HalfDown Thomas Continues To Record At Rivergate Studios
New Studio Offerings Include Bus Parking, Rehearsal Space, and On-Site Lodging
Cullman, AL-based rock quartet HalfDown
Thomas released their album,
“Beautifully Strange,” on February 17th,
but already the band has been back in
Rivergate Studios with
3 Doors Down’s Chris Henderson
as producer. The band has two
new songs they are recording and
tracking, and they are also planning to
record a cover of Blackfoot’s “Train
Train,” which will be released at some
point in the future.
HalfDown Thomas has shared
the stage with acts as diverse and
influential as Kings of Leon, OutKast,
Evanescence, and Fuel, just to name a
few.
Somewhere between Pearl Jam and
Nickleback, between Stone Temple Pilots
and Breaking Benjamin, is where you'll
find HalfDown Thomas' sound. Throw in
individual influences as varied as
Southern rock and
’80s
hair metal, and what shakes out is
modern rock alternative with scorching
guitar solos, bombastic rhythm work, and
attention to lyrical hooks that create
an interesting and listener-friendly
mix.
Henderson produced “Beautifully
Strange,” which was completed at
Rivergate Studios (www.rivergatestudios.net)
in Hendersonville, TN (after two
sessions at his previous Rivergate
Studios location in Mississippi were
ruined by Hurricane Katrina and a
computer glitch). The studio is
co-owned and run by Henderson and Bobby
Capps of .38 Special. It was formerly
known as Hipp Studios and is a full
service complex. The studio has just
opened a third Pro Tools-equipped
studio, a newly-opened separate
rehearsal facility, and on-site band
lodging, bus parking and bus power have
been added to the studios’ roster of
offerings very recently.
Already, the studio has hosted a number of musicians and bands including Ken Block (Sister Hazel), Jon Nicholson (Musik Mafia), Todd Harrell (3 Doors Down), Mark Matakia (Lynryd Skynyrd), Halfdown Thomas, Kolo, Benjy Davis Project, David Z (Prince), and editing projects by Donnie Van Zant (.38 Special) and Don Barnes (.38 Special). Other recent or upcoming studio work includes Andrew Hoover, American Devils, The Campaign 1984, Nothing In Return (featuring members of Flaw), Willie Stradlin, Josh Pennington, The Good Side, Tommy Steele, and Neverset.
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