Category Archives: indie

Battle of the Bands Winner “ROXAS” spends the day at Backthird

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Kyle

In February I was asked to judge a Battle of the Bands held at the Hyatt in Lisle IL. The winner received an 8 hour block of recording time at our studio to record, mix and master one song, as … Continue reading →

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Recording with Andrea Dawn and a gear heads’ dream session

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Kyle

This weekend we had what us engineers and musicians/gear heads call a dream session. (hmm maybe it’s having dreams like these that could explain my lack of girlfriends during college???) Anyway, We spent 20 hours in the studio on Saturday … Continue reading →

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Andrea Dawn Recording new album “Under the Peach Trees”at Backthird

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Kyle

It was a day of experimentation, creativity, and best of all the beginning of a long awaited album project titled “Under the Peach Trees” with local Aurora artist and dear friends Andrea Dawn,  her husband and producer Zach Goforth and drummer … Continue reading →

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Mixing with Red Reserve

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Kyle

Mixed down with the guys from Red Reserve today over a six hour session. The songs sound outrageously awesome. If you haven’t already heard this band, you should be at their next show and buy anything they try to sell you… … Continue reading →

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Red Reserve Rocks the Studio

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Kyle

We went the long haul yesterday with a 12 hour session recording local band Red Reserve. We utilized every nook and cranny of the studio for guitar amps and old tape machines used as amps. The recording was ambitious for sure … Continue reading →

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