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Michael Cooper Recording

About Me

Michael Cooper Recording is Central Oregon's premier music-production and voiceover studio, offering tracking, editing, mixing and CD-mastering services. The studio is located in a quiet, rural setting at the base of the towering Cascade Mountains (the Pacific Northwest's primary mountain range) and just a few minutes' walk from the Deschutes National Forest. The studio is beautifully appointed with the finest acoustical treatments and features two tracking rooms, an isolation booth and a spectragraph-tuned, fully-equipped control room. Flat-rate fees are offered to out-of-area clients for mixing and mastering services delivered via Fed Ex delivery; please send Michael Cooper a message to inquire about current rates.Recent clients and artists working at Michael Cooper Recording include Brianne Beaty, John Owczarzak, Labirynt (Teal Creek Music recording artists), Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, Simon & Schuster Audio, Dow Jones Co., former ABC News correspondent Barry Serafin, Todd Haaby and Sola Via, and The Commercial Underground.Owner/engineer Michael Cooper has recorded, mixed and mastered scores of albums and scored music for feature-length motion film. He is a noted author and consultant for the music industry and has been published over 300 times on the subjects of recording-studio equipment and music production techniques. (Google "Michael Cooper Recording" or go to http://mixonline.com and type "Michael Cooper" in the search box for a limited listing of his work.) A contributing editor for Mix magazine for the past twelve years, and for sister publication Electronic Musician for the past seven, Cooper has also written for Keyboard, Recording, Wired, AudioMedia, and Musician. Michael Cooper has guest-lectured at the University of Oregon on the topic of music production and technologies. Cooper has won major awards in national and international songwriting competitions. Michael Cooper owns music-publishing company Michael Cooper Music (BMI; formerly Attention Span Music).All songs on this site were written, produced, mixed and mastered by Michael Cooper.

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Member Since: 08/02/2006
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Michael Cooper Music gets a song cut!

One of my songs was cut last week on Dave Russell's new project, which is being produced by Jerry Cupit for Cupit Records. Many thanks to Dave Russell and to Jerry Cupit, Dan Hagar and the rest of ...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:14:00 GMT

All Time High

All Time High was recorded at County Q Productions (Nashville, TN) and Michael Cooper Recording (Sisters, OR) in the summer and Fall of 2008. The basic tracks were recorded during the same session as ...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:31:00 GMT

NASCAR Driver

NASCAR Driver was recorded at County Q Productions (Nashville, TN) and Michael Cooper Recording (Sisters, OR) in the summer and Fall of 2008. PT Houston engineered the sessions in Nashville. I overdub...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:21:00 GMT

"Impossible"

"Impossible" was originally envisioned as a very sparse production and had only acoustic guitar, cello, lead vocals and light strings on the track. Acoustic guitar and strings were recorded at Michael...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:23:00 GMT

A little Southern Rock to spice things up

"In My Baby's Arms" was recorded in the late winter and Spring and mixed in August of 2007.I cut my guitar parts -- including the opening vamp -- at Michael Cooper Recording before tracking the seven ...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:40:00 GMT

"Im The Last To Know"

"I'm The Last To Know" was recorded at County Q productions (Nashville) and Michael Cooper Recording (Sisters, OR) in the Spring of 2007. I developed the song's signature guitar hooks a few months pri...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:57:00 GMT

New song, "Bless The Rain," posted today!

Basic tracks and lead vocals for "Bless The Rain" were recorded at County Q Productions in Nashville last April (2007). I had previously recorded my acoustic guitar part (heard prominently in the firs...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:02:00 GMT

New recording project in Nashville

Last week's recording sessions at County Q Productions in Nashville went extremely well. (What a relief! Whenever I'm about to do these speed-demon sessions, I always imagine Forrest Gump commenting, ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 14:37:00 GMT

"Single On The Double" posted today!

"Single On The Double" was produced in the Spring of 2006. I tracked basics and overdubbed the lead vocals at County Q Productions (Nashville, TN); Houston engineered on the dates, as usual. Having a ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:23:00 GMT

"Way Past That" posted today

Here's another song the production for which originated with the April, 2006 sessions in Nashville. "Way Past That" was tracked at County Q Productions, with me producing and Houston engineering. Suza...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:15:00 GMT