Studio and location recording, production, sound design, ideas!
Ian Blake's recording and production skills have been recognized by ARIA with an award nomination and gold disc, the Canberra Critic's Circle, TDK with their Australian Audio Book Award, and clients including Eric Bogle, the ABC, the House of Representatives... and many Canberra bands.
"Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Jenny Gall's new CD Cantara has an incredible range of beautifully recorded instruments and natural sounds.'
That's Malcolm Fielding of indie-cds.com writing in Australian Hi-Fi
Blake has this to say for himself:
'The studio is based around a combination of state of the art recording software and some quirky vintage sound design applications: plus a good selection of mics and outboard. There are various acoustic spaces to play in: drums do well in the hallway, fiddles enjoy the kitchen, and singers, the lounge. My serious book habit has the useful side effect of providing acoustic treatment in the form of messy bookshelves. No need for those quadratic residue diffusers...
Blue Bear Studio offers a wide range of instruments, both traditional and electronic. Most of which I can play, or at least make a useful contribution on, with the exception of my trombone. These include saxes, clarinets, recorders, bass and keyboards, plus some more unusual items: fujara, border pipes, concertina, hot fountain pen, crumhorns, harps, zithers, cittern, bass harmonica, vintage synths and drum machines — some of which malfunction intriguingly. I have a thoroughly feral Optigan and a roguish Moog — instant glitch...
I do location work as well: handy for recording choirs and large ensembles. I'm happy doing 'classical' recording and editing, where score-reading ability may help.
I offer a variety of one-stop corporate and media services: writing and recording soundtracks, audio logos and IDs, voiceover, jingles. I also do useful audio-wrangling jobs such as transferring vinyl, cassette and other older formats to CD or other current media, plus audio cleanup and restoration jobs. Do feel free to contact me to discuss your project.'
Blue Bear Studio is located in leafy Latham — Canberra's most sedate suburb and 1970s design showcase. An old Valiant decays gently in the drive; wisteria twines wisterically round the eaves...
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