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This Is Flying Blanket, Vol. 1 - Studio Compilation CD

Available September 16th, 2008

We're proud to announce our first official CD release - a staggering 20-song compilation CD that chronicles producer/engineer Bob Hoag's work over the past year or so, as well as being a great showcase for a lot of amazing Arizona bands (20 bands - 20 songs!)

Featuring new and (as yet) unreleased songs from Dear and the Headlights, Black Carl, Tugboat, the Go Reflex, Dorsey, POEM, Heist at Hand, Art For Starters, Neba, and many more...

The song info for the comp is now available - just click on "Compilation" above.    You will be able to buy it at Stinkweeds as well as a few other joints in town.  You'll also be able to get one from us.  Eventually.

 Flying Blanket Recording --  Now Booking

Call us at 480.621.7901  

Welcome to the online home of Flying Blanket Recording and producer/engineer Bob Hoag. The studio is a two-room facility located in Mesa, Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix). We specialize in all-analog recording and mixing, but both rooms are also equipped with Pro Tools HD 3 Accel.

We have some of the best vintage gear you can get - and we don't only have toys for the kids behind the glass. We're proud of our collection of vintage guitars, basses, amps, keyboards, and drums, as well as a bevy of other weird instruments.

As a producer, I really care about all of the records I work on, and hopefully I'll help you to make a record that's just a little bit better than you thought you were capable of. And maybe a little unique from all of the other records floating around out there. (You know, originality seems to be a dying concept these days.)

You'll find mp3s of a good deal of my work on this site, which are free to download, as well as complete gear lists with photos and descriptions.

Our studio is located in the heart of historic Mesa, in a converted 3500-sq ft house, built in 1947. We have two lounges, a full eat-in kitchen with all the necessary appliances, laundry and shower facilities, as well as accomodations for out-of-town bands. 

Studio A is fully equipped with a 1978 Neve Custom 8078 Music Console, a 10-channel Neve BCM-10 sidecar, Studer 800 2" 24-track analogue tape machines, and an Ampex ATR-102 1/2" mixdown tape machine, as well as a massive collection of vintage and modern outboard gear, as well as Pro Tools HD3 Accel which is configured to make flying between tape and PT easy. There are three live rooms for Studio A - a large one (Huerta Room) with 15' ceilings and vintage oak floors, a medium one (Rincon Room) with 9' ceilings with vintage oak floors, and a smaller, dead isolation hallway.

Studio B is fully equipped with a late 70s, hand-wired Amek 2500 48-channel console, Studer A800, Pro Tools HD3 Accel, and another big pile of great vinatge and new outboard gear. The live room, while not too big, still boasts vintage oak floors and was designed to sound like a much larger room. We think it sounds pretty great!

We also have a large collection of guitars, amps, and drums (mostly vintage), as well as two vintage pianos, a Rhodes, and a bevy of additional instruments and percussion.

Take a look around the site, please check out the mp3s (and there's a lot of variety there), browse the gear lists, look at pictures of old drums, and check out the photos of the studio!