I just finished tracking the new EP for San Francisco Latin/indie/surf band Dot Punto. What a great experience! We rented Bright Street Recorders for a day for basics, then finished up back at my home studio for the next three days. We got excellent sounds and inspired performances. Three songs. I’ll start mixing this next week. Can’t wait to share it with everyone!

As improbable as it seems, Shannon and I are actually at home for a couple of months! I cannot underscore strongly enough how THRILLED I am about this.

Since we’ve been home, Shannon has booked most of a 50-stop summer tour comprised entirely of house concerts. How mind-blowing is that?

Meanwhile, I’m just doing my thing.

– I finished up the Hana Malhas record, which is stunning. There are a couple tracks from that up on my studio page.

– I’m in the middle of mixing an EP for an earnest indie-rock band from Jacksonville called Northe. It’s coming along well.

– I just mixed a single for a band from Sacramento called The Generals; you can hear that on the studio page.

– I mixed what may be the cheeriest song in the entire world for a pop songwriter from Portland (name redacted). That song is also up on my studio page if you want to check it out.

– I’m in the middle of pre-production demos with dot punto. They’re fun, and this little EP we’ll be making is going to be quirky and great.

So if you need me, I’ll be around! We could go get a cup of coffee and hang around; the weather’s lovely. More soon — Jamie

South by Southwest was awesome per usual! I ended up mixing a bunch of shows for Cloud Nothings and Zola Jesus. Both great live acts, in very different ways. Tons of fun. Plus we saw Bob Mould playing Copper Blue straight through in its entirety, which was fantastic. He still sounds so good.

We’re finally back home, and I’m just waiting to get data for the Hana Malhas and Northe records I’m mixing this month. Excited to share some of this new stuff, hopefully soon!

I hadn’t written in a minute, so I just wanted to post a little update. This has been a cool in-between month for me. I’m between a couple of projects at the moment, laying a lot of groundwork for the coming months, and touring around with Shannon a lot. I’ve done a couple of test mixes over the last week for projects that I’m hoping materialize; fingers crossed for more good news on that front soon.

In the meantime, I’ve committed to mixing a couple of EPs when we get back from SXSW; one for a Jordanian singer from Ann Arbor named Hana Malhas, and one for an indie-rock band from Jacksonville, Florida called Northe. Both should be a lot of fun to work on.

And, we’ve recorded a new song for Shannon’s upcoming full-length. It’s called “Anti-Gravity,” and it’s heavy. It’s kind of a head-banger, which is weird for a downtempo electro-dream-pop song, but there you have it. It gets into a deep dark groove. Love it.

We’re off in the morning for more touring; check http://shannoncurtis.net/tour for dates!

So I ended up actually getting the Pro Tools sessions and redoing the mixes for the first couple songs on the LOFTS record. Holy shit. These songs are seriously amazing. I’ve put one up on my studio page, called “It’s True.”

I’m *so excited* for this record to come out. We need to find these guys a label. Have a listen to the track … anyone have any ideas what indie label would put this out?