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World renowned session drummer Kenny Aronoff, with producers Eric Klee Johnson and
Marc Johnson, is cutting drum tracks for Wonderdrug, Kayleigh, Dark House Sweet,
Emitter, Jeremy Vogt and John Waite.

Surf rock legends The Madeira were at The Pop Machine in August tracking their upcoming
release for Double Crown Records with producers Marc and Eric Klee Johnson.
Eric also mixed the record which will be released in October. More photos.

Eric Klee Johnson with Les Paul at Iridium, NYC.



Jeremy Vogt, seen here with producers Marc Johnson and
Eric Klee Johnson, finished up mixing his brilliant debut record
"People In Strange Places."  Look for it to come out winter 2006.

Midwest Music Summit - The Anatomy of a Record
Presented by The Pop Machine
Indianapolis Convention Center Room 212
Friday, July 22, 2005
PHOTOS HERE!

Emitter pictured here with the best drummer in the world Kenny Aronoff.



Dave Scoon from Emitter showing Kenny how to do the perfect drum roll.



Kennys' Tama Star Classic drum kit.



Dark House Sweet with Kenny Aronoff and The Johnson Bros. after a long night of tracking drums for their
upcoming record.

Eric Klee Johnson, Kenny Aronoff, Marc Johnson, and Jeremy Vogt recoding rhythm beds for Jeremy's debut record "People in Strange Places".




Moe-Z (John Mellencamp, The Wallflowers, Tupac)
is seen here laying down a keyboard part at a recent
Dark House Sweet Session.



Trainwreck at The Pop Machine tracking and mixing for upcoming release with Eric Klee Johnson and Marc Johnson



Resurface at The Pop Machine tracking and mixing for upcoming release with producers Eric Klee Johnson and Marc Johnson



Rap sensations Relentless are currently at The Pop Machine working with
producer Joe Chessman on an upcoming CD release.



Droned from Birmingham, Alabama at The Pop Machine.



1999 Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Brack and The Subwoofers are recording an EP
at The Pop Machine.



Kenny Brack laying down guitar with a super cool Fender Telecaster and a black face Super Reverb.
Notice the guitar miking technique 2 Shure SM57's and a Coles 4038.






Kyle Cook of matchbox twenty and The New Left with Zack Baldauf recording Virgin Millionaires at The Pop Machine. Photo by Jeff Boger



Marc Johnson at Masterdisk in New York City 8/26/04. Pictured with Marc is Mastering Engineer, Andy Van Dette (Beastie Boys, David Bowie, Nirvana, A Simple Plan, Uncle Kracker). Andy does mastering for many releases produced at The Pop Machine, The Fuglees, Dark House Sweet, DENT, and Dystalis to name a few. The Fuglees, Erich Rigby Anderson calls Andy VanDette the Obi Wan Kanobi of mastering. We agree.
 Andy Van Dette

Chelsea Brummet with Eric Klee Johnson, Marc Johnson and Joey Fingers.

Between sessions studio drum ace Charlie Bushor (Kenny Brack/The Why Store) runs into David Moore (far
left) and Tim Jones (far right) of the Americana supergroup Chevy Downs.



Jeremy Vogt is tracking his debut record "People in Strange Places" with producer Marc Johnson at The Pop Machine. Jeremy is pictured here laying down a vocal track with an AKG C12VR microphone.



Producer Marc Johnson is seen here is tracking Jeremy Vogt.



Jeremy Vogt with bassist Christian Starnes



Droned from Birmingham, Alabama came into The Pop Machine tp record an EP with our long-time friend Mick Loud on Bass.
"Hey Mick it that an Aspen Pitman?"











3:00AM March 19, 2005 tracking Emitter.  Pictured here is Marc, Steven and Jay Bird.



Easy Astronaut has been tracking songs with Producer Joe Cheesman at The Pop Machine. Ain Embrow pictured on the bass guitar.

Kyle with the vintage 1967 Firebird.







Kyle tracking Easy Astronaut vocals.



John Waite at The Pop Machine in November with (L-R) Eric Klee Johnson, Marc Johnson.



Eric Klee Johnson tracking vocals with John Waite. The John Waite vocal chain consisted of having one of rock's most recognizable voices; John, singing through an AKG C12VR, going to API 512 mic preamp  to a Teletronics LA-2A.

 

Kyle and Zack relaxing after a day of tracking.



Interscope recording artists Jurassic 5 recorded their new single at The Pop Machine, the single will be released on CD and vinyl in Japan and will also be used for a Nike shoe commercial. Pictured with The Pop Machine engineers; Joey Fingers, Marc Johnson and Eric Klee Johnson are Numark (producer), Soup, Akil, and Marc 7 from Jurassic 5.


Eric Klee Johnson, Christian Sterns, Jeremy Vogt, Marc Johnson and Justin Adkins after hearing final mixes of  Jeremy's debut record "People In Strange Places"



Teen singing sensation Kayliegh, pictured with Kenny Aronoff.
Kenny played drums on her upcoming single "Only For You" recorded at The Pop Machine.



Steve Millikan (Ray Boltz, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti)
World renowned producer, arranger, songwriter, and session
musician. Steve conducts an eight piece string section for an upcoming release he is producing at The Pop Machine.



Erich Rigby Anderson of The Fuglee's cutting vocal tracks for
The Fuglee's new record Indiana.



Producer/Engineer Mike Petrow, session drum ace Adam White,
and singer/songwriter Dan Keplinger busy recording a four song
EP with modern rock act Field Trip.



Kirk Frederickson tracking drums with Wonderdrug.



Eric Klee Johnson and Kirk Frederickson of Wonderdrug listen back to drum tracks.



Eric Klee Johnson, not only a brilliant producer but
also secretly doubles as a session bass player,
Pictured above with his new 1966 Gibson EB-2.



Rocktrocnia wizard Niswander is seen here writing last minute lyrics for his forthcoming release "Adventures in Wanderland" due out December 2003.



Tim Jones and David Moore of Chevy Downs are
cutting vocals  in The Pop Machine main room.



Kenny Aronoff at The Pop Machine. In a word Kenny is  amazing.



 



Producer Eric Klee Johnson with Kevin Silva and Dave Price of Rock Soup.



Rock Soup guitar ace John Dinwiddie.



Powerrface from East Lansing, Michigan is recording their upcoming CD "Steal Your Soul"
with Eric and Marc Johnson producing.  Powerface was just signed to Lupus Thunder of the
Blooodhound Gang's Four Seven Media record label.



Engineer Fayth Marie seen here with producer Charlie Bushor and guitarist
Gene Deer working on the upcoming Kenny Brack and The Subwoofers record.




Wonderdrug drummer Kirk Frederickson.



Brad from Sidereal tracking vocals.



Sidereal in the control room  listening to mixes.


Marc, Kenny and Jeremy Vogt.