Free Guerrilla Recording: Three bands at the Buckhorn

From the vault CHiTT Productions presents a live recording from the Buckhorn Bar: the Ghosts of Predators Past, the Neo-nostalgics, and Driftwood. Recorded on location December 14, 2007 at the Buckhorn Bar in Laramie, Wyoming.




Free download:
CHiTT Productions Presents the Buckhorn Bar
December 14, 2007
Ghosts of Predators Past, Neo-nostalgics & Driftwood
192 kbps 65 Megs




All parties involved in the recordings retain their original rights to their creations. You are free to download and distribute this album for non-commercial purposes only.

Sample songs from the full album:
Ghosts of Predators Past:

Neo-Nostalgics

Driftwood

Gear used in the recording of this show: Shure SM58 (vocals), Sennheiser e609 (guitars), Shure Beta 52 (kick and bass), Shure SM57 (snare), Sennheiser e604 (toms), AT2020 (overheads). Multitracked to hard disk.

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Neo-Nostalgics live at the Buckhorn

Here's some video of the Neo-Nostalgics show at the historic (and uniquely aromatic) Buckhorn Bar on December 14th, 2007. CHiTT productions was there providing sound reinforcement and recording all the bands on the bill that night. Thanks in part to a rotating radio promo the bar was packed late into the night-- the best turn out in Laramie in a while, especially considering that finals were over and a lot of students were gone. Also on the bill that night were the Ghosts of Predators Past and Driftwood. Check back soon for a compilation album of the bands on the bill that night and more videos as they surface.

Driftwood releases 2003 EP for free

Driftwood Project, Chitt Productions' quasi-metal band, has decided to release their 2003 self-produced album to the public for free download. From their Myspace post:

"We've thought a lot lately about what we stand for as a band trying to make art and music in this day and age. With the advent of digital technology, is easier than ever to make a quality product and D.I.Y. it the whole way without wasting too much of our time or money. While we would love to make a living producing our music, fact of the matter is we rarely ever see compensation for what we do, and it doesn't look like that fact is going to change any time soon. So what? Even though we don't make any money playing music doesn't mean that we're going to fold our hand and quit. We love what we do and the music we create (for the most part) and that's what drives us to continue down this road less travelled.

So in the interest of putting our money where our mouth is, we're going to start releasing for free the music we've put so much effort into, because what good is making music if no one hears it? We'll still sell CDs at shows for a pittance, because face it, someone's always willing to cough up a couple of bucks to support something they enjoyed, but just because you don't have any money (or you're just a cheap-ass) doesn't mean you can't own a piece of our work if it interests you.

So here's Driftwood's first self-release from 2003-- an experiment in the D.I.Y. ethic from start to finish. It was a noble first attempt from which we learned many valuable lessons.

So download away, because music, art and culture should be as free as the air we breathe. Just let us know if you did, because it's nice to know someone gives a shit. We'll release more of our recordings in a similar format in the future-- stay tuned.

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Driftwood"

While we understand that not all of our artists will choose to go a similar route, we support Driftwood's decision to release their music for free download since it's their music to begin with. Hopefully other artists will be inspired to follow suit.

Download Driftwood's 2003 EP for free here. Click "continue," and click "download" to download the zipped file.