Up to Our Ears....

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While it looks like we're still a snowstorm and/or some chilly weather away from the arrival of Spring, things have been heating up at Tapeworks over the last couple of months!

We've been thrilled to do some work recently with some of our favorite talents on a couple of new projects recently.  In late-January, Mr. Ernie Sabella popped in to record new voiceovers and a song for a Lion King-themed public service announcement.  Ernie is the voice of Pumbaa from the beloved Disney classic, and his "Hakuna Matata" greeting always gives the studio a boost of positive energy. 
We were also delighted to host Bryan Dennehy to record ADR for his upcoming film, Feynman and the Challenger.  The film, which was mostly shot in South Africa, explores the details behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion.  Keep an eye out for it to air on The Science Channel later this year!

Engineer Mike Burke has been busy working on a couple of cool music projects lately - including tracking and mixing sessions with Simply Swing, one of New England's most active performing big bands.  Mike also packed up the Tapeworks mobile recording rig recently to record organist Jason Roberts for a very cool project at St. James Episcopal Church in West Hartford.  Mr. Roberts was performing an accompaniment to the Buster Keaton 1926 classic silent film, The General live in front of a packed house.  The playing was flawless, and the audience was delighted!
 

While the rest of CT was preparing for Winter Storm Nemo, we prepared for the deluge of snow in the only way that we know how - by inviting our favorite people from LEGO to come and play kazoo for a Valentine's Day-themed video short.  Chief Engineer Bill Ahearn managed to wrangle together a pretty catchy theme out of the madness; keep an eye on the LEGO YouTube Channel; we have a feeling it just might pop up again during the next few months!

It has been a locally-musical start to the year as well here at Tapeworks, as Engineer Chris Lennie has been working with a couple of local groups to put together new album projects in time for Spring 2013.  We have been splitting weekends between tracking one of UConn's premiere a Cappella groups, Extreme Measures, and recording for an upcoming EP release with the Hartford Advocate's "Best Rock Band - 2011", LittleUgly.  Things have sounded great in tracking and we can't wait to share the results with you!

Looks like we're about caught up for now.  As always, we have some top-secret, exciting projects in the works. So keep checking here for updates!  Spring is just around the corner...