Private Ear Recording

08/08/2024

Having fun at the and seeing all the cast and crew we spent an amazing 10 days working with! Show starts soon!!!

08/08/2024

Private Ear crew on the Star Wars red carpet!

08/08/2024

We are excited for the premiere tonight at the Winnipeg Concert Hall! Check local theatres for weekend shows.
We just need Mark Hamill to come now!! It would be epic!

07/25/2024

07/09/2024

07/06/2024

The USA’s number one Winnipeg-music-appreciator, Greg Soden (of Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi), is back in the guest-host chair after a successful appearance on episode #910! On this episode, he sat down with acclaimed local producer/musician/engineer/multi-hyphenat...

07/04/2024

Got some good feedback on the last episode guest-hosted by Greg Soden of Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi, so he’s back, this time interviewing acclaimed producer/musician/engineer/multi-hyphenate John Paul Peters (pictured below)!

Stay tuned. Soon come. Big shoutout to Greg for helping out with some episodes.

07/04/2024

We're beyond excited to support Lucasfilm Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) version of Star Wars: A New Hope making its debut August 8 at the Centennial Concert Hall. Recorded in Manitoba at accredited studio Private Ear Recording!

07/01/2024

Perfect summer anthem!

"Before Time Leaves You" is a new song by Canadian-American Pop Rock band HELLO FIASCO from their debut album "Find The Shoreline:"Find out more about the ba...

06/27/2024

We are so excited to finally be able to share this! It was an absolute honor for us to record this dub for in this past May. Everyone on this project was so passionate not only for the film and it's history but for the people that will be impacted by having access to this language. We took this opportunity to learn so much more about the Anishinaabe people and their history. Much respect to all the partners that brought this to life! Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, University of Manitoba, Disney/Lucasfilm and APTN. Here is the link to the official media release.
https://www.aptn.ca/star-wars-anangong-miigaading-a-new-hope-an-alliance-to-revitalize-the-anishinaabemowin-ojibwe-language-set-to-make-its-premiere-august-8-2024/

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06/26/2024

This is going to be a great 🎉🤘🎸🎤🎶

PERFORMER FEATURE:

HELLO FIASCO (Saturday Headliner #1)

Indie/Pop-Rock

Helena, MT, USA / Winnipeg, MB

Saturday @ 10:30 pm (Mainstage)

Hello Fiasco is a Canadian-American Pop Rock band that emerged publicly in 2021. Frontman Eric LaBossiere lives on the US side in Helena, MT (born Canadian), while the rest of the band all live in the Winnipeg, Manitoba region, including Joel Couture (bass), Joel Perreault (lead guitars/backing vocals), and Guy Abraham (keys/Ableton/backing vocals). Winnipeg drummer Cam Cordoviz, who is currently working with the band on their 2nd album, will be joining Hello Fiasco for 2024 touring.

With lyrics that are sometimes cheeky and sarcastic, the band’s songs are often meaningful and deep. Backed by the power and vulnerability of LaBossiere’s stylish voice, which is reminiscent of British Pop Rock like Bowie but also holding the American vibe of Brenden Urie (Panic! at the Disco) and Brandon Flowers (The Killers), the band’s driving rhythm section is wrapped up in a tapestry of majestic electric guitar tones, catchy piano melodies, synth landscapes and a barrage of powerful harmonies that all come together to make this Canadian-heavy band a force to reckon with. They might be Pop Rock, but Hello Fiasco is definitely more than the standard fare of rock instrumentation and same old song writing we have all gotten used to.

Fiasco

06/14/2024

This!!! Something needs to change and soon!

I feel so sad about Spotify CEO Daniel Ek saying the cost of creating “content” is close to zero…For multiple reasons

(There’s many types of creators on Spotify, but I’ll speak as a songwriter & artist bc that’s what I know. And I’ll focus on the cost of creating songs as that’s the “content” I put on Spotify -we can talk another day about the cost of everything else😂)

Ok, here we go.

Firstly, Daniel’s comment implies that making content is my goal

It is not.

Creating work that fully expresses my voice, sharing it with people to (hopefully) have a positive impact, paying my bills & having enough for retirement is my goal. “Content” is one vehicle to (maybe) help me get there

Me creating “content” is DANIEL’S goal for me so that his business remains viable

Which brings me to my second point:

“close to zero” is simply not true.

My album DEAR JOHN cost around $20,000 to make. It took three months.

(btw time IS money bc time I spend creating is time I can’t work to earn real life cash)

But it’s not just about time & money for each “piece of content”

I wrote my first song at 14. I’m now 40. I’ve been fine tuning my songwriting, arranging, production & performance skills for 26 years - all at my own cost

So DEAR JOHN (recorded in 2020 & my best work, if using the above goal of positive impact) actually took me 23 years to make

Imagine not paying a CEO, with 23 years experience, fairly for his work 🙄

I love that my music is globally accessible and, right now, if I take it off Spotify I cut off my nose to spite my face

I want to create & share my work and I’m even happy to do it on a budget

(This morning I shot a film clip in my neighbours bathroom. My partner filmed it for free & I spent $24 on red lipstick. That’s “close to zero” for you)

But -whether it’s time or money- making songs costs. And making videos to promote those songs (& actually get them streamed) costs too

So if one platform provides all the worlds music to most of the worlds people, and the musicians themselves are required to work harder and harder to get that music heard, while earning less and less - well, that’s not a business model to be celebrated. That’s exploitation.

04/28/2024

Day 3 of with the masters! in LA

04/27/2024

Two amazing days of and learning from the master Bruce Lowe in his home studio. Making some amazing music and memories! in LA

04/25/2024

JP finally found a Gibson he can’t play.😉

03/14/2024

For fans by fans

03/14/2024

Congratulations to everyone involved! Especially the incredible performances, direction and writing. We are so proud of our audio post production team Supervising sound editor, dialogue editor, ADR editor, SFX editor and mixer, assistant sound editor, and on foley.

03/08/2024

what a day finishing the tracking session for Jared Adams new album!! this is what making music is all about!

02/28/2024

It was an absolute treat to meet audio software pioneer and the guy who put the click in ProTools Jared Vogt of and show him our studio! Thank you and for the visit and the hats!! See you again at the next show!

02/14/2024

“Best I Can” is out now!!! Find it on all major streaming platforms! Special thanks to at and for their valuable contributions in bringing this song to life! Enjoy!!!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5f3Aib3ZLZcIVQ8zdP8LTu?si=iMJgsL_OS0CrW53eb8VP4w

ITunes: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/best-i-can-feat-sheena-rattai-single/1730862166

YouTube: https://youtu.be/O3qb-eShhbw?si=PXfFgTrWcY5U_gam

02/07/2024

Guess who is playing with Hello Fiasco at Festival du Voyageur on Feb 23rd at CCFM!! John Paul Peters will be re-living his rock star days 🎸 Hope to see you all there!

02/07/2024

In case you missed it! JP did an interview with Revv Amps in 2022

Gear & Beer: John Paul Peters of Private Ear Recording Lot’s of great inside info from both JP and Revv! Enjoy

02/07/2024

Go K-Mode!

2024, featuring KEN mode. Let’s go for gold!

02/07/2024

Big ups to Begonia for the The JUNO Awards Nod!! ‘Powder Blue’ is nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀. 

01/27/2024

Check out this musical collaboration with and for her very first release! The song Lilith! The video is K’Laya’s vision and we love it! Great job and congratulations! https://youtu.be/E8RWDCOmAcc?si=cYhlSpFPy6dLCB4L

01/24/2024

The 👓 are coming for us all! What a fun day!!

01/16/2024

01/11/2024

This has been a long time coming but I’m happy to finally announce that my new album, “Mystic Humanism” will be released on March 15th. There’s so much to say about this album, I don’t even know where to start except that I’m super excited for you to hear it.

There’ll be a couple more singles before the album drops, more on that tomorrow, but if you want to hear one of them now, you can pre-order the album on Bandcamp and get an instant download of the title track, “Mystic Humanism”.

Also, there's going to be a super special album release show, more details on that to come soon but for now, save the date: March 29th.

Pre-order: https://jaredadams.bandcamp.com/album/mystic-humanism

11/18/2023

Stu in the house!!

11/13/2023

Had an incredible time producing out of this weekend. Thanks to for putting the weekend together and facilitating some inspired artistic pairings. Creating with a different set of tools and a bunch of new folks was a very rewarding experience!