Barb “Wa” Zurek — for her undying support, a home for the BHR studio, and an undeniable ear for a hit song.
Kurt Bonomo at Player’s Guitar — who brought out the talents of our first two recording artists through instruction, multi-instrument tracking, and producing their first original songs. Thanks to Player’s Guitar for giving BHR a musical home in Worth and for decades of service to local, regional, and national musicians.
Ben Kremer at Picture-Minded Studio — for bringing his production, audio engineering, drumming, percussion, mixing, and mastering talents to our first record-company songs in 2024. We look forward to turning more music into loud-and-proud masters ready for streaming, CD, tape, or vinyl.
Braeden Janes at Picture-Minded Studio — for sharing his audio-engineering, post-production, and record-company wisdom, and for his help getting Blue Heron Records and our artists online.
Gary “Martin” Welk — my college roommate, who paid forward an acoustic guitar ten years ago with the words, “Now that I learned to play this guitar, you should next — you’re the one with musical skills.” Ha — I had him fooled. Thanks also to Jerry, who first paid that well-loved, scarred acoustic forward to Gary.
All of my past and current music instructors — who have patiently held my hand and fed my lifelong passion to appreciate and create music.
Our collaboration with Picture-Minded Studio connects bright young engineers with local songwriters and musicians, and our relationship with School of Rock connects us — educationally and creatively — with a growing community of emerging instructors and musicians.
