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Finished up vocals today with Jerry and Marie Wittman. Doing the mixing this week. Very fun sessions with these guys. Visit their website at legacy2band.com  to see pics of the sessions, bios and their schedule.

We have been working on a song "Doesnt Matter" with Krystal for a couple weeks. The gospel R&B sound is something that I love working with. Very good vocals in this one. Some of the best songs come out of difficult circumstances.

Did the concert recording for the Toledo Symphony tonight. A lot of hard work but we captured very good sounding tracks. This was their last weekend for the season so they were really playing well. Went off without a hitch. They played along side Westgate Chapels rhythm section and choir. huge sound directed by Don Benoit and TSO conductor Chelsea Tipton II {his last weekend as resident conductor of  the TSO}.  It was easy to get lost in the music that was coming off that stage. Thats a good thing. Just ask Fred Schuman at Durdels Music, he had the best seat in the house playing guitar sitting right between the 2 string sections!

Did most of the pre production for the Concert on Friday at Westgate Chapel. This thing is gonna be huge. Thats all I can say. I wasnt at the rehersal but I have seen some videos online and we are going to have a great record after this is all over. First time we have recorded the Toledo Symphony. What an honor!

Finished the rough mixes with Matt the other night. They are coming out great. Very spacious and tight. This is going to be a record Toledo hasnt seen the likes of ever! And I really mean that Matt has 4 great songs that are well arranged and our tracking was given enough time that we could get the parts right. Look out for this one.

Matt Klien will be at the Studio all week (monday through Saturday) as "A Minor Solution". We will be working on a project that has many different musical influences. Very rhythmic and very good arrangements will be coming out of this weeks sessions. Dance w/ rock instruments is what comes to mind when I listened to the rough mixes Matt made at home. Very excited to be working on this project with Matt. I have know him for awhile now and I know this week will be fun.

We have finished thier self titled record and it turned out great. They were almost too easy to work with. We ended up coproducing the project with them. Rock with Heavy Blues and Detriot indie influences was the sound. I enjoyed the music for sure. A very dynamic band. The live feel that this record ended up with is amazing you should here it. Should be released soon. They play Toledo alot so go see them!

We at Studio 33 Recording have been seeing a lot of new clients as of late. Nick Kwan{pop}, Beneath the Radar{Rock}, Death by Honeycomb{Jazz}, Legacy 2 Band{Covers from all genres} and Blue Ox{indie rock} have all been at the studio in the last week or so.  Another comes on wednesday and Blue Ox finishes up mixing and Mastering Sunday. We are blessed to be this busy and we are loving getting to work with all these great people. Still to come in May is another Toledo international Youth Orchestra recording and The Toledo Symphony Orchestra w/ Westgate Chapel which is going to be a blast !   

Sara texted me the other day. Well we got her in to those schools she was shooting for which is totally awesome. Studio 33 Recording was glad to have helped. Congrats Sara!!

That's the name of the 7 song Album that Alexx Sumner is going to release very soon. Paul Wise and Alexx Recorded, Mixed and Mastered it last weekend in 2 days time. It came out very hard hitting and fluid at the same time. The sound is like a techno, pop, rap, r/b mixture. Find Alexx on Myspace to hear some of the tracks.