Ganaraska Recording Company

07/18/2024

This was a great record to be a part of. Thanks Dan!

Just a little over a year ago, I spent a couple days in this room at the Ganaraska Recording Company. I walked out with The Booker with the help of Jimmy Bowskill and a year ago this week it was released on Busted Flat Records.

Time continues to march forth and I still feel pretty fortunate to be making a living with a guitar and a corolla. In fact, I can't imagine doing anything else.

04/25/2023

Great to work with our buddy Julian Taylor. Good times!

01/13/2023

RCA family! We love vintage ribbon microphones and I think it’s safe to say we really like RCA’s. Here’s our collection so far at Left to Right: 1950’s RCA BK5, 1930’s RCA PB90, 1950’s RCA 77DX, 1930’s RCA 44A, 1940’s RCA Varacoustic Lo, 1930’s RCA PB90, 1950’s RCA 74B.

12/16/2022

Recorded here at GRC!

11/26/2022

11/11/2022

New road find/studio addition. A lovely old 201! And this one be TCB.

09/21/2022

We like SM7’s! An excellent dynamic microphone for many applications. We’re lucky enough to have an original 1970’s Pat Pending version that sounds beautiful! The modern SM7b is a fantastic microphone as well.

09/20/2022

A pair of 1950’s Shure 55s Microphones. These ones are from the Anglican church here in Cobourg and have the rare handheld addition with an on off switch. (One has been removed and tucked away). These are beautiful sounding mics and are very different from the modern ones!

09/17/2022

These two are similar Microphones in different clothing. On the left is a 1950’s Altec 670b with ribbon and dynamic elements that can be used individually of blended. On the right is a 1950’s STC (pre coles) 4033. Also with dual elements, this one features the famous “ball and biscuit” dynamic element. A nice multipurpose pair!

09/15/2022

3…2…1…. BLASTOFF!!! Two of these space age looking beauties are modern ribbon microphones made by Royer. The one in the middle was made by Bang and Olufsen in the 1950’s. I think Royer definitely borrowed some design cues from yesteryear! 2 Royer 121’s and a Bang and Olufsen Fentone BM3.

09/14/2022

Our trio of beautiful old RCA ribbon microphones. A 1930’s 44A, 1950’s 77DX and 1950’s 74B.

06/21/2022

06/14/2022

Here’s some cool working clips from the studio. Music by recorded at and video put together by
That’s Steve O’Connor on keys who doesn’t have Instagram.

06/08/2022

A few of our amps in the collection at We really like amps! You can never have too many tone options when it comes to making a record!

06/05/2022

A little 200 eh? found this Wurlitzer 200a in his Aunt and Uncle’s basement. A great find indeed and a great addition to keyboard alley here at !

06/02/2022

View of the GRC Live Room from the Control Room window. Nice view of our 1884 Weber Grand Piano from New York. Weber and Steinway were direct competition in this era for the highest quality grand pianos. This is a good’un! With a matching Piano lamp from the same era!

06/01/2022

Just a coupla buds hangin’. The Fender bass was the first bass I ever played live. My good friend Paul owned it for many years and it spent its life in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. It just made it’s way north not too long ago and sure sounds fantastic. On the right is our 1959 Gretsch Anniversary Model. And our 1960 General Electric Tube Stereo in behind! We like old stuff. Thanks for making the fender bass play again!

05/31/2022

Our late 1960’s Gretsch drums, setup in the live room. My dad found this kit, complete with vintage Zildjian cymbals and hardware at an antique store for $50. A beautiful sounding kit! This is a transition era kit so it has a mix of round and stop sign badges.

05/30/2022

Tracking some bass from command central. Come in, over!

05/29/2022

Here’s our beauty STC (Standard Telephone and Cable) 4033 Microphone. Known around here as “Ringo”, this is a great mic for many applications and features both Ribbon and Dynamic elements in one microphone.

05/27/2022

Zapp! Productions at GRC! Over 30 years in the music biz and now I want to record you, your band, your idea! [email protected] Your dream is more in reach than you think!

03/11/2022

It was an honour to have created part of ‘s new record Many A Mile at
Here’s our good friend speaking about the first song on the album titled When You Were Wild and the writing and recording process.

03/02/2022

Congrats to our friend on his nomination for his album “Hope Dies Last.” Proud to say that part of this record was recorded here at 🥳 Way to go Steve!

02/24/2022

Hey folks, have a listen to our good pal ‘s new single SleepyHead out today on all steaming platforms! Recorded in her living room by brother The string section was performed by and recorded at with engineering! A beauty tune!

02/20/2022

1950’s acoustic guitar and vocal setup today! An Electro Voice 664 on voice and an original Shure 55s on guitar. The Shure was used to project the sermon at the Pulpit of a church here in Cobourg for a long time. 🎙

02/13/2022

Check out my good pal ‘s new coupla tunes recorded here at with and ! You can Pre Save at Sam’s page, it’s out on February 25th.

02/11/2022

New music recorded here at out next Friday! Go to the page to Pre Save!

02/08/2022

Ian McKeown laying it down on the drums, oh wait just the kick drum. Still a party.