The Wedding Song That Turned Into A Full-Length Project

Posted on 06. Apr, 2016 by Tim Bushong in Album Review, News

About a year ago, I got a call from a guy named Mike Rude, and he wanted to record a song that he had written for his daughter’s upcoming wedding. After figuring out an arrangement and instrumentation, it turned into a nice little dance-able tune, with a sort of classic 60′s, “Wrecking Crew” feel to [...]

“Local Man Debates Entire Denomination—Film At 11:00”- Part 1

Posted on 21. Oct, 2015 by Tim Bushong in News

As most of you know, in addition to being a guy who makes records, I am also one of three pastors of a small Church named “Trinity Evangelical Church,” located in Larwill, IN. But I am from the wonderful little town of Syracuse, and although I am not a member of the local ministerial association [...]

Can Anything Good Come From…Elkhart?

Posted on 12. Feb, 2015 by Tim Bushong in News

No offense to my friends who live there, but we used to dread driving from here in Syracuse to where our singer, Dave Loren, lived in Berrien Springs, Michigan, because it meant that we had to make the trip through…Elkhart! Aaaagh…nowadays, county road 17 just shoots straight up through everything (love it!), but back then [...]

Southern Straightaway Country

Posted on 26. Jul, 2014 by Tim Bushong in News

Sure is authentic, county-fried country music, yessir. Bassist Dan Tanner and co. rolled into town back in the end of May to begin recording their new album. Now, I can’t play any samples (yet), but I’ll just say that it’s some swampy, stompy, down-to-earth country goodness from a bunch of ex-rockers. Here’s the deal: sometimes [...]

Drive the Nail Home

Posted on 14. Apr, 2014 by Tim Bushong in News

Well, it is finally finished—the “Shiny Shiny Black” project, “{Travelers}” , is recorded, mixed, mastered, and now being manufactured. They say you never really finish a record—you just stop—but I can now say that the fork has been stuck into the roast, the last coat of paint has been applied, and the final nail in [...]

Sirface—Unplugged!?!?!?

Posted on 13. Feb, 2014 by Tim Bushong in News

I’ve been a fan of, and worked with, the band “Sirface” for almost 14 years now. I’ll never forget their first visit here in early 2000—Jared Pagan, walking up to the back door of the (then) 16×16 studio space, was overheard as saying “Guys—this is gonna suck”! Little did he know the metal insanity that [...]

Out of Commission

Posted on 20. Sep, 2013 by Tim Bushong in News

UPDATE: The 328—she lives! Thanks to Max DeHaven, Stanford-edumacated electrical engineer/designer from Middlebury, the power supply is back online. It’s way better than it was for the last few months, and everything is stellar-sounding, but we’re even gonna go in again and swap out all of the funky caps next month. He had contacted me [...]

Sound Replacement Alchemy?

Posted on 20. Sep, 2013 by Tim Bushong in News

They say that you never really finish a record—you just stop, and I tend to agree with that. Chad VanMeter of Homeless J is a consummate artist. So much so that he has enough self-awareness and artistic courage to be able to take songs that have been around for a long time and make changes [...]

LOVES me some multi-instruments…

Posted on 09. Aug, 2013 by Tim Bushong in News

Yup-nothing like a little fiddle, banjo, and Hammond organ to bring some “Americana” to the game. The Shiny Shiny Black project is well under way… Lee Holderman on some massive keys: No pics yet of Shawn or the banjo player, but Nate and I went outdoors to record hand claps. We over dubbed like crazy, but [...]

Little visit with Jack Joseph Puig

Posted on 01. Aug, 2013 by Tim Bushong in News

(This actually took place back in March of 2010, and I posted this on the Phil O’Keefe blog on the ‘Harmony Central’ site, bit I thought it was worth re-visiting.)   Well- here’s my report from a very enjoyable evening at Sweetwater, with producer/engineer Jack Joseph Puig speaking about life in the music biz, and [...]

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