Studio engineer and co-founder of Clickpop Records Paul Turpin has a history in creating and promoting independent music in Bellingham, WA.
June 15, 2005 (Press Release) --
Located in Bellingham, Washington, Bayside Recording is the brainchild of multifaceted musician, producer and Clickpop Records president Paul Turpin. Bayside offers an attractive combination of cutting-edge digital gear, highly skilled personnel and a comfortable yet professional environment.
“Between 80 or 90 percent of our business is music,” says Turpin. “In a small town, a studio usually has to do a little bit of everything. But we’ve built a reputation for doing music.”
And music is definitely Turpin’s first love. While pursuing degrees in music performance and theory at Western Washington University, he began working in the school’s on-campus recording facilities, which gave him early experience with the digital hard disc recording system that would later evolve into Pro Tools.
While at Western Washington U, Turpin also joined reggae/ska/soca band Jumbalassy, and eventually came to devote himself full-time to the group as its keyboardist and record producer, while also playing a role in management and booking.
Turpin found a suitable building in downtown Bellingham and engaged studio architect George D. Hallowell (A.I.A.) of Studio Pacifica in Seattle to design a full-on digital facility that could accommodate the many projects that Turpin and his associate studio partner, engineer/producer Chip Westerfield, work on each year.
Hallowell responded by creating a 40’ x 30’ tracking room, which is shared by two control rooms, each with its own overdub booth and a fully configured Pro Tools HD3 system.
With a full selection of microphones, outboard gear, plug-ins and instruments (including guitars, amps, synths and a 7’ 6” Yamaha C7 grand piano), Bayside quickly attracted a diverse array of music projects. Among the clients drawn to the facility was Dave Richards, head of indie record label Rebel Alliance, proprietor of Bellingham’s Sonic Index record shop as well as a talented DJ and violinist.
The innovative “laptop rock” duo Idiot Pilot. When Richards got wind of what Turpin was doing with the group, he offered his services to help get the recording out to the listening public. Turpin and Richards launched their own label, Clickpop Records, with Idiot Pilot’s CD Strange We Should Meet Here as its debut release. The album was quickly picked up by Warner Brothers/Reprise, which re-released the CD with new artwork but no changes to the mixing or mastering, also signing Idiot Pilot to a multi-CD recording artist development deal.
Bayside has been the site of recording, mixing or mastering for a number of subsequent Clickpop releases, including CDs by singer songwriter Kristin Allen-Zito, all-girl synth punk band the Trucks and space rockers Delay.
Other Bayside clients include local artists Korby Lenker, Minnie Murphy, the Elvi’s, Tom Whitlock and The Pale.
“My philosophy for the studio is that the engineers must be musicians first,” says Turpin. “At this level, an engineer should be able to make production calls that are musically related, if required. Whatever it takes to get the job done, we have the expertise and the equipment here at Bayside.”
“Between 80 or 90 percent of our business is music,” says Turpin. “In a small town, a studio usually has to do a little bit of everything. But we’ve built a reputation for doing music.”
And music is definitely Turpin’s first love. While pursuing degrees in music performance and theory at Western Washington University, he began working in the school’s on-campus recording facilities, which gave him early experience with the digital hard disc recording system that would later evolve into Pro Tools.
While at Western Washington U, Turpin also joined reggae/ska/soca band Jumbalassy, and eventually came to devote himself full-time to the group as its keyboardist and record producer, while also playing a role in management and booking.
Turpin found a suitable building in downtown Bellingham and engaged studio architect George D. Hallowell (A.I.A.) of Studio Pacifica in Seattle to design a full-on digital facility that could accommodate the many projects that Turpin and his associate studio partner, engineer/producer Chip Westerfield, work on each year.
Hallowell responded by creating a 40’ x 30’ tracking room, which is shared by two control rooms, each with its own overdub booth and a fully configured Pro Tools HD3 system.
With a full selection of microphones, outboard gear, plug-ins and instruments (including guitars, amps, synths and a 7’ 6” Yamaha C7 grand piano), Bayside quickly attracted a diverse array of music projects. Among the clients drawn to the facility was Dave Richards, head of indie record label Rebel Alliance, proprietor of Bellingham’s Sonic Index record shop as well as a talented DJ and violinist.
The innovative “laptop rock” duo Idiot Pilot. When Richards got wind of what Turpin was doing with the group, he offered his services to help get the recording out to the listening public. Turpin and Richards launched their own label, Clickpop Records, with Idiot Pilot’s CD Strange We Should Meet Here as its debut release. The album was quickly picked up by Warner Brothers/Reprise, which re-released the CD with new artwork but no changes to the mixing or mastering, also signing Idiot Pilot to a multi-CD recording artist development deal.
Bayside has been the site of recording, mixing or mastering for a number of subsequent Clickpop releases, including CDs by singer songwriter Kristin Allen-Zito, all-girl synth punk band the Trucks and space rockers Delay.
Other Bayside clients include local artists Korby Lenker, Minnie Murphy, the Elvi’s, Tom Whitlock and The Pale.
“My philosophy for the studio is that the engineers must be musicians first,” says Turpin. “At this level, an engineer should be able to make production calls that are musically related, if required. Whatever it takes to get the job done, we have the expertise and the equipment here at Bayside.”
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