"Brothers Studio" is a name meant to suggest kinship among all musical brothers and sisters of the greatest artistic realm to bind humanity, but real brothers are also at work here.
Brothers Studio ... yes, the same Brothers Studio that turned out hundreds of indie recordings from a 24-track facility in the Okanagan Valley in the 1980s, is the namesake. Three brothers went on to pursue other interests. Years passed. Music waited. Lives changed.
Ultimately two of the brothers became neighbours in the Gulf Islands of coastal BC, still playing music, but with experience and artistic savvy quietly gained with the passage of time.
Jim Thievin has his signature on many early Canadian vinyls made on analog equipment. He now embraces — through wisdom of the past — what the digital movement has brought to the art and the science of recording. Denis Thievin, writer and producer, shares his own expertise when asked to create works that rival professionally produced recordings of the day. Both brothers are seasoned studio musicians. Both have contributed to thousands of recordings and jingles from pop to jazz to country.
There are very few moving parts in recording studios of the 21st century. The tools of Brothers Studio are chosen carefully and reflect the necessities of any modern recording facility. But ask any professional recording engineer, any experienced producer, and the answer is always the same: Knowing how to use the equipment and the software is immensely more important than the gear itself. Being a musician to boot, priceless.
Essentially, Brothers Studio is outfitted as follows:
Consoles are Sony MXP or Mackie
Microphones by Shure, AKG, Electrovoice, Apex, et cetera
Studio monitors by JBL and Philips
Power amps by BGW, QSC
Outboard gear by DBX, Presonus, Aphex, Yamaha, Alesis etc.
Digital converters by Mark of the Unicorn, Digidesign, Canopus
Headphones by Sony, AKG, Roland
Keyboards by Roland, and Kurzweil digital sampler
Software by Digidesign, Steinberg
Anything absent above can be added on a moment's notice.
Brothers Studio ... yes, the same Brothers Studio that turned out hundreds of indie recordings from a 24-track facility in the Okanagan Valley in the 1980s, is the namesake. Three brothers went on to pursue other interests. Years passed. Music waited. Lives changed.
Ultimately two of the brothers became neighbours in the Gulf Islands of coastal BC, still playing music, but with experience and artistic savvy quietly gained with the passage of time.
Jim Thievin has his signature on many early Canadian vinyls made on analog equipment. He now embraces — through wisdom of the past — what the digital movement has brought to the art and the science of recording. Denis Thievin, writer and producer, shares his own expertise when asked to create works that rival professionally produced recordings of the day. Both brothers are seasoned studio musicians. Both have contributed to thousands of recordings and jingles from pop to jazz to country.
There are very few moving parts in recording studios of the 21st century. The tools of Brothers Studio are chosen carefully and reflect the necessities of any modern recording facility. But ask any professional recording engineer, any experienced producer, and the answer is always the same: Knowing how to use the equipment and the software is immensely more important than the gear itself. Being a musician to boot, priceless.
Essentially, Brothers Studio is outfitted as follows:
Consoles are Sony MXP or Mackie
Microphones by Shure, AKG, Electrovoice, Apex, et cetera
Studio monitors by JBL and Philips
Power amps by BGW, QSC
Outboard gear by DBX, Presonus, Aphex, Yamaha, Alesis etc.
Digital converters by Mark of the Unicorn, Digidesign, Canopus
Headphones by Sony, AKG, Roland
Keyboards by Roland, and Kurzweil digital sampler
Software by Digidesign, Steinberg
Anything absent above can be added on a moment's notice.
RIGHT1975: (top to bottom) Fran, Jim, Denis Thievin
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1983: Brothers Studio, Okan- agan (left to right): Denis, Fran, Don Alder, Jim
2009: Brothers Studio, Quadra Island