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Lots of fun records in the last year!  Bearhead went dark for the first half of 2012 while I worked on a Dave Matthews Band record for 5 months with one of my all-time favorite producers, Steve Lillywhite.  I did manage to squeeze in some mixing for The Crossing Music, Key Note Speaker, and West Coast Revival, recorded an EP with Lian Light, a few Damien Jurado sessions, and an awesome Damien Jurado cover by Jon Russell of The Head and The Heart. Then I flew to Mississippi for a few weeks to mix some rock with Dennis Herring at Sweet Tea Recording.  Really cool.

I got back in time to get going on the Jen Wood record with Alex Westcoat, Blake Wescott, Andy Myers, Josh Myers, and Jared McSharry.  Amazing songs.  That record is really special.  I worked on that record for four months, and then started on a record with Erik Walters of The Globes.  We had some great guests like Michael Lerner (Telekinesis), John Van Deusen (Lonely Forest), Shay Carlucci (Pretty Broken Things), Anthony Carlucci (Post Harbor), and Jared McSharry.  We finished the record in December, release is pending…

This year so far, we’ve had Megasapien in the studio, recording vocals and mixing, Blake Wescott in preproduction, mixing for The Crossing Music in Missouri, and a record with Damien Jurado.  More is in the works.  I’ll keep you posted.

-Steve

I recorded an EP called “Riptide” with the  fantastic Lian Light (Megasapien, Magneto) that is out today!  She’s awesome.  I’ve been working on other stuff, too…more on that soon….

Steve

Merry Christmas!  I made this with Damien Jurado, Kyle Zantos, Joe Ruppert, Cole Mauro, Dave Hall, and Hannah Williams.  Recorded at The Red House (with Bearhead gear), and Bearhead, mixed at Bearhead (on the new console and new HD rig!), mastered by Rick Fisher at RFI.

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Steve

Busy year. I made records with The Washover Fans, David Bazan, Kate Tucker, The Grandtours, and History for Sale, mixed a record for Sweet Secrets, tracked and mixed a couple of songs for Ivan & Alyosha, tracked and mixed a song with Shawn Smith, mixed a song for David Cover, mixed some live tracks for The Head and The Heart, tracked and mixed a Christmas single with Damien Jurado, tracked some drums with Wavves for MTV, tracked some drums for the James Redfern record, and built a new Bearhead.  Now I’m in pre-production for a record with Jen Wood, whose new songs are just unreal.  Tracking some vocals with The Horde and The Harem next weekend, mixing a Washover Fans live record the following week, then headed to CA to make an acoustic record.  Lots more in the works.

-Steven

*These projects were recorded at Bearhead, Litho, X, Toy Box, and Avast.

Over the winter I packed up Bearhead, and engineered a record for David Bazan in his Ballard practice space.  Bazan co-produced with Yuuki Matthews (Crystal Skulls, Seldom), Andy Fitts played bass, and Alex Westcoat played drums.  Jared McSharry added some tuned guitar feedback.  I had so much fun, and the record rocks.  It’s out on Barsuk on May 24th.

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Photo by Genevieve Pierson

Had a great weekend with the Washover Fans over here at Bearhead Studio.  Folk/Americana/Alt-Country, with just a little bluegrass… We got so much done! Still a ways from release, but it’s sounding pretty great. The Fans’ fans are going to like it.

In other news, The Head and The Heart signed to Sub Pop, and I mixed and partially recorded 2 more songs for the newly remastered, rereleased record. Congrats! It’ll be in out on CD and vinyl in April.

I also spent the last couple of months engineering and mixing a record for David Bazan called Strange Negotiations, produced by Bazan and Yuuki Matthews (Crystal Skulls, Seldom, Sufjan Stevens).  I brought my studio over to the Bazan Band practice space and we did it all in that one little room! It was a really fun record to work on.

Steven