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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Over the years, between the records that he produces, Stuart has done a ton of music for advertising. Primarily working with Nicole Dionne at the amazing PrimalScream Music, Stuart has written and recorded campaigns for STARZ, Firestone, Florida Orange Juice, Ford, Good Shepherd Hospital, Curves and many more.
Stuart is also an accomplished Sound Designer, and recently finished two campaigns with extensive sound design, including McDonald’s “Earth’s Treasure” and Summer’s Eve “Hail To The V.”
You can see Stuart’s selected advertising reel on the discography page below the music clips.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Stuart has just completed:
Production on Emm Gryner’s upcoming album “Northern Gospel.”
Production on Mindy Gledhill’s upcoming Christmas album “Winter Moon.”
Sound design and mixing for PrimalScream Music’s work on McDonalds “Earth Treasures” and Summer’s Eve “Hail To The V.”
Music scoring for PrimalScream Music’s rebranding campaign for Petsmart.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Stuart just mixed a track for Chase Jordan, produced a song for Joe Brooks, is finishing up production for Emm Gryner, and about to start production for Mindy Gledhill.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
May has been bonkers over at The Backyard – Emm Gryner album in full swing in production up in Canada at The Backyard North, as well as more super cool ad campaigns with PrimalScream music. Stay tuned for more info.
And in a couple of weeks, Mindy Gledhill returns to the studio….but we’ll let her tell you all about that.Just finished mixing Music With Brian, and currently mixing for Chase Jordan.
Busy busy busy.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
April has been a crazy busy month collaborating with PrimalScream music to compose and arrange the new Firestone 100 Anniversary commercial that will air in May for the Indy 500 race. Stuart composed and arranged the orchestral score, and recorded it at The Village Recorder for Nicole Dionne and PrimalScream Music. Check it out – it’s a 90 second spot.
The end of April brought the much anticipated start of production on Emm Gryner’s new album. Stay tuned for more info!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Backyard has been hopping this month, with artists Stephanie Mabey and Emm Gryner blasting out of the speakers. Stay tuned for more info!
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
This month is going to be a busy one with the following projects coming through the NEW BACKYARD STUDIOS in Northridge California:
Producing an album for Music With Brian
Producing and scoring for Primal Scream Music
Producing and Mixing for Stephanie Mabey
Pre-Production for the upcoming Emm Gryner album.
Stay tuned!
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Stuart is now offering a new service: Song and Music Production Analysis and Critiques. Have a bunch of songs and can’t decide if they’re worth spending your hard earned money on having produced? Have a CD that you’re less than thrilled with and want to avoid the same mistakes on your next CD?
Let Stuart lend is ears and 20 years of experience to your cause. Contact us at info@thebackyardstudios.com for more information and rates. -
Friday, November 19, 2010
As many of you have probably seen on various fan boards in the last few days, Stuart is credited as having worked on some of the Michael Jackson songs slated for release December 14, 2010.
Stuart co-produced 3 of the tracks as part of the Angelikson production team, along with Eddie Cascio and James Porte. In addition, Stuart played keyboards, engineered, programmed on all the songs, and did the string arrangement for “Keep Your Head Up.”
Stay tuned for more information and updates on the project!
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Please check out Stuart Brawley’s new You Tube channel, where you can view and listen to songs that Stuart has produced, engineered, written, and mixed.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Dear Fans,
As the Michael album was being put together, it was decided to bring Teddy Riley on board to work on several songs, including “Breaking News,” a song Michael recorded with Eddie Cascio and James Porte in late 2007 while living at the Cascio family home with his children. Riley produced and submitted “Breaking News” to Sony for inclusion on the album. At that time, no one ever mentioned that the vocals we heard on the Cascio songs, which were basically in demo format, might not be Michael. It was known, however, that the background vocals were a combination of Michael and James Porte.
After the tracks were submitted to Sony, three of these Cascio songs were selected to be on the album, and “Breaking News” was one of the three. The day after the submission and selection of the album tracks, for the very first time, the authenticity of Michael’s vocals on the Cascio tracks was questioned.
Because of these questions, I was immediately asked by co-Executors John Branca and John McClain to conduct an investigation regarding the authenticity of the lead vocals on the Cascio tracks.
Six of Michael’s former producers and engineers who had worked with Michael over the past 30 years – Bruce Swedien, Matt Forger, Stuart Brawley, Michael Prince, Dr. Freeze and Teddy Riley – were all invited to a listening session to hear the raw vocals of the Cascio tracks in question. All of these persons listened to the a cappella versions of the vocals on the Cascio tracks being considered for inclusion on the album, so they could give an opinion as to whether or not the lead vocals were sung by Michael. They all confirmed that the vocal was definitely Michael.
Michael’s musical director and piano player on many of his records over a 20-year period, Greg Phillinganes, played on a Cascio track being produced for the album, and said the voice was definitely Michael’s. Dorian Holley, who was Michael’s vocal director for his solo tours for 20 plus years (including the O2 Concert Tour) and is seen in the This Is It film, listened to the Cascio tracks and told me the lead vocal was Michael Jackson.
These are all engineers, producers and musicians who worked on tours and/or in the studio with Michael when he was recording Bad, Thriller, Off The Wall, Dangerous, Invincible, HIStory and Blood On The Dance Floor, and they all reconfirmed their belief that the lead vocals were Michael’s voice on the Cascio tracks.
The Estate then retained one of the best-known forensic musicologists in the nation to listen to the vocals without any instrumental accompaniment (“a cappella”), and to compare them with a cappella vocals from previous Michael songs. This expert performed waveform analysis, an objective scientific test used to determine audio authenticity, on the Cascio tracks, as well as previously released tracks with Michael’s voice, and reported that ALL of the lead vocals analyzed (which included Cascio tracks) were the voice of Michael Jackson.
Sony Music conducted their own investigation by hiring yet a second well-respected forensic musicologist who also compared the a cappella lead vocals from Cascio tracks against previously released vocals of Michael’s, and found that Michael’s voice was the on all sets of the raw vocals. The Cascio tracks were also played for two very prominent persons in the music industry who played crucial roles in Michael’s career. Both of these individuals believed that the lead vocals were Michael’s.
Just to be absolutely certain, I also contacted Jason Malachi, a young singer who some persons had wrongfully alleged was a “soundalike” singer that was hired to sing on the Cascio tracks, and I confirmed that he had no involvement with this project whatsoever.
Sony decided that, given the overwhelming objective evidence resulting from the exhaustive investigations outlined above, they wanted to release a record that included three of the Cascio-Porte tracks – because they believed, without reservation, that the lead vocal on all of those tracks were sung by Michael Jackson.
Although there still seem to be concerns being expressed in some quarters about the authenticity of the lead vocals, notwithstanding the opinion of those who worked with Michael, and two independent forensic analysts, ultimately, Michael’s fans will be the judges of these songs, as they always are. We take all fan comments very seriously, and as I’d stated above, there is nothing more important to the Estate than Michael’s music, his legacy and his fans.
Michael’s fans are extraordinary in their quest for accuracy and their passions to raise their voices in a search for truth! We join with them in our care and concern for Michael. We are continuing to follow up with those who have worked in the studio or on tours with Michael, and if any new information comes to light, we will keep you and the fans advised.
Thanks,
Howard
Howard Weitzman, Esq.
Attorney for the Estate Of Michael Jackson
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Friday, November 05, 2010
Check out the link for a teaser of the upcoming Michael Jackson album, slated for release December 14. Stuart worked extensively on some of the songs on the album.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Stuart will be one of the featured panelists at the Soundcheck Series on October 23rd in Snowbird, UT.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
“An inside education about what it takes to make a hit record”
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Snowbird Resort, UtahWorkshop schedule 9am-6pm – saturday, october 23, 2010
a few of the topics covered during the day:
what makes the difference between a good recording and a great one?
-what elements are necessary to take my recordings/production to the next level?
-Tips for breaking the default song patterns in which we tend to write/produce
-how can I find and eliminate the barriers that keep me from making the music I want to make?
-how do I make room in my life for a music career?
-What sort of studio should I be looking for, and why does it matter?
-I can write songs, but how do I bring them to life in a recording?
-How to find the perfect producer for your style of music
-what can I expect a producer to add to my songs? -
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Please visit Mindy Gledhill’s at http://www.mindygledhill.com and check out her new album “Anchor,” produced and mixed by Stuart this summer. Mindy is an amazing talent, you won’t regret picking up a copy or 10.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Stuart is in the studio with Denny and Kenny from Swirl 360 mixing their upcoming EP.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Stuart has just finished production on a song for the major motion picture “The Family Tree,” starring Dermot Mulroney and Hope Davis. Coming soon to a theatre near you!
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Stuart has just finished mastering mixes for a top-secret but soon to be announced project. Stay tuned for the amazing details.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Stuart is finishing up production on Mindy Gledhill’s album, and is getting ready to start pre production with Clayton Senne.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Stuart Brawley recently produced 3 songs for the soundtrack to the movie Letters To God, including “Everything Is Beautiful” by Ann Marie Boskovich, “The Water’s Edge” by Aaron Barnhart, and “You Give Me Hope” by Between The Trees. The movie is in theatres now and the soundtrack is available on iTunes.
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
Verve Records has just announced that “Slow Recovery,” Stuart’s co-write with Lucy Woodward will be the first single on her upcoming release, slated for June 2010.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Stuart is finishing up production on Mindy Gledhill’s new album and beginning pre-production on Emm Gryner’s new CD.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Stuart is commencing production on Mindy Gledhill’s new album.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Stuart is in the studio this month with Lava Records recording artist Joe Brooks producing songs for his debut album, and is currently finishing production on Primal Scream Music’s advertising campaign for TXU Energy.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Stuart is currently scoring the short film The House I Keep for submission to The Cannes Film Festival.
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Stuart is producing a song for Canadian singer/songwriter Alysha Brillinger, co-written by Jason Reeves (http://www.myspace.com/jasonreeves).
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