Viking Camel Studio
Pottstown, Pa
Viking Camel Studio Recent Happenings
News January 29, 2010
It's been a great busy month. A few new projects and a few others finshed up! We just buttoned up the last bits of Yvonne Hartman's album and she should be having a CD release sometime at the end of February. Bryn Graybill from Calling Out Closer just started his Everything Dear project. It's really diverse. Some of the stuff's just intensive and pensive, then there's some unique almost-pop things, and some cool folky stuff with gang vocals. Echoes In Bloom had some time off from school to tie up some loose ends on their demo / EP. Juniper came in to start a new project which is coming out really nicely. A few other random fun projects were in the mix as well. Otherwise, a bunch of pre-production has been going on for numerous projects. All-in-all, it's just been a cool month with a bunch of neat stuff going on. We'll update you more early February!
News January 8, 2010
The new preamps are in and they sound absolutely amazing! The Neve is just absolutely gorgeous with anything we've tried. The API makes drums so full and fat. Micing a kick just as usual yielded a delightful surprise! Both are so incredibly detailed sounding. It's a grand situation. Here are some pictures as the FedEx dude got here and the pres freshly unpacked!
News January 7, 2009
In just a few days we will be getting a bunch of new pre-amps! For those of you who may be interested, we shall have Vintech's version of the Neve 1073 (4 channels) and also 4 channels of API preamp magic! Why is this such great news? Well good new gear is always exciting for us. On top of that, we want all projects here to sound stellar from the get-go by making the sound coming from the microphone (or synth) the best it can be. I could go on, but well, all I'm sayin' is that it's a top-notch upgrade. Something close to the best, wasn't good enough :)
We just want to let you know here at the start of 2010, our passion is by no means dimmed and we are continuing to invest in excellent equipment, our art, and our skills! See you soon!
-jeremy
News December 2009...new years eve!
Happy New Year! (a few hours early, EST) hehe. ;)
News December 2009...part 2!
This is the last week to take advantage of the end of year specials! So if you wanna buy time ahead for 2010 at 15% off, do it!Lots of spiff things going on in January 2010. :)
News December 2009...
Well, there are a quite a few things happening. Let's play bullet-point list!
- Stickers are in!!! Yes Viking Camel Studio stickers are here! They're round and awesome! Let us know if you want one or a few. :-D
- Calling Out Closer's CD release party for "The Parallel EP" happens Friday Dec 4th!! It's going to be quite a shebang. They have 4 tracks from the CD posted on their myspace page, so take a listen and decide you wanna head out to the show! (you might see Jeremy on stage for some of their songs!)
- We're finishing Yvonne Hartman / B9-Fate's album. It's been a nice incremental process and the songs have been coming out really well. Quite a few different musicians have been involved on the project and it's made it really fun journey.
- Mixing is in progress for a number of Mike Pouch projects. One for a single he will be releasing in the near future. Also we're mixing some songs for a Pouch Records Christmas compilation album that Jeremy will also be featured on! More on that soon!
- A few new clients and projects are getting under way. Always a great thing!
- Even more "spiffin' up" the studio have been occurring. For those of you who haven't been here in a few months, it'll be a big surprise how much has changed next time you come 'round!
- That's all for now!
- Oh wait! Some people have taken advantage of the specials. You only have a few short weeks left!
News November 2009... part 2!
New pictures posted!
News November 2009...
Friends, we've modernized some content! Woo hoo! :) We just put together a small sampler of this year's projects for your listening enjoyment! Mind you, it's by no means a catalog of everything we've done in 2009, but it's a start. We'll certainly try to put more of these together!
In other news, we took some pictures, but they're not up yet. haha! :-D
Don't forget to take advantage of the specials we have running for the remainder of the year!
News October 2009...part 2 Nov & Dec Specials!!!
Studio time discount specials have been posted in the Services & Pricing section! These are only valid during Nov & Dec 2009, so take a look!
Now's a good time to plan ahead for next year's projects! You'll see why. ;)
November & December 2009 Specials
** Have you considered giving the gift of recording studio time? **
- Special #1 - 15% off any amount of pre-paid studio time purchased before Dec 25, 2009, redeemable after Dec 25, 2009. Payments must be recieved before Dec 25, 2009. Sessions or work do not need to be scheduled at time of payment. A gift certificate can be issued upon request. Must be redeemed within 1 year of purchase.
- Special #2 - 10% off any amount of studio time occuring during Nov or Dec 2009.
- Special #3 - 15% off any scheduled daytime sessions of 4 hour blocks or more. These sessions must occur during Nov or Dec 2009, between the hours of 9am and 5pm. Session time 5pm and after falls under Special #2 rates.
* Offers may not be combined. No other discounts apply.
News October 2009...part 1
there's been quite a lot of remodeling going on over here. we'll have some nice new pictures for you soon! :-D
also, we'll be posting some splendid offers for the holiday season in a few days! yep, nice discounted prices for pre-purchasing blocks of time. so get thinkin'! christmas gifts anyone??? :) perhaps thinking of getting a little project done as a present for friends or family??? more details later this week!!
we'll be posting some highlights from 2009's projects as well. perhaps having newer music than dec 2008 would be a help eh? :)
News September 2009...part 2!
little bit more...
in the coming weeks, we'll be putting up mixes from a selection of 2009's projects. the music samples aren't nearly as current as we want...
also, mixing starts on Mike Pouch's album in a few days! :-D
...while we're at it, it's a few months off, but have you considered buying recording time for someone as a christmas or birthday gift? just puttin' the bug in your ear. ;)
News September 2009!
Some of what's going on this month...
..Mixing Calling Out Closer's "The Parallel EP". Here's their final studio update!
..Tracking more new songs with Yvonne Hartman / B9 Fate. Yvonne keeps crankin out new tunes. Jeremy wishes he could see songs of his to completion as fast!
..Plugging away at Craig Wright's album. It's pretty cool, because there's a life-story theme woven throughout the track listing. :)
..Jeremy Simon album kicks off. Yes one was started a few months back, but we're gonna go at it another angle.
..Born of Tides excellence...
..various other large and small servings...
News August 2009!
Just finished up Echoes In Bloom's new demo. Really unique stuff. That's a good thing!
We're in the last few weeks of getting Calling Out Closer's "The Parallel EP" finished. We're down to strings, vocals, and mixing. It's been a great and wild time with them. They've been making up studio video blogs...which are hilarious, although they don't show most of the hard work we've all been putting in. :)
studio blog #4 [8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13]
studio blog #3, part two [7.26, 7.27, 7.28, 7.30]
studio blog #3, part one [7.26, 7.27, 7.28, 7.30]
studio blog #2 [7.12, 7.13, 7.15, 7.21]
studio blog #1 [7.05, 7.06, 7.07]
Of course, of course there's quite a few other projects happening, plus a few about to start in September!
Oh I almost forgot to mention this -- new computer in!!! Yep Yep, it's a PC with an Intel i7 in it and a staggering 1