Mime Radio or sometimes referred to as "The Mime Radio Recording Company" was a recording studio, and independent record label based in Peterborough, Ontario Canada run by engineer and producer Damon de Szegheo. The label is best known for releasing Canadian singer/songwriter Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder

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's debut album 'Falling Out' in 1999 as well as her follow up EP tilted 'Serena' in 2000. de Szegheo discovered Ryder while watching a local on-stage production of 'Gone With The Wind

Gone with the Wind

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 where she sang during a set change. She later moved on to work with Hawksley Workman

Hawksley Workman

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 and is now signed to Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 in the US.

Mime Radio also made early recordings from now well known Canadian musicians Trevor McNevan

Trevor McNevan

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 of Thousand Foot Krutch, Hawk Nelson

Hawk Nelson

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 (now with Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records

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), Craig Cardiff

Craig Cardiff

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, Farewell to Freeway

Farewell to Freeway

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 (Victory Records) and O.E. of industrial band The Birthday Massacre

The Birthday Massacre

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.

Adam Gontier

Adam Gontier

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 and Neil Sanderson

Neil Sanderson

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 of Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace

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 appeared on the Mime Radio Recording 'Sacrosanct Harmony', the second full length CD by local singer / songwriter Jeff Holmes (Holmes is now in the band Before The Curtain, which is signed to Adam Gontier's new label Sludge Factory Records.

The Mime Radio Recording company closed in 2003 (after 10 years in operation) with de Szegheo's relocation to Toronto Ontario to engineer and produce projects at the Gas Station Recording studio located on Toronto Island.

Damon de Szegheo is credited as a contributing producer on the 2008 Kekal

Kekal

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 album Audible Minority

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, as well as provided audio post duties and recorded the soundtrack for "Return To Nepal" (Released by Kensington Communications

Kensington Communications

-Background:Kensington Communications is a Toronto-based production company that specializes in documentary films and television series. Founded in 1980 by president Robert Lang, Kensington Communications Inc. has produced over 150 productions from documentary series and films to performing arts...

), a documentary about world renowned songwriter Bruce Cockburn

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's return to Nepal after two decades away.

In 2009 de Szegheo provided location sound recording and soundtrack mixing on an interactive documentary series called City Sonic

City Sonic

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 . The series featured 20 Toronto artists including Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies

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, Rush

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, Danko Jones

Danko Jones

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, Divine Brown

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, Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers

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, and others.

Damon de Szegheo now owns and operates out of Oak Recording Studio in Toronto, Canada.