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Artist News: Madmen And Dreamers Studio Rebuild, Live CD/DVD Planned

Posted on Monday, July 25 @ 12:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Madmen and Dreamers shared this update: "Things are moving along. In addition to the stuff I mentioned in our last newsletter, we have been in the process of a major studio rebuild. A 'tear it back to the foundation walls' rebuild. The hot water heater got us started. Actually, the death of the hot water heater got us started. It didn't get to the gear before we got the water shut off, but it did ruin the walls and the floor. So . . . we figured we had a golden opportunity to start fron scratch.

When we got everything out and prepared the foundation walls, etc., I had the first of many conversations with my good friend (and legend), Barry Diament: founder of Soundkeeper Recordings and Barry Diament Audio. Barry knows more about sound and how to record it than possibly anyone on the planet. One afternoon listening to recordings in his studio, changed the way I thought about and heard everything.

"He has graciously given me fantastic advice on getting the room set up properly; from dimensions, to wiring, to treatments, to gear. I'm getting quite an education. His advice has been golden and it's all coming together. Pics when it's finished. Promise!

"Radio play! We were recently told that both The Children of Children and Remembrance are getting some great radio time in Holland on VOS FM's La Villa Strangiato show. This is great news to us! Also, La Villa Strangiato on Radio VOS FM will be playing The Children of Children in its entirety on Monday, August 1st, starting at 2100, (9pm) in Europe and 2am on August 2nd here in the states. Please tune in if you can. Frequencies are: 107.4 Mhz, UPC 94.4 and Brabent Net 105.3 Mhz. You can also listen online here: www.omroepvalkenswaard.nl/pagina44.html

"Speaking of The Children of Children, we are putting together a live DVD and CD. The video is at the editing house and the soundtrack will be mixed as soon as the studio is complete. It'll be the first fruit of the new room.

"Want to be involved? Thought so! Here's your chance. We stumbled onto something called KickStarter and have posted the project there. Go and take a look and join the fun! www.kickstarter.com/projects/641231669/the-children-of-children-live-dvd-and-cd

"Contributions of any amount are welcome and appreciated and will help us reach our goal. Raising more than our goal means added features!

"We've been doing a lot of talking about adapting Remembrance for the stage. Industry people have been talking to us about it, UN functionaries have been talking to us about it. Everyone has been urging us to get this important story onto the stage.

"So, we are. The first of several readings (by actors) of the "book" of the show will be held August 6th in NYC. We want to hear it in other people's voices and get feedback from those in attendance. We will then go off and make rewrites and try it again, until we get it right.

"Want to be involved? Thought so! (sound familiar?) We have posted this project on KickStarter as well. Go take a look and join the fun! www.kickstarter.com/projects/641231669/remembrance-reading-1

"As above, contributions of any amount are welcome and appreciated.

"Finally, remember the grandchild we mentioned back a while ago? Well, he's going to be a year old in a few days. I look at him and wonder what kind of world he and his peers will inherit and I realize why we do the things we do, write the things we write, and choose to struggle when so many take easier paths. He, his parents, his aunts and uncles and everyone on the planet, helpless or not, deserve the chances we took for granted. The world is turning into a very different place from when I was his age. I witnessed the first human steps into space. He will not know a time when computers and smartphones didn't exist. He will grow up with technologies that were the stuff of science fiction when I was a kid.

"When we have children, we make a pact with the future to provide better for them than we had, and better than our parents provided for us. We do not bequeath a world to them, we borrow it from them. Our pact with them needs to include the promise that it will be able to sustain them.

"Our projects can be purchased: CDBaby and The Orchard. And also on all major download sites."

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[Source: MAD]

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