Jan 18, 2015 | Circuline News and Band Updates, Circuline Videos
This video features Circuline band members Andrew Colyer (keyboards/vocals), Bill Shannon (guitars/vocals), Billy Spillane (lead vocals), Darin Brannon (drums/percussion), and Natalie Brown (lead vocals).
Guest Artists include Matt Dorsey (Sound of Contact) on bass, and Randy McStine’s (Lo-Fi Resistance) songwriting on lyrics and melody lines.
Video recorded at Vinnie’s Garage (Vinnie Martucci, engineer), Coldbrook Productions (Julie Last, engineer), Thid1 Productions (Matt Dorsey, engineer), and the Dover Brick House (Dover, New Hampshire). Special thanks to Linda Roberts and David Young for their iPhone videos!
Photos taken at Putnam Den (Saratoga Springs, NY), Keegan Ales (Kingston, NY), Enigma Dance Hall (Milan, NY), Ralph’s Rock Diner (Worcester, MA), and the Dover Brick House (Dover, NH). Special thanks to photographers Denise Romano Bright and Greg Thompson for their professional photos used in this first video!
Also special thanks to Bob Larkin and Lori Schladebeck for the fantastic light show where we got some of these great photos!
Art direction and graphic design: Bill Shannon
Video editing: Darin Brannon
Band booking and marketing: Andrew Colyer
Assistant booking and logistics: Tom Palmieri
Much needed sarcasm and general snarkiness: Natalie Brown
Sep 29, 2014 | Circuline News and Band Updates
Circuline’s Debut Album release date has been set for December! This past weekend was spent with Andrew Colyer re-recording the rest of the keyboard tracks for “Geode” and mix prepping at Inner Nova Records on Saturday, September 28th. On Sunday, mixing began with the legendary engineer Julie Last over at Coldbrook Productions in Woodstock, New York. We’re very grateful to be working with Julie – she spent ten years at the Record Plant in New York City, and ten years in Los Angeles at major label studios. Her credits include YES, John Lennon, Brian Eno, Joni Mitchell, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Peter Frampton, etc. We started with the drum tracks, then imported some of the keyboard and guitar tracks. There is a lot more to be done, but we’re making great progress!
Engineer Julie Last begins mixing Darin Brannon’s drums at Coldbrook Productions – September 2014
Sep 23, 2014 | Circuline News and Band Updates
Saturday, September 20th – Vinnie’s Garage – Circuline went to Emmy-award-winning jazz master Vinnie Martucci’s studio to record the final drum/guitar/keyboard tracks for the debut album! Seven songs in one day!! Awesome, and ridiculous!!
Sunday, September 21st – Circuline spent all day at Inner Nova Records doing guitar overdubs for the debut album. Not quite finished yet, but good progress is being made.
Engineer Vinnie Martucci sets up the mics on Darin’s drums.
Does Bill’s guitar pedal get its own isolation booth?
Bill Shannon warming up before the recording starts.
Keys setup next to the drums – man, it’s loud!
Vinnie Martucci’s vintage Minimoog and Rhodes piano – from his touring days.
Darin Brannon poses for the camera. Looks like a magazine cover.
Bill Shannon, fiddling with his pedalboard.
Darin Brannon checking the drum mics..
Jazz master Vinnie Martucci in the control booth.
Pay attention when the engineer is speaking.
Ready to go! Hit that red button!
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