News Archive 12-29-06 - Circuit Rider Studios has high hopes going into 2007 Analog Moon is doing some final tweaks to some demos while preparing to record in Boston at Chillhouse Studios in February. We are currently mixing two albums for Ryan Monroe that have been slated for an early 2007 release. The first, entitled Painting of a Painting On Fire, features lots of Monroe's signature piano and keyboard work, while the second, entitled, 9 Dollar Microphone, ventures into a more electronic realm. If you missed, Todd Britton appeared for a solo acoustic performance at the Artists' Basement along with Andrew Francis of Petrillo Relents, Rian Atkinson, and THE Dubber. Check out the pics sent from THE Dubber himself. Also in December on the 23rd, Ryan Monroe's former band, Captain Easy, reunited for one night at Headliners. There was a great turnout, and the music was spectacular. Analog Moon opened the show along with Analog Moon drummer Chris Jones's former band, Death To van Gogh's Ear. 09-25-06 - The Free Times will be holding their annual Free Times Music Crawl this weekend. Circuit Rider alumni, Danielle Howle, Analog Moon, and Ryan Monroe's Pangroid Band will be performing along with The South, Villanova, Sunshone Still, Josh Roberts and the Hinges, Hannah Miller, and many more artists and bands. 03-30-06 - Analog Moon will be performing at the 3 Rivers Music Festival this year. They've been slotted to headline the Free Times Stage from 6:45 PM to 7:30 PM. Also performing at this year's festival are Aretha Franklin, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Richie Havens, Styx, Edwin McCain, The Sam Bush Band, Nickle Creek, Delbert McClinton, The Blue Dogs, Villanova, Sunshone Still, The Heist and the Accomplice, King Hippo, and many others. Tickets can be purchased at Columbia area Food Lion grocery stores or online at etix. For more information on the festival including a map of the festival grounds and a complete listing of the performers, visit 3riversmusicfestival.org. 03-15-06 - Three Circuit Rider artists will be performing at this year's annual St. Pat's in 5 Points celebration. Ryan Monroe's Pangroid Band will perform it's first show following the finishing of Ryan's long-awaited album, Pangroid at 12:20 PM on the Free Times Stage on Devine Street. Danielle Howle will perform at 1:40 PM at the Miller Light/WCOS Stage located at the corner of Blossom and Harden Street. And finally, Analog Moon will perform at 4:00 PM at the Locals Stage on Santee Street. 11-11-05 - Analog Moon has begun recording the follow-up to their self-titled EP. There are no details available as of yet, but the album will consist of new songs as well as some songs that are currently in circulation in the band's present live setlists. The album is not expected to be finished until around the spring of next year. The time has come again to vote for artists and bands that you would like to see at next year's 3 Rivers Music Festival. Notables on the ballot this year include Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, Neil Young, and Brian Wilson. To vote, visit the 3 Rivers Music Festival online ballot by clicking here. 7-26-05 - Free Times, Columbia's free alternative weekly newspaper is holding its annual Music Crawl on October 1. The music crawl is a showcase of local acts in the Columbia area. With lots of new bands on the scene, this year's Music Crawl promises to bring a fresh perspective to Columbia's music scene. Many genres will be represented and everyone should be able to find something they like. Go out and support your local musicians. 6-13-05 - Analog Moon will be performing their first official live gig at Headliners Mainstage this friday, June, 17th. They will be opening for North Carolina's own Mood Cultivation Project. The show is a production from our friends at All In Entertainment Group. The doors open at 9:00 pm and Analog Moon should take the stage around 10:00 pm. Tickets are $5.00only available at the door. Come on out early for a great time. Other than that, the studio is booked up with former keyboardist and vocalist for Captain Easy, Ryan Monroe. Ryan continues to dig through a catalog of unrecorded and sometimes unfinished material to bake in the upper room. There's a tight lid on this one, but we'll keep you as updated as possible. 4-18-05 - Two Circuit Rider Alumni will be performing at this years 3 Rivers Music Festival. Danielle Howle will perform on Sunday, April 24th at the SCE&G “Unplugged” Stage from 2:30 to 3:30. That leaves you half an hour to get over to the Free Times stage to see The Dave Britt Band from 4:00 to 4:45. Get out and support your local musicians. The festival is always a good time. This year's headlining acts are Widespread Panic and Nelly. After the festival on Sunday, our friends, King Hippo, will be playing at Headliners Mainstage in the vista for the Widespread Panic after party. Analog Moon is still very busy rehearsing for their upcoming, yet to be announced, much anticipated, ever elusive first public performance. They have also completed writing and recording a new addition their repertoire. The song is call Don't Come Home. Look for it soon on the downloads page here at CircuitRiderStudios.com. 3-23-05 - Former keyboardist and vocalist for Captain Easy, Ryan Monroe spent the weekend recording his new solo material in the studio. Working from a notebook and an enormous batch of 8-track demos, Ryan is putting together what promises to be a stellar solo debut album. After the initial session, we are very excited about the possibilities of this project. Details to follow in the coming weeks. Analog Moon has finally found a suitable drummer and has begun rehearsing in the studio for their first live performance. These sessions have brought about some new material in addition to a couple of tracks which have already been recorded. The new drummer, Chris Jones, can also be seen with local Columbia, SC band, Stillhouse, and performing in the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar at Headliners Mainstage on Friday, March 25th, and Saturday, March 26th. Tickets for that event are $7. Visit the Headliners website for more information. 3-02-05 - GarageBand.com will feature Todd Britton's I Write as Track of the Day in the Americana genre on Wednesday, March 9th. Click on the "Track of the Day" icon above on that day to check it out. Analog Moon will be entering a new track in the Indie Rock genre very soon. The track is called The James and Gibson Skyway and will be offered for download here at circuitriderstudios.com in the coming weeks. The Dave Britt Band has finished a new album that they recorded at the Jam Room. It contains all new tracks performed in the studio by a full band. They will perform at the CD release show on Saturday, March 5, at the Art Bar. Admission is $2. Circuit Rider Studios will be hosting a mini-site for The Cat's Pajamas located at catspajamas .circuitriderstudios .com. The PJs (Todd Britton, Will Meyer, Matt Pennington, and Brannon Fitch) are no longer active as a band but get together for the occasional reunion show. Check out their site to learn more. Their last studio album, Remain is available for purchase in the releases section. You can download two tracks from the album there for free as well. 2-20-05 - Analog Moon and Todd Britton are both entered into active contests at GarageBand.com. Analog Moon has entered the song Beautiful Nothing into the Indie Rock category. Todd Britton has entered his third GarageBand.com contest with I Write in the Americana category. Ash and Sand and Pawtucket were both entered last year, and both did well. All of these songs can be downloaded here at circuitriderstudios.com in the downloads section. Follow the badge link below to watch the progress of Beautiful Nothing at GarageBand. 2-10-05 - Analog Moon has begun recording in the studio and hopes to be performing live starting in the coming months. Go to the downloads page to here a sample of what's to come. One track, Beautiful Nothing, is completed, and a few more are in the works. 1-4-05 - Todd Britton's new EP, See Sea is complete and is now available to download for FREE in the releases section. Two selections have also been added to the featured downloads section. 1-3-05 - Be sure to try out our new song sampler powered by flashAmp at the bottom of the right column of this page. 6-23-04 - Get your copy of Free Times! This week's issue contains an article about Dave Britt and promotes the upcoming CD Release show this saturday night at Headliners Mainstage. Free Times writer, Kevin Oliver, discusses Dave Britt's past, present, and future musical ventures. Click here to visit Free Times online. The article can be found in the music section (this week only). 6-18-04 - Today's issue of The State Paper features an article on Dave Britt. Staff writer, Otis Taylor, discusses Dave's past music career as well as his current projects. Click here to read it online. 6-17-04 - Dave Britt's new full-length album, Sweet Temptation is complete and is now available for purchase in the Releases section. The official release date is June 26th and will be marked by a CD release party at Headliners Mainstage in the Vista in Columbia, SC. There will be performances by The Dave Britt Band as well as The Gold Coast and Perfect Sleeper. Admission will be $3. 4-21-04 - Last night was Singer/Songwriter Night at Headliners Mainstage in the Vista. The performers were Dave Britt, Brian Conner, Chris Conner, Danielle Howle, Brent Lundy, Brent McDonald, Josh Roberts, Brett Treacy, and Phil Yates. The performance was set up in three rounds where three artists would take the stage together and take turns performing their own material. The concert and wine tasting was organized by Dave Britt and will possibly become a regular event. Last night's artists all did an exceptional job, and everyone in attendence seemed to thoroughly enjoy the music. The night was capped off by an encore performance of Will The Circle Be Unbroken by all of the musicians. 3-12-04 - One week ago, we made our first on location recording at Minglewood in Five Points (Columbia, SC) recording The Herbie Jeffcoat Trio. Although it was done in the experimental phase of our mobile recording rig design, we got a good recording of an excellent show, and it has been made available for free download in the Releases section. The trio played a small variety of originals and standards and expanded on each one. We look forward to working with this extremely talented band again in the near future. 3-05-04 - Dave Britt performed last night at the Jam Room Showcase 2004 along with Vinyl Are My Pants, Danielle Howle, Petrillo Relents, and The Thirsties. The performance followed a Q&A Session with Pete Knapp, President of Shut Eye Records in Atlanta, GA. Knapp and Bray Merritt, Associate Producer and engineer at The Jam Room Recording Studio, provided each artist or band with a comment sheet following their performance. 2-17-04 - New Gear! Circuit Rider Studios is growing. Late last year we moved to a new location (as did I), and now we are moving up in the realm of technology. I will be training on a new recording console, the Tascam FW-1884, as well as learning some new software. This is going to help us record bands the way they play live, all together. 11-11-03 - Dave Britt's new EP is officially released! The EP release party is tonight at Sundance in the Vista (Columbia, SC). Download it for free in the Releases section. 5-27-03 - Todd Britton's second release is recorded and mixed and will be available within the week in the Releases section. Listen to two tracks in the mp3 section. 11-12-02 - New mp3s in the mp3 section! Congratulations and good luck to Gregory Loney as he enters a scholarship competition. 5-10-02 - CDs now available for purchase on the Releases page. They include Todd Britton - Cold Monday and The Cat's Pajamas - Remain. More to come...