Bop Stop Recording Studios

A Great pleasure working/recording with the Contemplation Quartet on some excellent Jazz music!!  The group features Tim Blackman (Piano), Sabrina Larkin (Alto Sax), Lisa Noordergraaf (Tenor Sax), and James Clark (Bass).  Certainly a cohesive, focused, and musical group and the resultant recordings are going be a wonderful album for the group!  (I am not just biased because James and I worked together for a while)  Additionally, they are all excellent people and I look forward to them sharing their excellent music and working with them in the future:)  Many Thanks Contemplation Quartet!! and keep an eye out for their music release!

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Awesome to record an album for Erik Van Dam and Ryan Carraher.  If you know these cats then you know they have serious chops and furthermore they recorded their fantastic free improvisational explorations here at Bop Stop Studios.  Erik's huge Sax tone and crushing lines were a great blend with Ryan's guitar textures and harmonies.  Talented players and shared musical perspectives combined to create a wonderful album.  I thoroughly enjoyed recording, mixing, and mastering this album's creative and masterful music.  
I will update regarding the albums release and be sure to check out these artists performing around the Boston and New York areas.
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If you haven't please do check out
Erik's music here on FB and with numerous groups. https://www.strangechangesmusic.com/erik-van-dam 
Ryan's website http://www.ryancarraher.com

Recording Alto, Soprano, Clarinet, and Flute with Richard Garcia - Classical Piano/Sax Duet, Jazz Quartet, and Solo Excerpts at Bop Stop Studios. Jiarong Li (Classical Piano), Chris McCarthy (Jazz Piano), Simon Willson (Bass), Avery Logan (Drums).

Great to work/record again with Sax talent Richard Garcia!!  Richard really displayed his range, tremendous control, and musical depth for a submission project involving Classical Piano/Sax duets, Jazz Quartet pieces, and a bevy of solo flute, clarinet, alto sax, and soprano sax excerpts!  Of course Richard brought the heavy cats for accompaniment for the classical piano duets with Jiarong Li and trio section of Chris McCarthy, Simon Willson, and Avery Logan.  Always great to record talent like this and this type of submission would not be possible without Richard's high level of determination, organization, and perspective on bringing all the pieces together with such excellence and precision.  

Few session videos to follow shortly!!!!

If you haven't please do check out Richard's music at www.richardgarciamusic.com

And all these AWESOME PLAYERS are also on FaceBook!!

A Great Pleasure working/recording with Trombonist, Leo Fish and his Jazz Quintet.  Currently he and his group are Berklee Students and are already both at a point of authority on their instruments and putting together some great music!  The group consisted of Leo Fish on Trombone, Zach Gilbert on Clarinet and Tenor Sax, Bernard Jonathan on Piano, Miles Burger on Bass, and Doug Choi on Drums.  A joy to work with both of these talented and professional musicians.  Keep an eye out for the release of this recorded music. Leo's compositions are dynamic, well developed, and musical.  Certainly these musicians will be putting out lots of excellent music while at Berklee and way beyond........

A Great Pleasure recording vocalist Maria Amalia Quesada and pianist Jose Soto.  The session was focused on a submission to Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation and Maria and Jose brought some gorgeous songs with excellent arrangements.  A joy to work with both of these talented, professional, and warm people.  They are a wonderful couple and very glad to have had the opportunity to work with them both.  A couple videos from the session are posted to YouTube and I will put a link for them.  I am sure you will appreciate both Maria's vocal renditions and Jose's tasteful accompaniment.  Certainly a bright future for these artists and I look forward to working with them in the future, seeing their careers blossom, and watch them share their great music. :)  

Greg and Kevin, the super cool video duo.  Great to work with these guys from Hang Imagery, hang imagery.com  

It has been a pleasure to work with Steve Koretz on a few recordings sessions, both with Vocal Piano Duets with the great Steve Heck on piano!  Steve K is such an authentic person which is prominently conveyed in his singing/music.  Steve K's music really compels based upon his personal connection to the music, his admiration of the composition, and the spirit of sharing.  Of course this is only amplified when joined by someone who shares all these qualities, such as Steve Heck.  The recording session with both Steve's was as you might expect one of a sense of calming satisfaction in classic sounding JAZZ!
Keep your ears out for some heartfelt Jazz:)  

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Enjoyed working with Vocalist Zishen Zhao and Yitong Yu with some classical duets and for solo piano work as well. Certainly they brought some wide ranging and challenging pieces.  Both Zishen and Yitong study at New England Conservatory (undergraduate and graduate respectively) and despite many accomplishments already, they will most certainly be enjoying wonderful music careers and I look forward to hearing more music from them:) 

Young Talent and a positive diligent energy exudes from this young pianist Nicholas Ornstein. A pleasure record the Jazz trio with the tasteful and rock solid playing of both Ross and Mark. Nicholas is applying for a scholarship competition as he finishes up at the Concord Academy and begins his applications to prestigious universities.  Surely, they will take note of his musical abilities which support and further reflect his personality and his obviously high aptitude. Hope to have Nicholas back when he is ready to make his debut album and always blessed to work with young talent like Nicholas:)

Smiles and Positive Vibes are certainly the underlying spirit of this Superb Trio, Three Blind Mice.  Their remarkable group cohesiveness is driven by key aspects they share in common, such as musical interests and tremendous talent.  Many thanks to Jenny, Umar, and Jacob for sharing their music with me and allowing me to be a part of sharing it with many others.

Please keep your eyes and ears out for their excellent demo tracks coming soon!  And be sure to check out Three Blind Mice  performing around the New England Area:)