NEWS ARCHIVES

On the commercial side:

SmartMath had Orphan Studio recording a lot of Geometry lessons!

2004 Year End

Sugarland came to the studio to be sent via satellite to over 30 radio stations across the country. Radio stations called in to interview the band about their debut CD that comes out October 26. It's already shooting up the country radio charts. Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls came in to sing on one of Scott Little’s songs. It sounds amazing! Tracking is now done for Scott. Mixing will be done by Glenn at Orphan Studio and should be completed by the end of November. Indigo Girl Amy Ray continues to come to Orphan to do overdubs on her solo record. Michelle Malone came in to play guitar and sing for Amy. Look for that CD to come out by Spring. Atlanta band Main Street East finally inked their deal with HBO to license one of their songs for an HBO promo. So the guys came to Orphan to track and mix the song. It airs in November and is promoting the HBO-On-Demand service. Brandon Bush (Train’s keyboard player) came to Orphan to Mix some music he created for a film. Local singer/songwriter Nicholas Alan came to Orphan to record acoustic guitars for his independent release.

On the commercial side:

More radio spots for Children's Heathcare Of Atlanta have been produced. And more voice-over work for SmartMath has been done.

June-July-Aug 2004

The Some Boys Are Bullies CD is done! It's being pressed and should be out in a month or two. Go to the AUDIO page for samples. Singer/Songwriter Scott Litlle has started his next CD with Glenn producing and engineering. It should be finished by September. It a great collection of Alt/Country Rock songs. Singer/Songwriter Mike Willis has also begun his next CD. Basic tracks are done and overdubbing is about to begin. We enlisted the best rythm section in Atlanta to play on it. Gerry Hanson on Drums and Mike Steele on bass. A new band called Foxtrot November, headed up by Singer/Songwriter Paul Varlomoff, came to Orphan to have Glenn mix his debut release. It's a cross between U2 and Coldplay with a late 80's Pop vibe. His voice is reminds me of an early Angie Aparo. A very cool CD. Check out samples on the AUDIO page. Indigo Girl, Emily Saliers came to Orphan to record a beautiful intrumental piece of music for a short film. And the other Indigo Girl, Amy Ray has started work on her next solo record. She has once again enlisted Glenn to record vocals and guitars at Orphan Studio. Kenny Thomas from Columbus band Cornbread is working on a patriotic CD called Flags Of Heroes. He is recording it in Nashville, but came to Orphan Studio to have Shawn Mullins sing on a track. Other singers on the CD are Micheal McDonald and Emmylou Harris. It sounds like a great CD. Look for it in the Fall.

April-May 2004

The SomeBoysAreBullies CD is almost done. Final mixes are being approved by the band and it should be released by the beginning of the summer. Shawn Mullins has been in and out of the studio working on demos for his next solo album. Shawn is also bringing in longtime friend and legendary songwriter, Larry Jon Wilson, to Orphan to record a CD. Plans are under way to record Mike Willis's upcoming CD at Orphan. John Austin's AustinEcho CD is now available at PasteRecords. He is playing at Eddies Attic on May 13th with fello Paste artist Mathew Ryan. And the Indigo Girls CD is out and doing great. If you are a fan of their older CDs, check this one out, you'll love it!

In commercial news:

Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta came to Orphan to record a new radio spot. And AJC JOBS.com came in to record three new radio spots.

January-March 2004

Indigo Girls latest album 'All That We Let In' came out yesterday, Feb. 17th. It's a great album! Go get yourself a copy. I will have audio samples of it available soon.

2004 started off great for Orphan Studio. New York based band Some Boys Are Bullies came down to record their first CD. Glenn enlisted the best rythm section in Atlanta to back the acoustis trio, Gerry Hansen on drums and Michael Steele on bass. The CD will be 10 songs, 5 full band and 5 stripped down. Clay Cook also came in the play some electric guitar for the boys. Also at Orphan was Main Street East. They came in for a day to record vocals on their next CD. Clay Cook is producing and enginneering most of their CD at his home studio, but will come to Orphan to record vocals and acoustic guitars. Clay stopped by Orphan again to work on his next solo CD. John Austin's CD AustinEcho, is complete and will be available at PASTE Music very soon. Please check it out. Population's CD is done. Two tracks were mixed by Glenn at Orphan. Check out the audio samples page for new samples. And the Indigo Girls CD will be released on February 17th. Look for bonus live tracks mixed by Glenn at Orphan.

On the commercial side of things:

While Clay was in the studio, Sixty-Second Airborne needed some custom music for a video presentation for Mannington Floors. So Matt Mangano (bass player extraordinaire), Clay Cook, and Glenn recorded several ideas. Producer Tommy Smeltzer loved one of them and so did the client. After some guitar additions by Orphan Studio assistant Jeremy Crowder, the music piece was complete. It was then mixed to the video and sent out the door to New York (well, out the internet really). To listen to a sample click here.

Childrens Healthcare Of Atlanta is also coming in to record some new radio spots.

December 2003

Orphan Studio has just finished John Austin's new CD. It will be released by PASTE Records, a division of PASTE Music. The CD is a collaboration with John's wife Erin and is titled AUSTIN ECHO. We are really proud of the CD. Please check back for audio samples soon. Glenn has started mixing Kristen Hall's solo CD. Kristen is one of the founding members of Sugarland, who just got signed to MCA. Denis Rand is hard at work with Orphan Studio engineer, Jeremy Crowder, finishing his CD. Glenn is scheduled to mix 6 Indigo Girls songs recorded live at the Philmore. Look for those as bonus tracks on their next CD.

In commercial news:

AJC Jobs came in to record radio spots with contest winners that won a chancet to come into the studio and record songs about how they hate their jobs. Children's Healthcare also came in to record 3 new radio spots.

(L)John Austin, Glenn, and Erin Echo working on John's CD-September 2003

(R) Brett Hartley playing Dobro on John's CD-November 2003

September/November 2003

Orphan Studio owner/engineer Glenn Matullo is hard at work producing and engineering John Austin's new CD. This CD is going to be a very intimate stripped down acoustic recording. John is an amazing singer/songwriter. The CD will feature his wife Erin Echo, singing back-up and lead on some songs. Look for a December release. Just got word that the Indigo Girls CD is mixed and mastered. Bob Clearmountain handled the Mixing and Bob Ludwig did the Mastering. Read what the 1st Bob had to say about the recording at http://www.mixthis.com/guestframeset.html. Also working with Glenn, is singer/songwriter, Ricky Fitzpatrick from Athens, GA. It is also a stripped down acoustic CD. Five songs are done, and he'll be back at the end of October to finish some more. Back in August Glenn mixed two new songs for Sugarland, just as they were inking their deal with MCA. And Glenn will be mixing two songs for local band POPULATION.

In commercial news:

Trone Atlanta came in to produce radio spots for the AJC and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

June/July 2003

Orphan Studio owner/engineer Glenn Matullo is hard at work engineering the next Indigo Girls record. Recording is being done at Tree Sound Studios. Glenn engineered their last record 'Become You' two years ago. Peter Collins is producing once again and the same band is backing up Amy and Emily. The band consists of Claire Kenny(Bass) and Carol Issacs)Keys), both from Sinaed O'Conner's band and Brady Blade(Emmylou Harris, Buddy&Julie Miller, Jewel) on drums. Recording should be done August 1st. and look for a Feb. 04 release.

Holding down the studio while Glenn is away is Jeremy Crowder. He has been working with singer/songwriter Dominique Germaine.

In advertising news, Orphan Studio produced 9 radio spots for Rinnai Heating Systems. Glenn and Jeremy created custom music for several of the spots that needed a Jaws, Psycho, and Twilight Zone vibe. Listen to samples on the audio page.

Imagemil came in to do an ISDN voice-over session for the Weather Channel. And Orphan Studio once again helped put together The People Store's Talent CD compilation.

On an extremely sad note, Ricky Keller, owner of Southern Living Studios, past away last month. Ricky was a personal friend and colleage. He has helped me so much throughout the years and he will be missed. Our thoughts go out to his family, especially his daughter Gray

April/May 2003

John Austin has been in and out of Orphan Studio working on songs for his next record. Singer/songwriter, Claire Holley came in to record background vocal on a few of John's songs. Local country supergroup Sugarland came back to Orphan to have Glenn mix two new songs. Their CD just came out, but they keep writing new songs and wanted to get them recorded as soon as they could. Denis Rand is back working on his CD. Freelance engineer Ben Price is in and out of Orphan during the month of May recording vocals for local artist Chaz Burrell. Geoff Melkonian (Josh Joplin Group) is producing and playing bass and keys.

On the commercial side:

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta came in to record a new radio spot. Glenn has been hard at work recording voice demos for many local voice-over talent. WOWAppeal is recording voice-overs on several projects for Federated Department Stores.

Check out the audio page for more work that has been done at the studio.

By the way, it's a BOY!!!

SUGARLAND-HARD AT WORK AT ORPHAN

March 2003

March had the studio working on projects for Denis Rand and John Austin. Denis is a songwriter working on material for his first release. He is in the process of finding a female singer to sing on the songs he has recorded. John Austin is an old friend and talented singer/songwriter. He has put out several records over the years. They are all amazing. And you can pick them up at PasteMusic. And if you don't know about PasteMusic, you should. Paste is not only an online distributer of great music, their magazine is a great resource for new music. Check them out. Main Street East came to Orphan to remix and edit a song that is being pitched for HBO. Clay Cook's CD is back from the manufacturer, and it sounds great! Molly Bancroft finished mixing her solo debut at Doppler Studios. Most of the tracking was done at Orphan. Atlanta's Jezebel magazine is doing a story on the Atlanta music scene. They came to Orphan to interview Glenn Matullo. And the Indigo Girls are planning to go back into the studio in June. Glenn will be engineering again, along with Peter Collins producing.

February 2003

Most of February was spent working with Clay Cook on his first full length CD. Clay is a singer/songwriter from Atlanta. He has got to be one of the best musicians I have ever worked with. He is playing every instrument on his CD. And he is absolutely amazing on every one. He is also known, or not so known, for his work with the infamous John Mayer. John and Clay were a duo back in '98 and '99. Clay co-wrote many of John's songs. Anyway, mixing has just begun on Clay's CD. We handed it over to Russ Fowler for the Mix. He'll be mixing at Southern Living At It's Finest Studio. I've known Russ for years and he is an incredible mixing engineer. He mixed Shawn Mullin's 'Soul's Core' and John Mayer's 'Inside Wants Out'. Molly Bancroft also came in for a few days to continue work on her CD. We are almost done! The Indigo Girls came to Orphan Studio to record an interview for the Experience Music Project.

On the commercial side, Orphan worked with ImageMil on a Weather Channel promo. Orphan Studio did sound design, music editing, and voice-over recording for the project.

And as for Cynthia, my wife, the morning sickness is down to about 2-3 times a week now. She is 17 weeks along.

January 2003

Indigo Girl, Amy Ray, came to Orphan to record an interview for NPR. The topic was about artists who start their own record label.

Glenn Matullo just finished mixing a record for the all-star Atlanta country group Sugarland. The group consists of many local singer/songwriters including Kristen Hall, Kristian Bush, Jennifer Nettles, Simone Simonton, and Brett Hartley. The CD great! And you have to check them out live. Their CD release is March 8th at the Roxy. Clay Cook (John Mayer's old songwriting partner) is working on his solo CD at Orphan Studio. Molly Bancroft is getting close to finishing her CD at Orphan. Tim Smith, Sheryl Crow's bass player, came in to lay down some bass tracks for Molly.

On the commercial side, Fletcher Martin Ewing Advertising just finshed sound design for two Lee's Chicken(the Mrs. Winner's of the Midwest) T.V. ads. HomeBanc was in to record radio spots for the new year. And Sixty-Second Airborne came to Orphan via ISDN to produce three radio spots for MARTA.

On a personal note......I am going to be a Daddy!!!! Cynthia is about 12 weeks along (Jan. 15th). We are very excited. Cynthia is so excited she throws up almost every morning.....I think that's a good sign. Anyway, it's going to be an interesting year and things are getting off to a great start!

Fall/Winter 2002

Big News! Inside Wants Out is now available. See John Mayer story to the left.

In other, bigger news, Glenn is working with Collective Soul again. Tracking is being done at Tree Sound Studios. The band is cutting 4 new songs with Glenn engineering. Molly Banckroft, formerly of Atlanta band Lift, has been working on a solo project with Glenn at Orphan Studio. She will be in the studio for the next couple of months. Troy Bieser, frontman for Atlanta band Telegram, is working with Glenn on an EP. Basic tracks were done at Southern Living Studios and overdubs at Orphan Studio. Telgram is a great band! They are starting to play live, so check them out if you get a chance.

In commercial news, Trone Atlanta Advertising came to Orphan Studio to record several radio spots for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. MAX Media came in to record some voice-overs for Bellsouth. Olive Beauty Salon enlisted Orphan Studio to record a voice-over for a trade show event. Iconologic came in to record more voice-overs for the Kilpatrick-Stockton Law firm website. And HieRes Grahics came to Orphan to record voices for their business to business email commercial.

Archives

Summer 2002

Carolyn Evans CD, "Come Lately",is out and available. Check out her site at CarolynEvans.net. As is Sam Shaber's, "Eighty-Numbered Streets", SamShaber.com or smgrecords.com. Sam's CD release at Eddies' Attic was great. She had a full band plus Shawn Mullins playing with her. Shawn got up and sang some of his new songs as well. Look for Shawn's new song, 'All In My Head', that was featured in the NBC show Srubs, on the Scrubs Soundtrack, due out in August. Shawn and Glenn got together at Southern Living At Its Finest Studios to record a vocal track for a 9/11 benefit song. Produced by Daniel Sage, the song is a multi-artist production that will be out in September 2002. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Families of Freedom, FamiliesofFreedom.com. Other artist that sing on the song include Maya, Donny Osmond, Keb Mo, Li'l Bow Wow, and many more. Glenn will start producing some demos in July for Eddies' Attic $1000 Shootout Winner, Lindsey Hinkle. Indigo Girl, Emily Saliers brought gospel singer Emma Cunningham into Orphan to work on a record. The recording is happenning inbetween Emily's tour schedule this summer.

On the commercial front, Fletcher Martin Euwing came to Orphan Studio to produce some Cellular South radio spots. The spots feature ZZ Top's 'Bad & Nationwide' song. Trone Advertising came in to record some radio spots for Children's Health Care of Atlanta. And WOWAppeal came in to record some voice-overs for a training CDR about selling furniture.

May 2002

After some re-mixing, the Carolyn Evans CD is done. Carolyn is a talented singer/songwriter from Charlston, S.C. The CD is called 'Come Lately' and should be out around the end of June. A new Shawn Mullins song was featured on an episode of the NBC show 'Scrubs' last week. It was the episode where the cast of 'St. Elsewhere' appeared. The song is called 'All In My Head' and was mixed by Glenn Matullo at Orphan Studio. Hootie and The Blowfish came to Orphan Studio so Emily Saliers, of Indigo Girls, could add some vocals to a new song. Their new album does not have a release date yet. The acoustic duo 'Sam's Crossing' has been doing some recording at Orphan. And the interview with Glenn and the Indigo Girls is featured in the May issue of Mix Magazine(www.mixmag.com).

On the Advertising front, Fletcher Martin & Ewing, was back at Orphan to record some radio spots for Cellular South and Lees Famous Recipe Chicken. Austin Kelley Advertising is coming in to record some Lottery spots. And assistant engineer Jeremy Crowder recorded John Young, voice-over talent, to be used in an Electronic Press Kit for local country artist Dell Conner.

April 2002

Sam Shaber was back in town to mix her record. Mixing is being done at Southern Living At Its Finest Studios, by mix master Russ Fowler. Look for a June release. The Indigo Girls album came out and is charting in Triple A radio and getting great reviews. Shawn Mullins came to Orphan to mix a new song of his that will be featured on the NBC TV show 'Scrubs'. We aren't sure of the air date, but it should be at the end of March or the first week in April. The show airs Tuesday nights at 9:30pm. The Carolyn Evans CD is ALMOST done. Its sounds great according to Carolyn, but Glenn would love to do some remixin!

Fletcher Martin & Associates came in to record a radio spot for the Robinson College Of Business. The Atlanta Thrashers also recorded a new "You Make the Call" radio spot. Austin Kelley Advertising is pitching the Papa John's Pizza account, and they came to Orphan Studios to record some radio and TV spots. Soundtracks Marketing had poet Barbara Simms Collier come in to record some intros and outros for her poetry, which will be featured on Delta Airlines New Age Channel. And HomeBanc Mortgage came in to record 6 new radio spots.

Feb./March 2002

Shawn Mullins came to Orphan to finish up overdubs on Sam Shaber's record. Sam is a singer/songwriter from New York and Shawn is producing her latest CD. She spent 2 weeks in the studio recording vocals and acoustic guitars. Kristen Hall came in to help out on some background vocals for Sam. The CD will be mixed by Russ Fowler sometime in March. The Indigo Girls record is set to be released March 12th and it has been getting great reviews. Look for an interview with the Girls and Glenn in the next issue of MIX Magazine. Also, look for Jennifer Daniels CD 'Dive & Fly' in the top 12 DIY CDs in the March/April edition of Performing Songwriter. It was produced and engineered by Glenn at Orphan. And Charlston singer/songwriter Carolyn Evens is coming back to Orphan the last week of February to record 6 more songs.

The Fletcher Martin Euwing Agency came to Orphan for a day to record radio demos for Lees Famous Recipe Chicken, the Midwest version of Church's Chicken. They got the account and will be producing the radio spots at Orphan. And DScape Interactive continues to come in to record Voice-overs for Pepboys online training.

Our goal for 2002 is to actually update this section monthly! As for the past several months, here is what's been going on: In September and October of 2001 Glenn engineered the new Indigo Girls record. Recording was done at Tree Sound Studios. The legendary Peter Collins produced and the equally legendary Bob Clearmountain mixed it! It is set to be released Feb. 24, 2002.

In November, Glenn took a week off to get married! The lucky lady(actually, Glenn is the lucky one!!) was Cynthia Osborn. Cynthia is a graphic designer for The Cartoon Network. She is also a wonderful singer and has fronted Atlanta bands like Salamander Tales and Elroy's Big Machine. After a short (too short) honeymoon, Glenn got right back to work on Shawn Mullins new record. Shawn took the holidays off and is set to come back to Orphan Studio in Feb. to finish. Singer/Songwriter THE LAU, from Amsterdam, came in the first week of Jan. to have Sarah Bettens, of K's Choice, sing on a track. Amy Ray also came in that week to sing on a solo record by Kaia, of the North Carolina band The Butchies. Singer/Songwriter Carolyn Evens, from Charlston, SC, is coming to Orphan to record 6 tracks for her forthcoming record. And Singer/Songwriter Sam Shaber, from New York, is coming to Orphan mid Jan. to finish her record, which is being produced by Shawn Mullins.

Commercial News:
DScape productions has been coming to Orphan every week for the past month to record voice tracks for an interactive PepBoys training video. The People Store Agency is having Orphan put together their voice talent compilation CD, which has brought many voice talent in to record their demos in the past few weeks. And Blue Agency is coming in to cut a Thrashers radio spot.

Summer & Fall 2001

Shawn Mullins came to Orphan Studio throughout July and August to work on demos for his next record. He is planning on recording it in November and December.

Glenn Matullo