Selections from the upcoming CD from RISING WATERS "The Fall of Rising Waters" 

All songs written by Richard Schaller

Recorded and Mixed by Rob Crewe at Stillwater Studios in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia

www.stillwaterstudios.ca 

Its hard to peg these guys... but when i explain it to new listeners, I say its as if Bob Dylan, Gregg Alman, Lynrd Skynrd and Metlallica smoked a dube together and cut a record....   

Slide Guitar paired with Shredding Metal and Acoustic Strumming straight up the middle..     Folk Metal?? im not sure... but I know i love it! 

One song "West Coast Cash, East Coast Truck" even features Nova Scotia Music Icon, Sam Moon

Powerless

You can Purchase your own copy of this song HERE:  http://www.stillwaterstudios.ca/Artist__David_Blackmore.html

This Song was Written and Preformed by David Blackmore, Originally of Portauxbasques Newfoundland, Now living in Halifax Nova Scotia, as a Birthday Present/tibute to his Brother Bobby. 

Dave is the Singer, and plays all the Acoustic Guitar work. 
I (me, aka Rob) Arranged and Played the Bass Guitar and Keyboards, and "Programmed" the Drums (not a real drummer, I do prefer Real drums but do not always have access to them, so I strive to make them as realistic as possible, but i digress)

This is Posted here for you to Listen to and enjoy, but is Not to Be Copied or used in any way shape or form without permission from Dave and/or myself. 

AKA... You can Not use it as a backing track in a Movie, Slide show, repost on Youtube, Facebook, etc... (you get the idea) without our express written consent. 

Dave and I are both Members of SOCAN and Take Copy-write infringement very seriously. 

If you want to use the song, contact us first. 

You can contact me via my website, www.stillwaterstudios.ca 
or email rob@stillwaterstudios.ca

You can Contact David at: DGBlackmore@gmail.com

And, again, you can Purchase your own copy of this song HERE:  http://www.stillwaterstudios.ca/Artist__David_Blackmore.html

Thank you. 


Special Thanks to Wade Osmond for his help in Getting the CD to Bobby in time for his Birthday (and also for being a supporter of my studio & Customer of Advanced Audio Mics.... We used 3 on this track.. the CM67se, the CM28 and the CM54) 

Also, for you Ducat Fans out there back Home and "from away" the Bass Guitar you'll hear in this tune was previously owned by Ducat's Bassist, Bob Battiste, from "Back Home"  It's an Amazing 68 or 69 (not sure) Gibson EB2D and is a rare piece of Ducat history and the pride of my Collection.. 

Also... to note... While I programmed the drums, I'd like to give a shout out to Karl Strickland, Richie Osmond and the Late Ducats Drummer, Mr. Dave Parsons (aka: Nipper)   They were all influential on my idea of what drums should sound like, and if you know them, and they're playing style, you will here their Influence ( in other words, I copied some of my favourite riff styles from them) throughout the song...   

Dave, god bless him,  was able to name them all....   He actually new the exact parts where "thats Karl's Stamp... thats Richie, and thats Dave.... 

What can I say.. the man knows his music... 

Peace! 

Bobby & Me Written By David Blackmore  All Rights Reserved

Dry product comparison of: 
AKG 414
Advanced Audio CM414
Advanced Audio CM47fet 

Recorded at 24bit/88khz, NO FX, NO EQ, NO Dynamics, Just Volume Matched, and Bounced out to 16/44.1 Stereo Mix   

Mic ShootOut1  Dry, No EQ, No Comp, No FX comparison of 3 Mics AKG414, CM414 and CM47fet

I had cause to get back home to the rock for a few days and took some microphones with me that I wanted to try out... We set up with some borrowed gear in my dad's living room and invited some old and new friends over to jam.. 

These are completely unrehearsed in any way shape or form, and are the kind of jams/get togethers that happen often but rarely get recorded...   

While the mic's are fantastic, in many cases, due to people trading places, instruments or just moving around, the miss ended up off axis and such, and we all sat around in a circle in one big room so there is lots of bleed and reflections... No isolation whatsoever...  It was tracked at 48/24 (for any fellow audio geeks) and I did a "faders up" mix via my laptop and headphones on the boat back to Nova Scotia, so its raw, and I bounced them down to 320kbs MP3's for faster uploading on the boats wifi, so the sound quality is not the best, but it was one helluva fun afternoon and some great memories forever preserved in music... 

I'll be adding to this play list a few songs at a time, maybe all today, or over the next few days as time permits...  the wi fi here is kinda sketchy, and has crashed a few times.... so bear with me.. theres a TON of cool stuff, it just may take a while to get it all uploaded... 

Cheers.. 

Rob 

The Last Goodbye. An Original Song Written & Arranged By Nick Strickland from Burgeo, NL

In the Late 80's Early 90's "The Ducats" had a touring Rock n' Roll Show featuring  Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and Elvis Impersonators. 

As the son of an original member, I played keyboards for them.   

As an introduction set, and as filler in between each, we played "Rocked-Up" versions of classic "Rockabilly" instrumentals.  

While my dad wasn't playing on stage with them, he did bring his recording mixer (an Akai MG1214) to record the shows..   

Given he was only able to track 12 of about 24 channels, a lot of stuff got left out, but that being said, the overall recording value was pretty decent, and I think Captured the energy of the show... 

These 3 Songs are a few MP3 versions of those instrumentals that I "re-mixed" from his original bed tracks. 



Ram Rodd

Walk Dont Run

We were in the studio last week, tracking original music when Casey started messing around with his interpretation of this Great Tune... one of our mutual favorites..... 

We didnt spend a whole lot fo time with mic - placement, nor the mix, but wethought a decent little tribute to post and share...   

In hindsight, i think i stepped on the compression a litle too aggressivley, (hence some distortion) but it was just a rush job to get something uploaded and out there as a teaser/preview of what wil be coming soon from the Album we are working on togther.. 

Hope you enjoy... 

We used an Advanced Audio CM67se on Vocals, and 2 CM28's in an x/y pattern on the Guitar... and what you here is one take, no overdubs, no edits... 


Note: This is not OUR SONG.. It is a Cover/tribute only that Casey changed the tempo/delivery only... . Any and all rights belong to the original SongWriters/Publishers... 

3AM (Matchbox 20 Cover) by Casey May

The first file is just a Generic Xmas Add...   Having done 100's of them that week, this one prompted me to break the monotony, and to an "Alternate" pass at it.. 

The latter was, eh-hem... Unusable for radio.. but it got a lot of laughs within the office... 

BlooperFun2

This is a Cross Section of Just SOME of the add's I've done for Radio... There are more, which I'll Likely add later, as I find them, but should serve as a decent Proxy of the kind of Work I do.. 

That being said.. I should Point out, that the Majority, if not ALL of these were done FAST... It was all about efficiency and Work Flow...   While I'd have loved to had more time to tweak/and improve... Being a Bus shop, there is an implied pressure to "GET IT DONE, ASAP" and then move on to the next add... 

Bottom line.. when given the Proper Time to Play/Tweak... My Sh-T can sound WAY Better then what you hear here...  

But in any event, Hope you like these!! 

Truro Rust Check (Winter Version, Aired on Truro Radio)

Truro Rust Check (Garage Version, Unaired)

This is a new addition to the demo list... still a work in progress, but coming along... 



AllAgain_A work in Progress, Tagged to prevent Copying

This is a new addition to the demo list... still a work in progress, but coming along... 

Love of Woman, A Work in Progress Demo,  Tagged to prevent copying

Good Road From the Bad, Demo/Work in Progress,  Tagged to Prevent Copying

This year we got some new neighbors... and while our old neighbors were cool: Quiet, and kept to themselves mostly, I'm happy that my new neighbors are closer in Age to my wife and myself and super cool to hang out with.. 

While visiting for Drinks one night, they gave me access to their Wifi so I could Play some Audio Files /Music over their Home Stereo System...  but forgot to disable access (not they they needed to) on my exit... 

They Mentioned that While they Loved the Wifi-Based Audio Set up... (where you can play music through your home stereo system, via  your iphone, ipod or any wifi enabled mp3 player).. they did complain a little that if there is more then one person with access, they last person to hit play, kinda "takes over" as "DJ".....    so debates can ensue on occasion.. 

They also mentioned that while, again, great neighbors.. Like all of us, once in a while they like to unwind and turn up the Music from time to time and were somewhat paranoid of the Noise level transferring to the neighbors.. as would anyone... 

To Date... I've NEVER had cause to complain... and likely never will... And If I did, Im totally sure they'd be cool with it... BUT being the prankster that I can be at times, I made this little Clip to "F--k" with them... 

Essentially... I stood in the dark, outside their house,one night, while they were having a small Party, Stayed  out of site, but within range of their wifi... so I could "Take Control" of their stereo, and window so I Could see the reaction... 

It was hilarious... I then  knocked on the door, rescinded my "turn it down" request, and joined the festivities... 

anyway... As its a "Use Once" type file... I was about to delete it off my desktop but thought it "might" be funny Enuff to share.. 

Cheers... 

Messing With the Neighbors WiFi Sound System

These our "Works In Progress" Casey, Daryl and I have been working on here at www.stillwaterstudios.ca 

Recently Daryl and Casey had a trip to Nashville... Daryl Extended his stay and had two of the 3 re-recorded (not by me) by some true Nashville Pros... Pro Players, Pro Room... 

Its very neat to hear them side by side... would love to hear feedback! 


Do It All Again_Nashville's Take on it....

Love of a Woman_Nashville's Take on it....

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