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Denise Barbarita / Blog

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MONOLisa has been BUSY!

Since January 2013, when I opened MONOLisa, it's been humming!All of my fears of sitting around waiting for the phone to ring never transpired and I feel truly blessed!Here's a quick synapsis:I recorded and mixed the score for "Gingerbread House-Movie Musical" produced by VP Boyle for NYFA, and also completed the full sound mix for the film. The music was com [...]

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M.I.A.

Beautiful People!It's trueI've been MIA. Super busy (This is good), but no excuse for not communicating.Here's some news:The studio has a new website: MONOLisaNYC.comThe gear list is there, as well as directions and all sorts of other studio-centric info.Check it out!I' [...]

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Check out this tune!

My friend Alyson Greenfield's song "Understand the Sky" was featured on NPR this week to help promote her show at the Knitting Factory.OK, the gig has already happened, so epic fail there, buuuut, I'm super proud to have mixed this tune. It's my favorite from her album, "Tuscaloosa". Here's the link, [...]

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The making of MONOLisa

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Hello beautiful people!Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Joyous Kwanza, happy Fetivus, joyful winter solstice,... Whatever it is you celebrate at this time of year, I hope you had a happy one!2012 is almost over.Here are the highlights:The world didn't endNew York City isn't flooded any longerMy studio, MONOLisa is almost open. [...]

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Sandy

We were super lucky. Our neighborhood was pretty much unscathed, we had power the whole time, but dang, did Sandy do a number on this city. The subways are almost back up and running on a normal schedule, but NJT is still a mess. Rich and I decided to go and volunteer for a day with the "Occupy Sandy" movement. They are doing a tremendous job in helping folks out. Rich and I went to Costco and picked up some supplies on their "need" list, and then [...]

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New article in SonicScoop.com!

I had the pleasure of mixing 4 songs from Krissy Krissy's new EP, "Above All" in August. She's a super talented pop artist who's on her way to the big time! I'm excited to share with you a really cool interview I did about one of the songs on the EP, called :Broken Glass". It just hit the net! Check it out!Mix Analysis: “Broken Glass” by Krissy Krissy &nda [...]

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"Suckers" featured on a new compilation!

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Birthday

Since my last post, things got a little busy over here!I got back from Delaware, recorded a vocal for "Blackbird" to submit to the Indaba contest, then began work mixing for new pop artist, Krissy Krissy. Outside of that, I'm working on finishing up some new material and working on some upcoming outings with the band.It's also birthday month for me. Yeeeessss, as of September 3rd, I'm another [...]

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mini vacation

10 days of house sitting, well dog sitting to be exact, at my mom's house in Delaware...It's a cool constant 70 degrees and sadly, It's all over.Rest, relaxation, peace and quiet, visits with friends and family. And in the space between visits, I meant to do all sorts of things..finish up some songs, clean out my lyric books, balance my check book.. [...]

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