Kristina Stykos

6/30

Okay, a lot to catch up on. 

It's been many years now since the band Lunatique, featuring singer Nikki Matheson, was a happening concern, and I miss my role as her guitar accompanist, and the opportunity of playing Breton…

5/31

Such a busy month, I had no time to keep up with it. That's okay!

"The Lost Tapes" project I finished mixing was sent to mastering engineer Oscar Zambrano of Zampol Productions in NYC and is just about done…

4/26

Playing Tupelo Music Hall, White River Junction VT Friday night was a blast. Our line-up for the show included Jamie Masefield, Doug Perkins and Tyler Bolles and they played a set at 8 pm that was a hard act…

3/31

Ah! The fresh smell of spring wafts o'er the mud! Pepperbox Studio is still surrounded by a couple feet of snow on all sides, but we've been recording like the dickens.

Bow Thayer in laying down new tunes for…

2/21

It's been a busy couple weeks. Our first few dates out of Vermont with our band "Bow Thayer and Holy Plow" included club dates at Precinct in Somerville, MA and The Basement in Northampton, MA Feb 11-12. I had…

1/16

Did I say I was playing guitar?

Each day, a little more snow and the studio is embraced in a swirl of inspiration. Between hours of shoveling and wood hauling, I'm working on parts for Julie James and also…

12/28

Michael Millard and Harry Becker fixed my banjo for Christmas. Now I'm going to have to work on my frailing.

12/23

A beautifully serene day of harmonium playing and devotional songs charted my path in the studio 12/21, thanks…

11/22

I think I've recovered from this weekend, which brought two very different projects into the studio and exemplified the phrase: more than one way to skin a cat. On Saturday we tackled 11 songs in a day - on…

10/25

This last week brought a music business class from Lyndon State College down to Pepperbox Studio, thanks to teacher Britt Moore who followed the bread crumb trail through some of Vermont's finest back roads with a few carloads of…

I don't know if I mentioned it but my neighbors put a residential size wind turbine right in front of our house, which is causing me some consternation - the noise it makes at low speed is not ideal. I'm…

After recovering from having too much fun at the Champlain Valley Festival, It was back to the studio with Scott Davis tweaking mixes for the last time. Yes, it is actually important to get the lead track (#1) as…

A little indulgent social time in Brattleboro to kick off July, with fellow studio owner (I admit he's more than a little ahead of me on the music industry timeline) Will Ackerman and a few others who shall remain nameless…