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MORPH PRODUCTIONS TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO
Welcome to Morph Productions, the home of Morph studios and Toronto producer Ashton Price.
Let's face it, there are many recording studios in Toronto and the GTA that can set some mics out and press record. Ashton can do that too, but his projects come to life with his production and arranging skills. He also has help along the way with his team of session musicians. Whether it's rock, hip hop or pop music production, Ashton has proven himself: he's one of the best guys to get you a radio-ready product at a reasonable price - in the GTA and beyond!
If you think "talk is cheap", you're right. What really matters is the finished product. Click above to listen to Ashton's demos and beats while reading more info on the website. Feel free to call if you have any questions or would like to book a meeting.
Check below to see some of the exciting things that have been going on at the studio.
TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO February 2010:
February 3 -Just finishing mixing Toronto recording artist Ion Ray's 3 song demo. He used Apple's Garageband to record and produce the demo in his home studio and then came to me to mix the project. I use Logic Pro usually so it was as simple as clicking on the Garageband file and watching Logic convert it into something that could be worked with in Logic Pro. The mixes turned out great (and were done under budget) and hopefully Ion Ray will have much success with his project that was 2 years in the making!
February 1 -Composing music for a television commercial that will be airing in Malaysia. The work is being done here in my Toronto recording studio and being sent via the internet to the post guy in Malaysia. The details are all discussed using skype. If the commercial ever appears on youtube I'll post a link.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO January 2010:
January 21 -Here's a blog posting I made on the difference between mastering and mixing. I get asked that question enough times that I thought I'd clarify on the blog. You can read it here: The difference between mixing and mastering
January 13 -Working with Toronto hip hop crew "Egyptions".
January 10 -Finished EP for Toronto hip hop artist Marlon Francis
January 5-One of the projects I did last year was with Brandon Khoshkahad who wanted me to help him produce a song he wrote in support of our troops. The song is finished and he did a video to put up on youtube which you can check out here: "Come Walk With Me" Video
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO December 2009:
December 31-Happy New Year everyone! Even through a rough recession Morph Productions had it's best year to date and is looking forward to many more rewarding projects in 2010. I'd just like to thank all of my wonderful friends and clients for making that possible. For those of you who haven't worked out of Morph yet, feel free to contact me and find out why more and more people are coming from Toronto and beyond to get their projects done here.
December 15-Post production audio mixing and cleaning for documentary "The Wandering Jew".
December 10-Begin working with Toronto christian pop/folk singer Dorry Doucette
December 4-Mixing christmas EP for Vile Richard
December 2-Being recording song for Toronto reggae artist Reg
December 1 -Recorded three song demo for Toronto singer Alex
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO November 2009:
November 22 -Finishing off an EP for Saskatoon artist TJ Hall before she goes back home.
November 20 -New beats up on the beat player, click the purple "listen beats" link at the top of the page
November 14 -Toronto session musician John Zytaruk dropped today with dobro, lap steel and banjo in hand to lay down some tracks. Session went great! Morph Productions is more than a Toronto recording studio, Ashton has many session musicians to bring your ideas to life.
November 14 -Tis the season! Morph gift certificates have always been a well received gift. Contact Ashton for more info.
November 13 -Finishing touches on everyones Factor applications
November 9 -Toronto pop/rock artist Geordie is back in the studio after a bit of a break.
November 6 -Recording some songs for Brampton hip hop artist Jay
November 5 -Recording a song for Toronto R&B artist Jerome
November 1 -Not a lot of people coming in this week due to a renovation. The new blue room looks great!
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO October 2009:
October 31 -Recording another album for hip hop artist Scatter Brain
October 20 -Legendary trumpet player Brownman is back from touring with New York hip hop legend Guru and is now available for sessions again. Brown came in today to do some trumpet on some of Ashton's underscore for TV/film.
October 16 -Producing songs for Toronto singer/songwriter Tiffany Chan
October 15 -Recording songs for spanish speaking hip hop artist El Maestro
October 13 -Recording songs for spanish speaking hip hop duo Loco Latinos
October 10 -Creating a bunch of beats for various hip hop artists in Toronto and Belleville.
October 7 -Writing/producing song with Rekha Patel for license catalogue.
October 5 -Recording/Mixing more songs with Toronto pop act "Airplane Boys".
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO September 2009:
September 30 -Mixing Toronto alt/indie act "Sister Wives"
September 25 -House artist Royce Hercules comes in to record some vocals and get his tracks mixed.
September 23 -Recording multi-lingual voice overs for Sun North corporate video. Languages recorded are: Swedish, Arabic, Finnish and Hungarian.
September 22 -Spanish speaking rapper El Maestro comes in to lay down some vocals.
September 21 -There's some new beats up on the beat player. Check em out!
September 21 -There's some new beats up on the beat player. Check em out!
September 21 -You can now follow me on twitter @ http://twitter.com/morphpro
September 20-*New Gear Alert* Just picked up Marshall JCM 2000 50 watt head. Sounds great with the Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab I already have!
September 19-Toronto hip hop producer Mason'00 stops by with an artist to drop some vocals on one of his beats.
September 18-Recording Toronto folk/jazz singer Rob
September 14-Mixing Toronto band "Violet Fusion". Electric violin and rock rhythms. Very cool!
September 14-Recording Toronto Hip Hop artist Star Dat Prince and S150.
September 10-*New Gear Alert* Just got a Yamaha DTX electronic drum kit. Doesn't replace the real thing (nor should it) but good for drum programming and possibly people for people who are on a budget. Also got 6 new IK Multimedia plugins including: T-Racks Brickwall Limiter, Vintage Comp 670 (Fairchild replication), Opto Comp, Classic Comp, Multi-Band Limiter and CSR Hall Reverb.
September 8-Recording more tracks for Toronto folk artist Athena.
September 2-Producing new tracks for Burlington artist Shi-Anne. She came in to do some tracks this winter and has come in to do some more after hearing lots of positive feedback.
September 1-Toronto hip hop/pop group US release their first video onto youtube. Ashton recorded the vocals and mixed the song. This is one cool song and very cool video! You can check it out here: Airplane Boys Video
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO August 2009:
August 27-*BIG NEWS* Morph Productions turns 10 years old. Thank you so much to all those that have done their projects out of here over the years!
August 22-Recording album for U.S. hip hop artist Kilo.
August 20-Recorded track for Toronto hip hop artist Chris.
August 19-Recorded Toronto christian rock duo Dorrie and Patrick.
August 17-Toronto hip hop crew US release their first video onto youtube. Ashton mixed the song and did some additional recording. You can check it out here: US Video
August 15-Begin recording 5 new audio books for Toronto book publisher "Burman Books". First book to be recorded is Sanjay Burman's book "Reading People". Under a deal with New York audio book publisher Gildan Media the books will be sold on itunes and other online audio book retailers.
August 10-Begin working on Toronto pop artist Milena's album.
August 7-Toronto hip hop artist Mike Frias returns to Morph to lay some more tracks after a 3 year absence. He's also getting me to do a beat for one of his songs.
August 5-Recording tracks for spanish speaking, Brampton based rappers El Duo Rebelde. They're also doing a track on one of my beats.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO July 2009:
July 30-Mixing two tracks for Juno award winner Johnny Favourite's new album produced by Tim Minthorn. Album is being released this fall by Curve Music
July 24-Toronto hip hop artist Carter drops by to do some tracks
July 24-Recording album for Toronto hip hop artist "Kilo"
July 20-Working with Toronto folk artist Athena. Broke out the harmonica!
July 17-Composing music for the Malaysian tv show "The Cup". The show is directed by the same guy who directed the show "Ghost" which Ashton also did music for.
July 13-Producing and co-writing with Toronto Rock/Pop artist Rekha Patel.
July 6-Gemma Wood returns from England to record some more songs. Going to put some of the stuff we did in the winter on the demo player in a few days.
July 6-Co-producing an EP for Burlington experimental/pop artist Ana Winter with Nancy Rancourt. Ashton is also doing the programming for the project. Beats made with water drops and other ambience with synth pads being mangled with distortion boxes. It's going to be a really interesting project!
July 1-Working on an album with Toronto pop/rocker Tiffany Chan. Tiffany has an incredible voice that's way beyond her years.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO June 2009:
June 25-*New Toy Alert* Picked up a Hofner "beatle" bass. Made famous by Paul McCartney these semi acoustic basses are known for their warm woody sound. It'll be great to have this sound available when laying down bass tracks at the studio.
June 22-*New Toy Alert* Just upgraded my auto tune to auto tune evo. I prefer and use melodyne but auto tune is nice to have around for background vocals and such. Apparently the graphic mode is along the lines of melodyne now too. Going to try it out. Also got Antares Avox which has a bunch of vocal processors like a harmony engine and vocal doubler.
June 20-The young toronto duo "Common Ground" came into the studio to record two songs. Really great stuff!
June 19-Toronto Composer/Producer Kurt Von Hahn comes by to break in the studios Pro Tools software and do some post production and music creation for some online ads.
June 19-Toronto music producer Tim Minthorn drops by the studio to record Jill Barber's guest vocals for Juno award winner Johnny Favourite's new album being released this fall. I'm actually a big fan of Jill Barber so it was a real treat!
June 17-Mixing track for Juno nominated Torono hip hop artist JDiggz.
June 11-Nothing is better than having clients come back again and again to do their projects here. Back again is Toronto hip hop artist Jeud who finished an album here in 2007.
June 10-Mixing the music that Toronto composer Greg Hwang created to be heard in a play being performed in toronto.
June 1- Busy week at the studio! Montreal pop/rocker Albert is coming in everyday and I'm finishing up mixing Toronto prog rock band Polarity's debut album and Toronto hip hop crew "Us" mix tape. Also finishing up the workshops at Bishop Marrocco.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO May 2009:
May 28- Ashton begins a 4 part workshop on Logic Pro and recording basics at Toronto high school Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton.
May 25- Producing an album for Toronto pop/rocker TJ Hall.
May 19- Hamilton dance artist Nancy Rancourt made the top 20 on Toronto radio station Proud FM with her song co-produced and recorded by Ashton Price. It has also been added to Virgin Radio. Look forward to hearing more Ashton co-produced tracks very soon!
May 16- Begin making beats and producing comedy album for New Jersey/Toronto comedian Manny George.
May 14- Recording voice overs for He-Man fan cartoon being made by John Atkin
May 10- Finished up Burlington Pop artist Shi-Anne's demo. I put two songs up on the demo player. Click "Listen Demos" at the top to hear the songs.
May 8- Finished up Ajax turned Toronto artist Trevor's 3 song demo. He's now done 6 songs with me in the past year.
May 5- Mixing 3 song ep for Kingston folk band the "Grogs"
May 4- Recording Toronto Cuban group "Black Sugar Cane"
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO April 2009:
April 30- Working on Pickering hip hop artist Young Judah's next mix tape
April 26- Mixing Toronto hip hop crew "US" debut album. Will also be recording a few tracks for them.
April 18- Toronto voice talent Benzi Mathews comes to Morph to do a voice over spot for a new business center opening in Brampton. Ashton has done so many voice over gigs in the last few years that he has lots of available people with unique skills to offer his clients. Pick an accent or language and chances are he has someone available!
April 14- Factor deadlines for demo awards is coming up. Contact Ashton for help with applying
April 8- Toronto jazz artist Aurelia Engstrom finishes off her jazz demo at Morph Productions. You can check out a clip on the demo player (click "Listen demos" above).
April 7- Toronto reggae artist begins recording a demo at Morph Productions. Christopher got his beats from a producer in Vancouver and is coming here to record vocals and do the final mix on the songs.
April 6- Toronto prog rock band has decided to mix their album at Morph Productions. This will definitely be a project to look out for!
April 1- Starting Markham hip hop artist 1Mike's mix tape to be released on Reck Em Records
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO March 2009:
March 17- Ashton speaks to the students at Trebas Institute about job opportunities in the music industry.
March 11- The Great River MP-500NV's are here! I ordered two of them and they're now safe and sound in my lunchbox at the studio. The Great River pre's are made to be a modern take on the CLASSIC "Neve 1073" preamp. I've recorded a bunch of things through them and I'm definitely impressed. Prepare to hear these on a lot of Morph recordings in the future! You can read more about them at the Morph Blog
Also picked up a Marshall 1960a 4x12 cab.
March- Hamilton dance artist Nann comes back to the studio to lay some new tracks down.
March 8- Post production work beings today on documentary being produced by Sudaka Films. Project will involve recording voice overs, audio cleaning and mixing.
March 6- Did some audio cleaning/post production on interviews to be aired on Jazz FM in a documentary series called "New York Stories", featuring amongst other greats Les Paul
March 1- Finished recording Reck EM Records hip hop recording artist Mugsz mix tape and have now started with Carter's mix tape. Reck Em Records is a new label based out of Markham by some young talented guys. Expect to hear from them soon!
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO February 2009:
February 18- Toronto pop/hip hop act Airplane Boys drop by to record another song. They bring their beats from their producer as a two mix and record their vocals here.
February 10- Played bass for live off the floor session for Toronto rocker Andrew Bray
February 12- Ryan Malcolm comes by to do session vocals for writer Andy Winter
February 9- Creating beats and producing songs for Ajax pop artist Trevor
February 5- Recorded three songs for Toronto Cuban hip hop act. They brought a Roland MC-909 in with their beats and rapped over top of that. Sounded great!
February 1- Recording vocals/producing songs for Burlington pop/R&B artist Shi-Anne
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO January 2009:
Jan 25- Recorded voice over for Hilroy's telephone answering system
Jan 15- Created a pop beat for american pop artist Lisa Rae
Jan 13- Created some beats for american hip hop artist Joseph Tripp
Jan 7- Began working with pop/rocker Gemma Wood
Jan 3- Writing/Producing 8 pieces of music for Malaysian tv show "Ghost"
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO December 2008:
Dec- Gift certificates are available for all services offered at Morph and make a great gift.
Dec 8- Engineered Toronto jazz musician, Brownman's soundtrack for Andrew McIntosh's documentary "Greetings from Mackenzie, BC" which will be submitted to national and international film festivals
Dec 1- Mixed an instrumental version of the classic Sloan song "Good in Everyone" for use as CBC's "The Hour's" theme song
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO November 2008:
Nov 30- Piano has been tuned and just picked up a 50's National Lap steel
Nov 8- New beats on the beat player, click the purple tab below to check em out!
Nov 1- Producing "Drop Fees" song with Toronto activist Ali for national student campaign
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO October 2008:
Oct 21- Begin working on C.D. for Toronto pop/rock artist Geordie.
Oct 10- Toronto singer Ryan Malcolm drops by to do session vocals for songwriter Andy Winter
Oct 5- Mixing Toronto rock band Digital Horse debut C.D.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO September 2008:
Sept 25- Buffalo R&B singer Tracey lays some tracks down with producer Peter Hall
Sept 7- Morph Productions now has a Neumann u87!!!
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO August 2008:
August 15- Finished recording Burman Books catalogue into audio books
August 5- Producing/Co-writing song for Vancouver pop artist Rachel Suter
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO July 2008:
July 21- Music Supervisor for "Making It in High Heels" Documentary/DVD.
July 13- Recording songs for "Hands Off Burma" benefit C.D.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO June 2008:
July 21- Music Supervisor for "Making It in High Heels" Documentary/DVD.
July 13- Recording songs for "Hands Off Burma" benefit C.D.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO May 2008:
June 25- Making beats and recording songs for Toronto Hip Hop artist Oso Rich
June 15- Making beats and recording song for Toronto pop artist Jonathan Morgan
June 5- Making beats and recording songs for Persian pop artist Behrooz
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO April 2008:
April 25- Recording audio books for New York publisher
April 10- 2 artists get factor funding with help from Morph Productions!
April 3- Begin working on 3 song demo for pop artist Steve Roubai
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO March 2008:
March 15- Voice over work for Canadian Government CD-Rom.
March 5- Co-Producing E.P. with world artist Benzi
March 1- Recording E.P. for Montreal Persian pop artist Ghazal.
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO Feb 2008:
February 26- Begin recording 5 song demo for Toronto Singer/Songwriter Colin Bettam
February 16- Recorded demo for Cambridge Hip Hop crew "Youngest In Charge"
February 8- Recent purchases include Waves SSL plugins, Empirical Labs Distressor, Logic 8 and Pro Tools 7.4. Main recording chain is now API pre-->Distressor-->Apogee convertors!
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO Jan 2008:
Jan 29- Brownman comes to Morph as guest producer for Cambridge soca artist Sheldon Barclay
Jan 13- Producing album with Toronto singer/songwriter Albert Moore
Jan 3- Working with Toronto reggae artist "Ice Black"
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO April 2007:
April 11-Brownman and his Electryc Trio, who are currently mixing their live album at morph, have won a National Jazz Award for "Electric Jazz Group of the Year". Congrats guys!
April 8-Toronto Hip Hop artist "OSO Rich begins working on his second album at morph
April 5-Toronto artist MEA comes to finish up her album with her producer Shaun Christie
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO March 2007:
March 29-Lisa Swain gets another Factor grant with Morph Productions help. Congrats lisa!
March 4-Mixing/Editing toronto jazz trumpeter Brownman's live "Electryc Trio" album
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO Feb 2007:
Feb 24- Now offering short run cd-r pressing with full colour direct to disc printing
Feb 19-Recording demo for Toronto rock/pop artist Tara
Feb 17-Recorded bed tracks for Toronto funk band Organized Chaos Feb 11-Recording demo for Toronto R&B artist Iris Hadzic Feb 2-Recording a 21 track album for Toronto hip hop artist Jeud
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO Jan 2007:
Jan 15-Recorded a song and additional guitars for Toronto Reggae artist Andrew Ranxx's debut album Jan 11-Juno nominated Lisa Swain returns to Morph to record some new demos
Jan 7-Recorded dialogue for a tv commercial to be aired in Korea
Jan 2-Started working on Jonathan Morgan's pop demo
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TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO:
Morph Productions is a Toronto recording studio that provides many unique services to the GTA. Morph is run by Ashton Price who is also the in-house engineer/producer.
Music Production, Recording, Mixing, Writing, Beat Creation, Session Musicians and Music Licensing are some of the many services that is offered by Morph.
Check out the site and if you have any questions feel free to email or call Ashton today to discuss your project further.
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