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. . . but we ain't stoopid."™
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Aug 2014
The
Stoodio is
back in operation as a Recording facility. Kenny
Crimewave
has outfitted The Stoodio with a state-of-the art Control Room. Also,
there are even more vintage and modern microphones. The
legendary
underground atmosphere has only been enhanced.
In the last couple of years, The Stoodio never
stopped acting as a rehearsal space for several Detroit and
out-of-town bands.Now with all the cool gear in place, musical artists will once again be producing recordings at The Stoodio.
May 2011
Circus Boy releases their 2nd and eponymously titled CD album produced by Kenny Crimewave and Skid Marx at The Stoodio.
February 2011
The Seatbelts complete and release a CD single My Little F4, recorded at The Stoodio by Kenny Crimewave.
November 2010
Carvnival Girl completes and releases CD album Live and Otherwise produced by Kenny Crimewave at The Stoodio.
October
2010
RockDigi becomes The
Stoodio.
Summer
2010
This
summer was
unusually
busy with
many local and international artists
recording and/or rehearsing at The Stoodio. Sarana VerLin,
Billy
Brandt, Beaux Mitchell, The Seat Belts, Circus Boy, Meredith Lorde
(Glamour Puss), Ridha Ibrahim from Tunisia via Italy, Sista Otis and of
course Brother Crimewave were among the multitude that graced The
Stoodio with their presence.
Kenny
Crimewave &
Beaux Mitchell
Other Detroit rockers used the facilities just to jam with their pals
in other bands.
The
Schmenges, however, did not
record, rehearse or jam at The
Stoodio.
April
2010
The Stoodio
recording, Honesty
(the CD/Album) by Carolyn Striho wins 2010 Outstanding Pop/Rock
Recording at theDetroit
Music
Awards.
April
2010
The Stoodio
recording, Promised
Land: Techno
by
Carolyn Striho wins the 2010 Outstanding Techno/Dance Recording at the
Detroit Music Awards.
March
2010
On
March 4, 2010, Former partner, Mark L. Leonard, died
suddenly.
He was 56 years old. He will be sorely missed.
Mark
Leonard R.I.P.
November 2009
The
award
winning CD/Album
Honesty
by
Carolyn Striho is completed and released.
Honesty
was
recorded, mixed and mastered by Kenny Crimewave. Honesty
was produced by Kenny
Crimewave, Scott Dailey and Carolyn Striho.
February
2009
The
Stoodio upgrades
to Pro
Tools 8
November
2008
CD/Album
Are
You For Real? by
Circus
Boy is completed and
released. Are
You For Real? was
recorded,
mixed and
mastered by Kenny Crimewave.
Are
You For
Real? was
produced
by Kenny Crimewave and Skid Marx.
June
2008
The
Stoodio replaces
Quad
2.5 Power Mac with 8-Core
Intel Mac Pro.
September
2007
The
Stoodio upgrades to
Pro
Tools HD3
and added tons of plug-ins
October
2006
The
Rockhouse becomes
RockDigi when The Stoodio installs Pro
Tools HD2.
March
1993
The
Stoodio begins
recording by synchronizing an analog recorder, the Tascam
TSR-8,
with
a digital recorder, the
Tascam DA-88. February 1992
February 1993
Occupancy
Permit issued by the
Township
of Redford,
Michigan for the current site of The Stoodio
The Rockhouse, now The Stoodio, founded by Kenny
Crimewave & Brian
Rozek.
In The Stoodio
Dan Boyd Records New Bass Lines for 9 Original Brother Crimewave Tunes.
On
Sunday, Dec. 21, Dan Boyd replaced all his bass parts on 9
original Brother Crimewave songs originally recorded in 2012. The
project had to be suspended when Kenny Crimewave had heart failure.
After open heart surgery to repair a Mitral valve (June,
2012), and an "Ablation" procedure (Sept, 2014) Kenny has
recovered and the project has been resumed.
The mics used on Dan's bass rig were: (1) EV RE-20 close
mic, off axis 45°; (2) CADLIVE D82 Ribbon, near distant mic; (3)
AKG CX-12 tube condenser, room mic. Also recorded was the line
out from Dan's TC Electronic RH-750 amp.
Dan used a homemade two way (mid/hi) cabinet of his own design
(18sound 6ND410 mid/XD125 HF driver & waveguide) on
top of an old Ampeg B-15 cab outfitted with an Eminence 3015LF speaker.
In the control room, signals entered an Audient ASP880 mic pre routed
via SMUX to a Motu 828x Thunderbolt interface. The DAW software used was
Reaper on a "late-2013" MacBook Pro.
Monitoring was on a pair of Adam SX-2 speakers.
Thanks to Ron Stahl for his assistance and use of the AKG CX-12 Mic.
Tuesday Night Jams
Whenever there is no band rehearsing or recording in The Stoodio, some of Detroit's hottest players jam out and of couse the DAW is recording it all. Along with the usual suspects, there's usually a few surprise guests stopping by for the festivities.
Rehearsing Recently
Circus BoySeatbelts
Nikki Corvette
RUR
Troubleman
Kevin K
Dollar Domestics
Sista Otis
Brother Crimewave
Meridith Lorde
Grand Re-Opening
The finishing touches are done at The (new and improved) StoodioKenny Crimewave will soon be hosting a Grand Re-Opening Celebration with jamming and all the usual suspects in the very near future.
Tuesday Night JamsRecently
Tuesday night jams have begun
and will happen weekly as long as there are no rehearsals or recording
scheduled.
More
Activity
Sista Otis
and her band rehearsed
at The Stoodio
during the last week of July 2010 and returned with her scaled-down
band in November.
Carnival Girl
featuring
Sarana
VerLin,
Beaux Mitchell,
Don Gillespie
and Kerry Gluckman
recorded an EP at
The Stoodio. The CD Release Party was held at Mario's
in Troy, November 20, 2010 .
Sarana
& Jayjay
Sarana, Gary and Kerry
were joined by Jayjay Quick
from the UK on bass for a
special session including both multitrack audio and video.
Camera work was performed by The
Stoodio in-house cinematographer, Dan Boyd,
the Wizard
of Livonia.
Dan Boyd
DMA
Nominee Circus Boy
has finished recording their
2nd
CD album at The Stoodio and has released it.
Brother Crimewave, Circus Boy and The Seat Belts all regularly rehearse at The Stoodio.
That's
A Wrap!
The Stoodio hosted a
"wrap" party after Carolyn
Striho's
award
winning CD, Honesty
was completed. In
attendance were invited guests including many musicians, industry
people and friends. They jammed for hours.
