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    Let’s Dance! House Music Remix Production Hit Japan Music Charts!

    One of our best projects in 2011 was the dance music album "DIRTY PARTY!" - it is a non-stop mix CD featuring covers of popular hit songs - rendered in modern dance format of electro house music. This album features the vocal talents of Filipina, Filipino and international singers interpreting the original songs in their own way. This album also features international dance music remix producers on the top of their game and very active in the dance music and club circuits. Cover image of Dirty Party! MIX CD - house music remix album We were pleasantly surprised when our label informed us that DIRTY PARTY! did not only sell well but was also included in the Top 10 of Japan International Music Charts! They even sent us a video clip showing DIRTY PARTY! in spot #6 - what a feat! Hip-hip hooray!

    Posted at 2pm on 01/17/12 | no comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects
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    Oi! Merry Christmas Punk Ska Style!

    Happy Holiday greetings from all of us here at Sound Weavers! We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas in a rocking and skanking style - enjoy these two music videos of popular Christmas songs turned upside down in PUNK SKA style!

    Here Comes Santa Claus

    Posted at 2pm on 12/05/11 | no comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects, music video
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    Jazz Quartet (Saxophone, Upright Bass, Piano, Drums) Live Sessions

    We would like to share these videos featuring live in studio recording of  the Vince Lahorra Quartet, a jazz quartet in the Philippines featuring a saxophone, upright acoustic bass, upright acoustic piano and acoustic drums. The music on these videos are 1-take recordings only, no overdubs!

    Posted at 5pm on 11/28/11 | no comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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    Amy and George Sheppard Music Videos (Live In Studio)

    Sheppard band from AustraliaEnjoy these live videos of in studio performances by Amy and George Sheppard, a singer/songwriter duo from Australia who came to the Philippines to record songs for their debut album/CD and hold live shows for their local fans.

    Posted at 7pm on 12/06/10 | no comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects, music video, podcast
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    Singer Songwriter from East Timor Music Album CD

    Randa Santo (East Timor) Music Production
    In July of 2009, I received a rather unique inquiry; a lady from East Timor writes her own songs and would like to record them. On our first meeting, and upon hearing the songs for the first time I recognized the musical and logistical challenge that the project presented; we'll have to decipher and transcribe each song from the vocal parts, then arrange musical parts and conform the rather unique beats and rhythm of the original format to pop standards. Inside, we talk about the project and share a music video, too!

    Posted at 8am on 02/11/10 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects, music video
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    T-Pain Sound via AutoTune (Video Podcast #3)

    We stretch out a bit on the 3rd episode of our recording studio's video podcast. Our topic is the notorious T-PAIN SOUND via Antares' AutoTune program. We are helped by freestyle prodigy JakeLee to demonstrate our capability in sound editing and sound design for vocals. Just watch the video and enjoy!

    Posted at 2pm on 11/26/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects, podcast
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    Boracay CD by Moise

    Cover of Boracay CD by Moise, a French Moroccan in the PhilippinesMoise is a French-Moroccan singer and keyboardist who sings in French, Portuguese, Spanish and English languages. His music features a unique blend of global music styles and world beats into his own distinctive musical signature. You name it, bossa nova, samba, Latin and reggae music, French chanteuse/chanson, to jazz and modern dance... Moise has it covered on this CD.

    Posted at 2pm on 08/04/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects
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    Passion Generation Christian Praise Music in Tagalog

    Passion Generation Christian Praise Music in Tagalog and FilipinoHere is a short video feature about one of the music recording and mixing sessions conducted here at our temporary studio. The Passion Generation Band is a group of young Filipinos from Calbayog City, Samar. They are lead by Kevin Cho, a Christian missionary and professional music producer who hails from South Korea. They came in with a live recording of their concert at a church in Quezon City - the plan was to clean up the audio and mix the songs at Sound Weavers. However, Kevin the producer and our engineering staff realized that the songs can really benefit from a few overdubs to really elevate the production to professional and international standards, thus the musicians were called in again to cure some of the performances. This is not bad at all, even famous and name artists routinely clean up and fix their live recording releases.

    Posted at 2pm on 05/29/09 | 8 comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects
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    Analog & Digital Mixing. ITB and OTB Hybrid.

    Here are photos of the pro audio equipment used during the mixing sessions of HIJA and Dr. Crowley records. For both projects, we really strived to go analog as much as possible, utilizing Pro Tools as tape recorder and editor, as well as for automation. We relied on the artists/musicians and their gear for most of the tone shaping, avoiding unnecessary processing so we can preserve the "feel" and "feeling" of the performances. HIJA is a funk-ish soul band while Dr. Crowley is a blues-based rock n roll band.

    Posted at 2pm on 02/06/09 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Gear, Sessions & Projects
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    Studio sessions. Trumpet and Harmonica recordings.

    First post for 2009, here are some video clips of exciting happenings at teh recording studio that occurred in the last quarter of 2008. We spill the beans on gear and approach to the recording, equipment talk galore.

    Trumpet Wah

    Our first video features Wowee Anzanio, trumpet player of the band HIJA who's music falls on the soul genre with a strong sense of funk. We've been recording HIJA's debut CD since November 2008. We're optimistic that their record will get picked up by a major label.

    Juke Blues Harp

    Our second video features Ronnie Badilla, a master blues harp player laying down juke-ish harmonica licks for Dr. Crowley's "Swallow My Pride" song which is included in Dr. Crowley's upcoming debut CD to be released by Rebolusyon Rekords in March 2009.

    Enjoy these recording studio session videos.

    Posted at 10am on 01/19/09 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Gear, Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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