Live Vinyl Recording

If you’ve read anything else on this webpage, you know that Pop Restoration was recorded all analog. The process from start to finish was devoid of zeros and ones. Well, the below link is an old timey video that outlines the process for recording live performances straight to the lacquer (no magnetic tape at all). […]

MAMA Said There’d Be Days Like This!

Thanks MAMA! It’s been a year since the release Pop Restoration and we’re coming up on “awards season.” We’re happy to announce that our debut album has been nominated for a bunch of awards for this year’s Madison Area Music Assoc. (MAMA) Awards! Here’s the dealio: The MAMAs organization “raises money to foster the next […]

Gifts for the Season!

This season, give the gift of music. BingBong merch is hot, hot, hot! Waaaaay hotter than cabbage patch dolls (that’s still a thing, right?). Let us take the stress out of shopping. Come on out to our next show to get all of this stuff (Bos Meadery 12/8@8pm). Or, you can drop by one of […]

It’s Complicated wins Rock Song of the Year!

BingBong’s lead single, It’s Complicated, won Rock Song of the Year at the Madison Area Music Association’s annual award ceremony held Sunday, June 17th, 2018. We’d like to send our heartfelt thank you to all of you who voted for us! It! May! Be! Difficult! To! Resist! Using! Exclamation! Marks! (check out the creepy glow!) […]

Who’s Yer MAMA?

With the CD and vinyl release parties under their belts, BingBong is set to play a lot of great shows this summer. Check out the growing list of shows at bingbongband.com. In the meantime, BingBong’s lead single from Pop Restoration, It’s Complicated, is up for a Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) award for Rock Song […]

The Roll Out Continues….

Since the vinyl release party for Pop Restoration in early February, singles from the album are getting more and more air play on radio. UW-Madison’s student radio WSUM has played a few deep cuts on the Friday morning “Freak Scene Radio” show. Radio WIGWAM out of the UK has placed, It’s Complicated, in rotation on […]

Pop Restoration: It’s Out There!

Our vinyl release party for our debut album, Pop Restoration, was a huge success! Despite a pesky snow fall, lots of people pushed through the door at Mr. Robert’s Pub to help us celebrate! Freak Scene Radio (WSUM) DJ Randy B. got the crowd all worked up and ready to hear us play our album […]

Mastering: Dig-It-All!

Yes we LOVE vinyl. But we’re only half as stoopid as we look. Pop Restoration needs to be released in digital format too. So, we took the files that we transferred from tape to a person we knew would do a splendid job mastering for CD. I had worked with Tom Blain (Ultimate Audio) in […]