The 17th HOFA XMAS MIX CONTEST is starting soon!
Here you can find some insights into the production of this year’s contest song ‘Blue Silent Night’, which, as always, was written and produced by HOFA CEO Jochen Sachse.
Starting on December 1st, you can download all tracks of the song and mix or remix them. Great prizes are waiting for you again!
[Oct 6th] Bass recording with Simon Erzinger
Simon Erzinger from the HOFA College team recorded the bass tracks today in control room B with Jochen Sachse. Afterwards, we filmed footage for the music video.
[Sep 24th] Vocal & guitar video shoot with Jochen Sachse
Today we recorded some scenes for the music video of the contest song ‘Blue Silent Night’. The focus was on Jochen’s guitar and vocal recordings.
[Aug 25th] Vocal recordings with Kolinda Brozovic
Fantastic takes for the contest song: this week, we’ve been recording vocals with singer Kolinda Brozovic (Mousse T., Sascha, etc.) in the HOFA-Studios.
[Apr 27th] Drum recordings with Noah Matteo
The drumming for this year’s HOFA XMAS song was done by our warehouse logistics manager Noah Matteo, who is also a drum teacher and plays in several bands. Song producer and HOFA CEO Jochen Sachse and senior audio engineer Jochen Weyer were in charge of the recordings.
All kinds of microphones were used – from the classic Shure SM57 on the snare to MS room miking with two Flea 12.
[Mar 1st] Preparations for the 17th XMAS MIX CONTEST
This year, there will once again be a HOFA XMAS MIX CONTEST, where you can mix or remix our contest song and win great prizes. As always, the contest song will be written and produced by HOFA CEO Jochen Sachse.
Soon the first recordings for ‘Blue Silent Night’ will take place – we keep you up to date…
