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Is Love A Fairy Tale? is a collaboration of amazing artists and is produced and engineered by Scrote (the Donnas, The Stripminers). Stellar musicians include: the highly acclaimed Tina Guo  on cello, 2 x Grammy Award-Winner Bubba Hernandez on tuba; Rob Shrock (Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick) on piano; Blair Sinta (Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morrisette) on drums; David Piltch (Sam Phillips, Madeleine Peyroux) on bass; Section Quartet (Sam Phillips); Aoede/Lisa Sniderman on vocals. Voice actors include: Kevin Ponthier, J Paul Slavens, Brett Farkas, Emily Zuzik, and Angelo Bundini, who contribute special talents and make the characters come alive through dialogue and song. Sound effects by John Thomas (Shrine Audio, LA) with assistance from John Roesch (Lead Foley at Warner Bros.). A-list engineer/mixer Mark Needham and Grammy winning engineer Seth Horan. Magical artwork and illustrations by Ryan Durney. 

 
 


Aoede with cool cats recording in LA:
David Piltch, David Palmer, Scrote, Blair Sinta
 

 
 
CREDITS:
 
KEVIN PONTHIER  voice of Narrator
LISA SNIDERMAN  voice of Aoede
J PAUL SLAVENS  voice of  Morpheus & Mr.  Wonderful
BRETT FARKAS  voice of Binkle
EMILY ZUZIK  voice of Amala
ANGELO BUNDINI voice of Albert Reigel Kuiper 3-2-1& Ghost Skeletons

LISA SNIDERMAN  vocals; acoustic guitars; ukulele
SCROTE  electric guitars; keys; glockenspiel; bass; drum/percussion tracks
ROB SHROCK  wurli, piano, synths; string arranger/conductor
DAVID PALMER  wurli; organ; clavinet; melodica; Rhodes; piano
BLAIR SINTA  drums; percussion
MITCH MARINE  drums
MIKE DILLON  shakers, vibes, congas, chimes
DAVE PILTCH  upright bass; electric bass
DAVID SANDS  electric bass
ROBBY VIRUS  theremin
TINA GUO  cello
THE SECTION QUARTET strings
RICH ARMSTRONG  flugelhorm
BONEGAL  trombone
BUBBA HERNANDEZ  tuba

 



Produced by SCROTE
All songs and script by LISA SNIDERMAN
Story and concept by LISA SNIDERMAN & SCROTE
All artwork by RYAN DURNEY
Design by LISA SNIDERMAN & RYAN DURNEY
Cover concept by LISA SNIDERMAN & SCROTE

SCROTE  engineer, mixing, editing
JOHN THOMAS sound design at Shrine Audio, LA
JOHN ROESCH sound FX Consultant
JIMI TUNNELL tuba recording
LISA SNIDERMAN & DAVID SANDS add vocal engineering
RAINER GEMBALCZYK mastering

Songs from SKELETONS OF THE MUSE
SCROTE producer
SETH HORAN  engineer
CHRIS STEFFEN  assist engineer
SADAHARU YAGI  assist engineer
MARK NEEDHAM  mix engineer
WILL BRIERRE  assist mix engineer
JAY FRIGOLETTO  mastering

Printed, packaged and pressed at Sienna Digital
Recorded in Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA 2010, 2011, 2012