Prize Beagle Recording - Audio Downloads

Recent Recordings

song	artist	year
Boys Keep Swinging	Mr. Russia	2007

This is the first song done in the current space from start to finish. Basic tracks were recorded to tape, with vocal and guitar overdubs to digital. It was mixed through the Studiomaster board back to digital.

song	artist	year
Humdrum	Big Buildings	2007
From the forthcoming album Wampum © 2007 Stars/No Stars (007666-5)

This song began as a cassette four track recording that was transferred to digital (through the Studiomaster board), with vocals and percussion overdubbed to digital as well. It was excellent fun trying to blow out the preamps on the the 4-track to get the sound as dirty as possible and pushing the compression we got from the tape as far as we could.

song	artist	year
Queen of Softcore	Ahab Rex	2006
From "The Queen of Softcore" remix EP © 2006 Ahab Rex / Released on Lens Records (LENS0004)

The basic tracks for this songs (drums by Martin Atkins!) were already completed when I came on the project. We fine tuned the arrangement, overdubbed more guitars and bass tracks, and then basically resampled various sections and approached the tune as remix. The vocals were done more organically, laid down in full passes on top of the parts we created.

song	artist	year
Money Whiskey Fuck	Zimmerman Twins	2006
From the compilation album "I Don't Want to Go Down to the Basement" © 2006 Stars/No Stars (007666-4)

This is one of a series of live recordings from the Sweatbox, a free rock club in the basement of the Seeley Avenue Home for Wayward Children (aka Big Buildings HQ). We set up 8 mics in the basement and- instruments, crowd, PA feed - pressed record on a Tascam DA-38, and let God sort it out. After 3 months, we were able to sort out a 19 track compilation through various combinations of the tracks we captured. I really love the crowd noise and the sounds of bottles being thrown away throughout the tracks. While not the most pristine documentary, it's grittiness is an appropriate reminder of the place it happened.

song	artist	year
World's Forgotten Boy	Milk at Midnight	2005
From the EP "Letter Bombs and Holidays" © 2006 Agatha's Records

This was a mix project where the band already had 16 tracks on ADAT. We brought their machines into the studio and mixed through the Studiomaster to Pro Tools. We did five other songs in the same fashion, resulting in the Letter Bombs EP.

song	artist	year
PDR	Big Buildings	2004
From the album "Hang Together for All Time" © 2004 Stars/No Stars (007666-2)

The Hang Together record was the first to be recorded on the Studer at Prize Beagle. We limited the recordings to 8 tracks and worked entirely on tape with a just a few guitar and percussion overdubs direct to digital.

song	artist	year
Trash Out	Big Buildings	2004
From the album "Hang Together for All Time" © 2004 Stars/No Stars (007666-2)

From the same session as PDR, using the Studer with overdubs to Pro Tools.

song	artist	year
You Gotta Lotta Heart	Big Buildings	2003
From the album "This is the Bricks EP" © 2003 Stars/No Stars (007666-1)

This was done on a rented Tascam MS-16 1" 16-track tape machine and mixed to DAT. The final version of the mix actually came about listening to a soloed reverb return. We were going through a version of the mix and when everything but the voice and guitar dissapeared, we completely reconfigured the mix to present a lonlier, more ghostly version of the song.

song	artist	year
Manzarek	Big Buildings	2003
From the album "This is the Bricks EP" © 2003 Stars/No Stars (007666-1)

Also done on the Tascam with several other racks of rented gear. The studio was called the Anti-Loft back then, and was in the basement of Big Buildings HQ.

song	artist	year
Revolving Restaurants	Audine	2002
Previously unreleased

From a series of 'enhanced demos' that all started as accoustic guitar and vocal tracks. The drums were programmed in Pro Tools, with a series of overdubs for the organ, bass and vocals.

song	artist	year
The Shining New Path	Derailleur	2001
Score from the short film "The Bright and Shining Path" by Don Thalhuber

A collaboration with Dan Miller (from Minneapolis' Flavor Crystals), we began with a CD of vocal samples and a timeline from the filmmaker, but were given free reign outside of that. Dan came up with two main parts, which we augmented with varous effects programmed beats. The tempo shift between them is fairly dramatic, so it took quite a bit of trial and error until we found the right transition.
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These tracks are posted to serve as historical samples of my work and the work of Prize Beagle Recording, and are not intended to circumvent the authority of any artist, label or other commercial interest.

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