January 2012
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Huge January Discount
Approximately 80% of all rappers have claimed 2012 as “their year.” We at The Greenhouse want to be a part of all that. From now until Jan. 24th, we are offering a deal to new clients - three mixes for the price of two.* Don’t have three songs ready to mix? Not a problem, you can lock in this deal for a project later this year. Contact us at WillieGreenMusic@gmail.com for...
December 2011
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New Studio Computer
WARNING! HIGH NERDERY AHEAD!
Major upgrade at The Greenhouse, the old workhorse computer has finally been put out to pasture to make room for this Quad-core AMD beast. A 3.0 gHz quad core AMD Phenom II and 4 gigs of RAM. (expandable to 16 gigs) Dual monitor + HDMI compatible. Chyea.
November 2011
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Now Accepting Credit Cards!
Thanks to the power of Square technology, The GreenHouse is now accepting payment by credit card for all of our services! Beats, recording, mixing, mastering - leave the cash at home and pay via our safe and secure credit card service
September 2011
2 posts
Secure File Uploads
One of the improvements at the brand new www.WillieGreenMusic.com is the UPLOAD page. A simple, ad free interface powered by YouSendit.com, the Upload tab will allow secure uploads to The GreenHouse of up to 2 GB. We respectfully ask that you use this link if possible to send files to us as opposed to Zshare, Megaupload, etc. This pop-up and wait free...
June 2011
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May 2011
16 posts
iareconscious asked: How long have you had this tumblr? I'm just now finding out.
March 2011
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February 2011
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Now Available - Real-Time Internet Referencing
The internet has made the world infinitely smaller. It is now common to work on records with people from all over - proved by the 22 projects in 5 different countries I worked on last year. The biggest obstacle in this is communication, when someone is not in the studio with the engineer it’s easy for a mix to go in the wrong direction, and emailing MP3 references back and forth can add...
January 2011
3 posts
Discography
Here is a link to my partial discography, to the best of my memory. Click the link below
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Catalogue Files 1: Big Willie Green - The Proof
To start my new series discussing albums I’ve worked on, I figure what better place to begin than the beginning.
The Proof was released in September of 2006, fully produced, mixed and mastered at my old studio Secret Weapon Productions in Allston, MA. I was then officially “Big” Willie Green, which has since been thankfully changed.
The mixtape included stellar scratches from...
November 2010
4 posts
The Greenhouse - Samples
I can talk all I want about engineering, but at some point people want to hear something. If you’re interested in any engineering services, recording/mixing/mastering/etc., you can hear samples of my work HERE.
If like what you hear, you can contact me at WillieGreenMusic@gmail.com for more info
Willie Green Pro Tips - Convolution Reverbs
Tired of your reverb options? Convolution Reverbs can open endless doors for your room sound. Basically, using a sample of a real space, (or real piece of gear!) these reverbs model these sounds and put them in plug-in form for you. Can’t afford to rent the German concert hall? That vintage Lexicon hardware out of the budget? Here’s your chance, and with the internet filled with...
Willie Green Pro Tips - Color Coding
When dealing with a ton of audio tracks, it makes things much clearer to color code them. Some software (like ProTools) will assign each track a random color when created, others (like Cubase) won’t assign any color. When sounds start piling up, switch your software to user assigned colors, and make similar tracks similar colors ie: drums are green, bass is brown, vocals are blue, etc....
October 2010
9 posts
WatchPt. 2 of Hoopla Inside The Studio
WatchThis is a throwback from 2006, when I still had dreadlocks. This video was shot in my old studio Secret Weapon Productions in Allston, MA. This is Part 1 of myself with Hoopla, a.k.a. Johnny Voltik, Ducci, and Amadeu
September 2010
4 posts
Recently In The Greenhouse
Things are changing at the Greenhouse as of late, specifically because of my new job as manager/engineer at Mixdown Studios in Yonkers. This full time job, along with the 3 hour round trip commute certainly cuts in to work time here, but I’ll now be more available for night and weekend sessions. I also don’t sleep much, so projects will still remain on track.
Two weeks ago, I had a...
August 2010
3 posts
Guerilla Jones Pt. 1
Work continues to progress on the the upcoming HiCoup album “Guerilla Jones.” It happens to be totally produced and engineered by me. We’re coming up on about a year and a half of work on it now, and we can finally say that all vocals have been tracked, including the two guest spots, and we’re now in the editing stage. 60% through it really.
Depending on the artist I...
Reconstruction...
It’s time to retool this blog a little bit ie: actually use it. It’s going to be come more of a recording memoir; to give readers and myself some behind the scenes insight and clarity into the process of making records. When I say “Real Records,” I mean exactly that. Songs and albums intended for release in the highest quality. Not using “mixtape track” as...
June 2010
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Open Letter on Last.FM
I recently had my bio on Last.fm changed - no, replaced by a complete stranger. There is a blues harmonica player also named Willie Green, and this person took it upon themselves to replace my bio with theirs. First I will clarify the obvious. Willie Green is not my born name. It is Paul Womack. I was born in Hartford, CT, not in the south with a harmonica. I chose this name in reference to...