Hi I'm Brennish Thomson, I own and operate; Studio23; specializing in high fidelity Acoustic Recording, Live Acoustic Engineering, Event Photo & Video, Portraiture, Livestream Production, Industrial Design, Product Engineering, IT Consultation and more. I strive to deliver the highest quality production possible, with cutting-edge equipment and techniques, across 20+ years of experience.
Your content will look and sound the best it can be!
As a recognized master musician by the New Hampshire Council on the Arts and the youngest ever recipient of the New Hampshire Governor's Award for Folk Heritage,
I have an intimate knowledge of music and the traditions that surround it. I love working with people, and understanding your vision is my #1 priority. Working together you’ll have creative input every step of the way to help see your work through.
After all, no two projects are the same!
With many deliverable formats including web distribution, streaming, Bluray, DVD, CD, USB media, and Prints, you can ensure that your content will be accessible to everyone.
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music performance:
I also teach and perform many different traditional music styles; such as Irish, Oldtime, Cajun, Quebecois, and more; on Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Voice, & Percussion.
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"Brennish Thomson started playing fiddle at age 2 in 1998. He has since mastered guitar, mandolin, banjo, and hand held percussion instruments including bones and wooden spoons. Besides learning his dad’s repertoire, he has studied with world class players in styles including Celtic, French Canadian, American old time, and Jazz.
He has performed and recorded with numerous ensembles, including on an album with Cróga, which included members from Maine, New Hampshire, and New Zealand. He has taught traditional music at numerous educational venues, including Folk College, The University of New Hampshire, Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering, Fiddle Hell, New York Pinewoods, New England Folk Festival, TradMad, The Sweetsmill Arts Institute, and Lark Camp.
Brennish works part time as a design engineer for Your Heaven Audio, a company which creates cutting-edge equipment for amplifying the sound of acoustic instruments. He is an experienced support tech for online classes and concerts and has been hired by organizations such as Fiddle Hell, Midwest Banjo Camp, Old Songs Festival, Ashokan, and others."
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FoR PERFORMANCE booking and publications, visit:
For my work as a Microphone Designer:
https://www.yourheaven.net/
Scroll down to see a list of Photo, Video, and Audio services
Studio Spaces:
I am fully mobile! On-site services and location-based shooting available.
Studio 1:
An intimate, modern, acoustically Treated Control room & Production studio.
>Designed for live streaming and production tasks.
>Built-in camera, lighting and high-quality monitoring.
Studio 2:
Fully-featured Acoustically Treated Live room for up-to 3 musicians.
>Headphone Monitoring, HiFi playback speakers, controllable video lighting, and a remote iPad control system for interacting with the control room.
>Also doubles as a guest room for traveling musicians! Private Bathroom too.
“The Jam Room”
A large, low-ceiling room on a concrete slab, adorned by historic posters and recordings from the past. Good for classes, jams and small house concerts.
>HiFi Music playback system.
>Large, flat concrete slab floor for heavy instruments.
>Also functions as another guest room, with an oversized door for load-in, and access to the downstairs private bathroom.
“The Living room”
Large, open-concept living space decorated with hundreds of instruments, bright color and big sound. Easy access to the kitchen and Bathroom.
>High-quality Charles R. Walter Upright Piano
>Many working and (not so working) instruments and noise-makers: to create beautiful music on, or just goof around between takes. They generate sympathetic frequencies that make the room ring when other instruments are played for a bigger-than-life sound.
>Calibrated 4k 55” Sony Bravia TV, 7.1ch Dolby surround-sound with Bower and Wilkins mains. Oppo Bluray/CD player, audiophile-grade vinyl playback system with large collection, tape deck.
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- PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY -
I offer end-to-end Photo & Video services, from simple headshots to complex multi-camera AV productions. I am available regularly here at my studio, and my gear is also fully mobile for on-site projects.
Full-service Production, Filming, Audio Recording and Post-Production available.
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Photo & Video Equipment:
I primarily shoot with professional Canon & Lumix cameras and lenses. I also have a collection of vintage lenses adapted to my modern camera platforms.
I offer cinematic video in Ultra-HD 4k, and even 8k*, and high resolution stills up to 100 megapixels.
*cine-formats; 8k, RAW, ect; may require an extra fee for storage solutions.
Rental options are also available.
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Cameras:
"A cam"
Canon R5 mkII Full-Frame Mirrorless
(45mp stills, 4k and 8k video in RAW. Highspeed 4k at 120fps & 1080p at 240fps)
(CF Flash Media)
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"B cam"
Panasonic Lumix S5iix Full-Frame Mirrorless
(24mp stills, 100mp pixel-shift stills. Up-to 6k Vlog & ProRes video)
(SD media and external SSD)
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Additional cameras
Canon 5D mkIII DSLR (21mp, up to 1080p 30fps)
Gopro Hero 9 Black (up to 4k 60fps) w/ dive housing, lighting rig, helmet mount
Sony HCX920 Camcorder (up to 1080p 60fps)
Leica CL 35mm w/ 40mm Rokkor f2 Lens
Mamiya RB67 120-240mm Medium Format w/ 127mm Lens
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Lenses:
Canon RF 24-105mm f4 L
Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L
Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 L
Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8 L
Canon EF 50mm f1.8
Canon EF 40mm f2.8
LUMIX S 85mm f1.8 L-mount
KMZ Helios 44-2 f2.8 (vintage 1970's)
Leica Minolta Rokkor 40mm f2 (vintage 1973)
Yashica 50mm 1.7 ML (vintage 1974)
Mamiya Sekor 50mm f2 (vintage 1966)
YUS Auto 135mm f2.8 (vintage 1970's)
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Rigging:
Cine-cages
Follow-focuses
Matte boxes w/ ND
V-mount external batteries
Atomos Shinobi II external monitor
Feelworld F5 external monitor
Tentacle Timecode sync systems
Shotgun on-camera mics
Handles
Shoulder pads
Lens Support
Active Cooling systems for extended recording
Various other misc magic arms, clamps, ect.
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Tripods + mounting:
Sachtler Flowtech 75 Carbon Fiber Legs w/ Manfrotto MVH502ah Fluid-Head
Gitzo carbon fiber leveling tripod with Manfrotto MVH500ah Fluid head
2x other Manfrotto tripods
Mono pod with Manfrotto ball head
Joby Gorillapods
Other assorted tripods and monopods
Various magic arms, super-clamps, ect
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Lighting:
Aputure Amaran 200Xs 200w Bi-Color COB
Aputure B7C RGB Lightbulbs
2x 18inch 45w diffused LED panels
2x 6inch 20w diffused LED panels
Dimmable "vintage" LED Bulb Strands
"Edison" & "Vintage" style bulbs with stands
Various RGB and other set lights
Bounce cards
Hyper reflectors
Barn doors
C-stands
Lighting stands
Super Clamp arms
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Grip n Gaff:
Custom Production Cart:
(For audio and camera support)
Yamaha HS3 monitor speakers
Power + charging station
Large locking wheels
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Gear Carts:
Rock-N-Roller R12 Stealth (large wheels for outdoor use)
Grip N Gaff stand bag
500lb capacity
Many other misc hand carts and dollies
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Gaff:
Diffusion sheets
Cargo blankets
Sandbags
Non-marking tape
Clamps and other mounting solutions
Toolkit
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Software:
Mac OSX + Windows 11 Pro
Full Adobe CC suite
Logic Pro X
Motion
Final Cut X
Tentacle Sync (Timecode)
Topaz PhotoAI (upscaling and restoration)
PHANTOM LUTS color-profiles based on Arri Standards
Handbreak Video Converter
*All software fully-licensed for commercial use
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Computer Systems and playback:
Apple Macbook Pro M3 pro w/ Apple Studio Display (5k) and LG (4k) Display
(Main Audio rig and video editing machine)
--Puget-Systems Windows workstation PC
(CAD modeling and engineering machine)
5.1ch HiFi audio playback system
Live-streaming capable
LG and HP 4k Displays
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Calibrated 4k 55” Sony Bravia TV
w/ 7.1ch Dolby surround-sound with Bower and Wilkins mains. Oppo Bluray/CD player
- AUDIO RECORDING -
I offer in-house audio/video recording here at my project studio, and on-location recording to suite your needs. I mix using a suite of UAD plugins and more in Logic Pro X, with a focus on acoustic music. I have a dedicated pool of professionals I consult with for speciality work and Mastering.
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Audio Equipment:
Below you will find a comprehensive list of our gear, which is always expanding!
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Microphones:
Se RNR1 Rupert Neve Ribbon
2x Se VR1 ribbons (Blumlein XY for room-audio in Studio 2, fed into an API SR22 compressor via a BLA Auteur MkIII)
Se Matched SE8 SDC set (cardioid and omni capsules)
Rode NT5 SDC Matched set (cardioid and omni capsules)
Rode NT55 SDC
Rode NT2a LDC (variable pattern)
Rode NT3 (hyper cardioid)
AKG reference-grade vintage SDC (cardioid)
U47 custom tube LDC clone with Arienne Audio capsule (variable pattern)
TLM 49 custom LDC clone with Arienne Audio capsule (cardioid)
Se V-kick dynamic
Se V7 MK edition handheld dynamic
3x Sennheiser e604 percussion dynamics
Ev 267/257a’s vintage handheld dynamics
Sure 55SH vintage dynamic
Sennheiser lapel microphone
Your Heaven Audio CloseUp on-instrument mic systems for strings, guitar, and more.
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Interfaces, preamps and outboard gear:
Universal Audio (UAD) Apollo x4
Audient Evo SP8 ADAT preamps (chained to the Apollo X4)
BLA Auteur MkIII
Sound Devices MixPre 10 II (Broadcast field recorder and interface) w/ Timecode
3x Focusrite Solo
Zoom H4n
Zoom H1n
API SR22 duel-channel compressor
Full balanced patch-bays
4 Carvin DI's
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Amps:
Roland Jazz Chorus JC-50
Dean Markley K-20
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Monitoring:
Adam a3x and Adam Sub7 (with sonarworks correction)
Yamaha HS3’s for mobile monitoring/playback
Various Beyerdynamic, Sony, and Samson studio headphones, closed and open back.
My personal, mastering-grade CIEM set of 64Audio a12t’s
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PA & live gear:
2x Carvin mains (up to 300 person venues)
Carvin XP880 powered mixer
Bose L1 tower system with sub + tone-match engine
Galaxy Audio Hotspot monitors (assorted)
Custom A&H-based case-mounted mixer with duel CloseUp mic systems
Many assorted high-quality K&M mic stands and booms
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Keyboards:
Kurzweil SP88
Various Casio small-form keyboards
Omni-chord
- SOFTWARE -
DAW:
Logic Pro X
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Plugins:
UAD: Classic and modern preamps, compressors, EQ, reverb, amp emulations, and more. Many available with 0 latency for monitoring & tracking
Izotope RX11 Advanced
SoundID: Reference Real-Time room correction for Apollo
Assorted Brainworx strips and mastering compressors
Sound Radix: Auto Align 2
Valhalla: Vintage Reverb
Kazrog: True Iron
Oeksound: Soothe2
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