Escarpment Sound Studios Owner/Engineer Brian Hewson

ALBUM CREDITS

  *Produced or co-produced and engineered. All others engineered and or mixed 

Recorded Albums & Projects 2024

Artist	Title
Bullet  Proof Bros*	That's the Thing
Jiggity James	That Stare
Fried Up Fred	Long Way Home
Darin Parise	Pedal to the Metal
Liam Vickery	The Stranger
Leslie Clendening	Face On Canvas

Recorded Albums & Projects 2023

Artist	Title
Jonathan Newitt	Anchors
James Campbell	James Campbell
The Groovey Guys	Mr J Kids Band
Talbot River Band	Well Done
Ben Wright	Trees
Jesse Stewart/Douglas Ewart

 

Recorded Albums & Projects 2022

Artist	Title
Rob Finnie	Ten Songs
Monday Morning Whiskey	Monday Morning Whiskey
Ted Blackbourn	Big Band session
Paul Jansen	The Speed of Sound
Many More	Many More

Recorded Albums & Projects 2021

Artist	Title
ROSS  KENNEDY*	HEART OF NASHVILLE
D0UGH ROACH*	ROCKETPROOF
STOMPN TOM	SONGS FROM THE VAULT  VOL 4
Tony McManus/Julia Toaspern	Laudate
Talbot River Band	The Narrow Road
JAMES HASTINGS	RESEARCH

Recorded Albums & Projects 2020

Artist	Title
Fried Up Fred	The Order of the Sun
GBR	Isn't it Crazy
Stonehouse	Stonehouse
CARA SMITH*	DUSTY OLE BACKROAD

Recorded Albums & Projects 2019

Artist	Title
MANY MORE*	STILL TRIPPIN
JIMMY V & THE HINTON HAWKS	UNFORTUNATE  SET CIRCUMSTANCES
STOMPIN'  TOM	SONGS FROM THE VAULT VOL 3
JONATHAN NEWITT	NORTH HURON MUSIC
MADISON GALLOWAY	MOON AND MERCURY
SKARNI*	THEN TO NOW
ROSS KENNEDY*	ROLL WITH IT
ROSS KENNEDY *	GOOD MEMORIES
SHIRLEY EIKHARD	THE GIFT OF GIVING
POINT TAKEN	POINT TAKEN

Recorded Albums & Projects 2018

Artist	Title
GHOST CHAPLAIN	TALKING TO A BRICK WALL
JIM HAGGETT	DOORSTEP OF HEAVEN
BASEMENT CITY	BASEMENT CITY
MANY MORE	TRIPPIN ON WIRES
WICKED WAYZ	WICKED WAYZ
T D F	TOTAL DEVASTATION

 

Recorded Albums & Projects 2017

Artist	Title
TED BLACKBOURN	BIG BAND 2017
ROSS KENNEDY	GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
HIGH COURT COUNTY	HIGH COURT COUNTY
WICKED WAYZ	WICKED WAYZ
THRASHARDS	THRASHARDS
CHURCH GOER	CHURCH GOER
ECLECTIC REVIVAL	LIFE & LOVE
BO WELLAND	BO WELLAND
JIMMY V	AN UNFORTUNATE SET OF CIRCUMST
CAUSTICLIME
DEFILE	DEFILE
BASS LIONS	BASS LIONS

Recorded Albums & Projects 2016

Artist	Title
BARRAGE 8	BARRAGE 8
ECLECTIC REVIVAL	ECLECTIC REVIVAL
DUSTY STRINGS *	DONE GONE COUNTRY
THE FADE AWAAYS	FADE AWAAYS
TAW CONNORS	THE ODE FROM THE ROAD
The Ted Blackbourn Big Band	ARRIVAL
JONATHAN NEWITT	BLUE
THE KERR FAMILY	KERR GOLD
THREE SISTERS	TRIED AND TRUE

 

Recorded Albums & Projects 2015

Artist	Title
Stompin Tom Connors	Songs From The Vault  Vol #2
TYLER YOUNG*	Stuck  in the 90's
Dusty Strings*	Almost There
Tony McManus	Tony McManus
Ramjet	Ramjet
Jimmy V	Jimmy V
LONG RANGE HUSTLE	FROM SEEDLINGS TO SAPLINGS

Recorded Albums & Projects 2014

Artist	Title
The Manatee Band	Look The Other Way
Stompin Tom Connors	Songs From The Vault  Vol #1
ODYSSEY	ODYSSEY 2014
TYLER YOUNG	in progress
THE DURANTS	DURANTS
FALCON CITY	FALCON CITY
ART	ART
The Ted Blackbourn Big Band	KINETIC
LONG RANGE HUSTLE	in progress
EAVESDROP	EAVESDROP
COMMON DEER	COMMON DEER
Michael MacDonald	Geoffrey Street Piper
Recorded Albums & Projects 2013
ODYSSEY	ODYSSEY
Healthy Libido	Healthy  Libido
Missing Wedesday	Missing Wednesday
The Durants	The Durants
Big Whisky	Big Whisky
Boo Radley Project	Boo Radley Project
Lucas  Rogerson	Streetlights
Sapphire City	Sapphire City

Recorded Albums & Projects 2012

Artist	Title
Turner Fenton Jazz	Turner Fenton Jazz 2011-12
WBRB	WBRB
Stretch Orchestra- juno winner	Stretch Orchestra
Stompin Tom Connors	and the Roads of Life
Mortal Fear	Mortal Fear
Empire in Arms	Empire in Arms
Lucas  Rogerson	Drayton
Brain Fudge	Brain Fudge

Recorded Albums & Projects 2011 Artist Title The Fires Of  The Fires Of Nick Johnston Nick Johnson Koetta Black Koetta Black Daddy Long Legs Liar's Cheats & Scoundrels Turner Fenton Jazz  Turner Fenton Jazz 2010-11 General Store Phantom Train Freeloader* The Freeloader Project Marion's Country Band  Marion's Country  Band  Peel Police Pipe Band  Peel Police Pipe Band

Recorded Albums & Projects 2010
Artist	Title
Free whiskey string band	1st CD
Kevin Moyse	Songs of Georgian Bay
The Boomerangs	The Boomerang
Turner Fenton Jazz	Turner Fenton Jazz 09-10
General Store	MORE IN STORE
Tone Pigs	In Progress
Shane Reilly	Better Later Than Never
Hometown Roots	Hometown Roots
Ariana Gillis	To Make It Better
Exit Delay*	Forget to Watch the Fire
The Free Whiskey String Band	Tales from the Jug
The Black List	The Black List
Consider it Wednesday	Consider it Wednesday

Recorded Albums & Projects 2009

Artist	Title
The Black Family	Maple Sugar
Kicking Trudy	Silver
Passilith	Passilith
Blue Radio	Blue Radio
Turner Fenton Jazz	Turner Fenton Jazz 2008-09
Romane Dane	Morning Star
Ariana Gillis	To Make it Happen

Recorded Albums & Projects 2008
Artist	Title
Slide by Slide
Turner Fenton Jazz	Turner Fenton jazz 2008
Interplay	We've Got Time
The Vurge	The Vurge
Roman Dane	Dragonfly
Campfire Poets	Campfire Poets
Marcia Barnes	Born Lover
Kicking Trudy	Silver
Neil Cotton
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Ballad of Stompin' Tom

 

ecorded Albums & Projects 2007

Artist	Title
Glasspack	Another Case
Turner Fenton Jazz	Turner Fenton Jazz 2007
Bisquit Puppy	Biscuit Puppy
The Wounded	The Wounded
Women of Note	Women of Note
Neil Cotton *	Georgetown will always be home
Max Bent *	Weight of the World
Marcia Barnes	My Soul Talking
Interplay	In Progress
My Sweet Patootie	My Sweet Patootie
The Terrells	The Terrells
Tony McManus	In Progress

 

Recorded Albums & Projects 2006
Artist	Title
Alysha Brooke	I Talk Country
Turner Fenton Jazz	Turner Fenton Jazz 2006
Royal City Jazz Quartet	That's a Plenty
General Store	More in Store
Pungent Bros.	Pungent Bros.
Kevin Harkin	Harkin
Wendy West	Somewhere over there
Chrisine Patton	Christine Patton
Doghouse	Doghouse
Eamonn Oconnell Greg Hampson	The Mountain Pass
Marcia Barnes	My Latin Roots
Mike Parker	Mike Parker
Ernie Kalwa Quartet	The Autumn Leaves
You Yourselves	Make it Happen

 
ARTIST                                                                       

2005
FATHER MARK CURTIS (*)			COMING HOME
MAX BENT  (*)			MAX BENT
NEW COVENANT QUARTET			ECHOES
VINTAGE			VINTAGE
SLUDGEPOT			DEMO
TURNER FENTON JAZZ			JAZZ 2005
R.F. HALL			TWISTED
DAVID GILLIS			DAVID GILLIS
ROLLY ROCKER &HEMI HEADS			LIVE
BISQUIT PUPPY			BISQUIT PUPPY
RON WARD			'DEJA VU'
MARCIA BARNES			MARCIA BARNES

ARTIST                            TITLE                                          

2004
MAX BENT    (*)			The Blues You Have
STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS			And The Hockey Mom Tribute
JENNIFER MITCHELL			Country Memories
kirs10			tart
DONNA LOREE			Donna Loree
PAT SCHNEIDER			WARM REMEMBRANCE
CAMEO JAZZ
GLASSPACK
KENNEDY ROAD
TRACE NINE			Live for something more (single)
Georgian Bay Folk Society Youth Project			People and the Land
PAT SCHNEIDER			WHITE CHRISTMAS
HALTON JUNIOR JAZZ

 
ARTIST                                       TITLE                               

2003
MOONRAKER (from New York)
Since 84			Since 84
Marcia Barnes			Marcia Barnes
Cleer Insyte			Demo
The Shards (*)			The Redhaired Boy
Restricted			Demo
One Point Loss			One Point Loss
Under Arrest			Under Arrest
Prophecy 1:27			Prophecy 1:27
Trace Nine			Trace Nine
Lynzie Kent			Home for Christmas
Turner Fenton Jazz			Jazz Band 2003 2004
1812			1812
Settlers Creek			Demo

 ARTIST                                                                     TITLE

2002
SINCE 84 *
STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS			ODE TO THE ROAD
ACCAPPELLA  SHOWCASE			A CAPPELLA GOLD
NEW COVENENT QUARTET			SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
INTERPLAY			INTERPLAY
GLASSPACK  *			RETURN YOUR EMPIES
GOODFELLAS			DEMO
PROFIT STRANGERS			PROFIT STRANGERS
ELTON LAMMIE
LESLIE PIKE
58 SKIVIES
LARRY MELTON *			RIDIN’ ON
THIRD INPUT

ARTIST                                                         T ITLE 

2001
FREE AGENTS		IN THE NETWORK
GERRY ARPA & THE FLASHBACKS		GERRY ARPA & THE FLASHBACKS
Macdonald Caledonia		Juvenile Pipe Band
KICK-ASS KNIGHTS		LIVE
THE MIKE BRANTON BAND		DIRTY FEET
THE SPICOLIS		EP
MONA’S BOYS		FANTASY
SLURPY MUNDAE		EP
OLIVER & LEYTE		WHERE DOES IT END
PAUL COOMBS		FEELING BETTER
LAURA LAVERY
HIDE AWAY
THE SHARDS  *		BEGGARS ROAD

 

ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

2000
TREV JOHN *		STANPOINT
LAURA BIRD		DREAMWALKER
SMACKBELLY		SMACKBELLY
CARPE DIEM		CARPE DIEM
FERGUS BRASS BAND		SECOND TIME AROUND
SAMBONEE *		SAMBONEE 2000
MONA’S BOYS		MONA’S BOYS
CAMBRIDGE JAZZ TRIO		CHRISTMAS PRESENCE
GLASSPACK		GLASSPACK 2
STYLE KINGS		STYLE KINGS
HIDEAWAY		HIDEAWAY

    ARTIST                                                         TITLE

1999
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		MOVE ALONG
MARK LAFORME		TRUE TO FORM
CAMBRIDGE JAZZ TRIO		LIVE
ROYAL CITY SAXOPHONE QUARTET		TICKLIN’ TIME
EDGAR THATCHER		TALK TO ME
WHEATSTONES BRIDGE		UNSTABLE DREAMS
BLACK & BLUE BAND		SKITTERIN’ UP
THE NEW COVENANT QUARTET		TO HIS GLORY
MONA’S BOYS		in progress
ST ANDREWS CHILDREN’S CHOIR		JUBILEE 2000
GLASSPACK		GLASSPACK

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1998
FIRE & WATER *		HARMLESS
THE PRISM + 1 QUARTET		THE BIG COUCH
DOWN TO EARTH*		EARTH MUSIC
THE LATEST CASUALTIES *		SUFFIXIFICATIONALIZATION
HEATHER SMITH		THE RULES
VENTURI WINDS		ETCHED IN TIME
OLIVER TWIST		OLIVER TWIST

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1997
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		CONFEDERATION BRIDGE
ROYAL CITY SAXOPHONE QUARTET		RAGTIME FOR RENT
THE TERRELLS		SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
BAD WEATHER		BAD WEATHER
CLEAN SWEEP		PARADISE RUN
SAM BONEE *		SAM BONEE
FALLEN ANGELS		FALLEN ANGELS

ARTIST                                                         T ITLE 

1996
SANDY MacINTYRE		STEEPED IN TRADITION
THE LATEST CASUALTIES*		THE LATEST CASUALTIES
BEDROKK		UNDERTOW
SHREDETHIC		SHREDETHIC
CAMBRIDGE JAZZ TRIO		CAMBRIDGE JAZZ TRIO
DOUBLE EXPOSURE		ONE MORE TIME

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1995
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		LONG GONE TO THE YUKON
MARC NELSON		MARC NELSON
ELEVEN OUNCES		ELEVEN OUNCES
ECLIPSE		ECLIPSE

ARTIST                                                         T ITLE 

1994/93
MEN WITHOUT HAIRS		LAUGH
MILTON OPTIMIST JR. PIPE BAND
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		DR. STOMPIN TOM .....EH?
ONE FIFTY ONE		151
BONNIE BRIGANT		SAVING TODAY FOR TOMORROW
ID		ID

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1992
MURMUR		OUTLOOK
STEVE LEE & THE RIDE		STEVE LEE & THE RIDE
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		BELIEVE IN YOUR COUNTRY

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1991
MURMUR*		BANK PRESSURE
BORY GROVE		BORY GROVE
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		MORE OF THE STOMPIN TOM PHENOMENON
TRADED LIVES		TRADED LIVES
GENETIC RYTHYM		TASTE

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1985 - 90
DONNA LEE O’CONNOR		DONNA LEE O’CONNOR
STOMPIN TOM CONNORS		FIDDLE & SONG
DOUBLE EXPOSURE*		DOUBLE EXPOSURE
MEN WITHOUT HAIRS*		THE NEW MWH ALBUM

 ARTIST                                                         T ITLE

1982 - 84
TRIUMPH		STAGES (MIND GAMES)
GORDON DEPPE (SPOONS)		LISTEN TO THE CITY
VIGILANTS		RUN FOR COVER
BORDER CITY BLUEGRASS		AT LAST
PEETER KOPVILLEM		KUKU SA KAGU
DENIS LEPAGE AND STATION ROAD		I’M ON MY WAY HOME AGAIN
LOU CHAMPAGNE SYSTEM		NO VISIBLE MEANS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brian Hewson has been working in the sound and recording industry for  almost 40 years. Back in the early 70's he was a Bass player then guitar player in a few  local Georgetown Bands .He was the guy who had the band practice in his moms basement and had all kinds of gear down there like a P.A. mixing console. drum kit and Hammond organ . Recording lots of the jams on 4 track cassette .He had a keen interest in music and equipment so in 1977 he enrolled in the Media Arts program at Sheridan College in Oakville Ontario to study recording and film . During the 3 year course he had a chance to do many recordings with his good friend and partner Andy Holland .Together they worked with some up and coming stars such as Rick Santers  and Platinum Blonde .

After graduation Brian began working at Soundpath Productions in Oakville. First as an assistant , then as an engineer .It was here that he worked on some great projects such as Triumphs "Stages" album , the Spoons "listen to the city "album, demos by Lee Aaron , Tim Thorney, Joel Feeney , Lisa Dalbello and many others . As well as hundreds of commercials and film soundtracks.
While still at Soundpath he began teaching part time at Sheridan College , teaching the 3rd year Audio and Recording course, a position which he held for 14 years. During this time he was doing freelance engineering with artists like, The Mercy Brothers, Jeff Bird and Double Exposure. Also at this time he held a job doing live sound at a club on Queen street in Toronto. In 1986 he built a small but efficient studio in Acton ON and called it "Escarpment Sound Studio" because of the Niagara Escarpment which runs through the area.

For five years he worked out of this small but productive 16 track studio doing demo's, commercials and albums including 3 "Stompin Tom Connors" projects  and all of the Olde Hide House , "worth the drive to Acton" commercials. Then in 1990 he purchased a 23 acre farm north of Acton that had a stone foundation he knew would be perfect for the larger studio that he wanted to build.

Work was completed in 1991 and the new "Escarpment Sound Studio (2)" was born. This studio was used for over 20 years putting out hundreds of high quality projects, including 7 more Stompin Tom CD's , Juno winners The Stretch Orchestra , and hundreds more. Also during this time he taught at The Metal Works Institute part Time .
Then in the summer of 2012 Escarpment Sound joined together with Ignition  Sound studios on a 50 acre farm in Belwood , near Fergus . Together they  combined their equipment and talents to make an amazing studio "Escarpment Sound (3)".
This studio now has a larger control room , a full kitchen and over night accommodations.
This is where Brian is now recording, playing and Producing.

            You can reach Brian by email at brian@escarpmentsound.com