Asobi Seksu: The shoe gazer dream pop heros have just released a new album, Fluoresence. The Tour starts this fall. Yuki, James and drummer Larry Gorman came up to Mama's Place for 2 days to record and mix a couple of cover tunes for a 7inch tour promo. Covered and maybe bested are the tunes Little House of Savages (The Walkmen) and Never Understand (Jesus and Mary Chain). Check out the Asobi Seksu site.

Duncan Sheik: Duncan's brand new album release, Covers 80s, is a covers record of 80s brit synth pop. It is receiving very good press for it’s take on hits by Howard Jones, The Smiths, Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode and others. What is the Twist? The record is recorded with all acoustic instruments – acoustic guitar, ukulele, piano, harmonium, Glockenspiel, Marimba and dulcimer are among them. Michael Tudor recorded and mixed this organic blaspheme for Megaforce Records. Check out the Duncan Sheik site.

Ari Hest: For his forthcoming album, this New York singer songwriter has teamed up with Producer Gerry Leonard, Michael Tudor and Ari’s band Doug Yowell, Thad DeBrock, Rob Calder, Daniel Mintseris. Basics have been recorded at Paul Antonell’s Clubhouse Studio in Rhinebeck, NY. It sounds like God. More to come… Check out the Ari Hest site.

Tanya Horo: Singer of Australia's own Sherlock’s Daughter has recently relocated her band to NYC. Simultaneously, Tanya has completed a 2 year personal project. She and cohort Gray Pillemer brought the solo album up to Mama’s Place to mix with Michael Tudor. Soon to be released. Fantastic. Check out the Sherlock's Daughter site.

American Psycho and The Nightingale: These are two Broadway musicals the composer Duncan Sheik has in preproduction. Michael Tudor sound designed with Florian Staab the Powerhouse Theater workshop of The Nightingale with director Moises Kaufman. Next, Michael will sound design the American Psycho workshop directed by Rupert Goold in September. These are some heavy irons in the fire. Check out the Duncan Sheik site.

Czechomor: The Czech Republic’s own has just gone platinum with their new release on Universal, Mistecko. Led by Karel Holas and Produced by guitarist Gerry Leonard, the line-up includes bassist Tony Levin, drummer Doug Yowell and the classic Czechomor band. Michael Tudor recorded the US tracks and commixed the album with mixer Kevin Killen. Once again at Mama’s Place in Woodstock, NY. Check out the Czechomor site.

Suzanne Vega: Songstress Suzanne Vega has written a play based on the life and work of American novelist Carson McCullers. Carson McCullers Talks About Love is showing at the Rattlestick Theater in the West Village. Directed by Kay Matschullat. Michael Tudor is sound design consultant. Check out the Suzanne Vega site.

Marah: Philly's own masters of rock, Marah are breaking their own mold with the first release to follow their disbanding and reforming in early 2008. It is one thing to make the next record, it is another thing to have to prove to the world that you are better than ever. One look at the recent live shows will let any hard core Marah fan know there are no doubts and no time to be wasted analysing line ups. Founder Dave Beilanko leads in typical style the band of Christine Smith - Keys and vox, Johnny Pisano - bass, and Martin Lynds - Drums. The new record is a cross section of basic tracks cut in a studio in Nashville and tracks cut in a home studio in Central PA. Michael Tudor came in to the picture during pre-production to help the band assemble a bullet proof home recording set up, assess existing material and bring it to completion. Of course once Marah's studio was up and running, new tracks came tumbling out. The resulting recordings show the strength of the group while also capturing the spontaneity of the writing and multi-instrumental talents of the core members Dave and Christine. The album is being mixed at Mama's Place in Woodstock by Michael Tudor and the band. The first single Put 'em in the Graveyard has just been digitally released. the completed album is slated for early 2010. Check out the Marah site.

Link to Put 'em in the Graveyard... Marah releases teaser single from new record.

Hard Drugs: Vancouver rock band Hard Drugs has been holed up in Silver Hollow making the follow up album to their ambitious self titled rock opera which tells the unvarnished tail of a couple of star crossed lovers lost in the depths of addiction. This new project is a collection of songs written during the months recording the opera. Hard Drugs, a cross between Johnny Cash, The Modern Lovers and The Replacements, is lead by songwriter Jeffry Lee (Blood Meridian). "JLee" as he is known, plays guitar and shares vocals with his lovely better half and co-founder Jenni Lee . As the comparisons suggest, Hard Drugs has a traditional caste to their material. Their performance is also close to their roots. Rarely today in the rock genre do you see a more honest presentation. Beyond first impressions, Hard Drugs encompasses a depth and an irony which stems from clever, hard edged song writing that is immediately timeless. They have done their heroes proud. Michael Tudor is producing this record along with JLee. All the tracking was done at Mama's Place in Woodstock. Basic tracks are almost finished. They are only to do a few overdubs and will be ready for mixing. The tambourine plays a highly prominent roll in this production. During their first album, it was suggested to JLee that if he was not careful, he would end up with tambourine on every song on the record, to which he replied, that was exactly what he was aiming for. Check out the Hard Drugs site.

Link to Party Forever... Hard Drugs photo blog about making their record at Defiant.

NYU Music Dept: This Fall, Michael Tudor has been a guest speaker at NYU in Music Attorney/Musician David Purcell's course on the business of music. Considering the shape of the music biz of late, this is definitely not a subject for the faint of heart. Students attending this course may feel more like they are enrolled in autopsy 101. But this perhaps is what makes this exercise particularly exciting. We are all trying to adapt to a new paradigm that is not fully shifted. These students are present at a rebirth of the music industry that will prove to be the most challenging metamorphosis of the business model to happen in decades. Hopefully, some of them will grow to be the captains of the new industry. How will they do this? Will they remember their day with Michael Tudor when they are at the top? No one can say. For now anyway, Michael spoke about the process of record production; not the fairy tail version, but the hide-under-your-bed version. The students did not miss a beat and asked all the right questions. Today, this is what we in the music business need to do, ask the right questions...

Mike and Ruthy: the most bad ass married musical duo since Stephen Foster and Mae West strutted the boards in ‘23. Hailing from West Hurley, NY, their newest baby is a home recorded album titled Waltz of the Chickadee. It mixes stunning orginal and tradition folk/bluegrass/blues songs. Michael Tudor met the duo at a session for a Mark Mulcahy tribute album. They joined Adam Greenberg of Senator to build a dark and swimmy remake of the song The Way That She Really Is. A month later, Mike and Ruthy came back to Michael’s Mama's Place in Woodstock to Master their new album for CD release. Please give a fine WWW welcome to the Catskill kids themselves... Mike and Ruthy site.

Senator and the New Republic: otherwise known as singer songwriter Adam Greenberg, walked in off the street with a record project that has become a lushus down tempo groove and grind. This production is deep in AM Radio Gold territory. Contributing their musicianship to this viby vamp are the following: Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckly, Duncan Sheik), Bill Dobrow (Black Crowes, Sean Lennon), Oren Bloedow (Elysian Feilds, Chocolate Genius), Jason Hart (Rufus Wainright, Antony & the Johnsons), Catherine Popper (Ryan Adams), Mike Jones (Violent Femmes). Michael Tudor recorded and produced this gem along with Adam Greenberg. Please check out the Senator site.

Link to Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy - This new album is a tribute to acclaimed Miracle Legion and Polaris front man Mark Mulcahy, in memory of his wife Melissa, featuring new interpretations of his songs by Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr., Mercury Rev, The National, Frank Black, Josh Rouse, David Berkeley, Elvis Perkins, Joe Purdy, Winterpills and others. Senator recorded the song The Way That She Really Is. This track produced by Michael Tudor features Mike and Ruthy on guitar and fiddle.

Holly Brook (now known as Skylar Gray): multi talented singer songwriter had teamed up with Duncan Sheik and Michael Tudor to record her upcoming release. The band included piano and vocal-Holly Brook, drums-Matt Johnson and Doug Yowell, bass-Milo De Cruz, guitar and vocal-Duncan Sheik, lead guitar-Gerry Leonard, orchestral arrangements-Simon Hale. Basics were recorded at Flux studios in Manhattan. Mixed at Mama's Place in Woodstock, NY. Check out the Holly Brook site.

Little Spirit - A Christmas In New York: an animated holiday special sponsored by Macy's and airing on NBC, Dec 10th at 8pm. Produced at Curious Pictures, the special is a non denominational Christmas tale about a young boy named Leo who enlists the help of a small spirit-being to find his lost dog in vastness of New York's concrete jungle. The story is told in flashbacks to a pair of young sisters by a cabby on a ride from the airport to their grandmother's house for Christmas. Both Leo and the sisters are in the midst of family turmoil and their journeys bring them to discover strength within themselves to move beyond their troubles. In the tradition of animated holiday specials, Little Spirit is full of supernatural magic and kids that are "in the know" while parents are just trying to catch up. It features the voices of Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez and NBC News anchor Brian Williams. Little Spirit was created by writer/director Leopoldo Gout and produced by Kris Greengrove. Music composed by Duncan Sheik with David Poe and Holly Brook. Music recorded, mixed and supervised by Michael Tudor. There are some clips posted on the NBC site. Check out the Little Spirit previews.

Dare Dukes: singer songwriter out of Savanna by way of New York by way of Minneapolis by way of San Jose has a style that reflects the twists and turns of his odyssey across America. He rejects the surface of his american experience and instead gives us what is below the crust. Those unassuming details of our lives are pressure charged and forced out by magma and steam through the cracks or his lyric prose. In the beginning of this recording process, Michael got a call from Dare about doing a quick demo of the songs he was playing with Paul Garisto and Mark Boquist. They got together at Puremix basement studio in New York's East Village. What happened in that studio was beyond what they had anticipated. They captured something that was to be the beginnings of the new album, Prettiest Transmitter of All, release this November. It had been a good day. Check out the Dare Dukes site.

Whisper House: The next album release of artist Duncan Sheik, is actually songs from a theater project of the same name. The Edward Gorey-esque musical Whisper House recently workshopped in New York City is a collaboration with Obie Award-winning librettist Kyle Jarrow. The new record is not a cast album, but a personal project recorded at Duncan's home studio and mixed by Michael Tudor at Mama's Place in Woodstock. Horn and Wind arrangements were the work of Simon Hale and recorded at Angel Studios in London. Under the stewardship of Larry Hamby, the album is being picked up for distribution by Sony/BMG and is slated for release early 2009. It features Duncan on Vocals and various instruments, Holly Brook on vocals, Jerry Leonard on electric guitars, and Kevin Garcia on drums. Check out the Whisper House site.

Link to Whisper House... Duncan Sheik video blog about new album and musical, features animated video by director Leopoldo Gout.

The Copier: a modern dance produced at the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Company was just premiered in NYC over 4 days in Mid August. The ballet/installation was choreographed by Jill Jonhnson with an original score by David Poe. The orchestral portion or the score was recorded by Michael Tudor at Dubway studios in NYC. The players were violin 1 - Hiroko Taguchi, violin 2 - Olivier Manchon, viola - Todd Low and Cello - Ben Kalb. The Copier received rave reviews in the New York Times. Check out the Copier review.

GIRLS: is a new collaboration of artist/songwriter Johnny LeValley and Michael Jones. After an acclaimed run as creator/curator of the Le Jungle art gallery in Soho NY, as well as paintings and intstallations across NYC and London, Levalley recruited friend Michael Jones(LEVY, iLASH, Senator, The Still Out), and settled at the famed Red Door Room studios to write a batch of songs. The result is Sunday Child (Le Jungle Audio), their debut album produced and mixed by Michael Tudor. Drawing influence from early 80's Manchester and late 70's New York music and art scenes, GIRLS manage a sound all their own, a mash up of synth based/ beat heavy/club anthem rock.. Check out the GIRLS site.

The Nightrats: Hailing from BKNY, the band (Randy Frey and Chris McMillen) are proud to announce the release of their self titled debut LP. The album, produced and mixed by Michael Tudor, pulls influences from Serge Gainsbourg, David Bowie, Film Composer Danny Elfman, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and all that psychedelic pop of the mid to late nineteen sixties, to name a few. The Nightrats dreams up haunting, sometimes whimsical melodies sung high a-top sweeping, cinematic soundscapes. Joining Randy and Chris are longtime friends Michael Jones on drums and James Broughel on Guitar. Check out The Nightrats site.

The New York Dolls: Legends of glam, punk, rock and inspiration to anyone who is even slightly cool (or at very least, mascaranormal), the original members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain along with fellow soldiers of rock, bassist Sammi Yaffa, lead guitarist Steve Conte, and drummer Brian Delaney have recorded 2 nights of live shows in New York City between Christmas and New Years Eve 2008. These tenderers of lipstick zeitgeist have teamed up with Michael Tudor to mix these tracks for a release on Sony entitled Live at the Fillmore East. The live album will be a selection of ten songs from the two nights and includes the classics Looking for a Kiss and Puss 'N' Boots along with two "soon to be" classics from the newest studio release, Rainbow Store and Dance Like A Monkey. Check out the New York Dolls site.

Grammy Win! The original cast recording of the hit musical Spring Awakening has won the prize for the best musical album catagory. Some would say the chances were good seeing as the play recieved 8 Tony Awards, not to mentiion that the CD is expected to go gold this year. The production team on the record included Duncan Sheik as Producer, Michael Tudor as Engineer and Mixer, and Simon Hale as Arranger. The recording was done at Sneaky Studios, NYC. Check out the Spring Awakening site.

Bacon Brothers: Producer, songwriter David Poe in collaboration with Mandolay Films is pulling together a pool of artists to make their voices heard in that tuneful form of political commentary, the protest song. Since American youth are newly reclaiming real estate on the political horizon, what better way to proliferate but through "the music." The project is called the Us Campaign, and the first stop in ths voyage is a session with Kevin and Michael Bacon. With David Poe and Michael Tudor at the helm, the Bacons recorded an original tune called Children. Look for an internet release soon. Check out the Bacon Bros site.

Psychic Drive: Lizzy Vincent, formerly of the UK rock and roll act Birdland, has put together another loud sweaty ball of rock with bass player Kristin Fayne-Mulroy and Drummer Connie Yin. The new band is called Psychic Drive, and together with producers Michael Tudor and Jesse Malin they have sprung upon us a first rate EP for release leading up to the recording of the Drive's first full length. Already pre release they have gotten radio play of the EP. more info to come..... Check out the Psychic Drive site

De Novo Dahl: the upstarts from Nashville had their first release on Roadrunner Records this year. A&R man of all things Doll, David Bason (Dresden Dolls, New York Dolls, De Novo Dahl), brought Michael Tudor in to help out with a B side mix of a track called Looking for the Ghost and another called Make Some Sense. At first what Michael turned in was too mellow. They whipped his white bottom and he came back with the raunchy goods. Check out the De Novo Dahl site.

Mikki James: Coming back for his third release, East Village song writer Mikki James aka Mike G. (Thin Lizard Dawn, Jonny Lives!) returns guns blazing with this beautiful acoustic record, titled The Fall. It is to be released on Cevin Soling's Xemu Records in spring 2007. Mike's first release was The Mike G. record on See Thru. His second record as Mikki was Guess What, Fuck You on Sugar Daddy. Mikki teamed up with Michael Tudor to Mix this latest intamite and rich bedroom recording. Check out the Mikki James site.

Cars Tribute Album: with the album proceeds going to the American Cancer Society in memory of Benjamin Orr... The label had initially released it last year on Not-lame records... but it sold quickly and Rykodisc picked it up for an expanded re-release in spring 2007... That's when they contacted Williamsberg's own The Hong Kong through MySpace... seemed like a good cause... Plus, the band had to admit, it'd be kinda fun considering Ric produced their first full length album. The song chosen by the band was Moving in Stereo. Michael Tudor put a Mix on to this stunning rerecording of the classic tune. In the collection, there are a number of performers participating... Including Chris Collingwood (Fountains Of Wayne), the Pink Spiders, the Lashes, Jon Auer (the Posies), Jason Falkner, The Bravery, Butch Walker, Bleu, Action Action... and one "Special" guest... Check out The Hong Kong site.

Avoiding Home: the strong debut of singer songwriter, label man David Bason. This study in the prairie style gone sick and wrong is the best kept secret record of the year. College radio has to jump all over this one. The inspired band, made up of more misguided label men, is Matt Clery on bass and guitar and David Parker Purcell on drums. Special guests are Jenny Queen, Ian Russell, Rick G, Chad Van Gaalen. Sylvain Sylvain, Jesse Malin, Nicole Atkins, Chris Feinstein and more. Michael Tudor recorded and produced this record along with David Bason over a 12 month period at five different studidos. Check it out on iTunes electronic release.

The Cake Eaters Motion Picture: Directing debut of Mary Stuart Masterson. Staring among others, Elizabeth Ashley and Bruce Dern. This film is being scored by Duncan Sheik, Recorded and Mixed by Michael Tudor. Check out The Cake Eaters on IMDb.

Moonwatcher Music: Label of composer, guitarist, songwriter Joe Taylor in collaboration with SP&G Entertainment has just signed a distribution deal with Baker & Taylor. 2008 is starting out with three releases for Moonwatcher: veteran flute player John Ragusa's album Deseo, singer Jordan Trotter's self titled debut, and the man himself, Joe Taylor's latest release Accidental Sugar. Joe called Michael Tudor to Master these releases. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Check out the Moonwatcher Music site.

Spring Awakening: The new smash Broadway musical, Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater and Music by Duncan Sheik. This original cast album was produced by Duncan Sheik and Recorded and Mixed by Michael Tudor. It is to released on the Decca Classics label in December. Check out the Spring Awakening site.

HR of Bad Brains: Punk Legend HR came through Defiant Productions one night and recorded with Michael an unplugged 7 song demo. He also performed a vocal on a dub remix of the the song Pretty Pet by the English band Aberdeen City. The dub was released electronically. It was produced by David Bason and Michael Tudor.

Inward Eye: Winnipeg rock band Inward Eye teamed up with Jesse Malin and Michael Tudor for a song writing session in New York City. They are co-writing for their upcoming release on J Records. Out of these sessions came the song Easy Living. Check out the Inward Eye site.

Chris Garneau: Singer, song writer, pianist, Chris Garneau has just completed his new record, Music for Tourists. This record was produced by Duncan Sheik and Mixed by Michael Tudor. It is to released on the Absolutely Kosher Records label in September. Check out the Chris Garneau site.

Christine Smith: Singer, song writer, pianist, Christine Smith has just completed her new record, Tomorrow Blues. This record was produced by Christine Smith and Mixed by Michael Tudor. It is to released on the Phidelity Records label in October. Check out the Christine Smith site.

Jesse Malin: New York song writer Jesse Malin was working with Michael Tudor in the Defiant production room doing some writing and demoing for his upcoming recording for Adeline/Warner Bros. Playing guitar on these sessions was Ryan Adams. Bass played by Mikki James. Drums played by Johnny T. Management: Diane Gentile. Check out the Jesse Malin site.

Speech: Todd "Speech" Thomas who brought us Grammy Award winners Arrested Development has now introduced us to "Esmerelda." This title will be the first single on his new solo album, The Vagabond, released on the Bluhammock label. Michael Tudor put his hand in to create a radio remix of this single, coming to your top 40 airwaves soon... Check out the Speech site.

Jonny Lives!: AKA Jonny Dubowski has just finished his first full length with drummer Jon Weber and bassist Mikki James. This Rockin? Masterwork was recorded and produced by Michael Tudor and the band, and will be released in 2006 through ADA Distribution. Check out the Jonny Lives! site.

Las Rubias Del Norte: House band in the burgeoning music and arts center at the club Barbes in Brooklyn. Club owner and Rubias member Olivier Conan produced this upcoming second CD entitled Panamericana, and tracked selections with Michael Tudor at Defiant. To be released in 2006 through Barbes Records. Check out www.lasrubiasdelnorte.com.

The Picture: New York meets Liverpool in this new epic pop band. The Picture tracked an EP with Michael Tudor at Dangerous Music Studios. Mixing complements of Mark Owen. Check out www.thepictureonline.com.

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