The tape shelf · Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA
Sessions
How we work at the Hut: the band plays together in one room, each player on their own mic, with Dante lines and headphone mixes into other rooms and overdubs when a session needs them. Each box below is a real session, with who played, the hours, the mics and preamps we used, photos and video.
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Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · May and August 2026
Jason Levis
Joseph’s Bones is Jason’s project. He came in for percussion overdubs in May, then came back in August leading a session with bass and woodwinds.
Sessions
- Aug 15, 2026
- Recording, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM · 6 hrs
- May 9, 2026
- Joseph's Bones overdubs, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM · 6 hrs
In the room
- Jason LevisLeader, conductor
- SafaBass
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Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · Jul 2024 and May 2026
Clint Baker
Two sessions two years apart. The second brought in a five-piece band.
Sessions
- May 12, 2026
- 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM. U87 pair on piano, Coles 4038 spaced overheads, AEA R84 kick, Lawson on reeds, TLM 103 on bass
- Jul 8, 2024
- 11 AM to 4 PM. Lawson on clarinet, Royer 121 on trumpet, Coles 4038 overheads, RE-20 kick
In the room · May 12, 2026
- Clint BakerBass
- Riley BakerDrums
- Katie CaveraGuitar
- Ray SkjelbredPiano
- Andy SchummClarinet, tenor
May 12, 2026 session
Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · May 2024 to Feb 2026
Fault Line Trio
Four days of album tracking in October 2024, then a year and a half of mixes and overdubs. Intuition came out October 7, 2025, and Waterfall followed as a single.
Sessions
- Feb 20, 2026
- Piano overdub, Smooth Landing, 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM · 8 hrs
- Oct 2024
- Album tracking, four days
In the room
- Jay SandersPiano, Nord, trumpet
- Lukas VeselyBass
- Brian FishlerDrums
- Dayna StephensSaxophone, featured on the singles
Piano overdub · Feb 20, 2026
- Song
- Smooth Landing
- Hours
- 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM · 8 hrs
- Mics
- U87 A/B pair, Royer R-121 A/B pair, TLM 103 at the piano end, Coles 4038 Blumlein room
Tracking setup · Oct 2024
- Drum overheads
- Coles 4038 pair on WA-2MPX, plus LDC ORTF pair on Daking II
- Kit close
- KM 184 snare and hi-hat, SM7B kick, SDCs on toms
- Keys
- Nord Grand, stereo DI
- Bass
- DI through V72
- Room
- LDC pair on the x8
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From the sessions
Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · November 2025
Romona Baker
A solo piano day on the grand, with a stereo pair over the strings and a spot mic at the music desk.
Sessions
- Nov 25, 2025
- Solo piano, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM · 6 hrs
In the room
- Romona BakerPiano
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Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · November 2025
John Tuttle
One Horse Stampede and the Clockwork singers, produced by John Tuttle and Myles Boisen. Engineered by Myles Boisen and Scott Larson in one eight-hour day, then mixed and mastered by Myles at his Guerrilla Recording studio in Oakland. Three songs are out as videos.
Sessions
- After
- Mixing and mastering. Myles Boisen at Guerrilla Recording, Oakland
- Nov 23, 2025
- Country recording, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · 8 hrs
In the room
- John TuttleAcoustic guitar
- Rich TrevorUpright bass
- Richard ChonFiddle
- Myles BoisenElectric guitar, lap steel
- Adam BlankmanVocals
- Juliet GreenVocals
- Paul CingolaniVocals
- Angie DoctorVocals
Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · Oct 26 to Dec 7, 2025
Solomon Alber
Dobry Dobry, five players rooted in klezmer and Yiddish song, tracked live in one day, then two mix sessions. The result is the album Jokes and Games.
Sessions
- Dec 7, 2025
- Mixing, 4 hrs
- Nov 30, 2025
- Mixing, 5 hrs
- Sun Oct 26, 2025
- Tracking, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM · 5 hrs
In the room
- Solomon AlberClarinet
- Dave RosenfeldMandolin, violin
- Sharon MitchellViola
- Zina PozenAccordion
- Ariel LuckeyTapan drum
Mics · Oct 26, 2025
- Accordion
- U87 pair on WA-2MPX
- Clarinet
- Coles 4038 on AEA TRP, house ribbon on WA-2MPX
- Strings
- KM 184 on mandolin, AEA KU5A on viola
- Tapan
- TLM 103 low, KM 184 high, Daking II
Listen · the record
Jokes and Games Dobry Dobry · 7 tracks · plays here Support the band
Jokes and Games
by Dobry Dobry. Recorded and mixed at the Hummingbird Hut.
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Buy on BandcampHummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · June 2025
Nima Hafez
A full day testing piano sounds and mic positions, ahead of a trio session in July.
Sessions
- July 2025
- Trio session
- Jun 28, 2025
- Piano testing, 7:30 AM to 6:15 PM · about 11 hrs
In the room
- Nima HafezPiano
- Lukas Brian VeselyTrio session, July
- Luis JimenezTrio session, July
Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · April 2025
Echo's Bones
Three woodwind players and a whole family of flutes, clarinets and reeds, tracked in a nine-hour day.
Sessions
- Apr 13, 2025
- Echo's Bones Recording, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM · 9 hrs
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Hummingbird Hut · Oakland, CA · March 2024
Tim Rowe
Tim came by to see the room on March 4, came back for a ten-hour solo drum day on the 10th, and brought a trio in the next evening.
Sessions
- Mar 11, 2024
- Trio recording, 4:00 to 10:00 PM · 6 hrs
- Mar 10, 2024
- Solo drum session, noon to 10:00 PM · 10 hrs
- Mar 4, 2024
- Studio walk-through, 3:30 to 4:30 PM
In the room
- Tim RoweDrums, leader