X-Project recording new song “Spend my Money” at Blue House Productions

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Domenic Sabol Blue House Engineer-Producer with X-Project Last week we had the pleasure of working with X-Project here at Blue House Productions. The energetic duo comprised of Saal and Slez has won multiple awards in Nigeria and Sierra Leone including the KORA AWARD nomination for West Africa best Artist/Group 2008/2009 and won the Nigeria Music Video Award (NMVA) 2013, for …

Todd Marcus New Album “Blues For Tahrir”

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Song Previews From The Album “Blues For Tahrir” Todd Marcus Music Videos Bass clarinetist, composer and arranger Todd Marcus   has a new album coming out  entitled “Blues For Tahrir”.  It will be released in September on Hipnotic Records.  The album was  recorded and mixed by Jeff Gruber at Blue House Productions  recording studios in Kensington, and  Silver Spring, Maryland. The unique combination of modern jazz and sweeping Middle Eastern …

Loide Jorge New album “In Time”/Blues Alley Concert

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  Loide Jorges new album ” In Time” recorded and co-produced by  Jeff Gruber at Blue House Productions in Silver Spring, Maryland is a beautifully crafted mix of great songwriting and world class musicians playing at the top of their game. A mixture of African Grooves, jazz, and beautiful melodies that grooves and tugs at you heartstrings all at the …

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Need a Recording Studio? Hire a Production Comp.

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As many people know, recording studios are facilities used for sound recording and mixing, carefully designed to utilize the principles of acoustics in such a manner that they can produce the highest quality recordings possible. While they are commonly used by musicians, a recording studio can also be used for a variety of other recording services, such as recording audio …

BHP now has multiple 16chan personal audio mixers

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  Headphone mixes are the artists single most imprtant link in the recording chain at a studio.  When you have to rely on some else to make your mix it’s like letting someone drive from the passenger seat.  We have just installed 8  Powerplay m-16s at Blue House Productions recording studio in Silver Spring, Maryland.   They allow the  headphone …

Akua Allrich Tracking New Album

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[row][span2] [/span2][span2] [/span2][span2] [/span2][span2] [/span2][/row] [row][span8] Singer songwriter Alkua Alrich tracks her new album at Blue House Productions recording studio in Silver Spring Maryland  with Jeff Gruber engineering.  With a killer band  consisting of Kriss Funn on upright bass, Warren Wolf on piano (Steinway B) and Corey Fonville on drums laying down some seriously funky and gorgeous grooves the all original songs sprang …

Do You Need a Recording Studio?

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Music recording first became popular in the United States during the 1930s, due to the rise of the radio. In the decades that followed, recorded audio became so popular that technology evolved; by the mid-20th century, for example, many tracks recorded in a recording studio were done so magnetically. Today, recording studios and their audio equipment have been carefully designed …

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Top 3 Things To Know Before Making An Album

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  We Here At Blue House have helped many artists turn their vision into a great album. Through the years, however, we have seen many mishaps in the album recording process that impacts the overall finished product. So to save you time, heartache, and maybe some money, here are the Top 3 Things To Know Before Making An Album.   1) KNOW …

What You Should Consider Before Booking a Recording Studio

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Did you know that Cee Lo Green’s studio is in a treehouse cabin? It was featured this past month in an episode of Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters.Although the space is cozily small, it’s professional: the studio includes special cork panels to both dampen sound and help reverberations reach the high ceiling, as well as all the gear for vocals and an …

How to Guarantee the Best Recording of Your Demo

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that there are 25,290 composers and music directors in the United States, and there are 42,530 working musicians. This means that you have a fair amount of competition if you want to sustain a career as a successful musician. Success is dependent on the sound and professionalism of your band. One way to communicate …