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Recording Sessions Video
As promised, we have a behind-the-scenes video from the the Dallas Wind Symphony recording sessions. We hope you enjoy it (and please remember that you’re hearing the audio as it was picked up from a digital camera’s microphone after coming through the monitor speakers).
Dallas Wind Symphony Recording Sessions Day 2
The second day of the recording sessions went fantastically and were filled with great musical moments, fun, and a lot of hard work on the part of the RR staff, the DWS staff, and of course the DWS musicians. Here’s a look behind the scenes of today’s sessions: Getting ready for the next session Where the magic happens RR fans should recognize the logo on this… HDCD Getting ready to start again Warm-up time! Jerry…
Day One of Dallas Wind Symphony Recording Sessions
Day one of the Dallas Wind Symphony recordings went extremely well, and as promised, we’ve got a look behind the scenes for you. The musicians warming up along with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band Just about to start Resetting the Stage A look at the Meyerson The famous organ of the Meyerson Keith changing the stage Backstage with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band RR Team hard at work Jerry Junkin and Tam Henderson after the…
Dallas Wind Symphony Recording Sessions
If you’re not dialed into all of RR’s social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, this blog) already, now’s the time. We are in Dallas, Texas today through the weekend for recording sessions with the Dallas Wind Symphony, and we’re going to be taking you with us behind the scenes! We’ll be doing some live tweeting during the recordings (follow us and the hashtag #RRdws11), and posting pictures and information on the blog and Facebook Page. And…
Independent Ethos’ 5 Part Interview With Mike Garson
The blog Independent Ethos posted a new interview with Mike Garson about his latest RR release “The Bowie Variations” last month. Now, the author has published a previously-archived thoroughly entertaining, five-part interview from 2004. So today we are happy to share all five parts with you! From Independent Ethos: “It all began at the start of this month with an exclusive interview with Mike Garson talking about his new solo album, the David Bowie Variations…
Mike Garson Demonstrates the Yamaha Disklavier
Mike Garson helped to launch Yamaha’s Disklavier Pro earlier this week in LA and Fort Wayne, Indiana simultaneously. How did he do it? Take a look: Read the extensive news coverage: “Playing a piano from 2,000 miles away” – The Orange County Register“Sweetwater retail expands, gains Yamaha inventory” – Fort Wayne Daily News“Sweetwater Sound Expands To Include Yamaha Pianos” – IndianaNewsCenter.com“Sweetwater strikes new chord” – The Journal Gazette
What Hi-Fi? Publishes a RAVE review of The Bowie Variations
Andrew Everard published a simply outstanding review of our latest release “The Bowie Variations” on WhatHiFi.com yesterday. The review is incredibly thorough and paints a wonderful picture of Mike Garson’s history with David Bowie (including some insight into how he got the gig). We’ll give you some quotes from it here, but we can not encourage you enough to read this fantastically entertaining review on WhatHifi.com. Excerpts from “Spiders, the Disklavier and Aladdin Sane –…
Allmusic review of Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss
Allmusic.com has published a review of the new Concord Chamber Music Society release. We had a quote we just had to share, but encourage you to read the full review on Allmusic.com. From Allmusic:By James Manheim “Here’s an attractive trio of contemporary American chamber works, straightforward that make use of tonality in various guises, as well as jazz and other vernacular influences, but explore both novel concepts and rigorous formal devices and could not in…
Amazon Review of Concord Chamber Music Society Release
We had a customer review on Amazon.com for the Concord Chamber Music release that had some great parts we just had to share! From “Dingane”: “I will start this off by saying please read the accompanying booklet. It provides insight into the Concord Chamber Music Society and the composers Brubeck, Gandolfi, and Foss. Additionally the back cover picture has a stunning picture of the Mechanics Hall venue. I would love to have a 16×20 of…
Mike Garson News
Independent Ethos is at it again with an incredibly thorough Mike Garson interview. Here Mike Garson talks about working with David Bowie. Click here for “From the Archives: Mike Garson on working with David Bowie (Part 1)” from Indie Ethos. If you missed the interview on The Bowie Variations between Mike Garson and Indie Ethos click here. Amazon Review of The Bowie Variations John C. Bowerman “pop culture fan” has posted the first Amazon review…
Boston Globe Reviews Concord Chamber Music Album
Boston.com (The Boston Globe) has published a quick review of RR’s recent Concord Chamber Music Society release. We’ll excerpt it here, and let you read the full thing on Boston.com. “In its first CD, the Concord Chamber Music Society, a fine group of Boston Symphony musicians (launched and directed by violinist Wendy Putnam), has enshrined pieces by three composers that have appeared on recent programs. All three composers have ties to the Boston area; two…
The Bowie Variations – The Originals Part Two
Just for fun, we started sharing some of the original David Bowie music videos for the tracks featured on Mike Garson’s “The Bowie Variations” on Twitter. They’ve been a real hit, and so we thought it would be fun to share them here on the blog as well. We posted the originals from the first five songs featured on “The Bowie Variations” on Wednesday, and for your weekend, we’ll feature videos from four more tracks.…
The Bowie Variations – The Originals
Just for fun, we started sharing some of the original David Bowie music videos for the tracks featured on Mike Garson’s “The Bowie Variations” on Twitter. They’ve been a real hit, and so we thought it would be fun to share them here on the blog as well. We’ll put the originals from the first five songs featured on “The Bowie Variations” today, and four more on Friday. Enjoy! Space Oddity John, I’m Only Dancing…
Behind the Scenes of an Upcoming Release
We are excited to give a “behind-the-scenes” look at one of our upcoming releases featuring flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jérémy Jouve. Making of Album of French Music with Viviana & Jeremy from Viviana Guzman TV on Vimeo. “Interview of the making of the album of French music with flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve for the Audiophile Record Label, Reference Recordings at Skywalker Sound with Grammy Award Winning Sound Engineer, Keith O. Johnson.”…
Independent Ethos Interviews Mike Garson
Independent Ethos has an exclusive interview with Mike Garson and they are talking about none other than his newest Reference Recordings release “The Bowie Variations.” From Independent Ethos: “Now comes Garson to step forward with a tribute album to Bowie, entitled The Bowie Variations For Piano. There is probably no other side musician more qualified to interpret Bowie’s music than the classically trained jazz musician who happens to be, as Bowie once put it, ‘the…