About halfway
through we invited a friend, Marcus Hooper - a guitarist, programmer and
engineer, up to Leeton to have a listen. Much to our relief, he was highly
impressed, and threw together a demo mix of a couple of the tracks so
we could get an idea of where it was all heading. As it turned out we
ended up bringing Marcus into the Redbak fold to handle the mixing side
of things and the result has been amazing (if we do say so ourselves).
Sharon's CD, "Perfect Little World" released in April this year
has been acclaimed as her best work yet and has received much praise for
the quality of the production. you can find out more about it on Sharon's
website.
...and then... along came Reg
After hearing a pre-release of Perfect Little World, 2006 Roll of Renown
inductee, OAM recipient and 3 times Golden Guitar winner, Reg
Poole, thought we might be able to work a bit magic for his latest
CD, For the Love of My Country, also released in April this year. I'd
be lying if I said we weren't nervous at the prospect of recording an
album for a legend like Reg Poole, but as Sharon worked on the arrangements
and we started recording tracks, it became clear that it was all going
to come together nicely. By the time Marcus had finished the mixes and
we were ready to send it off to our favourite mastering engineer, Martin
Pullan of Edensound in Melbourne, the consensus was that Redbak had come
through again. Reg was happy; his missus was happy; we were happy, and
since its release, the reviews have been just wonderful. Redbak was well
and truly up and running.
Our philosophy
The best part of this for Reg, apart from getting the best sounding CD
of his career, was that he could afford to cover the very modest costs
himself. This means he completely owns For the Love of My Country and
all sales go straight back into his pocket, where they belong. Sharon
and I believe that, in a tight market, a working musician or band needs
to keep their production costs down in order to maximise their income.
How
do we do this?
I thought you'd never ask...
