Head In The Sand Productions

About Me

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Head In The Sand Productions is the studio arm of Mike Petkau's body. He makes records for people. He works really hard to make sure that they damn good records, too.
He usually works out of the acoustically awesome MCM Studios, but is more than happy to record wherever your pretty little heart desires. He's got some good gear, some good mics, and most importantly: good taste. Well, we hope.
In the past year he's done The Record Of The Week Club , Paper Moon, Todd Hunter, Ian La Rue and The Other Brothers. Add to that a few albums in progress, a few demo's, some mastering jobs... life is busy. Life is good.
Mike also did the sound design and co-wrote the score for Cattle Call which won Best Experimental Film at SXSW, and also showcased at Sundance, Toronto IFF, and a pile of other festivals. Its a pretty rad little movie, sort of a music video for the "song of the auctioneer". Directed by Winnipeg film luminaries Matthew Rankin and Mike Maryniuk.
Lastly, but most importantly, he also plays in 3 neat little bands. You should check them out. Les Jupes. The Liptonians. Ian La Rue & The Condor.
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Music:

Member Since: 01/06/2006
Band Website: Forthcoming.
Band Members: Mike Petkau
Influences: Dave Fridmann
Scott Litt
Gil Norton
Nigel Godrich
Tony Doogan
Sounds Like: music to our ears.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What A Year!

Its been one heckuva year, and I felt it might be a good idea to summarize all thats happened.The Record Of The Week Club turned out waaaay better than anyone could've imagined - especially myself. T...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Cattle Call - Toronto Intl FF, Sundance & Bravo ... plus current projects

THIS JUST IN: Cattle Call will be screening at Sundance! Exciting!This past winter, I did the sound design, mix and music production fora short film by Winnipeg's film-making laureate Matt Rankin and...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Record Of The Week Club & The Last Waltz

Hello!Two very exciting new projects are underway and rapidly approaching becoming reality.THE LAST WALTZI am co-producing The Last Waltz with the West End Cultural Centre. We're putting on a re-crea...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:14:00 GMT

Our Clients!

RECORDING PORTFOLIOPaper Moon ~ TBATodd Hunter~ TBAIan La Rue & The Condor ~ TBAMahogany Frog ~ Do5Twilight Hotel ~ BethuneOld Seed ~ When You Laugh The World Laughs With You, When You Cry You Cry Alo...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:45:00 GMT

GEAR LIST

GEAR LISTRECORDERSProTools HD2(Plug-Ins: Waves, Drawmer, Massey)Reason 3.0Otari MX5050 1/4" 2-trackOtari MX5050 1/4" 4-trackTascam DA-88Sony PCR-7020 DATCONSOLE & MONITORSSoundcraft 6000Yamaha NS-...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:43:00 GMT

Twilight Hotel's "Bethune" nominated for Best Americana Album

"Bethune" has been nominated at the Independant Music Awards. Congratulations to Twilight Hotel. It was a joy to produce that album with them.
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:33:00 GMT