Converse Rubber Tracks to offer free studio time at Different Fur
As a band, recording is an essential tool in getting music out to ears everywhere. But it can also be a bit of an expense. Not so with Converse Rubber Tracks and their traveling brigade of recording accessibility aficionados: For one week this month, they will be hosting free recording sessions at the locally beloved Different Fur Studios, and you can be a part of it. From April 18-22, the Converse-affiliated group of sound engineers will set up shop in the studio and record a handful of lucky bands they've chosen from their batch of applicants. They stress that all genres are [...]
Warm Soda performs "Star Gazer" for Converse Rubber Tracks
Warm Soda is so hot right now! Seriously though, we've been posting a lot about these guys lately, but for good reason. So far this year, the band has toured to the East Coast and back, played festivals like SXSW and the inaugural Hickey Fest, dropped its debut full-length LP and released two music videos, one for "Busy Lizzy" and one for "Jeanie Loves Pop". Most recently, Warm Soda teamed up with Converse Rubber Tracks, who just brought its pop-up recording studio to San Francisco's Different Fur Studios, to record a video for "Star Gazer," capturing a playful evening in the city that ends [...]
Converse Rubber Tracks offering free recording time for Bay Area bands
Hey Bay Area bands, you have until May 20th to apply for free recording time courtesy of Converse Rubber Tracks. The shoe company's pop-up recording studio concept began in New York, but it's now heading to Different Fur for a month of free recording time for local bands from May 20th to June 15th. It's a sweet deal made even sweeter by the catch-free terms: "You will own the music you create, but Converse may ask you for the right to use it." Everyone knows that recording costs are no joke. Apply here now.