Temperamental Recordings

I’ve been out west the past few months working on David Jacobs-Strains new record and had some old friends play on that and my new album (pics below).  The record I Produced, Engineered and played a bunch on for Tom Vandenavond “wreck of a fine man” is out now thru Hillgrass Bluebilly Records.  Go check it out.  At home in the studio for the next month or so finishing up both mine and Davids thing then out to Portland to mix with Beau Sorenson sometime in mid June.  I might do  few local shows while I’m here this month. Keep an eye on the shows page. See ya soon,  MB

So I’m out in Portland at the moment playing shows and working on a few records. Almost done with Tom V’s new one and in the early stages of a record for my new buddy David Jacobs-Strain. Since getting here I’ve had a chance to do some recording/playing with a bunch of fine folks including Larry and His Flask, Willy Tea Taylor, Scott Mcdougall, The Calamity Cubes, Henry Hill Kammerer, Tom Vandenavond, Kids Like Color, Rural Demons, The Harmed Brothers, Feeding Frenzy and a few other new friends.
I’m also chipping away at my record when time allows. Check out the shows page for what’s coming up. Here’s a few pics from the last couple of weeks…

Hey all,
Sorry I’ve been out of touch on this page for a bit. I’ve been on the road a bunch and when I’m not it seems I’m in the studio working on something. Good to be busy I guess. The new year will see records I’ve Produced, Engineered and played on by the likes of Tom Vandenavond, Hule, The Harmed Brothers, Lonely Pony, and Scott McDougall. If you haven’t heard of any of These folks please go check them out. I’m super proud of the sounds this weird old building has been churning out over the last 2 years. The new year will also see the release of a record I’ve been sitting on for a few years named after my hometown, Geneseo. It’s a side project I’ve been working on with my childhood friend Zac Decamp for some time and I’m pretty excited about it. More on that soon. In between all this I’ve been slowly chipping away at my next record which will be called The Drunkards Progress. It won’t be the big crazy guest record American Hotel is, and I think that’s a good thing (that said there are still a bunch of guests on it). It’s been a crazy few years since I left Los Angeles and I have a few things to say about it. I’ll let ya know when it gets a bit closer to being done. Also, keep an eye on the shows page. I plan on playing a bunch of shows this winter and avoiding the frozen tundra of Western NY as much as possible. See you soon,
Mike

By Frank De Blase Friday night at The Standard Lounge American Gypsy-picker-troubadourMike Brown and Montreal’s Zak DeCamp worked their way through a songbook full of familiars, from Leiber and Stoller to the Boss. It was campfire loose and ultra-casual as Brown followed DeCamp’s pitches, smothering them in lap-steel beauty. Brown commands the instrument not as a flashy player, but as one who possesses the punctuation necessary to make the steel make sense on any song. It flows like thought and is beyond beautiful.