Swineshead Productions, LLC

19/08/2024

More authoring at Dolby HQ with Margaret Tobin for Outhere Music - stay tuned!!

10/08/2024

I've been doing LOTS of post-production in the last two months (aside from being let out of my cage for the odd sessions). Stay tuned for news of new releases! Also, we have had LOTS of presentations for Audio Engineering Society - San Francisco Section; three in the last month alone! Pictured is our committee hangout with famed electronic music creator Suzanne Ciani (after a film showing of the documentary "Sisters With Transistors" and a Q&A session with her).

18/07/2024

If you're free at 6:30pm Pacific time, please tune in to the Audio Engineering Society - San Francisco Section panel on "AI and the Audio Professional". I'm one of the panelists!

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12/07/2024

From mountain heights to the depth of backstage! A wonderful visit to Aspen Music Festival and School followed by recording Festival Opera performances (of Poulenc "La voix humaine" and Purcell "Dido and Aeneas").

21/06/2024

Tonmeister 2024 is over, and what a wonderful week it was! Thanks to Paul Geluso and NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development for their development and support of this unique programme!

13/06/2024

Lots to do over the summer with Audio Engineering Society - San Francisco Section - who will I see at these events?

SAVE THE DATE(S)!
Join us for an exciting lineup of events this summer with AESSF! 🌟

🤖July 18: AI & the Audio Professional 2024
🎶 July 31: Experimental Music Panel Discussion followed by a collaborative performance
🎥 August 8: Sisters with Transistors screening followed by Q&A with Suzanne Ciani
🎧 September 20: Explore the East Bay studios and network at 25th Street Studio in Oakland

Don’t miss out on these incredible opportunities to learn, connect, and be inspired! Stay tuned for more details and registration links.

30/05/2024

Continuing recording sessions with Paul Schuyler Phillips (music of Adolphus Hailstork for Naxos); also a recording with composer/organist Mark Winges (resident composer of Volti).

15/05/2024

Back in the saddle! Always a pleasure working here...

20/04/2024

A fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

09/04/2024

A busman's holiday!! Tours of Tonstudio Tessmar and Sennheiser during a warm spring day; I listened to lots of 3D audio examples (including some of my own work) and viewed some products I can't discuss yet...

16/03/2024

Two sides of California Symphony in a programme featuring woodwinds (Richard Strauss and Mozart serenades), percussion and leader Jennifer Cho (Lou Harrison). What a treat to record!!

09/03/2024

Desk view: Wei Cheng conducting recording sessions of UC Berkeley Chorus - great way to start a weekend!

03/03/2024

Desk view: Thomas Conlin conducting an all-Beethoven programme with Vallejo Festival Orchestra. Sold out, in spite of rain and gales!

25/02/2024

Recording Volti concerts over the weekend, with world premiere of "De Profundis" by Jens Ibsen

17/02/2024

Editing Philippe Chao and Robert Koenig performing viola music of Adolphus Hailstork for release on Naxos. A good way to spend a few rainy days in Northern California!!

28/01/2024

Desk view: California Symphony with Marcus Roberts Trio (their version of "Rhapsody in Blue"), plus Samuel Barber "Symphony no. 1" and William Dawson "Negro Folk Symphony". The mid-1920-30s decade in the US was as creative as the mid-1910-20s decade was in Europe!!

24/01/2024

Introducing the Audio Engineering Society to students and those entering the audio engineering field at the 2nd Silicon Valley Video Summit. Others on the panel represented IEEE, SMPTE and NAB. Audio Engineering Society - San Francisco Section organised the audio track (which needed additional seating brought in!). It was held at the Computer History Museum and had over 1,000 attendees - what fun!!

11/01/2024

Students - please join me at Silcon Valley Video Summit January 23 5:45 pm to learn more about the Audio Engineering Society! It's free; register today at https://siliconvalley.video/register/

01/01/2024

Happy New Year, everyone! Yesterday, we decided to have an open house (rather than a party). 11 people showed up over 5 hours; it was great to catch up with friends! Here's to a 2024 in total immersion!!

22/12/2023

🎉 Facebook recognized me as a top rising creator this week! Happy to add that 3 of my "local" productions made the list of San Francisco Classical Voice 2023 recording releases. Thanks to Cantata Collective (released in Atmos and stereo), violinist Dan Flanagan and pianist Solomon Ge for including me in their artistic visions! https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/shameless-promotion-local-artists-2023-recordings

08/12/2023

More immersive listening at Coast Mastering with Bay Area Audio Nerds

20/11/2023

November weekend gigs are over! I enjoyed recording Volti, California Symphony (didn't take a pic), and Fresno Philharmonic. Volti performed in two locations; it was fascinating to hear how the performers adapted to two very different spaces. With Fresno Philharmonic, look out for a video of "Dances" by Anna Clyne with the amazing Inbal Segev, conducted by Rei Hotoda and filmed by Tritone Media

27/10/2023

Just heading home after a successful Audio Engineering Society convention at Javits Center. I was one of the judges for the Student Recording Competition; in the mean time I listened to paper presentations on psychoacoustics and immersion. At NYU Steinhardt Music Technology they led a technical tour of the immersive listening studio at 370 Jay Street (where my recording of Mason Bates "Mass Transmission" was one of the featured tracks!). Not to be missed were the "envelopment" sessions (led by Thomas Lund) in the 7.4.1 playback room!

11/10/2023

For those voting in the first-round of the Grammys, please consider me for "Producer of the Year - Classical", and the Nicholas McGegan, conductor and Cantata Collective recording of Bach St John passion for "Best Engineered - Classical" and "Small Ensemble". Good luck to all my colleagues!

30/09/2023

After a successful Audio Engineering Society - San Francisco Section "San Francisco Studio Crawl" and an interview with Wes Dooley I'm ready for a relaxing sleep!

19/09/2023

For those voting in the Grammys, please consider me for Producer of the Year, Classical:

Mason Bates: Sirens and Mass Transmission (Bohlin/Demers/Bates/Cappella SF)
originally released in stereo, 2019; mixed and authored in Dolby Atmos 2023
Immersive
https://music.apple.com/us/album/mason-bates-mass-transmission/1457988326

Bach - St John Passion (McGegan/Cantata Collective)
Avie AV2605/UPC 822252260526
Classical Compendium
Immersive
Best Engineered
https://www.avie-records.com/releases/bach-st-john-passion/
https://music.apple.com/us/album/bach-st-john-passion-bwv-245/1686151473
https://tidal.com/browse/album/291439212
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C3MGGNXB

Atlantic Chamber Ensemble (music of Mason Bates, Guillaume Connesson; Oscár Navarro; Gerard Finzi)
Imaginary Animals IMGC-0124/UPC 0669936779635
Hearsay (September 1, 2023)
Small Ensemble
https://www.imaginaryanimals.ninja/hearsay
https://music.apple.com/us/album/hearsay/1697221016
https://www.amazon.com/Hearsay-Atlantic-Chamber-Ensemble/dp/B0C8ZHB9CW

Brian Thorsett, tenor and ensemble (music of Stacy Garrop, Edgar Girtain, Daron Hagen, Brian Holmes, Michael Scherperel, Hilary Tann)
MSR Classics MS1826/UPC 0681585182628
October Skies (May 23, 2023)
Vocal Solo
https://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1826
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/october-sky-ensemble/1689423457
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/october-skies-songs-for-tenor-violin-cello-and-percussion-october-sky-ensemble/gml9kpz3oxana
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6755BSR/ref=sr_1_21?crid=2VZ97CXA9KHAW&keywords=October+Sky+Ensemble&qid=1689715654&sprefix=october+sky+ensemble%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-21

"The Bow and The Brush" (Dan Flanagan, violin)(music of Edmund Campion, Cindy Cox, Shinji Eshima, Dan Flanagan, Jose Gonzalez Granero, Peter Josheff, Libby Larsen, Linda Marcel, Jessica Mays, Evan Price, James Stephenson, Nathaniel Stookey, Trevor Weston)
MSR Classics MS1836/UPC 0681585183625
Instrumental Solo
https://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1836
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-bow-and-the-brush-14-premieres-for-unaccompanied-violin/1679693622
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-bow-and-the-brush-14-premieres-for-unaccompanied-violin-dan-flanagan/aia50nk9kbpib
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BZTXYVV5

02/09/2023

Released in Dolby Atmos just in time for the US holiday!

25/08/2023

Thanks to Hyunkook Lee and University of Huddersfield for an excellent Audio Engineering Society conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio!!

20/07/2023

Immersive listening session at Coast Mastering for Bay Area Audio Nerds. Lovely to listen to everyone's tracks, and play selections from my Dolby Atmos Bach Cantata Collective recording!