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This was just posted on youtube by the record label. Lots of action shots of my studio and friends.

Well, since it’s been 4 months since my last confession…

I’ve finished mixing “RENT” for MTI.

I mixed some songs for Country/Rock/Pop artist Rebecca Lynn Howard’s new release.

Producer/ Über Drummer Lee Levin came up from Miami with co-producers Dan Warner and Tommy Torres to record overdubs here with bassist Michael Rhodes for Tommy’s new release, Tarde O Temprano.

Joey Miskulin (Riders in the Sky) was in producing some songs for a new ride at Disney’s California Adventure… featuring Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head!  We tracked and mixed the 3 song project here at My Space Recording.

Singer Matt Belsante returned for his sophomore release on the GreenHills label.  The new record was arranged, orchestrated and produced by Chris McDonald.  It’s a great record with some serious big band writing and playing by all involved.  The album was mastered by Richard Dodd.

Last week I recorded the score for “Beauty and the Beast” for Disney theatrical.  I headed out to Sound Kitchen with assistants Steve Beers and Mikey Alred to work with a 30 piece orchestra for the job. David Weinstein came down from NYC to conduct and co-produce the sessions.

Finally… the Schematics Vault is up and functioning. This is a library of almost 1000 pro audio schematics and mods all formatted as multi-page pdf. It is offered as a community research tool, so PLEASE email me if you’d like to contribute to the library.

Tech Space, a new addition to danrudin.com, is a pro-audio gear schematics library and link list. It includes schematics and manuals for guitar amps, effects pedals and lots of new and vintage gear.

As a community service project, Tech Space is an effort to assemble and collate tech information from my personal library and many internet sources. I hope others will find it as useful to have all this information in one library as I have.

www.danrudin.com/TechSpace.html

Happy New Year to all!

Mixing, Mixing, Mixing.
Sweeney Todd is ALMOST done.
I recently mixed 2 records produced by long time friend and colleague Bob Mater.
Kristin Dare’s new release just left here for mastering by Richard Dodd. I co-produced and engineered the album over a multi-year span.

Recorded and mixed a new jazz release by pianist Steve Kummer for Green Hill records. This one swings hard, you should check it out.

Also spent 4 days tracking “Rent” for MTI. The 6 piece rhythm section included some My Space Recording regulars including John Hammond, Craig Nelson, Steve Kummer, Paul Brannon, and Mark Baldwin (above).

Last, but not least, I have a new email address. dan@danrudin.com

I’m working for MTI (new York) on a recording of Stephen Sondheim’s broadway show “Sweeney Todd” for theatrical licensing. We’re using the original scores orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick in 1979 with some adaptation by Larry Lees of MTI. The score is unbelievably well written. Tunick’s use of the instrumentation to highlight the darkness and tension of Sondhiem’s music is still so effective 28 years later!

I recorded the 28 piece orchestra live at the Sound Kitchen here in Nashville. Mixing is being done at my studio, My Space recording. I hope to have some of it on my “web-pod” when we’re done.

Tim Burton’s film version of the show, starring Johnny Depp, is due out this winter.

I’ve been working on some very cool projects lately. Here’s a sample.

I broke out the Blue Sky 5.1 monitor system to mix a couple of songs for the upcoming Universal Pictures film, “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything”. I was also music editor for the film score, composed by Kurt Heinecke.

Chris McDonald composed another album of instrumental music. We recorded the tracks here at My Space, overdubbed the Orchestra at Sound Emporium studio and came back here for mix.

Drummer/ Producer Bob Mater brought a project for me to mix for Mastron Music Group.

And currently I am recording tracks for iTheatrics (New York) production of “The Phantom Tollbooth”. A musical adaptation of Norton Juster’s classic book with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof), and score by Arnold Black. Harnick and iTheatrics’ David Weinstein are in from New York to supervise the sessions at My Space Recording.

above: Dan Rudin and Sheldon Harnick

The NJO, a non-profit jazz performance organization whom I record and mix often, has a very special gig coming up this month.

On October 19th the NJO will do two performances featuring Stan Kenton’s “Cuban Fire Suite”. Special guests will include my good friends Glen Caruba, Bob Mater and Lalo Davila as well as the usual cast of exceptional players.

Shows are at 7:30 and 9:30 at Vanderbilt University’s Ingram Hall.

For more info http://nashvillejazzorchestra.org

Though the studio here is full of great instruments and gear, there has been one thing sorely missing… a resident B-3!

Today, Pat Coil was the first to record playing our recently re-built and renovated 1957 Hammond C-3 and Leslie 147.

The organ is here through a strategic partnership with John Deaderick (who has taken over for Pat Coil touring with Michael McDonald on B-3)

Stop by and play it if you’re in the neighborhood… it’s fantastic.

Last weekend I was invited to Montana for the wedding of my friend and former colleague, James Bauer.

James, who engineered and assisted both freelance and on staff at OmniSound studio, left Nashville a few years ago and settled in the heart of Big Sky Country, Bozeman Montana.

It is not enough to say that I enjoyed meeting his friends and the family of his wife, Heather Flechsenhar. The people I met were wonderful.

I miss having James around, but am truly glad he’s found a home in Montana.

You can make a Simpsons character of yourself at
www. Simpsonizeme.com

too much fun!

Unfortunately, I really do look like that