August 13, 2010
This is a short introductory video taken as YPOM Digital
was tweaking in the mics as we prepared to record the
scratch tracks that we used as the basis for overdubbing
all the keeper tracks solo. We use this technique to get
Isolation Booth quality when recording on location in homes
where there is no studio quality isolation available.
With propertechnique it is possible to get traditional studio quality
in just about any location. We had to be on the lookout for
train traffic at this location, but since we were aware of that
fact we were able to solo the channels as they
were recorded and monitor track clarity and
keep the railroad traffic off the final tracks. Daniel's album is
currently being mastered and will be available shortly.
May 2010 Archive - This journey has been nothing short of incredible. Below is a slide presentation created by the students at Missouri State University in Springfield right after the event which has our soundtrack mix of 'Palm of His Hand' as its soundtrack. 'Palm of His Hand' was written by Daniel Lee Parkin and recorded by Dirt Road Delight in Bobby Don Bloodworth's 205+ year old Cherokee built Indian cabin by Your Place or Mine Digital. If you look real, real close you might see my Paddle Faster hat a couple of times - but don't blink or you might miss me. The film exceeded my expectations! The soundtrack including 'Palm of His Hand' will be available from the Winter's Bone Official Web Site in the not so distant future. Check there for updates on availability.
Your Place or Mine Digital is excited to be a part of 'America's Waltz.' America's Waltz is a long term archival project capturing interviews and music with fiddlers, musicians and music historians across America at various fiddle contests and cultural events. America's Waltz's mission is to capture first hand as much of the oral history surrounding fiddle music as it relates to the history of this nation. The brain child of Billy Ward and Tedi May this project will be going to fiddle contests and festivals nationwide where the Billy and Tedi will interview many of the great musicians who have helped to create America's traditional string music history and been witness to the growth and influence of fiddle and traditional string music in America. Your Place or Mine Digital is proud to be included as part of the production team for this magnificent undertaking to capture as much of the oral history as possible before it's lost forever. The results of this project is aimed at enlightening anyone interested in roots music and it's influence and place in American History - and to record and offer that history in the form of a documentary and/or television series aimed at public broadcast. We've already done a test run of the concept in Huntsville, Alabama at the Alabama State Fiddler's Contest where Billy entered the Masters Competition and placed as one of the top three fiddlers in the state of Alabama. At the contest Tedi and Billy interviewed local string musician music historian Jim Holland. After the contest we shot video interviews with Bob White via a referral by Jim Holland about Monte Sano Crowder at Bob's home in Huntsville. The following day Billy and Tedi interviewed Jim Wood in Flat Rock, Tennessee. Jim's students also placed in the top three at the Alabama State contest. Jim has lead a storied dream life as a fiddle player growing up with fiddle great Buddy Spicher as his next door neighbor as a child and being exposed to other Nashville fiddle greats such as Benny Martin as he grew up in Middle Tennessee. This five-time Tennessee State fiddle champion and professional session musician since age twelve has many interesting inside stories about some of the greatest fiddle players whoever lived from his own first hand experience growing up in the shadows of many of the most prolific fiddle artists in American History. And that was just the test run! Stay tuned for more on 'America's Waltz' as the project goes into high gear and production begins in earnest. Next stop for America's Waltz is the Florida Folk Festival at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida.
Check out this scene from Winter's Bone. If you look close you will see Dirt Road Delight's fiddle virtuoso Billy Ward playing on his cherished instrument. Roadside Attractions plans on theatrical release the film in the USA on June 11, 2010 in New York and L.A. and across the country in the weeks immediately following.
Tracking and overdubs for Dirt Road Delight's Indie album
at the Old Indian Cabin on Bobby Don Bloodworth's farm
on the Toccoa River in High Dial, Georgia - just outside Blue Ridge.
May 12 -Your Place or Mine Digital is in Missouri with mobile studio set up for video editing in Tedi May's Grandma's house reviewing footage from the America's Waltz research we just did in Huntsville and Flat Rock and to catch several of Winter's Bone's screenings in support of Dirt Road Delight and the film. There are four screenings on May 13, 14, 15 and 16 at various locations around the state and at the Kansas Film Festival - one of the screenings will be right in the neighborhood where the film was shot and many of the local actors and actresses that had parts in the film as well as many of the local residents will be present. Tedi May and Billy Ward will be performing 'Palm of His Hand' before each of the screenings with Dirt Road Delight and I will be there to support them and the film. Exciting stuff! This film is proving to be a major breakout for Director/Screenwriter Debra Granik, Producer/Screenwriter Anne Rosellini and actress Jennifer Lawrence. Oscar buzz is in the air! Roadside Attractions picked up the film for USA Distribution just a few days before it won the Grand Jury for Drama Prize at Sundance 2010. Debra and Anne also took the Waldo Salt Award for Screenwriters at Sundance and have subsequently been signed as screenwriters with the Gersh Agency. Just a short time ago the film took the top honors at both the Palm Beach and the Sarasota Film Festivals in Florida. The accolades and praises for this film just keep rolling in. Sold out shows are the rule of the day everywhere it's been screened. The Winter's Bone team has a major hit on their hands. Roadside Attractions has scheduled commercial theatrical release in the USA for June 11th with ancillaries being picked up by Lionsgate later on in the year. Watch for this film on screens near you in the not so distant future.
April 2010 -Your Place or Mine Digital is back in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee after heading to Huntsville, Alabama to record some Video and Audio for Tedi May and Billy Ward at the Official Alabama State Fiddling Championship last Saturday. Billy placed in the top three Alabama State fiddlers at the contest. We shot some video and a few short interviews at the contest then moved on to interview some of the local music historians that we met at the contest. America's Waltz is shaping up to be a very exciting project that will document as much of the oral history as possible of the fiddle and its influence on the history of this great nation and it's peoples. Did you know that Davy Crockett played the fiddle and used that talent and gift to draw crowds of listeners many of whom became his followers and supporters for his social and political agendas? Your Place or Mine Digital is proud to be a part of this great American Adventure. We'll be heading to Missouri the second week of May to catch as many of the local screenings of 'Winter's Bone' as possible prior to heading to Florida the end of May to capture more audio and video for 'America's Waltz.' More on all that later!
We finished up the mixes for Daniel Parkin's first solo album project about 2:30 AM on Tuesday, April 20th. I broke the studio down and returned to home base in Mount Pleasant where I've been working with Steve Peters in Seattle on a remix of Dirt Road Delight's recording of Daniel's tune 'Palm of His Hand' as they get ready to make the tune available on the Winter's Bone Official web site in the not too distant future. Thanks to the computer age we can work across the continent to get things done. The new mix is sounds really good and will be included with the Winter's Bone sound track available in the not too distant future. Thank you Winter's Bone Productions for including Dirt Road Delight's performance of 'Palm of His Hand' in your film.
And on behalf of Daniel Parkin and Laura Walker Your Place or Mine Digital wishes to thank Ken Banwart of Cherry Log, Georgia, Ken and Marilyn Harrison of Silverdale, Tennessee and Cindy Pinion of Flintstone, Tennessee for the vital rolls they played in making Daniel's recording project a success. From raw tracks to finished mixes in just under three weeks. Daniel and Laura plan to explore At Home Concert venues as they launch his new CD and kick off Daniel's new career as a singer-songwriter and performer. Your Place or Mine Digital endorses and recommends both Daniel and Laura and wishes much success to both of them. Support live music!
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Winter's Bone News
January 30, 2010 - Congratulations to Screenwriters' Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for receiving the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for their adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel 'Winter's Bone' for the film directed by Debra Granik, Produced by Anne Rosellini and the winner of Grand Jury Prize for Drama at Sundance 2010. The film was picked up by Roadside Attractions who plans to schedule the film for release in the USA this coming summer! Congratulations to the entire 'Winter's Bone' team!
February 9, 2010 - Congratulations once again to Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini and the entire 'Winter's Bone' team for the 'Winter's Bone' film being picked up for International Sales by Fortissimo Films. The film is also an Official Selection showing at the 60th Annual Berlin Film Festival starting in a few days and at SXSW in Austin in March. Way to go 'Winter's Bone' team.
Berlin Film Festival UPDATE - the CICAE (International Confederation of Art House Cinemas) Prize went to Winter's Bone directed by Debra Granik from the Forum section. The film is currently being picked up for release in theaters worldwide.
March 12, 2010 'Winter's Bone' now showing at SXSW Film festival in Austin. Winter’s Bone plays Sunday, March 14 at 4:15 PM and Wednesday, March 17 at 7:00 PM at the Alamo Lamar 2.
Check out this scene from Winter's Bone. If you look close you will see Dirt Road Delight's fiddle virtuoso Billy Ward playing on his cherished instrument. Roadside Attractions plans on releasing the film nationally in the USA during June 2010.
Tracking and overdubs for Dirt Road Delight's Indie album
at the Old Indian Cabin on Bobby Don Bloodworth's farm
on the Toccoa River in High Dial, Georgia - just outside of Blue Ridge.
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'Some Sunday' written by Bobby Don Bloodworth and performed by the Gopher Broke Band.
The song was recorded, mixed and mastered in Bobby Don's barn on his farm
located on the scenic Toccoa River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia
by Ric Landers and Your Place or Mine Digital Recording Services.
Video shot just outside of Copper Hill, Tennessee and McCayesville, Georgia
and produced by Steve Tompkins andTompkins Digital Studios.
(8/11/2008) Your Place or Mine Digital Music, BMI announces the signing of Slim Stephenson and Rex Frazier to song agreements to publish their original material contained in Slim's upcoming CD and online release of his Rock and Roll project - 'Who Needs Cable With A Life Like Mine?' We met today at the office of Your Place or Mine Digital legal representative Barry Shrum and finialized the agreement. Look for a CD release date in early October.
Slim and Ric
Your Place or Mine Digital is thrilled to have Slim and Rex on board for Slim's album project. We welcome them both to the Your Place or Mine Digital production family and look forward to working with them to deliver a lot of great new music.
Rex