Well, James' mixes are going very well. A lot of little tweaks here and there ... mixing should be wrapped up by early next week give or take a few days. His voice has never sounded better ... fans are in for a treat!!

Cheers,

R.

The CBC Tsunami Benefit airs tonight starting at 7PM EST. I've attached a photo from Richard Beland of the guys rehearsing with Ed from the Barenaked Ladies and Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys.

Enjoy.

R.

Well, the Rush gig went very well. Piles of video and audio going on at the same time. Starting with a 10 AM call, I wrapped up the mix at 5 AM this morning (whew!). Kind of tiring but it's really a thrill working with a band that has such an enormous legacy. No pics right now as the session pace was just a tad maxxed out ;-)

CBC is airing a 3 hour Tsunami Relief special across Canada starting at 7 PM EST on Thursday, January 13 that will have this footage. Check it out if you can!

C-ya!

R.

I hope everyone had a great holiday.

So, seeing as the blog is so fresh, let me bring you up to date on recent happenings:

OUR LADY PEACE

I spent much of December doing a whack of recording and ProTools work with Bob Rock for the next Our Lady Peace CD. This is the fourth project I've worked on with the band and they just keep getting better and better. Raine's songwriting is awesome.

SIMPLE PLAN

As well, I just finished mixing a 75 minute live broadcast/release for Simple Plan that they recorded on their last Japanese tour in November 2004. It's airing on a show called WOWOW in Japan in January. Hey, if somebody records the actual broadcast in Japan on to a DVD, let me know.

JAMES LaBRIE

I started recording this project at the end of September, doing drums with Mike Mangini. Mike, like the rest of the James LaBrie Band, is an insanely talented player. Since then, we've been convening in between James' writing sessions for the next Dream Theater CD. Finally, I'm at the mixing stage and it's going very well. I think both LaBrie and DT fans are going to enjoy his evolution.

RUSH

I'm in the studio with Rush on Monday recording and mixing a track for their contribution to the Canadian Tsunami Relief.

There is also some quasi-old news at the RPM Direct website.

That's all for now.

C-ya

R.

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Hope to see you here again sometime soon!

Meanwhile, here's a pic of 'the hood'...

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