Companero Emma here,

It is a busy day here at Euphonic Sound. Duke and Studio 2.0 Artist Da’Bute are getting snuggly on the couch discussing upcoming album artwork development, new Studio 2.0 artist Truth (in the background) just finished a vocal session and is discussing design concepts with design companero Ruby, designer Jenna is scoping tattoo pics of Studio 2.0 artist Detch Jennings for logo ideas, intern Andy and head engineer Shawn are talking flow styles with Toronto hip hop artist Fillfy, and new video intern “Shawn 3” is drawing flow charts on the floor in the coat room.

This may seem like pure silliness to the untrained eye, but really, its just another day for us studio dwellers at Euphonic Sound. Oh yes, except that there are cupcakes, because it is St. Patty’s day! In reality its just how we do things here.

At any given time there are many artists in the house, but not exclusively musicians! We had two designers here today, working on album artwork and logo design, many audio interns making sure our artists sound their best, and the new video crew coming up with concepts and writing for the new Euphonic community web series “the studio” (watch out for this, its gonna be wild!).

I guess what it all comes down to is collaboration, the staff here consistently inspire each other- its about creating a vibe in the studio, one we really enjoy sharing with the indie music community.

Studio 2.0 artist Detch Jennings was in the studio today tracking vocals. We could not quite decide on the type of microphone we wanted to use on his voice, so we are handing the decision over to you!

Which of the below clips do you like best? Each clip is of the same vocal passage, but on 3 different microphones. We need your help to choose the mic best suited for Detch Jennings. What do you think?
Mic A

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Mic B

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Mic C

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Vote in the comments section below! The vote closes on April 1st.

This is a taste of things to come, as Detch Jennings is getting his own Open Artist Development Group through our Euphonic Sound Ning Community. Open Artist Development Groups are designed to encourage artist / fan collaboration and discuss everything Detch!

Be sure to check out Detch’s group often for more surveys, discussion and more!

Greetings fellow indies. It’s been a wild and busy week at the studio, carrying on with Studio 2.0 Artists TroNic, Detch Jennings, Andrea Gauster, The Rough Boys and Chadwick. Later this week, we will announce a few new Studio 2.0 Artists … we can’t wait!

In other news, we have recently launched the TroNic Open Artist Development group via the Euphonic Community. Open Artist Development groups are collaborative communities where we post a Studio 2.0 artists’ music, artwork, designs, business plans, marketing plans, financial plans and much more. The goal of these OAD groups is to provide all of you indie artists with examples of independently produced content, and to help you formulate your own business / marketing plans. We also need your ideas and input, so please contribute to the group. Check out the (oddly funny) tutorial video below featuring Companero Connor:

For those of you interested, head on over to the Euphonic Community and join the TroNic OAD group. We can’t do this without your feedback!

In other session news (and in the picture below) you can see Mizzle (from lovely Bermuda) in the control room, who’s specialty is hiphop. Its always a pleasure when Mizzle stops by to grace us with his enjoyable musical presence.

Until next time,

- Companero Shawn

Hey everyone, over the past few months we’ve been helping Douglas Hicton realize his musical adaptation of the film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.”



It’s been an intense project, and Doug has brought in a wide variety of talented individuals. The music was composed by Doug, and features amazingly complex vocal harmonies – 16-20 voices at times! – backed by an orchestral score. Recording is now complete and we are moving on to the mixing phase, which should wrap up in the next few weeks.



It’s been quite the adventure seeing the project progress over the past few months; starting with an orchestral .wav file and gradually building a musical production under Doug’s watchful eyes – and ears. We snapped a few photos of the final recording session, hope you like them.

We are proud to introduce new Studio 2.0 artist Chadwick, a rapper from Toronto. Check out the slide show below for yesterday’s session; we tracked “In My Zone”, the third song we’ve been working on with Chadwick.

Over the past few weeks we have been tracking “Sealed Tight” and “As I Sing My Song” – both excellent hiphop tracks. Our next session is coming up this Monday Feb. 22nd @ 6pm, check us out on Twitter to follow along.



Studio 2.0 includes a website, business/marketing plan and creative design amongst many other benefits geared towards the success of the independent recording artist. We are at the initial conception stage with Chadwick and very excited to be working with this talented hip hop renegade. More info on the way….Stay tuned!



In the meantime, join the Euphonic Community for exclusive updates, and access to Chadwick’s upcoming Open Artist Development group where you will have the chance to comment on Chadwick’s business plans, and contribute to the development of the Chadwick brand!