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Dark Flight Project

Christian Howes String Production recently recorded strings for the theme music in Dark Flight, a Drawn Video game. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Composed by Chris Kennedy at Clean Cuts Music in Washington D.C., we’re really proud of the result. Check out details about the game here: http://www.drawngame.com/ and listen to the full [ READ MORE ]

full circle

I knew then, especially after I met (and heard) Ruby, a 13 yr-old girl who played violin like a 70 yr-old woman, that this was what I wanted as much as anything in life- to touch people like her playing had moved me, to play with such emotion and passion and play music that was infinitely romantic. And then, through a combination of events I don't need to get into now, it all changed and I became a jazz violinist. What many people may not know is[ READ MORE ]

USA Today’s Listen Up highlights “Out of the Blue”

  • August 25th, 2010
  • Posted in home

USA Today’s music critic Jerry Shriver reviewed “Out of the Blue” in their Listen Up: Weekend Plugs section, calling it a “ deft survey of the blues landscape.”   * * * PULLING POTENT STRINGS Classically-trained jazz violinist Howes sketches the outlines while guitarist Ford and one-time Ray Charles organist Bobby Floyd provide the pigments for [ READ MORE ]

New Record Release Today and “World Tour” Beginning Next Week Through End of 2010

Dear Friends, I hope you’re having a great summer. I’ve been quiet for a while, and it’s time to share some breaking news. August 10th marks the release of my newest album, “Out of the Blue” on Resonance Records featuring the legendary jazz and blues guitarist, Robben Ford.  Beginning next week, I’ll officially begin my [ READ MORE ]

Christian Howes String Production featured in MusFormation.com

Thanks to MusFormation.com for featuring Christian Howes String Production: In these days of endless plugins and synthetic sounds, sometimes having the real thing can mean all the difference in the world.  If orchestral is the sound you’re going for on your recording it can often seem ridiculously impossible to organize people, record the parts and [ READ MORE ]

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