In the Studio and On Location
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Home Instead Senior Care Awards Gala 4/14
Tom at the audio helm for HISC convention 4/14
Mark P. laying in some tasty drums 3/14
Steve G. drops in on a cool bass!
Christmas In Our Hearts – the closing song ..
.. and wrapping up 12/13
Calvin on the ivories 11/13
“Spot Guy” lays out a video voice over
Richie Love plays from his soul 8/13
Eunice ready to record a book on CD 8/12
Grace sings from her heart 10/11
Donald recording vocals 2/13
NE Zither Club performing in Oakland, IA 7/11
Smooth vocals to raise funds for children 7/11
Sisters-Jessica & Heather 5/11
Keli gets started 3/11
We say “goodbye” to Melvin, January 5, 2011
Jay slices it up 11/10
Maria shares her award, LeMars, IA 9/10
Prior Major Studio Upgrades
Upgraded Mic Pre-amps – the left half.
Compressors, Effects, Patches – the right half.
Both racks mostly up and running.
I thought we were done with these.
“Hey, I’m busy here!”
So where does this connect?
Really, still more soldering?
There’s only 64 wires to connect.
Man-handling the new mic patch bay.
I can’t believe I soldered the whole thing!
“What do you mean, it’s upside down?”
Let’s build a new gear rack.
New rack build on the grand entrance.
Allyn begins re-install of the patch bays…
and he’s still smiling.
A lot of old wires removed.
Dismantling the years.
It’s always tear apart before rebuilding.
Any project needs a good supervisor.
Stangl Family
Smiles
.. and more smiles
.. and still more smiles
Laying it down
Dad and son
It’s exhausting watching others work
So that’s what’s in there
Captcha
Signing the “wall of fame”
More signing of the “wall of fame”
The family still all smiles when it’s done
CD Cover
Alexa Clark
Alexa and Alycea ready to record.
Alycea and Craig in position for harmonies.
Zach on bass and Brady keeping beat.
Zach double-talents on electric.
Tom intent on the recording.
It’s a pretty full house.
Alycea signing another wall of fame.
Grace
Justin Michael
Justin singing from his heart on “Temporary”.
Lyle & Vinnie rehearse “Temporary”..
The guys finishing at Tesco Productions 10_15.
Justin sings out a new vocal line.
Phil lays in a nice harmonica line.
Lyle on the backgrounds.
Custom Whistling Chart
Justin kicks off the tune with new leads.
Lyle a whistlin’ away.
Vinnie taps out the primary percussion parts.
Lyle & Justin concentrate on gettin’ it down.
Justin lays out the original tracks.
Justin Wissink
.. amp B miking for stereo electric.
Amp A and …
Steve striking the beat.
Justin laying out the acoustic.
Justin putting down guide vocals and keys.
Justin adding more keys.
Bobb’s got bass!
Taylor adds the edge with rhythm and leads.
Whew! Made it through and still smiling.
Justin placing in final vocals.
Misty creates great harmonies.
Kirsten bows in some nice string lines.
Lisabeth adds her sweet harmony.
I’m still missing a sheet or two!
.. and stretching notes??!
Shawn ringing out the highs..
Wyatt smiling with leads and 2nd tenor.
Rand rounds out the lows.
Larry sings out the baritone.
Bayliss Park annual Gospel Sing
Grupo David
Eduardo lays in the bass
Mario plays drums and percussion
Marco strums out the rhythm
Juan fills out with the keys
Eager recording engineer?
The Kopsas
CD with Lord Lead Me On and 12 other songs
The Kopsas perform at the GPBOTMA meeting 1/14.
Bringing the performance to a conclusion.
On the Wall of Fame
“May I have this dance?”
Sarah – vocal
James – vocal
Maria – vocal
Julia – vocal
Sarah – acoustic guitar
James – mandolin
Maria – fiddle
Julia – bass
Studio recording setup
Carlene Crom
Award presented at Tabor, IA.
Tom receives a special honor.
“Thank you”.
Carlene’s CD cover.
Carlene’s CD song list.
One of many recording days.
Carlene joins many others signing the “wall of fame”.
Alexa wrote her own cello parts.
Alexa lays out a nice cello line.
This Side of Sunday
The stage is set
“Bo” & “Buck” gettin’ down
Mark (Buck) plucks in stride
Dwayne (Circus) taps away
Jack (Mineola Mad Man) manhandles the bass
Mark (Buck) slides along
Bryan (Bo) croons it out
Rich (Leõn) pickin’ it up
Studio B layout for their recording
Rich still pickin’ on the mandolin
Bryan still strums the acoustic
Dwayne has added to the cajon
Keith Wilson now slides in on dobro
Chad Riche now on electric bass
Kristin Riche adds her sweet vocal
Grupo Ilusion De Tierra Caliente
Joe Laughlin
Kyle keeps the beat
Tye lays out the electric
Liz does her parts
Carol adds family harmony
Rob shines on the brass
Brian plies the keys
Joe sings out the vocals
Jarrod lays on some final touches
Deborah rounds out additional harmonies
Joe picks his leads
The band commemorates the evening
It’s the CD release
Ricky Zapata
Ricardo & son – this is cool!
A Rising Star
Ricardo-living the Dream
Ricardo rappin’ it out – July 2011
Ricky Zapata 4-Song Demo Release
Maestro Zapata conducting 9/11
Tom & Ricky – enjoying 9/11
Ricky living his dream to perform on stage.
TJ & The Turnpikes
The Turnpikes have made the “wall of fame”
Terry taps out the beat
John features his vocal
Dave leads the way on the electric
Sandy lays in the bass and vocals
Jennell lends acoustic and vocals
Terry plying acoustic and vocals
Austin Truax (Silver Tip)
Austin – “You want me to listen to that again?!”
Charley waxes the keys
Dave adds his licks
Where the REAL work happens
Just listening in
Wayne and Terry take a break
Curt slides in the steel
Another set of ears
Charlie lays out the rhythm
Austin-singing the passion
Herencia De Zacatecas
Fermin Olague – vocal lead
