January 2024: a 2023 retrospective
Here are just some of the highlights: Kevin McElroy is a Portland ME-based fiddler, mandolinist, guitarist and vocalist whose music sits firmly in the Irish Tradition. I've had a lot…
January 2023
I've been very quiet on the Posts lately, which around here means only one thing: the studio's been busy! Lots of good music, and I'm only finding time today to…
Summer 2021 Update
Lots of activity these past few months: Concord NH's Lynda Nelson, whose first CD Forever in a Song we produced in Nashville, has completed the recording of a second Nashville-style…
What a Year!!
It's been almost a year since my last Studio Notes update, but there's been a lot happening at MPM Studio. I'll skip the expected commentary on the effects of the…
Josephine County- Celtic/American fusion
Those who know me and my eclectic and far-ranging musical tastes know that there's usually one bridge I rarely cross: the fusion of idioms and styles. All of that conservatism…
Liz and Dan Faiella
These are two of the finest young New England Celtic musicians I know, and it's been an absolute delight to work with them on what was essentially a 'live in…
Cathy Wilson: Celtic-flavored folk/country from Tennessee
My latest trip to Nashville yielded some more beautiful tracks from Cookeville Tennessee singer-songwriter Cathy Wilson, with further overdubs and mixing back here in (cooler?-not so much, lately) Portsmouth. Bill…
Latest Nashville sessions
March 16-19 found me in Nashville, producing and playing acoustic guitar on three days of recording. Song demos with various songwriters using my trusty team of Nashville A-list musicians, including…
Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio w. Dave Surette & Joe Deleault
Jordan and his gang spent a memorable Sunday in December cooking up the new theme song for a major New Hampshire TV show (not sure if I can reveal more…
Songwriters: Nashville Connection
No better resource for songwriters to record their music exists than the musicians in Nashville TN, and this resource is available to you. Unforgettable was the day back in 1981…
Catching up, May 2017
Here's a problem with a blog-type website: I get so busy making music with all the wonderful people who come through my studio doors that I have no time to…
Lindsay Straw: Traditional Folk with fresh expertise!
Superb instrumental skills on guitar and bouzouki, a keen ear for repertoire selection, new takes on centuries-old stories and a clear, sparkling voice make this project everything a folk audience…
Chris Vaughan: Portsmouth’s ‘Great Scot’!
One of the first projects that came to me at Mill Pond Music about five years ago involved my adding a few guitar parts to and mixing the Dave Hallowell-produced CD…
Mill Pond Music : the Voice of Matlab
Everyone in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics knows Mathworks and its offshoot Matlab. Their tutorial videos are concise, engaging and entertaining, and MPM Studio right here in Portsmouth…
Carrigan & Blair
Full disclosure: I know Mike Blair and Steve Carrigan well, having played many a gig and concert with them as a part of Portsmouth's Maritime/Celtic Folk ensemble Great Bay Sailor. …
John Carew: Boston’s Celtic Folk troubador
John is one of the first musicians I met when I started exploring the idea of moving back to New England from Nashville. I think it was in 2005, just…