Here's a new acoustic track by Sammy Tenuta, called "Somber the Fact". A few years ago, Sammy and Mario Licciardi were in a band called Wildwood, one of the best around. Just before all of the complications that catch up with bands caught up with Wildwood, they did get into the studio with producer Johnny Nevin to record a track called Live Life Right. It's a carefully-crafted, multi-colored jam that was one of the tracks from the Heart & Soul days that we went back and signed when we were starting the All Over The Place label.

Chicago pop quartet Glass Bricks was recently in the studio to master their new record. The album is titled “Craquelure” and the band was nice enough to let us post one of the tracks. The song "What State is This (Sky Surfer)" is chock full of the memorable tightly written hooks the band is known for. This is definitely a recommended listen.

Glass Bricks is in aotpr’s Heart & Soul Studio with Dan Agosto mastering their new eight song rekkrd “Craquelure”, which was produced by Nick Broste at the Shape Shoppe this spring. The tracks are really cool double-vocal pop, featuring Kate Walsh and Abby Glogower, but we can’t possibly improve on the description they have on their Myspace; here it is: “the foursome blends the saccharine sincerity of 60s girl groups with the peppy bravado of 70s power-pop and the occasional psychedelic meandering.”

One of the most "fly by the seat of your pants" gigs a recording engineer can pick up is that of recording a live show. Even if you know the band, the venue, and the folks running the production there are always unexpected circumstances that can pop up. This can be both supremely frustrating and supremely satisfying to deal with. Either way it is always interesting. Whether you are looking to do live multitrack recording, or just trying to record your set at the open mic, if you stick to a few simple rules (check after the break) you'll end up with a decent product.