Behind The Board – Reflecting On May (Live EP With Allthingsnext.com)

 

In May, as previously mentioned, we had the chance to work with an upcoming band known as In Like Lions out of Boston.  These guys have a sonically layered sound which hints at some of the 90’s rockers like Staind,  or Pearl Jam with a hint of U2. Vocalist Troy has a smooth vocal technique with power and projection. For BNK it wasn’t a tough show to work as these guys were very professional, soundcheck went easy and it resulted in little adjustment needed.  Give a listen at NEXT Music’s site 

allthingsnext.com

and be sure to go to inlikelions.com  and show some support if you like what you hear.

Behind The Board – March Live EP Released

Back in March we worked with the band Burlap to Cashmere during the NEXT Charity Concert Series. Burlap to Cashmere is a folk pop band with a refined sound. They’re very reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel. Though you might say they’re a little more musical for most normal folk music. The production side was rather simple. Just keep it clean so it can be heard. On the recording, it was the same theory.

Give it a listen and enjoy!

All Things NEXT – Burlap to Cashmere Live EP

 

And please check out the bands:

Burlap To Cashmere

Behind the Board – In Front of The Screen

Last night we worked with NEXT Music at PCTV in Pleasantville, NY. This time it was an interesting twist. The band performed inside the TV studio as the audience watched outside on a big screen. Robbers On High Street have a great sound so it was fun to mix this show. The twist for us was we were mixing for three different elements, studio with monitors, TV, and outside. If you weren’t lucky enough to score tickets at this show, the whole thing was streamed online at allthingsnext.com.This was made a little tougher by a special event happening at the theater next door and the battle of not interfering with their presentation. But overall this experiment was a lot of fun. A party on a beautiful night with live music.

Now the outside really was an alley way between PCTV and a theater. The theater was showing a movie from music legend Neil Young. What was most interesting is here is an up and coming band working on their craft and a bunch of people watching and it was more of a nuisance to him! When Neil exited the theater he didn’t even acknowledge the people with a polite wave. Not even a glance. A decent crowd in an alley just mere feet from the door he exited from and it was as if the people who were politely saying hello were non existent.

But, it had nothing to do with the party itself so it had no effect on the good times in a little town in New York. Pictures and audio will be posted soon.

 

Behind The Board-May NEXT Show (Originally Posted 05/14/2012)

Wow! Did we have fun this weekend!!! In Like Lions rock! They put on a high energy show with a lot  of drive and color. Say mix Kings of Leon with Staind and U2 and you can picture what we heard this past Friday. From a production view, it was an easy show. They have  a very basic sound and although the guitarist James Bridges pedal board looked as if NASA had assembled it, it didn’t require much from us to get the In Like Lions message across. Chris Bro of NEXT Music runs by the motto of “Finding you your next favorite”. He may have succeeded at this show for many people. Looking forward to working with this crew again.