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  • Brendan Taaffe

    Brendan’s exquisite, delicate guitar playing, sweet vocals can be heard on the four tracks he recorded here.  Follow this link to his website and click ‘listen’  on his his website.   The two B & K 4011 mics, with ruler-flat response, did a nice job of capturing the brilliant sound of his small-bodied guitar. The solid…

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  • At the Shaskeen in Manchester NH with Roger Burridge

    There was a T-shirt seen at a number of Irish music sessions around New England this summer, with “What would Roger Do?” inscribed under a silhouette of Roger Burridge in his trademark sunglasses. He’s a legend, and for good reason: this English fiddle player who moved to the US some years ago has played with…

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  • Mill Pond Music Studio

    Mill Pond Music is a recording studio located in Portsmouth NH, a minute’s drive from picturesque and bustling Market Square, and situated on the banks of the North Mill Pond in a vintage factory building. The studio is equipped with a carefully selected array of microphones of exquisite quality, the finest of microphone pre-amps and…

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  • Some notes from my many Nashville clients:

    “Thanks so much for your great work! I’m not so much talking about the finished product (terrific!), but the process- respectful, unhurried, caring, artistic- which infuses and is forever captured in the finished product.”  Mary Beth Stone, regional coordinator Nashville Songwriters’ Assoc. Int’l. New York City “Thank you so very much…Besides your wonderful playing and…

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  • Nashville bids Jim ‘adieu!’…

    On my departure, some words from colleagues: “…you’re such an impeccable player, so insightful and full of spirit; and keeping the big picture in mind. I’ve always been honored that you’ve chosen me to play your sessions on so many occasions. The choices in this town are overwhelming and to have a knowledgeable player/producer as…

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  • Country singers & songwriters: Record in Nashville!

    Here are the questions: “I’m a country singer- do I have to have a Nashville band on my CD?” And, “I write songs that I think are good enough to be cut by a big name country artist- do my demos need Nashville musicians and singers?  With few exceptions, the answer to both is an…

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