todaysmodernhome.com is the main site for producers/recording artists Home & Garden (Timothy Shumaker and Tim Kvasnosky.) Also for subprojects Sebastian Amore and Today's Modern Home.

Latest:

Shumaker Toyko Calling

Tim just got back from Japan, lucky sucka. Must be nice, he gets to travel, play records and have fun while I geek out on the board.

:: posted by Tim K. 3:17am 10/26/06

New Colette Album part 2

We just finished our second long trip to Chicago to work on Coco's record. Colette travelled from LA and I from BK. We got five songs together, and we are ready to let the powers check them out, we'll keep you posted.

:: posted by Tim K. 1:50am 10/21/06

New Colette Album in production

We have been rocking out new tracks for Colette's sophomore release for Om Records. We have written five tracks with her, and watching her do her thing. Keep track of this girl, this second record is going to be a killer.

:: posted by Tim K. 9:59pm 08/18/06

All The Same Video

Home & Garden just shot the video for our track " All The Same" featuring Ms. Colette. It was a lot of fun, thanks to Chicago for the love. We saw Colette and Heather do their thing at Smartbar in Chicago. Big up to Diz for playing keys in the video, go ahead with your bad self.

:: posted by Tim K. 11:11pm 06/120/06

House of Om - DJ Heather and DJ Colette

Home & Garden will have the first track on the Om Records - House of Om DJ Colette and DJ Heather record, it's official. We are pumped to work with our girls again. Thanks to puremix.net for the dope mastering job on the track, love to our boy Fab.

:: posted by Tim K. 1:10pm 04/16/06

Colette - All the Same (remix)

Tim and I have been working on a remix for the track we did with Colette, for the forthcoming record. Colette wants to feature the track on her upcoming House of Om mix cd with our good friend miss DJ Heather. Colette has also mentioned shooting a video, in Chicago, we'll keep you posted.

:: posted by Tim K. 5:18pm 04/13/06

H&G + Miami = crackish.

Shumaker & I just got back from Miami/Chicago/New York trip. New underground tracks will be coming out soon, and the hush-hush LP that we keep talking about might see the light of day.

It was good to see Colette, Thom, Heather, Eric, Dayhota, Jay J, the revealing Lady D, JT, "Nancy", the "Lance"s, Willie Mack and many more. Thanks for the love.

:: posted by Tim K. 1:19pm 04/01/06

H&G track "All The Same" will be featured as the first track on Colette's new mix CD for Om. Tim & I got up and did this new mix, and it will only be available on the mix cd, so keep an eye out for it.

[Also, check us @ myspace. You can get a sneak peek at a couple of the joints for the new record.]

:: posted by Tim K. 12:51am 02/22/06

H&G Production of "Like the Sun" for Colette was released as part of the Om 10th Anniversary 3-Disc set, on the Downtempo disc. Check it out!

:: posted by Tim K. 12:51am 02/01/06

H&G EP "Pre-Fabrication" first release for the new Narrative Records. Check it out snippet of 'Pre-Fab' or snippet of 'Hang-Up'. Out now at your local record shop.

:: posted by Tim K. 12:51am 09/29/05

H&G Track "Broken" out on Icon. This is part two for the "1984" release. Check it out here. It will be available at your local dusty soon or check Icon for direct purchase.

:: posted by Tim K. 4:29am 09/22/05

H&G Track "1984" out on Icon. Check it out here. It will be available at your local dusty soon or check Icon for direct purchase. iTunes link to come.

:: posted by Tim K. 3:02pm 07/20/05

We have been back out in Chicago this week working on a track with the Legendary Derrick Carter. Derrick, after a long nonstop ongoing tour of the world, gave us a few days to vibe with his vocal talents. Look for the track coming soon!

Colette's Home & Garden produced "Like the Sun" was selected for an Om Records Chill compilation to be mixed in 5.1. This will be part of a tie-in with Monster Cable.

Lastly, but not leastly, we have been working with Documentary director Benny, doing some music for his upcomping Sundance channel feature.

:: posted by Tim K. 2:01pm 07/11/05

Colette's record is in stores! Check out our 4 tracks: Like the Sun, A Little More, Joy & Pain, and a newly updated So Special.

Download it online here  , or else buy the record from Amazon.

We are back mixing with Fab this week, songs with Chez Damier and Ms. Colette.

:: posted by Tim K. 5:25pm 06/08/05

Tim & I are just finished a track with Colette for the Om 10th year compliation. Advance reviews from Derrick Carter & Dj Heather were amazing. Thanks for the support. We are going back into the studio in mid June to mix two more songs or the record, and the remainder has been booked for July. Our mixer has been very busy, doing everything from big R&B records to smooth jazz and everything in between.

:: posted by Tim K. 4:20pm 05/25/05

Home & Garden will have 4 songs on the upcoming Colette record "Hypnotized" on Om Records. In addition, we had another heavy week in the studio. Look for a beautiful track with our friend Jennifer Karr, and another (of the steppers variety) with newcomer Pais Donovan on the upcoming record.

:: posted by Tim K. 2:11am 04/21/05

Shumaker and I are back in the NYC studio, doing pre-production for the full length Home & Garden record with Lisa Shaw (a/k/a L'Shaw), Jennifer Karr and Russell. Check out Russell at S.O.B's in NYC next week (check his site for details.)

:: posted by Tim K. 12:50pm 04/13/05

Sony Oxford Plugins UK is putting up an advance sample of the Home & Garden featuring Lisa Shaw track on their site. Home & Garden loves your plugins!

Thanks to all you WMC record players for playing our stuff.

:: posted by Tim K. 12:26am 03/29/05

We have mixed half the record with the amazing FAB of puremix.net. Snippets will soon be available for peeping.

We are also putting finishing touches on a song with the great Chez Damier.

:: posted by Tim K. 11:47am 03/21/05

Home and Garden on . Look for new recordings on Icon and the new Narrative Records.

:: posted by Tim K. 3:23pm 03/20/05

Ladies and Gentlemen... after all these years, we are finally webbing it together. Eventually, you will get news, clips, forum, love and cookies. For now, check out our discog and here's a link if you need to reach us.

Thanks for stopping by, we'll be back soon.

p.s. The rumors are true, we are still working on a full length record, and more to come soon about that. It will feature tracks with artists (in no particular order) Mic Murphy, Lucy Woodward, Lisa Shaw, Derrick Carter, Chez Damier, Russell Taylor and other assorted super-talents.

:: posted by Tim K. 9:57pm 03/19/05