One of my first articles publish in RECORDING: The magazine for the recording musician, is now available on their website for free. “Choir in a Closet” is a quick and entertaining article giving a blow-by-blow of a vocal recording session complete with time restraints, singers arriving late, computer crashes – and a beautiful end product! […]
As a new member of the New York Singing Teachers’ Association I attended their annual Comparative Voice Pedagogy course, held at the Teacher’s College of Columbia University in New York City. Six Master Teachers, having themselves sung on some of the biggest stages around the world, presented their methodologies over the two day conference. Ranging […]
D. Bruce Moore was invited back as an Anthem Singer for the Winnipeg Goldeyes – no re-audition required. The Goldeyes regularly host American teams and require both anthems sung at the beginning of each game. Bruce has enjoyed to opportunity to sing for such a large crowd, and makes sure to lead “O Canada” in […]
Gracenote is pleased to have Kristian Banatzianou provide a piano arrangement for an orchestral accompaniment piece. Bruce then orchestrated the strings, woodwinds and percussion to complete the backing track for the traditional Irish folk song, “Carrickfergus“. Romanian-born pianist Kristian Banatzianou has made numerous appearances as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout Bulgaria, Austria, the United […]
In the early 60’s John’s parents were one of the few with a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder and they made great use of it. John brought a reel to Gracenote entitled “Johnny’s 6th birthday” for conversion and restoration. Here is his response to the finished product: “Hi Bruce! Wow! Thanks for the great work! I’ve […]
http://dynamicrangeday.com/ The competition to make one’s recording louder or as loud as others has escalated to the point where sound quality is being squashed out of the music by over-mastering. Watch and listen to an example of how music is being destroyed in the loudness wars! https://gracenote.ca/wordpress/index.php/loudness-wars/
Gracenote is pleased to have the acclaimed bassist, Daniel Koulack, contribute on a recent project. “Since 1984, Daniel has played guitar and mandolin with Canada’s Klezmer ambassadors, Finjan. They have recorded four albums, two of which have garnered Juno nominations. Finjan has delighted audiences across North America and in Europe with their craft and dedication. […]
Gracenote mastered 3 songs for Kevan and had this response: “Thanks so much, Bruce! Much appreciated, and everything sounds great…I posted a link/recommendation to your site on our internal intranet. Hopefully word will get around!”
Gracenote has had the pleasure of recording some lovely finger-style playing by John Wilson. The setup is a stereo Mic/Side configuration using a ribbon mic for the centre and Neuman U87 for the side – fantastic stereo sound!
Mike need a very fast turn-around on a soon-to-be-released EP and Gracenote was happy to oblige! “Thank you so much for all your work and for the amazingly quick turnaround!” – Mike Tanasychuk