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Chris Fogal – Mixing & Mastering (Black in Bluhm)
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Decades of experience. Hundreds of releases. The sound of Black in Bluhm, now from Switzerland.
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Pizza
Last week I started making pizza at home. Our landlord finally remodeled our kitchen so I'm all stoked to cook in it. This was my first attempt at making pizza from scratch at home. I had a few pizza jobs in the old timey days but this only helped prepare me a little bit. Long story short I'd give those pizzas a B minus. My son Rhodes thought it was good but he's 7. It wasn't that any one ingredient was off but the mix was off. Well the cheese was not quite right but I can't
Chris Fogal
Oct 241 min read
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Website update and news!
Hey friends of Black in Bluhm! Here's a little pic of me in my little mixing hole! So, I've been busy. I have two kids, a job, bands and...
Chris Fogal
Sep 112 min read
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How I picked out a bass at Yeahman’s Vintage and Used Guitars
My good buddy Michael Marti has a shop in Bern Switzerland. I’m not exaggerating when I say that it is guitar heaven. I’m not sure how...
Chris Fogal
Jan 17, 20235 min read
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Free samples for mixing engineers
This is just a friendly reminder that a few years back we dropped a collection of pick slides for your rock and roll productions called...
Chris Fogal
Oct 4, 20221 min read
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Economy Plus to Denver for Hotel Bar
Greetings from the Swiss branch! Fogal here. Everything is fine in Lugano. It’s quite lovely, actually. We are getting in the swing of...
Chris Fogal
Sep 27, 20221 min read
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Client List
Here's a list of some of the artists and labels we've had the pleasure of working with since 2008.
Chris Fogal
Sep 4, 20222 min read
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Dan Fox, Folks.
He’s the guy behind the scenes without whom none of this would be possible.
Chris Fogal
Sep 1, 20221 min read
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Hookless
If you’re expecting a pro audio nerd blog this isn’t that. This is just a guy who is into that stuff venting into the void. Kinda like...
Chris Fogal
Mar 12, 20223 min read
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#BluhmNotDoom Part 2
Today our house went on the market. The Swiss move is becoming very real, very quickly! I'm hoping to keep writing about this whole...
Chris Fogal
May 20, 20212 min read
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As close to a real show as you can get right now
Right before the lockdown we had what may have been the very last live show in Denver. It was our supposed "Grand Reopening Party" and...
Chris Fogal
Aug 8, 20202 min read
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Bud Bronson and the Good Timers back in the studio later this week!
I could not be more stoked to get back to work and of course I get to track one of my favorite bands, BBGT! Just when we had finished our...
Chris Fogal
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Venilator
This song came after about a month of lock down and really missing my friends. I was also thinking about all the mundane things that you...
Chris Fogal
Apr 24, 20201 min read
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Day 12 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
How's earth treating everyone today? I don't want to get political in this thread but man Trump is a horrible human being! Anyway, I...
Chris Fogal
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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Day 11 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
For those of you who have been following this I'm recapping 2019 studio life since I didn't get a chance to do it around the new year. It...
Chris Fogal
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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Day 10 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
Ok! I just finished organizing linens and now it's time to go back to July of 2019 for today's song. My friend and brilliant multi...
Chris Fogal
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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Day 9 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
June of 2019 we had 3 weeks blocked off for the Bombpops. This time around Yotam from Useless ID and I would co produce and I would...
Chris Fogal
Apr 7, 20201 min read
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Day 8 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
Hey everybody. Yesterday Melissa and I played some washers out in the yard while the kiddos napped. It was almost like a care free summer...
Chris Fogal
Apr 6, 20201 min read
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Day 7 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
Hey guys! Update: Yesterday I tried out my new cordless weedwacker. Pretty exciting stuff. Anyway, back April of 2019 it was a whole...
Chris Fogal
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Day 6 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
On Day 6 we are still hanging out in March of 2019. Simpler times! Actually things are pretty simple right now. Stay home. Eat. Worry....
Chris Fogal
Apr 4, 20201 min read
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Day 5 of A Song A Day Keeps The Virus Away
Day 5 we move into March of 2019 with more local talent. I was tracking the new Cheap Perfume album. This is track one off "Burn it Down"...
Chris Fogal
Apr 3, 20201 min read
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