Season 4 Episode 4 Michael Tiemann

What if a magical place existed in an undisclosed location; a place of great beauty, serene and quiet enough to capture a whisper in the breeze. Imagine this place as one that serves as a light to the future, but existing in the present. Carbon neutral, energy producing, and state-of-the-art, a musical sanctuary that combines old-school acoustics with modern technologies and a recording process that honors both artistic performance and authentic audience experience. 

                                           That place exists.

   Manifold Recording is, in fact, located in an undisclosed location near Pittsboro, North Carolina. It is the brainchild of  Michael Tiemann, a professional singer as a child who - as an adult - turned “open source” software creator and in 1989 revolutionized the software industry paving the way for the popularization and commercialization of the Internet. 

   So, how did this eclectic background lead to a a recording  Nirvana in the woodlands of North Carolina that’s hosted artists from across the musical spectrum, from Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider, to Sirintip, to Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo, Nnenna Frelon,  to the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, the Indigo Girls, Carole King, and James Taylor? We find the answer to this, and more, in our conversation.