Fern Bouie owns a recording studio and set of practice spaces here in Montreal. He and I hung out last week at Grumpy’s and our conversation ranged all over from hilarious studio stories, to advice for emerging independent bands, to the challenges he foresees for his own indie business, the Sound Module…
A little conversation about indie music from the recording studio’s side of things, with DNA Productions. We talk about how they’re thriving during tough music industry times just by word of mouth, and about the weird magic chemistry required to help a musician find the sound they’re craving though it may be far beyond the [...]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the snowy afternoon in the bedroom recording studio of Matthew Hiscock, head honcho of Bodega Records. Bodega is the newest Indyish artist, after having played an Indyish Monthly Mess in November at the not-even-officially open yet Griffin Room in the McAuslan center. Matt makes wicked fun beats, plays [...]
I was out recording this week’s Reading pod thinger when I had a conversation that turned into an interesting opportunity for Indyish members in Montreal. James, with whom I record the Reading podcasts, is working on launching his own recording studio at home. It seems he’s slowly evolving the living room into a homebrew [...]