Mapleton welcomes a new entertainment company to town. Mapletone Inc., the brainchild of recording artist and producer Lucas Rogerson, offers a unique blend of services for bands, singer-songwriters, musicians, schools and the community. Mapletone has several divisions, including Mapletone Records, MapletoneLIVE and Mapletone Apparel and Promotions.
Mapletone Records is an independent boutique record label and recording studio that produces, manufactures, distributes, promotes and sells recorded music from its recording artists. Still in it’s infancy, Mapletone Records is developing a sound that is instantly recognizable and stands alone among the current music industry trends.
The Mapletone studio is available to outside bands and artists to record individual projects and can assist with writing, recording and producing projects through to manufacturing retail-ready, shrink-wrapped CDs, vinyl records or digital files for download. If you are a singer-songwriter who has been thinking of recording your songs and need a band, Mapletone’s professional producers and studio musicians will help bring your project to fruition. Featuring an ORAM BEQ 24 channel analog console as the heart of the studio and operating Pro Tools HD with many plug-ins, the studio offers a great blend of old and new to create a modern sound with the soul and vibe of the greats. With a focus on performance not production, Mapletone embodies a simple philosophy of a great song performed well will produce a great recording! Mapletone also offers disc duplication, packaging and design services in house to produce retail-ready, shrink-wrapped CDs and DVDs. If you already have a master recording and need additional copies contact them for a quote. Location recording services are also available to record your band, choir or event.
MapletoneLIVE produces and promotes concerts and live events. Specializing in presenting original acts and music in community theatres and venues. Most of the concerts and events are fundraising initiatives for community non-profit organizations, service clubs, churches and hospitals and directly benefit the community. If you require sound or lighting equipment and technicians for and upcoming event, production services are also available.
Mapletone Apparel & Promotions offers custom screen-printed apparel from T-shirts, hoodies, sweat pants and coats to koozies, one-of-a-kind posters and more. Initially the shop started to provide merchandise and posters for MapletoneLIVE concerts and has grown to be a full service apparel and promotion shop. Whether you require shirts for staff or volunteers for an event or organization, an upcoming party, mud-run, stag and doe, bachelor/bachelorette party or if you are a band needing some shirts to sell at shows or would like to promote your concert with a one-of-a-kind screen printed gigposter, Mapletone Apparel & Promotions can help you. With competitive pricing and quick service, why go out of town for your screen-printing needs?
Educational programs are available for schools to tour the facility and learn how recordings, T-shirts and CDs are made and manufactured. Students will receive hands-on experience on the processes of writing and recording a song, screen-printing a poster and manufacturing a CD and get to take their poster home. They will also learn how a record label records, promotes and tours their favorite singers and bands and how the music industry works as a whole.
For the months of October and November, Mapletone is offering several specials:
– 20% off all clothing orders (including T-shirts and hoodies) with no setup fee or minimum order. Supply your own design and create a one of a kind Christmas gift that is sure to please. Or just keep warm with a one-of-a-kind hoodie; and
– Complete Artists Recording Package for $695 including: free setup time of instruments, 20 retail-ready CDs (including single colour screen printed cardboard sleeve, printed CD, shrink wrap), engineer, studio time (max. six hours), 10 custom screen printed T-shirts (white with single colour imprint), all taxes included.
Mapletone Inc. is located in downtown Drayton (the entertainment district) and is available by appointment only. For more information on any or all of the services mentioned above, intern/co-op/volunteer positions or if you have an inquiry into fundraising opportunities, school programs or are interested in a recording project, contact Mapletone at mapletoneinc@gmail.com or 519-993-8353 or visit www.mapletone.ca.
