Larry Cowsert - President of 12 Bar Productions, LLC and Executive Producer at 12 Bar Records. Larry has been performing and recording music for better than 40 years. He is an active band musician and also performs as a solo artist. Larry learned some of his engineering and production techniques from some great studio engineers on Music Row back in the days of 2" tape and razor blade editing! Larry has a BS in Business Administration, an MBA in Management, and is completing his Master's Certification in Music Production and Technology from Berklee School of Music in Boston. He is a member of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Grammys).
Travis King -Chief Recording/Mix Engineer Travis holds a Bachelor's Degree in Audio Production from Webster University in St. Louis - the premiere St. Louis school for the study of audio engineering and music. Travis is a working musician, playing upright bass in FolknBluesGrass. Travis has a great ear for getting the most out of a recording. He has amazing skills at miking up instruments and getting great "natural" sounds even out of DI'd instruments. He has worked on projects for Javier Mendoza, Marquis Knox, Drew Mantia, The Gloaming, C-Box Prophets, John Shields, Pam Green and Dan Leonard (Piano Dan) and several others. He has done voice over work with Mike Rowe form Dirty Jobs and has worked with Producer Skip Saylor, learning what it takes to make grammy winning albums.
Chad Killion - Recording/Mix Engineer Chad is a graduate of the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, AZ with high marks for his skills at tracking and mixing songs with a heavy back beat. He has served in recording studios in Chicago, Illinois and the Phoenix, Arizona area. Chad is an awesome engineer and a Certified ProTools Operator. He has worked on projects for Ben Levin, Marquis Knox, and Brad Fox, among others.
Kevin O'Leary - Assistant Enigneer - Kevin began working with 12 Bar in June, 2008, after graduating Quincy University with a degree in Communications and Music Production. Kevin oversees the promotion and marketing of the studio, assists in booking tour dates for our signed acts, and assists in recording and mixing sessions.
Lorren Cornelius - Vice President of Artist Development, Lorren has a long and illustrious career in the music industry as a musician, songwriter and record label executive He was a mainstay DJ at world-famous KSHE radio from 1975 to 1981, doing promotion and working on-air as "Lorren Michaels". He left KSHE for LA, to work with KWST radio, KSHE's sister station, then to Westwood One. Lorren did an album with Buddy Greco and Visions on the Applause label, did a solo album with Moon Records (distributed by Polygram), lhen accepted an in-house songwriting position for Irving Publishing, a part of A&M Records. Lorren left A&M to work in promotions for Geffen Records, then added A&R responsibilities to his resume. While at Geffen he worked with The Nelsons, Jackal, Tyketto, and several other Gold and Platinum acts. Also, while at Geffen, he was instrumental in helping break Nirvana and worked with Aerosmith, Guns and Roses, Peter Gabriel, Cher, the Eagles and numerous others. After 12 years with Geffen, Lorren moved to V2, as A&R and promotion, where he brought Jesse James Dupree (lead singer of Jackal) as a solo artist. Lorren oversees the development of new acts that are brought to the label, as well as assisting in the mixing and production of their projects. Lorren is a Voting Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Grammys®)
Jerry Frischer - Co-Owner. Jerry has been a significant part of the music scene in St. Louis for better than 30 years. He is best known for two of his roles here in town: First, as the bass player for Jake's Leg, the very popular "Grateful Dead" tribute band, and secondly, as one of the key members of the St. Louis Blues Society and the Big Muddy Blues Festival (before Laclede's Landing got hold of it and practically destroyed it!).
12 Bar Productions, LLC
20 Worthington Access Drive
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
314-275-4938 (land and fax)
http://www.12barproductions.com
Wanna see and hear The Gloaming? Here's a video of War Boots that was shot at Cicero's in University City in March of 2008. If you like what you see/hear, please jump on "Make Rock History" and vote for The Gloaming!! Enjoy!
One of our best friends ... and the nicest guy to ever walk the Earth: Javier Mendoza and "Take Me Home"
Influences
If it's music, it has influenced us!!
But here are just a few of our inifluences: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zep, the Beatles, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Carlos Santana, Wilco, Radiohead, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Harry Chapin, Iron Butterfly, Tom Petty, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, The Who, Edgar Winter, Johny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Jerry Jeff Walker, the Three Kings - Albert King, Freddie King, and B.B. King, Mozart, Brahms, Lyst, Beethoven, Waylon Jennings, Shania Twain and Mutt Lang ........ well, you get the idea!
Sounds Like
Some of the artists who record with us include: Javier Mendoza, The Squares, Tritone, Nocturnal Rain, Drew Mantia, Marquis Knox, Brad Fox, The Gloaming, Folk'n BluesGrass Band, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Scottie Miller, Frank's Creation/Inner City Blues Band, John Charlton, Chris Aytes, The Cruzen Brothers, and many more. We've even recorded voice-overs with Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs".
Drew Mantia's albumSave Yourself has just been sent out for manufacturing. His cd release party is scheduled here in St.Louis, at Roadhouse 61 on Nov. 28th. It's been along wait but this album is fresh and ready to turn heads. If you can't make the cd release party, the album will soon be available for purchase on the 12 Bar website and myspace!
Javier Mendoza has just released "It's Good To Be Live Vol. 2". Travis King and Larry Cowsert recorded and did the live sound for the outdoor event this past spring, and it came out great! The cd does an incredible job of translating what a great show Javier can generate. You can hear track 8 "Beautiful" right here on our myspace.
We have just begun recording a gospel album for Andrew Whitten. Andrew is a great christian song writer, and will do well in the christian and country listening community. This music really inspires and give hope to all that listen.
Since the first of the year, we have done dozens of sessions for independent artists that included tracking, mixing, and/or mastering. We've done projects for Javier Mendoza, John Shields Band, Pam Green, TriTone, Andrew Whitten, Relation, Dan Leonard, Bottoms Up Blues Gang, C-Box Prophets, FolknBluesGrass and others. So we continue to say:
THE MORE PASSIONATE ARTISTS GET ABOUT THEIR MUSIC, THE MORE THEY TURN TO 12 BAR!!!
Last Fall, we were honored to be hosts to SKIP SAYLOR (you can check Skip out here: http:..www.skipsaylor.com) for several weeks. Skip is a very well known LA Producer/Engineer/Studio Owner. He has been involved ... in one way or another ... with such multi-platinum projects as Guns 'n' Roses "Use Your Illusion 1 and 2", k.d.lang's "Constant Cravings", Eminem's "Slim Shady", Eddie Money's "If I Could Walk On Water", and dozens of others. One look at the central hallway at his San Fernando Valley studio gives you a clue as to how many Gold and Platinum projects he's been a part of.
On October 21st, 2007 Mike Rowe from the hit Discover Channel show Dirty Jobs came into 12 Bar to do some voice overs for the show. He was in St.Louis to film a Dirty Jobs episode down on the riverfront. We had a great time working with Mike, and were honored that he picked 12 Bar to work with. There are pictures in our pics link.
12 Bar Records is a small, independent label run by musicians for musicians, meaning: we look out for your best interests and design our programs so that you become an active participant in decisions that affect your career. We partner with the bands/artists we sign, offering them label and publishing support, but in a way that the artists are making money out of the chute. We want to help you develop your talents and increase your exposure to the industry and fans.
We record everything from Bluegrass and Blues to Zydeco, from R&B and Hip Hop to Contemporary Country, from Heavy Metal and Rock to Caribbean grooved Gospel. We also record voice-overs for television, movies, advertisements, public service announcements and other types of voice and audio related recordings. We have a talented staff that has experience in all genres of music and all styles of recording services.
Gumboot Music Publishing is the Publishing subsidiary of 12 Bar Productions, LLC, focusing on securing copyrights; finding and negotiating placement deals in movies, television, commercials, and other sync forms; and managing and distributing royalties to our clients. An artist does not have to be signed to the 12 Bar Records label to be represented by Gumboot Music Publishing.
Aloha! Just checking in...I'll be in Hawaii this week and if you're around, come on out and say "Hi" or if you have friends and family in the islands, please help spread the word!
November 20th (Thurs.) 6-8pm
Pakele Live @ Ala Moana Hotel's Pakele Lounge
featuring Daniel Ho & Friends: Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, Ula Hewett, Barry Kimokeo
FREE!
(park for free at Ala Moana Shopping Ctr and take pedestrian ramp to the hotel)
November 23rd (Sun.) 3pm
St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church Fundraiser
Benefit for Community Outreach in Palama
Tickets: $15.00
St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
720 North King Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone 808-845-2112
Hope to see some of you there!
Mahalo,
Daniel
Greetings 12 Bar Productions How is the vibes? You dun know Nubian Empress Blessing your page!!!
This daughter ya Blazing "Nuff fire" with energized Word and Sound Power Reggae Music. Different to most Female Flow... I see you loving the Songs ! Give thanks for Coming to my space and leaving such wonderful uplifting comments.
I'm blessed to have a career making music that has bridged parts of five decades, so far... & I've pretty much flown under the radar... by being the "un-named singer for this band or that band"... or by being an "anonymous sideman for a host of R&B legends"... or "the guy playin' at the piano bar, in one of many cities along the east coast, whose soulful voice lingered in your mind for days or weeks".
I am Dave Foraker... a piano-poundin', storytellin', blues-singin' son of a gun... an old school entertainer, who learned my craft as I worked as a sideman for The Coasters, The Drifters, Spyder Turner, Maurice Williams, Percy Sledge, Marcel Evans, Thomas "Guitar" Gable & Clifford Curry.
I toured the "blues circuit" as a bandleader/vocalist/"bluesfiddler"... & have played piano bars from Alton, IL to Richmond, VA to Jacksonville, FL. I was honored to win the prestigious Low Country Blues Bash in February 1996... & was named "One Of The Top Ten Indie Artists of 2002".
My 4th CD,"Thank The Lord", a 2004 homage to Black Gospel, crossed over onto the Southern Gospel charts (#66 on the October 2005 Singing News Top 80)... which opened the door for me to work with The Journeymen Quartet and Karen Peck & New River.
I'm completing my 11th season at The Biltmore Estate Winery. Thanks to Hannah & Patricia in Special Events... & to Bruce, Spence & the crew at The Winery for the opportunity to entertain at America's premier tourist attraction, The Biltmore Estate!
Hey, Thank you very much for the add. Its about time that theres a place thats passionate about music. Ive not seen any other places anywhere that seem like their heads r in the right spot. It is all about music, I hope that you guys enjoy what Ive spent my time on. Thanks again for the add.
