Performances by other artists, recorded and/or mixed at Rosemill Studios
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Three Moods for Classical Guitar and Flute
■ Idyllic ■ Regal ■ Magical Credits Composed by Tony D'Addono (Copyright 2023 Anthony D'Addono) Tony D'Addono: Classical guitar Stephanie Esposito: Flute Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mark Minassian at Rosemill Studio. |
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Three Pieces for Classical Guitar
■ Sogno ■ Primavera ■ Nostalgia Credits Composedy by Tony D'Addono (Copyright 2023 Anthony D'Addono) Tony D'Addono: Classical Guitar Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mark Minassian at Rosemill Studios. |
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Four Songs of Innocence
■ Introduction ■ The Shepherd ■ A Dream ■ Spring A suite written for classical guitar and voice by composer, Tony D'Addono. The songs are based on William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" with the lyrics being taken from Blake's original text. This is an exquisite performance by Mr. D'Addono and vocalist, Melanie Zhang. Credits
Tony D'Addono: classical guitar Melanie Zhang: vocals Composed by Tony D'Addono (Copyright 2014 Tony D'Addono) Text by William Blake Cover art: original cover to "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake (1786) and now in the public domain. Recorded at Rosemill Studio 2022 Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mark Minassian |
Comments:
■ Oh my gosh! These are AWESOME!! ~ Lynne Frederick (owner of Malvern Music)
■ Outstanding job. I enjoyed Tony's playing and the vocalist (Melanie Zhang) did an outstanding job! The tunes are reminiscent to Madrigal tunes, although the Madrigal was without instruments. The tunes have both great parts...guitar and vocals. ~ Teddy Tedeso
■ They are beautiful! The vocalist has a really lovely voice! ~ Maureen Adams
■ Masterpieces all! ~ Al Colucci
■ They're absolutely wonderful. ~ Bonnie Sumerfield
■ Loved the Blake suite. The music is very accessible and has an organic and collaborative quality with the poetry. Those are things that I think are important when setting text. ~ Thomas Smith
■ They sound great! Great playing and Melanie Zhang did a wonderful job. ~ Ignatius Hneleski III
■ Oh my gosh! These are AWESOME!! ~ Lynne Frederick (owner of Malvern Music)
■ Outstanding job. I enjoyed Tony's playing and the vocalist (Melanie Zhang) did an outstanding job! The tunes are reminiscent to Madrigal tunes, although the Madrigal was without instruments. The tunes have both great parts...guitar and vocals. ~ Teddy Tedeso
■ They are beautiful! The vocalist has a really lovely voice! ~ Maureen Adams
■ Masterpieces all! ~ Al Colucci
■ They're absolutely wonderful. ~ Bonnie Sumerfield
■ Loved the Blake suite. The music is very accessible and has an organic and collaborative quality with the poetry. Those are things that I think are important when setting text. ~ Thomas Smith
■ They sound great! Great playing and Melanie Zhang did a wonderful job. ~ Ignatius Hneleski III
Sleepy Boy |
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The duo Two for Tea from Bethlehem, PA, visited Rosemill Studio in the summer of 2022 to record their interpretation of Sleepy Boy, an original song that Mark wrote and subsequently performed on WHYY's House Concert Series in 2021. The talented twosome consists of keyboardist/vocalist Matt Asti and vocalist/actress Madelyn Dundon (star of the 2017 movie Getting Grace), who authentically perform classic standards from a bygone era. It certainly was a thrill to have them both in the studio, as their rendition of Mark’s composition places it firmly in the "Great American Songbook" tradition.
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I' Te Vurria Vasa (I Long to Kiss You) |
A beautiful Neapolitan song called, "I' Te Vurria Vasa" recorded and mixed at Rosemill Studio. It was performed on classical guitar by Mark’s best friend and guitarist extraordinaire, Tony D'Addono. Be sure to visit Tony's website and listen to his own brilliant compositions and transcriptions for classical guitar.
Tony D'Addono |
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Itchycoo Park
This is Rosemill Studio’s entry into Eventide Audio’s Itchycoo Park Challenge, a 2019 remix contest in which hundreds of professional and home studios, on a tight deadline, produced a new take on the classic 1967 psychedelic pop song by The Small Faces. Supplied with basic raw tracks from veteran
Americana artist James Maddock and his band of studio musicians, this Rosemill Studio mix uniquely features a cold vocal opening and an acoustic guitar/ukulele tail at the end, among other more subtle tweaks.
Comment from PlasticBoomerangPastry: “This is a cool trippy take on the song, lots of nice use of flange, phasing, and delay. The effects…enhance
the trippy nature of the song.”
Recorded at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, NJ
Stewart Lerman - Producer
Pete Bischoff - Engineer
James Maddock - Lead Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
John Weber - Drums
Tony Shanahan - Bass & Backing Vocals
Christian Colabelli - Electric Guitar
Peter McCulloch - Keyboards
Tony Agnello - Ukulele
Mixed at Rosemill Studios in Chester County, PA
Leo Valentino & Mark Minassian (aka I Am Winkle) - Mix & Post Production Engineers
Copyright 1967 S. Marriott and R. Lane
Americana artist James Maddock and his band of studio musicians, this Rosemill Studio mix uniquely features a cold vocal opening and an acoustic guitar/ukulele tail at the end, among other more subtle tweaks.
Comment from PlasticBoomerangPastry: “This is a cool trippy take on the song, lots of nice use of flange, phasing, and delay. The effects…enhance
the trippy nature of the song.”
Recorded at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, NJ
Stewart Lerman - Producer
Pete Bischoff - Engineer
James Maddock - Lead Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
John Weber - Drums
Tony Shanahan - Bass & Backing Vocals
Christian Colabelli - Electric Guitar
Peter McCulloch - Keyboards
Tony Agnello - Ukulele
Mixed at Rosemill Studios in Chester County, PA
Leo Valentino & Mark Minassian (aka I Am Winkle) - Mix & Post Production Engineers
Copyright 1967 S. Marriott and R. Lane
Let Her Know performed by IVO |
Mixed by Mark Minassian (I Am Winkle) & Leo Valentino
In the Fall of 2017, Rosemill Studio participated in Softube’s “Mix with the Masters” contest, along with hundreds of other home and professional studios from around the world. Contestants were provided with the individual vocal and instrument master tracks of a song called “Let Her Know” which had been recently written and recorded by the European artist, IVO (www.ivo.cd), and were tasked with producing a final stereo mix.
Among the unique changes made: duplicating a mandolin section heard later in the song and placing it at the very beginning; removing some electric guitar and piano parts while also removing a section of the doubled lead vocal, all of which allowed the song to build more gradually. Listen closely, and you’ll hear some additions, which included placing some “Oooos” (that were previously sung) right before the break, prior to the first outro, fitting quite well with the vocals there. During the second outro, the upper-most background vocal part was boosted and placed above the “I know, I know” section (which was made more prominent), while at the same time removing one of the lead vocal lines to create a natural space for it. And finally, an octave lower vocal part was added to the lead vocal in the final refrain, adding a bit more texture.
Among the unique changes made: duplicating a mandolin section heard later in the song and placing it at the very beginning; removing some electric guitar and piano parts while also removing a section of the doubled lead vocal, all of which allowed the song to build more gradually. Listen closely, and you’ll hear some additions, which included placing some “Oooos” (that were previously sung) right before the break, prior to the first outro, fitting quite well with the vocals there. During the second outro, the upper-most background vocal part was boosted and placed above the “I know, I know” section (which was made more prominent), while at the same time removing one of the lead vocal lines to create a natural space for it. And finally, an octave lower vocal part was added to the lead vocal in the final refrain, adding a bit more texture.
