The Blink production team has expanded! Sean Boyd and Jesus Rodriguez, both FITS (flyinthestudio.com) trained producers/ engineers have joined the team for programming and production of new artists.
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Along with the Blink Team, Tim Lukas, Tim Bongiovanni and Tom Keery, singer Songwriter Aaron Jackson completes his full-length CD, "Fortress". Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway, "Fortress" is scheduled for release in April 2009.
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Award winning tenor, Michael Calmes, completes a full length CD of traditional Christmas songs. The CD is scheduled for release Christmas 2009 and features John Finney from Boston's Händel & Haydn society on the grand piano.
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Venezuelan classical guitarist, Hermann Hudde, finishes his new full-length CD featuring contemporary Spanish and Latin American composers.
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Tim Lukas begins developing new pop music artists, both successful students of the functionalvoice.com program in vein of Whitney Houston / Kylie Minogue.
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Blink Music now operates two fully functional scoring stations, both equipped with the latest VSL technology and samples.
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Tim Lukas mastered Ourstage.com's first compilation CD of best up and coming artist winners of 2008!
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Blink Scoring has recently completed trailers for Sheridan Entertainment and South by Southwest.
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FLYINTHESTUDIO.com, Blink's training division, is highly effective in coaching recording, engineering and mixing skills as well as songwriting and film scoring. Students include Berklee College of Music MP&E students, other scoring and music business students, an NPR producer / moderator (National Public Broadcast), and professional urban music producers and A&R managers. Graduates are successful in obtaining jobs within the music industry.
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Technological expansions at Blink are leading to vast improvements in speed and functionality for film scoring and production work. Blink now has the most extensive sound design technology available to recording artists and producers.
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Blink is currently working on various filmscores, including the 30 minute feature entitled Temperance, directed and written by filmmaker Hassiba Freiha. Temperance is a brilliant story in the vein of Babel.
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Meg O'Brian records her album with Tim Lukas at Blink Music. Musicians include Mariko on piano, Julian Lage on guitar and Jeremy Mc Donald on bass.
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Soprano, Kristen Watson records with pianist Jung Sun Yoon while producer Mike Galvin and singer songwriter Carleton O’Meara also record their work.
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Composers Jun Toguchi and Tomo Omata team up for recording and mixing. Flute great, Fernando Brandao, performs with Natalie Dietrich on vibraphone and Marcus Santos on percussion.
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Jacosa Limutau records her first release with Tim Lukas. Featured performers include Mark Shilansky on piano, Bruno Raberg (bass), Steve Langone (drums) and Eric Byers on guitar.
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Award winning classical soprano, Noune Karapetian (nounekarapetian.com) and young singer Sam Wallace continue collaborating along with stellar accompanist and pianist Bill Merrill.
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Fusion jam band, Fist Full of Funk, is revived under the direction of drummer Rob Doran, making them the musical surprise of the month! Colin Edgar of Fist Full of Funk is recognized as Blink's horn player of the year!
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Various cellists and pianists from New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music and Boston Conservatory record at Blink with Tim Lukas, Tom Keery and Andy Johnson.
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Venezuelan classical guitarist Hermann Hudde records and edits his new cd with Tim Lukas.
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Tim Lukas starts developing new pop music artists, both part of the functionalvoice.com program in the vein of Beyonce / Whitney / Kylie Minogue. Release planned for summer 2008.
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Blink Music operates now two fully functional scoring stations, both equipped with the latest VSL technology and samples.
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Tim Lukas mastered Ourstage.com first compilation cd for the best up and coming artists.
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Blink Scoring completed some trailers for Sheridan Entertainment and South by Southwest.
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Rob Doran and Sam Katz rehearse with Tim Lukas. The music features original songs performed and written by Tim Lukas. Influences are Beatles, Billy Joel, Seal, Peter Gabriel and Shostakovitch / Chopin and Randy Newman as well as Tori Amos / Kate Bush / Pink Floyd.
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FLYINTHESTUDIO.com, Blink's training division with Tim Lukas training one on one, takes off! For the first time the program is overbooked and has a a waiting list with clients including MP&E, scoring and music business students, an NPR producer / moderator (National Public Broadcast), professional urban music producers and A&R managers.
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Technological expansions at Blink take up over two months, leading to vast improvements in speed and functionality for film scoring and production work. Blink has now the most extensive sound design technology available to recording artists and producers.
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More work on the upcoming musical HITMEN, a collaboration of Tim Lukas and Michael Bonner.
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Work on various filmscores, including the 30 minute feature Temperance directed and written by Hassiba Freiha filmmaker Hassiba Freiha, a brilliant story in the vein of Babel.
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Narrowcasters from Sidney, Australia, book Blink for high quality voice over work.
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Meg O'Brian records with Tim Lukas her album. Mariko on piano, Julian Lage on guitar, Jeremy Mc Donald on bass.
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Soprano Kristen Watson records with pianist Jung Sun Yoon, and producer Mike Galvin and singer songwriter Carleton O’Meara also record their work.
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Composers Jun Toguchi and Tomo Omata team up for recording and mixing. Flute great Fernando Brandao performs with Natalie Dietrich on vibraphone and Marcus Santos on percussion.
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Jacosa Limutau records her first release with Tim Lukas. Performers are Mark Shilansky on piano, Bruno Raberg, bass, Steve Langone, drums and Eric Byers on guitar.
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Award winning classical soprano Noune Karapetian (nounekarapetian.com) and young singer Sam Wallace continue collaborating with stellar accompanist and pianist Bill Merrill.
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Fusion jam band is revived under the direction of drummer Rob Doran, making them the musical surprise of the month. Colin Edgar recognized as Blink's horn player of the year.
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Ryan Pinkston continued tracking in the studio (myspace.com/ryanchrismusic)
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Lina Yen, Sally Rubin, Nicole Agois, Berklee Jazz singer / arranger David Scott (davidthornescott.com). Check out his marvelous collaboration with pianist Mark Shilansky of his upcoming cd