ROGER ANTHONY MAPES
2009 HOUSE OF JOY cd
songs arranged, produced, mixed & recorded by ROBERT URBAN
ROBERT URBAN - acoustic & electric guitars, bass, piano, organ, flute,
backing vocals, orchestral sounds, percussion and drums.
"Hey Robert,
Thanks for adding your spin to Rogers' song "We Are Angels" he sent
me a copy.. It's amazing!--just like your talents and music are.
Many blessings", Arizzona - radio host, UNASHAMED
FAITH CAFE
"The layers of details when I listen to our songs just make me so happy. Everything
added is totally appropriate." - Roger Anthony Mapes
"Robert Urban (”OUTmusician of the Year 2006?, and to restate the obvious an
acclaimed performer in his own right) produced and arranged the CD, as well
as contributing background vocals, guitar, and a variety of other instruments.
The bluesy, raw, Southern-style rock on “House of Joy” is a great match for
Mapes’ take-no-prisoners voice, and the artist’s lyrics pay homage to his Southern
roots while exploring provocative themes about gender and self-expression. “I
Wanna Know” features an unrelenting serpentine rhythm and superb guitar work
courtesy of Mapes and Robert Urban. The song breaks into an intense, high-energy
climax that leaves the listener spent. For “Muscle Shoals” we’re again treated
to some superb guitar work as Mapes sings about Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “the
hit recording capital of the world”. - Jed Ryan, DISH MISS
"A good producer doesn’t oveshadow his musician client, but rather knows how to create an environment in the recording studio that allows the artist to fully express themselves. Urban’s production isn’t overbearing, but instead compliments Mapes’ voice and songwriting perfectly. Working together, Urban and Mapes are a real hand-in-glove fit.
Besides Mapes on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Urban also plays guitar, flute, Hammond organ, piano, bass, bottleneck slide, as well as arranging horns, strings, the choir, and providing backing vocals". - Pamela DeGroff of TG Forum Magazine
Robert Urban recipient - 2010 Stonewall Society Pride-in-the-Arts Producer of the Year award winner for producing HOUSE OF JOY cd.
"Your fans have voted you a Pride In The Arts Music Award. Results are posted at www.prideinthearts.com.
Thanks for sharing your talents and
representing our community with such pride and accomplishment. You make us all
proud!
Congratulations again!
All the best"-
Len Rogers
www.stonewallsociety.com
"Thanks Robert !
I'm so proud of YOU!"
Roger Anthony Mapes
2009
song - "Long, Long Way Home" featuring Morry Campbell, Robert Urban, Katie
Sawicki -
recorded, mixed, arranged & produced by Robert Urban at URBAN
PRODUCTIONS studio, NYC
and featured on the 2009 United for the Ride compilation
CD
2009
- Roger Kuhn song - 2009 "Finally"
- recorded, mixed,
arranged & produced
by Robert Urban at URBAN PRODUCTIONS, NYC
Robert Urban - mandolin, electric guitar, drums, backup
vocals, keys
"Hey RU – just got done listening again.
I really love it. So cool!!!
Thanks again. ;)" -
Roger Kuhn
"Wow, it turned into a Yes production (complete with pedal steel guitar)!
Sounds good". - Steven Sullivan (bassist on "Finally")
JEREMY BLUE
EMBRACING THIS (2002 cd release) Dreamborn Productions
www.jeremyblue.com
Robert Urban - production consultant, guitars, bass,
percussion
"Robert - Again, thank you for all your care in this
project.
You have brought so much to it, as well as you've laid a foundation for whatever
is to come" - JEREMY BLUE
MATTHEW DUFFY
vocal tracks for 2007 CD release
The Healing Machine recorded at Urban Productions
Robert Urban -
recording engineer, guitar and bass guitar
Bonus Track - "The Wind" arranged & produced
by Robert Urban
"YOU RULE! - the WIND mix is
exquisite!!! I love what you have done with it...
again
thanks for all your hard work on the record and for
sharing your creativity with me...
much love.....M
DANIEL SPEAKS - singer/songwriter
2008 photo session
photos by Robert Urban
STEPHEN MO HANAN
2006 - Two songs from Sinatra and Friends:
The Tribute Musical
1. "Yesterday's the Day"
2. "You're the One"
Robert Urban - recording engineer
RENAIR AMIN - 2009, 2008
2 CD Spoken Word project - "Telergy"
24 poems, many accompanied by music
Robert Urban - producer,
music arranger, recording & mix engineer
- instrumental backup music for several tracks composed and performed by
Robert Urban.
PAUL SHELBY
ON & ON (1997 cd release)
Robert Urban - electric guitars
YOLANDA
2004 10 song recording project
Robert Urban - Producer, Song Arranger, Recording Enginneer,
electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, bass, percussion, back-up vocals
"Thanks Robert for your kind attention to my music
- your influence is really priceless to me. I love you and the FREEDOM arrangement!
it rocks!" - Yolanda
2007/08 - MORRY CAMPBELL cd
- LONG WAY HOME - also featuring Katie Sawicki, Dan Manjovi,
Robert Urban
Robert Urban - producer, arranger, recording & mix engineer
- also - acoustic & electric
guitars, bass, piano, organ, synths, orchestral sounds,
percussion, backup
vocals, harmonica, sonic effects
"“Sleep in the Morning” is a pretty song!!!
“Long Way Home” has that simple singer/songwriter feel to it…it’s one of those
tunes that doesn’t require anything more than what you’ve already done to it.
I like the vocals
of all three of you and the harmonies.
I would love a copy of the new CD once it’s complete. These songs are tunes I
can play on my show.
Best,
J-Ho" - JEREMY HOVIES, OUTQ - SIRIUS Radio
"All your mixes are beautiful. I'm really enjoying
listening to them. I think the CD is going to be awesome, and you
are one big reason why". - MORRY CAMPBELL
"I enjoyed the work that you
and Morry did. I think he's got a great CD".- ROGER KUHN, recording artist
"sounds amazing, ya reallly outdid yerself!" - Gordon
Smith, RUBBERLEGS
2006 - Fritz Wendt and Charles Gilmore
song - "Immigrators"
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineer
ABBAlicious - ABBA tribute compilation cd
song "Lay Your Love on Me" June 2004 release - Figjam Records
Robert Urban - rhythm & lead guitars; song arrangement
"... poignant, larger-than-life acoustic-blues
treatment of Lay All Your Love On Me - a track that repeatedly gives me goose
bumps..."
- CD review by EARNEST BARTELDES - Gay Today Magazine
"The stripped-down, raw feel of the track-- featuring
only Yolanda's hard-hitting, strong, Southern-twanged voice and guitar by
Robert Urban-- packs a wallop!"
- JED RYAN - PM Magazine
"LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME - All I can say is LORD HAVE
MERCY! My windows fogged up. My toes curled. Pure... passionate blues!"
- Jennifer Layton, Indie-Music.com
MARSHALL ZARNE
four songs from BOOZE, SEX and
the DEVIL (2006 CD release)
Robert Urban - producer, recording & mix engineer, guitars, backing
vocals, song arrangements
ROGER KUHN
2006 - 3 Christmas holiday songs
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineer
2007 - Christmas holiday song "Xmas Joys" -
Robert Urban - producer/arranger - guitars/bass/drums/horns
MARSHALL ZARNE
four song demo CD (2001)
Robert Urban - producer, arranger, recording engineer, guitars, keys,
bass, drums, percussion, backing vocals
"I really appreciate all of your help. You, more than
anyone, I think have believed in me over the years, even more than myself." - Marshall Zarne
DUTCHBOY / RAINBOW FLAVA
Four Rap Tracks "Family Business", "Orientation", "Okayplaya", "We are at
War" (on the CD Compilations "The Dozens") (2002 release) and
Rainbow Flava "Family Business" (2001) Two years in the making,
the third album by the pioneering San Francisco-based group was the first hip-hop
project
to represent the entire LGBT community, featuring MC performances by
Dutchboy, N.I.Double-K.I. and Pointfivefag and
production by Jeffrey “Dub” Mann,
Archie Smooth, DJ Monkey, Robert Urban and Tori Fixx. Includes
guest appearances by D/DC, MISS MONEY and SHANTÉ SMALLS.
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineer, production; and
additionally - guitars, synths, percussion, bass on "Family Business" (Robert's
Mix)
TRACY STARK
song -"Greatest Nightmare" (2005)
recorded, mixed & produced at Urban Productions
Robert Urban - sound engineer
CAMP DAZE motion picture Film Soundtrack - (2005) Screamkings
ProductionsCD
1980s styled rock/pop music by Robert Urban
and the songs : "Joey Sails Away" and "Everyone Wants the Fire"
by Robert Urban
JASON PEELE
9/11 Tribute Song "FALLEN HEROES" - O.B.I. Entertainment (2002)
Robert Urban - recording engineer, midi to audio conversion,
electric guitar solo, strings & string arrangement
DON HARVEY
Just Havin' Some Good Clean Fun
2008 16 song CD Release
Robert Urban - production consultant
"Thanks for all your help and encouragement, And
thanks for making the time to listen to my music and being so thoughtful
in your comments. Your opinions on what to cut were right on target, and
got me unstuck at a critical time. No one else who heard it said anything
like "song A sounds a lot like song B, which is a better song, so drop A." And,
you did it kindly. The world needs more guys like you, Robert." -
DON HARVEY
MIKE JAMES
Finding - Red Siren Records (2002
CD release)
Robert Urban - recording engineer, electric & acoustic
guitars. Additionally, Mike James covers two songs composed by Robert Urban
("We Are the Haunted" & "The Waiting Song") for this
cd release.
"Thanks, Robert Urban. You've been incredible!
You are my muse & mentor, and I love you. I hope we can keep making music
like this"
- MIKE JAMES, FINDING cd liner notes
STEVE MOSTO
CD demo release (1996) and photo shoot
Robert Urban - electric and acoustic guitars
photos by Robert Urban
RGIN INTERNET RADIO
- "THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!"
one minute Radio Station ID soundclip - featuring music and voiceover by
Robert Urban
March 2006
"Robert, Perfect. Thanks so much for doing this
- it is greatly appreciated" - Bill Nor, RGIN RADIO
ZECCA
song (click to hear) "Alone
Against the Wind" (2001)
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineer, midi to audio
conversion, electric guitars, backup vocals,
additional bass & percussion, vocal arrangement, song arrangement
"It really sounds great!" - Zecca
Elisa DeCarlo
6 song background track project with pianist Tracy Stark (2005)
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineer
ROGER KUHN
2006 - two Christmas holiday song singles
1. "EVERY YEAR AROUND XMAS TIME"
2. "UNDER THE MISTLETOE/SILENT NIGHT" medley
Robert Urban -
producer; recording & mix engineer, guitar,
bass, keyboards & finger snaps
"The holiday songs have been a huge hit for me!" - Roger Kuhn
ROGER KUHN
2005-6 11 song CD - PROOF (2006) including the
album's opening track 2007 hit single "What's Your Name"
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineer; producer,
guitars, bass, percussion, background vocals, keyboards, orchestral sounds,
song arrangements
"The CD really sounds great. I think that you
really hit the nail on the head. You've taken the music out of my head and
beautifully crafted it into this record. I am forever grateful! Roger My friends
love the CD and think that the production sounds great. Thanks again Robert.
You are really helping me to achieve my goals"- ROGER KUHN
"What's Your Name" enjoyed about 12 weeks in MTV
LOGOS's top 10 and the video will continue to live on LOGOonline's QueerMix
page.
Thanks again to everyone and especially to Roger for creating such a wonderful
song (mastered by the uber-talented Robert Urban!) without which there simply
never would have been a music video.
I hope we'll all have the chance to work together again soon.
Best,
Chris Shirley - video director for "What's Your Name"
SCOTT
FREE
2004 THEY CALL ME MR. FREE CD
1. -"The Muffin Song" - Robert Urban - producer, recording
& mix engineer, guitars, bass guitar, hammond organ
2. - "Ronald Reagan's Funeral" - Robert Urban - electric
guitar solo
"Robert! - It was really great fun to record in your
studio - Just wanted to thank you again for all your incredible work on "The
Muffin Song" - I know it helped to get the CD to #1 at Outvoice and Song of
the Year at Stonewall Society!!!!!!" - SCOTT FREE
LOU VALENTINE
Homodelic 2002 CD recording project - Taboo
Recording Studios, NYC
Robert Urban - acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals,
percussion on 3 songs -
"Parade", "Nature's Way", "Hustler Blues"; additional "Nature's Way" song
arrangement.
MATTHEW DUFFY
"Little Bird" from HERE I COME cd (2005)
Robert Urban - sound engineer - vary speed editing for
video sync special effects
ROBERT URBAN
ROCK WIDOW
CD
- Both ROCK WIDOW and ELEGIES
cds were recorded entirely at URBAN PRODUCTIONS studio
press reviews at 2004 reviews, 2003
reviews 2002 reviews
Two songs by Robert Urban - J'ACCUSE (from Elegies CD) and
PHOTOS OF THE MOON from "godless" CD
are included in 2 compilation CDs released by the European-based ACID
DRAGON Progressive Rock Magazine & Radio.
The CDs are entitled "Voices" & "Voices 2"> and showcases "multi-instrumentalist" rock
artists who specialize in playing all parts in their recordings.
"Voices" features cover art by DUNGEONS & DRAGONS illustrator Larry Elmore and
is sent out to thousands of ACID DRAGON subscribers worldwide.
Other musical artists on the CD include PURPLE, FONYA,
BRIAN HIRSCH, CHRIS FOURNIER and PARADOX.
Special thanks to producer PHIL
JACKSON in Scotland, Rick Ray of Neurosis
Records for the U.S. Distribution and Marc Doremusat of WCSB FM 89.3 Cleveland
for the first U.S. airplay.
HOW DO I LOOK
Documentary Film (2005)
Robert Urban - sound engineer, editing, mastering -
soundtrack single "How Do I Look"
JEFF KRASSNER
23 song project (2005)
Robert Urban- sound engineer - editing, volume normalization,
new song IDs, digital pitch transposition,
DAT to hard drive file to cd conversion, new AIFF song file creation
TOKYO PENGUIN - featuring Toshi Nakayama
"Boogie Man" song (2005)
Robert Urban - recording & mix engineering,
song arrangement, piano, percussion, bass, guitars
"We got a great response from
the audience. Thank you" - Toshi
forwarded from Toshi Jan
2008- "I
just have to let you know that my song has been
chosen to be featured on a compilation CD, which will be published by a new indie label called Carbon
Drum.
The song "Boogey Man" is the last song on the"
Electro, Dark Wave, Industrial" CD."
www.myspace,com/tobetobepenguin
RICK FLETCHER
Descent cd (2005-6 release)
Robert Urban - production consultant
"Robert - thank you for your time, your patience and
your willingness to take me seriously about all this. And also for your inspiration,
affection and insight." - Love, Rick
