Tim Whalen is a combination composer/ arranger and in-demand jazz pianist residing in the Washington DC Metro Area. His passion for jazz is evident with his most recently released album, Oblivion: The Music of Bud Powell. Jeff Gruber of Blue House Productions recorded, mixed and mastered the album in our recording studios in Silver Spring. The album features a total …
Kenny Nunn, saxophonist, is one talented guy. The dude is in college at Howard University attending full time while simultaneously composing and recording music for competitions like the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program in upcoming 2015. Let’s just say he keeps his proverbial plate full of music. After the demo tracks have been recorded at the studio, the tenor saxophonist talks …
Blue House Loves the Cello. It has been said of the cello that it ‘is the instrument that most closely resembles the human voice in both terms of timbre and range.’ Out of all of the instruments in the string family, none other has such a pleasant and workable range, and because of that, our love affair with the instrument …
Stefan James is not your average sixteen year old. First of all, the guy looks like he could be in his early twenties, and secondly, acts likewise. Yet when he opens his mouth to belt out a song you can easily imagine every teenage girl around the world falling for his breathy tonality. Comparing him to Justin Bieber might be …
I’m a new intern at Blue House as of September and the working world is totally new to me. I had virtually no idea what to expect upon graduating college. Like most people my age, having attended a four-year university with multitudes of other people just like me, the “real world” loomed as a dark, ominous cloud of doom, impending …
DJ and producer Chooky, also known by his friends as Chas Derr, exudes a kind of cool confidence. Before you even step foot in Chooky’s Mecca to music (his new Kensington location right next door to us) you can sense a feeling of fresh excitement in the air. And sure enough, Chooky delivers, both in his demeanor and his …
Legendary Jazz musician and performer Mark Meadows has made his presence known at Blue House Productions. Mark came in to the studio to record this past Tuesday for a rocking, swinging time. When Mark whipped out his tunes everyone started grooving to the vibes of his sick beats. Without a doubt, Mark’s drink of choice is Jazz music. The type …
So you have the college of your dreams picked out and you can’t wait to receive that acceptance letter in the mail. You picture yourself on the campus daily, and find yourself daydreaming of the dorm life you so desperately seek. Or, you have found the institution that is meant for you, you know you belong there if only admissions …
Washington National Steel Orchestra records at Blue House Productions Zest and spirit and spunk and funk. These are just a few of the many words one could use to describe the Washington National Steel Orchestra. The group, led by a pair of brothers, comes from the greater DC area. The instruments that make up the orchestra are as unique as …
Today, Pitchfork released a story on Hugo Boss and the XX pertaining to a particular instance of potential plagiarism. The Boss brand recently used a bit of music in their new ad campaign featuring a sexy man in a pair of the Hugo’s sunglasses that sounds exactly like the XX’s “Intro” . Don’t believe us? Check out the two songs …
