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Lightfields release video for "Heart Attack Heather"

Lightfields release video for "Heart Attack Heather" from the upcoming "Junior" CD release next Friday June 13th at The Broadberry.

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Daniel Deckelman at Snake Oil Records/Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg_7fCr_Eg4

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Horsehead Grammy Ballot Nomination 2014

You can't ask for a better morning then finding out an album you did has been put on the Grammy Nomination Ballot for 2014. Horsehead's Sympathetic Vibrations has been placed on the ballot for 2014. It's truly an honor. Please wish them the best! Go grab a copy if your haven't already.

Recorded and Mixed by Daniel Deckelman at Snake Oil Records/Recording

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This Week at Snake Oil Recording

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This Week At Snake Oil Recording

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The Science Behind Bad Singing

http://snakeoilrecording.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-science-behind-bad-singing.html

8 Tips For Mixing For Mastering

http://snakeoilrecording.blogspot.com/2012/10/8-tips-for-mixing-for-mastering.html

Two Snake Oil Recording Clients Awarded Style Weekly Magazne's Best Of Richmond.

Style Weekly Magazine names Andy Vaughan and the Driveline best Richmond Country Band.

Andy Vaughan and the Driveline walk away with the Best Richmond Country Band title for 2012. Style Weekly Magazine's immensely popular yearly award by voters is always an honor and highly regarded.

Andy Vaughan and the Driveline The Driveline are currently finishing up work on Searching For The Song which is their follow up to last years noteworthy release Long Gone at Snake Oil Recording again with Dan-O Deckelman. Long Gone took the honor of the #4 slot for Best New Country Album of 2011 on the Country California Charts. Andy Vaughan and the Driveline have also landed on Style Magazine's Sounds Of Richmond Vol 5.

Style Weekly Magazine names KiKi Frost 'Best Drag Performer Who Actually Sings'

KiKi Frost

KiKi Frost, who premiered the 'Drop It Like It's Hot' video last April 2011, has received the highly regarded Best of Richmond award for 2012. Production for Drop It Like Its Hot was done at Snake Oil Recording with Dan-O Deckelman the latter part of 2010 and early 2011.

This Week At Snake Oil Recording

This Week at Snake Oil Recording

Jay Smack’s Studio B Live from Snake Oil Recording on 102.1fm The X w/ Paul Ivey and the Rubes 11pm Sunday April 29 http://www.iheart.coMam/#/live/2473/ Well be joined again by Magazine33's Chandler Moulton

Shelly Bonet Returns for more work at Snake Oil Recording!

Fist City Start work on their first release with a unique twist on Alt. Country/Americana.

Gray Gurkin Puts the final tracking touches on his acoustic follow up to 2007's Six Pack. Lsiten to Sunday Mornin. Here's a video preview for the upcoming 2012 release recorded on a handheld camera. http://youtu.be/Zp3RcT4Vj7Y

Andy Vaughan and the Driveline continue mixing their follow up to the Long Gone album Searching For The Song. Long Gone took the honor of the #4 slot for Best New Country Album of 2011 on the Country California Charts. Andy Vaughan and the Driveline have also landed on Style Magazine's Sounds Of Richmond Vol 5 out on stands and online now.

Horsehead Move forward on their very anticipated follow up to well received Before the Bright Lights album.

Jay Smack’s Studio B Live Snake Oil 102.1fm The X - Bucket 11pm Sunday May 13 http://www.iheart.com/#/live/2473/

The Duchess Crutch continue mixing their Stoner rock EP due out this fall.

TDivision Start Mixing the follow up to 2010's Ep Problem For Your Solution, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Psycobilly Cadillac Continue mixing their upcoming full length album which is simply amazing. There's an un-mastered preview available here: Psycobilly Cadillac Preview Workingman Mind Venture Pictures has chosen a track from the upcoming Workingman album "Surviving The Struggle" for Key. The Workingman project is the mind child of Chris Mullican (Magazine33) and currently in progress here at Snake Oil Recording and features the talents of local Richmond faves Horsehead, Slim Stanton from Andy Vaughan and the Driveline, and Chris Fuller. Slim Stanton makes an appearance on Blame playing upright bass.

Paul Ivey and the Rubes are in next month to follow up the hotly anticipated follow up to the Casual Wayne 7" due to be released at any moment.

League of Space Pirates Have a few surprises waiting patiently. Mixing will continue soon on the follow up to the Hypertrophy EP and Search and Destroy single.

Fandango Records Rare 7" Comp (including: TheHellacopters, Flaming Sideburns, Candy Snatchers, Nick Royale, The BellRays,Borracho, and many more)

Current/Upcoming at Snake Oil Recording

Current/Upcoming project at Snake Oil Recording: The Duchess Crutch Gray Gurkin Horsehead Jay Smack’s Studio B Live Snake Oil 102.1fm The X (TBA soon and it's killer!) Paul Ivey and the Rube Psycobilly Cadillac Andy Vaughan and the Driveline Workingman T-Division League of Space Pirates Fandango Records Rare 7" Comp (including: The Hellacopters, Flaming Sideburns, Candy Snatchers, Nick Royale, The BellRays, Borracho, and many more) Snake Oil Recording makes the Richmond Times Dispatch. http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2012/jan/26/tdweek07-the-hear-amp-now-some-headliners-of-the-r-ar-1639861/ Video Teaser for RPG filmed live on Jay Smack's Studio B Live at Snake Oil Recording 102.1FM The X. Check out the new record "High Loathsome" out on vinyl any minute. http://vimeo.com/36745176 Video by Kieran Wagner of Kieran Wagner Photography

Busy week at Snake Oil Recording

This week at Snake Oil Recording the Workingman project begins tracking, Wake the Captive mixing continues, and The Barstool Heros track their EP. In the meantime here a quick vid from the Gray Gurkin session yesterday. Gray is tracking "Wet Paint" for his upcoming release. http://youtu.be/gdgpSOzgH4g