Ian Beabout
American progressive rock musician and producer/audio engineer who fronts the band Colouratura and produces/mixes for Refestramus (the band he discusses on Heavy Metal Tones), running his studio ShedSounds Media.
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Sep 1, 2026
Derek FergusonGUEST
And then, you know, I guess you could sort of take over the story from there.
Ian BeaboutGUEST
Well, yeah, so I tend to look back on that first record, Decoupage, as a very well-produced set of demos.
Ian BeaboutGUEST
But I remember that when I sat and listened to the finished product, One New Year's Eve, that, you know, I noticed some issues that maybe hadn't cropped up to me before.
18 MINS LATER
Ian BeaboutGUEST
It was a great opportunity to reach out to David Jackson since we had something that was kind of VDGG in nature anyway here.
Ian BeaboutGUEST
And we have a wonderful sax player, Mitch Lawrence, who can definitely channel that.
Ian BeaboutGUEST
But it's like, why channel it when you can get the real thing? And they're both on the track.
6 MINS LATER
Derek FergusonGUEST
And then Ian, you were, you actually went and worked with Rick as he was doing the guitar parts for lucky ones, right?