New Mic!!

I try not to get too excited about new equipment.  While the search for the utmost transparency between the heart of the music maker and the heart of the listener is a constant here at MPM Studio, the focus is always on the music.  But this new mic!! The Neumann U 47 is the holy grail of … Read more

Mudhook: ‘First Home’ CD

Just in time for the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, Dave Hallowell, Peter Hale, Mike Jenneau and Alan Eaton, collectively known as Mudhook, have completed the special ‘collector’s edition’ of their new CD, here at Mill Pond Music. With charming, mostly traditional material, ringing guitars and bouzoukis, sweet fiddles, haunting low whistle and vocals sometimes rowdy, … Read more

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 … Read more