MusicTom Rule: October 2011

10/30/11

Accessible Depth: Track Listing

Here's the track listing for Accessible Depth:

Solfigietto Jam 3:38
Storm 3:36
Happiness 3:33
Sun 2:56
Hot July 2:52
At The Cross 2:18
Spring Longing 3:31
Doooooo Dot 3:01
December Thoughts 3:13
Pam 3:10

What kind of music is this?
Lots of Piano, some synths, some percussion, and many bits of “ear candy”.
See more music by Tom over at MacMusicGuy.com

10/28/11

"We'll See" - first listen after recording Percussion - MIXTURE with Joey Stuckey

We had just recorded Miguel "no relation to the dictator" Castro's percussion tracks and were listening to the entire track for the first time....then we had a discussion about adding in some additional percussion.

"We'll See" is a track on Joey Stuckey's upcoming release MIXTURE. The tune was written by Joey and Tom Rule. MIXTURE is being recorded at ShadowSound Studios, and is on track for release in the early part of 2012!

If you'd like to keep up with the news as this production proceeds, subscribe! More videos, pictures, and commentary to come!

This video was recorded with a small Nikon digital still camera,
so the audio is fairly wretched.

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Joey Stuckey
http://joeystuckey.com
http://www.shadowsoundstudio.com

Miguel Castro:
http://www.miguelsworldofpercussion.com/

Tom Rule
http://www.tomrule.info
http://www.macmusicguy.com

Dustyn [the student who was observing]
http://soundcloud.com/metro-gnome

10/21/11

Recording DotDotDot from Joey Stuckey album MIXTURE

Video shot while tracking the drum parts to "Dot Dot Dot" from Joey Stuckey's new album MIXTURE.

Cast of Characters
Joey and Jennifer Stuckey ( http://www.JoeyStuckey.com )
Miguel no-relation-to-the-dictator Castro ( http://www.www.MiguelsWorldofPercussion.com )
Tom Rule ( http://www.TomRule.info, http://www.MacMusicGuy.com )

Recorded at ShadowSound Studio in Macon, GA August 2011
( http://www.ShadowSoundStudio.com )

10/17/11

New Album coming: Accessible Depth

In between the Joey Stuckey Album MIXTURE and the teaching and stuff, i've also been working on a new album of keyboard originals titled Accessible Depth. It will feature 10 tracks of mostly piano music, but has a few fully-fleshed out tunes. All are originals - except for "At The Cross", which is an original arrangement of the old hymn tune.

Church, meet jazz!

Actually, At The Cross originally appeared on the album Seasons by tom&co. I like that version so much I thought I'd reuse it....especially since it was recorded at 3 in the morning after a 14 hour marathon recording session. We recorded two takes - if I remember correctly it was just me, the engineer Mark Baltzglier, and the drummer Dennis Palmer (who was just hanging around to watch). Both takes were excellent - I remember it took us a while to decide which take to keep.

So watch this space for more news coming up - I'm hoping to get this thing back before Thanksgiving, but have a lot of work to do on it in the meantime!

It will be available over on CDbaby, iTunes, at my own site (MacMusicGuy.com) and eventually Spotify and Last.fm.

Watch this space - or remember you can subscribe and get an email when I post something here.

10/14/11

Give 5 tracking set 3

Miguel "No Relation to the Dictator" Castro cutting some tracks to Give 5, from Joey Stuckey's new album MIXTURE.

We were thinking the drum tracks were done, and then Miguel brought in a pair of Brazilian-made drums - a rebolo and a casa vallenata - that just added some serious magic to the tracks.

10/7/11

Give 5 tracking set 2

Pictures taken while recording the drums and percussion tracks of Give 5, from Joey Stuckey's new album MIXTURE at ShadowSound studios. Some of these are just miscellaneous things stashed around the studio. Kinda makes the place pleasantly funky!