Nick Blagona
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London, England was electric with the Pop Music explosion of the mid sixties when Nick Blagona arrived there to be a part of it all. Nick began his recording engineer apprenticeship at Decca Studios and then became a staff engineer at Wessex Studios. In 1971, on a visit home to Canada Nick met with André Perry and they discussed the unprecedented idea of building an environmental studio in the Laurentien Mountains. Word spread very quickly that North America's first residential recording studio housed a world-class engineer in Nick Blagona and that the setting was perfectly conducive to creativity and anonymity. 'If you build it they will come.' And come they did. Throughout the 70s Nick engineered albums for Chicago, Rainbow, The BeeGees, The Police, The McGarrigle Sisters, Uzeb, Robert Charlebois, and several repeat engagements by Cat Stevens and Nazareth. Over the years this great sounding studio drew the likes of David Bowie, Rush, The Police,Tina Turner, Roberta Flack and Keith Richards,. Nick began his production career with April Wine's Harder/Faster which reached #2 on Billboard's Top 200 and for which Nick was a Juno nominee regarding the singles, "Say Hello" and Streetheart's "Under My Thumb". This is an ever evolving industry and by late 1983, with offers requiring Nick to take substantial time away from 'Le Studio', he decided he'd pursue work as an independent engineer/producer., and so co-produced, engineered and mixed Kim Mitchell's 'Akimbo Alogo'. He also engineered and mixed both Boy's Bridgade's and Streetheart's most successful album. Nick became the creative engineer/mixer for Deep Purple when they reformed in 1983, engineering and mixing Perfect Strangers, House of Blue Light and Slaves and Masters. Meanwhile, Nick engineered and mixed several solo and duo albums for Roger Glover and Ian Gillan. After nine years of lengthy recording jaunts around the world with Deep Purple, Nick wanted to get home to Canada. In 1992 he set home base in Toronto. Initially, aligning himself with a respected top-flight studio was necessary. McClear Pathé Studios was just that venue and for the first year Nick worked as the engineering supervisor there where he once again began developing Canadian talent . Nick recorded: Bruce Hornsby, Live at McClear; The Canadian All Stars: A Tribute to Glenn Miller; Memo Acevedo and the Jazz Cartel: Building Bridges; he also travelled to Nashville where he recorded George Jones, Live in Tennessee. (Nick also mixed this to video). During the mid-nineties Nick Blagona produced many independent Canadian and American albums; he creatively engineered and mixed albums, he engineered musical film scores, he engineered for film and television, he continued to be prolific in many musical genres including country, classical, rock, pop, jazz and world music, and, he forged a new facet of his career as a Mastering Engineer. In early 1996, Metalworks Recording Studios built a world-class mastering room with Nick Blagona in mind. Nick was asked to be the principal in-house Mastering Engineer. Almost ten years later Nick has mastered well over 3000 projects from across the continent and has gained an excellent reputation for himself, and Metalworks Mastering Lab has become Canada's leading mastering room. Nick continues his production and engineering career. In the last half of the 90s Nick completed two engineering projects with the Toronto Tabla Ensemble and a 2B3 project with a world class B3 keyboardist, Lance Anderson, and members of Little Feat. He also co-produced, engineered, mixed and mastered a classic Jazz album, 'The Birth of Sprawl', for Rita Di Ghent. With the new Century Nick mixed a second project for Gruvoria, a new breed of funky jazz. Nick worked with New York's Tommy West mastering Anne Murray's double inspirational album and completed the remix and mastering of Tea Party's Tryptich which went platinum in Canada and Australia. Once again Nick pioneered sonic solutions in Canada, this time in DVD 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound for audio/video applications and worked with the brilliantly talented of Jeff Martin of Tea Party to create an interactive 5.1 Surround Sound CD ROM of Tea Party's best videos. David Usher asked Nick and Jeff Martin to create a retrospective of Moist in DVD 5.1 and Nick also worked with Todd Kerns' solo project as mixing engineer. In the early 2000s Nick engineered, mixed and mastered the new Tea Party CD InterZone Mantras, Nick produced and engineered projects for Hundred Mile House, The Kramdens, Jay Murphy, Neevah - now signed to a micro label in the U.S., Barnard & Brohm, 2 Standards Sessions Albums for Rita Di Ghent among others. In 1998, with the advent of digital work stations, always interested in advancement within the art of recording and it's attendent technological innovations, and with his mind and sensibilities imbedded in the tropics, Nick opened his private home 5.1 studio environment, Psychotropic Studios. Here he nurtured his new passion, digital recording. Incorporated with analogue depth, the ease of handling tracks opened new vistas and realized expression in 'total recall' for the first time. Now a country fellow, he lives and works at home, he masters exclusively at Metalworks, and travels the world as an independent producer/engineer. Nick has also been writing with artists in the new century. Zedsketch is just such a collaboration in which Nick co-wrote all the songs on the project. He's recently completed an exciting project with Michael Lee Jackson on which Nick also co-wrote a few tracks. Nick also co-wrote The Title track of Tommy Z's new Memphis-style Blues album "Universal Love" which he also produced. Awards: 3 Juno nominations won a Felix for best engineer. Nick Blagona has been integral to the history of music recording in Canada and internationally, and he has created recordings that played pivotal on the world stage in the industry for almost 40 years. From his early recordings to a 40 year retrospective of Ian Gillan's, Nick has been a mentor and inspiration to so many talented engineer/producers we know and respect today. He learned from the best and those that follow will be inspired by Nick's incredible body of work, as well. He is a Canadian national treasure and his legacy will speak for itself.
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Wrong Reverend Pope John the Melodicist

John O'Connor



Dec 5 2009 5:23 PM

From one old fart to another, happy birthday, Nick. I hope your day is special and that you celebrate another 200 great birthdays.
Colin Drake

Colin Drake



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

HAVE A KICK ASS BIRTHDAY NICK!
ALL THE BEST!!!!!

:)
COL>
Yellowhouse (now on CDBaby!)

Yellowhouse (now on CDBaby!)



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Happy Birthday from Yellowhouse!

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SIFU STEPHEN DOE

SIFU STEPHEN DOE



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Hey Nick, Hope that you have a great Birthday! May the year ahead be your best one yet!

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Colin Drake

Colin Drake



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Hope you have a great birthday Nick :)
Official Doobie Whitehorn USA Street Team

Official Doobie Whitehorn USA Street Team



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM


Check out Doobie's AMAZING tunes
SOLO ALBUM "TOUCH'E" OUT SOON

PEACELOVE&ROCKNROLL
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Thank you for supporting Doobie Whitehorn
Here is the link to his Street Team in Australia
Here is the link to Doobie's personal page which he manages and responds to personally
Limited Light

Limited Light



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Hi Nick.
Thanks for accepting our add request.
We hope you enjoy the music.  Do you have a favorite from our tracks?
Is there anyone on your friend list you think would also like our music?  If so, please pass on the word to have them check us out!
Feel free to also check out/add our side-projects at http://www.myspace.com/lightunlimited (mellower) and http://www.myspace.com/hogjowl (heavier)!
Melanie Feldon's Official Page

Melanie Feldon



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM


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Beyond Addiction (Looking for a Drummer)

Beyond Addiction (Looking for a Drummer)



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Yeah! Deep Purple, love it.
owen

owen



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Glad to hear you're up an around already!
Take care of you my friend...

O
Uncharted Sounds

Uncharted Sounds



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Check out Uncharted Sounds www.unchartedsounds.com JULY issue and our exclusive interviews with BEAST and Melissa Auf der Maur. Also, featured in our JULY issue is our in depth coverage of NXNE, with one on one interviews with artists such as No Age, show reviews and more. ALSO don’t miss......Uncharted Sounds UCS Live Show featuring EDGEFEST 09 is posted ! See our exclusive interviews with Dean Lickyer, The Johnstones, Dinosaur Bones, and Moneen. Go to www.unchartedsounds.com and click on the UCS Live Video Tab or go to www.youtube.com/unchartedsounds

Ocean Studios Burbank

Ocean Studios Burbank



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Just wanted to drop you a line and say hello. Hope all is well up north. Cheers!

g-
Uncharted Sounds

Uncharted Sounds



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Uncharted Sounds SEPT Issue is up! This month’s cover feature is rock sensation Alison Jane. Also featured are interviews with Dance Electric, Oceanship, and Modernboys Moderngirls.  Uncharted Sounds was also backstage in Montreal with STEREOS and Emery Street along with festival reviews on Just for Laughs, Vans Warped Tour and Virgin Festival.

Go to www.unchartedsounds.com Canada’s hot and new innovative on line music magazine.

Eldorado

Eldorado



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

NEW ELDORADO ALBUM!!!!
Have a look to the music video of "The House Of The 7 Smokestacks".  You may also listen to some of our new songs in our myspace.
Already in itunes!      Golden
Alex Raz-Official Myspace Page

Alex Raz-Official Myspace Page



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Hi Nick, check out my band Recess, this video featured on Yahoo.com's front page, April 2009, over 700,000 views!

Bay Records

Bay Records



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Peace, from Music City!


 __Bay Records__
Nashville, Tennessee
Uncharted Sounds

Uncharted Sounds



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Uncharted Sounds OCT 09 Issue is up! This month’s cover feature is Three Star Seed from Toronto. Also featured this month are interviews with The Junction, Emery Street, Hannah Georgas, The Lost Fingers, DJ Meech and more. Also, don’t forget to check out UCS Live on www.YouTube.com/unchartedsounds for great Canadian Indie artists and other amazing guests. For Oct tune in to see our exclusive interviews at The Toronto International Film Festival’s Canadian Music Café to include USS, Stef Lang and Winter Gloves. 

Go to www.unchartedsounds.com Canada’s finest multi media promotion network for Canadian Music.

The Spanish Caravan

The Spanish Caravan



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Peace, from Music City!
Uncharted Sounds

Uncharted Sounds



Dec 5 2009 5:22 PM

Check out Uncharted Sounds UCS Live Interview with DEFAULT debuting their amazing new album COMESANDGOES at The Gibson Artist Lounge in Toronto. Go to: www.YouTube.com/unchartedsounds or www.myspace.com/unchartedsounds
Special thanks to GIBSON and EMI Canada for making this interview possible !!!
Anya

Anya



Dec 5 2009 5:21 PM

Hello, it's been a while... How are you doing?
Sorab Jon Asar

Sorab Jon Asar



Apr 11 2009 11:52 AM

hey,

thanks for adding me!

You're a great producer!

greetz from germany,

Sorab
Blizzards From Oz

Blizzards From Oz



Apr 12 2009 8:00 PM

Wishing you and.. a super Easter Weekend. Nick Blagona and Kevin Churko Rule! Amazing Music Producers... Cheers, Joe "REAPER" Lalonde
The Shaftmen

The Shaftmen



Mar 17 2009 3:31 PM

nick..thanks for the ad..nice job on the gillan disc, which I'm listening too right now..you will like the 5.1 on the new jeff beck blu-ray live at ronnie scott's..
keep in touch
john e-THE SHAFTMEN
Todd Anthony Joos and the Revelators

Todd Anthony And Revelators



Mar 10 2009 5:47 PM

Hi Nick!
Hope all is well with you and MJ. I will be going back into the studio this Fall to record my next record. I can't wait to hear your great work on the new material! I've also got a few projects I am producing that will need your expert Mastering touch sometime this year. Keep on Rockin' Brother!
Todd
DIEMONDS (On iTunes)

DIEMONDS (On iTunes)



Mar 2 2009 4:37 AM

rock forever!!!!!!!
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