky Case” – a collaborative effort we’ve been whittling away at for the past few years from our Boston start, as freshman at Berklee. Between all the pressure-filled takes, beer, pizza, weird-ass instruments (indie albums always have one), Derek’s couch crashing, charts that read “repeat forever”, Webb’s opus formed completely out of measuring tape, Zack’s insistence on pretty much rocking the F*** out (shirtless, as it would be), Ryan’s intense, minute-by-minute control room decisions, and Matt’s friggen playing on the “Juno” instrument one too many times came the building of an album we had always hoped to make. The diversity of the songs on this album meant using recording techniques that often had to be changed on the dime, many times from song to song. Owen and Janos at The Bridge were awesome engineers who pushed our recording, and great people to work with. The first session was three ten-hour days covering all of our basics, and we’re excited to return in the next few weeks. As perpetually late people, we were surprised to find ourselves almost one full day ahead of schedule which could never have happened without the hard work and help of the engineers. If things go like they did in these recordings, then working with these guys in the upcoming string sessions is going to rock.
Again, we want to thank Owen and Janos of the Bridge, and all of our contributors from Derek Demulling (bass, gear consultant,shaman), Zack Fierman (drums and percussion), Ryan Hinkle (producer/co-songwriter from Hink Creations) Matt McKinney (songwriter, vocals, piano, xylophone), Niki Michael (photographer from Hink Creations) to Webb Sandquist (guitar, mustache enthusiast and whistling) for a truly unique experience and an extraordinary group of people – we live for this.
