Mike Fraser Helps Us Wrap UP The Little Mountain Sound Project

Episode 311 - Little Mountain Sound Part 11

This week we finally wrap up our Little Mountain Sound Studio Project. We started interviews for this project back in August of 2014. We ran the first part of the project back on FoM 224 back in March of 2015 and 27 months after we started this we are finally wrapping it up. 

This week our guest is producer/engineer Mike Fraser. I mean come on who else could we possibly have as the last guest for the project than the guy that was so helpful in getting us in contact with some of the amazing people from the studio. It’s always great to have Mike on the show as he is a wealth of information and this week is no different. 

Big thanks go out to Mike as this project would not have happened without his help.

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Producer Bob Rock Guests on This Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 303 - Little Mountain Sound Part 9

As we head into the home stretch with three parts to go on our Little Mountain Sound Studio project we bring you an interview we did With producer Bob Rock back in January of 2015. Bob is of course best known has the guy behind the boards for Motley Crue’s “Dr Feelgood” and Metallica’s hugely successful “Black Album” but Bob is also integral to the story of Little Mountain Sound. Big thanks go out to Mike Fraser for making this one happen.

Here's some more great stuff with Bob from thepunkmovie.com check out that site for more great insight into the Vancouver scene.

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Just Posted-Jaime St. James on This Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 289 - Little Mountain Sound Part 8

In case you lost track this week we are back to an artist view on Little Mountain Sound and we welcome Jaime St James to the show. Black ’n Blue recorded their second album “Without Love” at Little Mountain back in 1985 with Bruce Fairbairn in the producers seat, Bob Rock engineering and Mike Fraser as second engineer. Is that the dream teamor what? Lots of great stories from Jaime this week and we hope you enjoy part 8 of our Little Mountain Sound project.

Here's Jaime and the boys rollin' out the classic Miss Mystery Live at M3

In case ya missed it Black n Blue rolled out "Hell Yeah" a few years back. Here's a taste

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Multi-platinum Canadian rock artist Lee Aaron returns with her anticipated new rock album titled Fire and Gasoline

On March 25th, 2016, multi-platinum Canadian rock artist Lee Aaron returns with her hotly anticipated new rock album, Fire and Gasoline

Ever timeless, seemingly ageless, and artistically fearless, Lee Aaron has sustained a three-decade strong career based on the powerful songwriting and vocal delivery that are at the heart of Fire and Gasoline (Big Sister Records/ILS/Caroline). Featuring songs like the title track Fire and Gasoline, Wanna Be, Heart Fix and Bitter Sweet which evoke the influences of Led Zeppelin, Heart, Bowie, The Runaways and Fleetwood Mac while weaving in and out of Aaron’s unique artistic vision. It is a vision that has led her to sales of close to a million copies in Canada alone, multiple awards and nominations, and a fervent following around the world. Iconic videos for songs like Metal Queen, Whatcha Do To My Body, Hands On and Some Girls Do were staples of MuchMusic in Canada, and continue to rack up massive views on YouTube, bringing Lee Aaron classics to a new generation.

Fire and Gasoline was recorded at Vancouver’s The Farm studio (better known to rock aficionados by its former name, Little Mountain Sound) with acclaimed west coast engineers Ben Kaplan (Mother Mother, Hedley) and vocal engineer/keyboard guru John Webster (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Cult). Their Gold- and Platinum-certified ears give Fire and Gasoline a contemporary sonic sheen while also honouring the energy of the “off the floor” approach of real musicians interacting in real time.

The album is available for pre-order now, here: http://tinyurl.com/je4qzgk

Tom Boy, the first video and single, was penned for Aaron’s daughter and was inspired by the fearless, unself-conscious energy of pre-teen girls. The video features Aaron’s daughter (on guitar) along with her school friends as Aaron’s backing band. “It was incredibly cool watching the girls pick up the song as well as the instruments in an afternoon and give the performance they did. Off camera, we were all eating pizza and clowning around and that joy translated onto the screen. It really captures the essence of the tune.” Lee, a fan of vintage film and video, wanted the girls to have that ‘Jailhouse Rock’ look.

You can view the video here: https://youtu.be/1LgBv3l8Rx4.

Fire and Gasoline is truly a classic rock n’ roll album, with an emphasis on “class”.

This summer Lee Aaron will be performing to crowds of thousands at major music festivals across Canada, and is looking towards select live dates in Europe as well.

Fire And Gasoline Tracklisting:

Tom Boy

Fire And Gasoline

Wanna Be

Bitter Sweet

Popular

50 Miles

Bad Boyfriend

Heart Fix

Nothing Says Everything

If You Don’t Love Me Anymore

Find The Love

For further information, please visit LeeAaron.com

Just posted: Segment 7 of our Little Mountain Sound Project

Episode 268 - Little Mountain Sound Part 7

This week we go back to a behind the scenes guy, the very important Ron "Obvious" Vermeulen. Ron was deeply involved in making Little Mountain the powerhouse it became and almost everyone we talk to says we have to talk with this guy so, we did. Ron's still active in music and you can track him down at dragonflymobilerecording.com/

Check out some of the great photos that Ron sent us in the blog post below.

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An Inside look at Little Mountain Studios.

Coming up next week on Focus on Metal we will bring you the seventh segment of our Little Mountain Sound Project. We'll be speaking with Ron Vermeulen and Ron was cool enough to provide us with some very cool pics from his time at LMS. We figured these would get you primed to hear our talk with Ron.



Here's a shot of Studio A.



This is what Studio B looked like during the heyday of LMS



Here's Pat Glover in "Tape Hell". I sure don't miss cutting tape and I don't think Pat does either.



And of course the legendary loading bay. The secret sauce behind the drum sounds most closely associated with LMS and of course Bob Rock.

Online now: James Kottak Is The Guest On This Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 263 - Little Mountain Sound Part 6

So much for wrapping up this project this in 2016. But speaking of wrapping, just in time for the holidays we bring you the sixth installment on Little Mountain Sound featuring none other than our bud James Kottak. We actually did this interview back in August of 2014 and was one of the first we did for the project, so if some of the things James talks about sound dated that would be why. Find out what James is up to these days (besides the mighty Scorpions) at http://www.jameskottak.com/

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Just Posted: Part 5 of the Little Mountain Sound Project

Episode 252 - Little Mountain Sound Part 5

It's already October and we are only up to the fifth installment in our Little Mountain Sound series. I think we might be a bit behind schedule. Anyways, this week we bring you great talk we had with Bob Brooks back in October of 2014. Bob was initially the manager at LMS and eventually along with his wife was the owner of the studio. Bob, in my mind, is the architect of the modern era of Little Mountain sound. Bob is still in the recording business and you can out what he's up to and read his whole history at https://www.brookssound.com/

Here's the legendary Studio B at Little Mountain Sound

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Just Posted, Tony Franklin on Part 4 of Focus on Metal's Little Mountain Sound Project

Episode 243 - Little Mountain Sound Part 4

This week we bring you the fourth installment in our Little Mountain Sound Studio series. Our guest this week is none other than bassist and all around cool guy, Tony Franklin. Tony has played with an impressive list of artists including Gary Hoey, Marty Freidman, Ripper Owens, Doug Aldrich, and Whitesnake. Did I mention the guy has also played with Jimmy Page in The Firm? Jimmy Freaking Page! Of course he was also a big part of Blue Murder with John Sykes and Carmine Appice. So yeah, I think this guy knows his way around a studio so he's a perfect guy to talk about his time at LMS. These days when he's not enjoying his Ninja blender Tony is playing with Rated X and Heart of Storm with Doug Aldrich.

 Find Tony online at http://www.tonyfranklin.net/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tony-Franklin-The-Fretless-Monster/161475073743 and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fretlessmonster

Here's Tony and Blue Murder doing a classic track

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Online now - Part 3 of Focus on Metal's Little Mountain Sound Project

Episode 235 - Little Mountain Sound Part 3

This week we bring you the third installment in our Little Mountain Sound project. Our guests this week are engineers Roger Monk And Mike Plotnikoff. Roger was chief engineer at Little Mountain for 17 years. You can now find him at Dick & Rogers Sound Studio on the web at http://www.dickandrogers.com. Mike started at Little Mountain as a runner and has gone on to engineer and produce some of the most well known artists including Aerosmith, Saxon, and Scorpions.

No music on this episode but there's plenty of great insight from two great guests about what made Little Mountain what it was.

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John Corabi guests on this weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 227 - Little Mountain Sound Episode 2

So this week we continue with our Little Mountain Sound project. This time we swing the mic over to someone with an artists view, John Corabi. John recorded the self titled Motley Crue album at Little Mountain with Bob Rock. John has some great memories of that album and his time and Little Mountain.

Catch up with John Corabi online at : http://www.johncorabimusic.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/JohnCorabiMusic

Also be sure to grab a copy of his latest release "Unplugged" on Rat Pak Records at : http://www.ratpakrecordsamerica.com/john-corabi

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Just Posted: Episode 224 of Focus on Metal - Part 1 of our ten part series on Little Mountain Sound

Episode 224 - Little Mountain Sound Episode 1

Finally, this week we begin airing the episodes for our big 2015 project on Little Mountain Sound Studios. Fittingly we kick it off with a talk with Miles Ramsay one of the founders of the studio. Miles is a fountain of knowledge on the history of the studio and he shared a lot of it with us on this episode. This is just the first of ten episodes we will run this year on Little Mountain so stay tuned for some great stories from both staff and artists who were there in the heyday of this classic recording facility.

Here's a great shot of the much talked about Studio B provided by the Ron Vrmulin who we'll hear from in another installment of this series.

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