The Press Gang!

I’ve known these guys since the days when I was still living in Nashville.  On my frequent visits to NH, I always scurried up to Lebanon NH to join them in one of the best Irish sessions in New England.  Based in Portland ME, they’ve evolved into THE hottest young Irish Trad band in New England, and I’m honored that …

Meg Devlin Irish

Meg is a highly accomplished singer-songwriter who has fairly recently moved to New Hampshire from Vermont, where she recorded four CDs, received with multiple accolades. Check out her website, where you can listen to some of the wonderful music we’ve been making lately at MPM Studio.  It’s been lots of fun for me building her tracks by layering acoustic and …

Abbi White’s new Nashville/Portsmouth CD

     An ambitious, sparkling new 14-song CD from Boston’s Abbi White, tracked in Nashville with a stellar cast of acoustic A-teamers, including Aubrey Haynie, Jeff Taylor, Matt Combs, John Gardner, Byron House, Robert Bowlin and yours truly. We recorded basic tracks at CTM in Nashville this summer, then did final vocals, additional guitar overdubs, editing and mixing here at …

Nashville Travelogue, continued.

Had a great time producing, arranging and playing on 4 new songs by NY songwriter Dave Stewart this past weekend. Tracking was done at Studio 19 with Jesse Poe engineering. Chris Leuzinger on electric guitar, Glen Duncan on fiddle, Wayne Killius on drums, John Vogt on bass , myself on acoustic guitar and my dear friend and long-time Irish music …

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 microphones-every instrument and voice on …