Today I had an epic 13 hour recording session playing piano for Mark Abel’s project entitled The Dream Gallery, an orchestral album project that I am co-producing with him for Delos Music. I managed to record and fully edit the piano for the entire 70 minute album, and as usual my 1906 Baldwin grand sounds wonderful.
Recording for Roman & Alaina
The last couple of days I’ve been recording keys for Roman & Alaina playing Wurlitzer, Hammond, and my beautiful 1906 Baldwin grand piano. Produced by Drew Allsbrook at The People’s Music, Roman’s album is going to sound fantastic. Additional recordings were in my studio and at Sound Asylum.
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- Jeremy Borum recording organ at my studio
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- Drew Allsbrook producing a keyboard session at my studio
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- Roman recording guitar at Sound Asylum
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- Jeremy Borum recording Wurlitzer for Roman & Alaina at Sound Asylum
Mark Abel score completed
San Diego composer Mark Abel wrote a 70 minute portrait of California in seven acts for orchestra and soloists entitled The Dream Gallery. I’m his music copyist and have been assisting him with orchestration, and as of today the nearly 700 pages of sheet music are finished. I’m also his associate producer for the recordings, which are already underway.
Scoring The Magic Hourglass
My film scoring process has begun for Robert Rollins’ film The Magic Hourglass. Because we’re longtime collaborators and he likes to involve the composer very early on, this score is proving to be an easy nut to crack. I was involved in this film as early as the script writing and budgeting processes, so now that it’s time to write the music for the film it feels like an old friend and not a new project. Working with Robert is a rewarding and deep collaborative process.
Studio photos
A new set of studio photos. I love my work space! Photos by Obie Obien.
Producing artist Austin Bustad
Over the last four days I hosted one continuous, epic recording session at my studio with artist Austin Bustad. I am producing his next album, which will be my third project with him. We’re now totally done tracking guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Overdubs will begin next week.
Building more high-end microphone preamps
Ever the do-it-yourself creative type, I recently built more top-notch microphone preamps for my studio. This is a matched stereo pair of Class A tube preamps. Depending on the gain settings they go from clean and warm to highly colored and a little gritty. They will be a useful addition to the studio, and because of the tubes they double as a little space heater too. These kits are from Scott Hampton at Hamptone.
Austin Bustad’s latest album
This week I’m in the midst of producing a solo album for Austin Bustad, and we’re getting close to finished. The mixes are turning out really well and it’s been a real pleasure to work on his music. Austin’s sense of melody and harmony are truly very special. His other project is the Seattle-based band Lonely Mountain Lovers.
Final dub of “The Ringing”
Robert Rollins and I just completed the final audio dub of his film “The Ringing.” I was the film composer and sound designer for this film, and I did the audio mix as well. I am now transitioning immediately to scoring Rebecca Doppelt’s film “BugBaby.”