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Abbey Road's Success Formula: STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY LINKED TO STAFF EXPERTISE There can be very few recording studios with such a unique image as that of EMI Abbey Road Studios. Thanks […]

Studio Chief's 40 Years At Abbey Road: FROM BLACK ART TO HI-TECH SUPREMACY 'Venerable' isn't necessarily a complimentary term when it's applied to intrinsically hi-tech operations like recording studios. But […]

Professional recording studios are resorting to a variety of methods to keep the home recording studios off their turf. For some, it means going after work that can't be done […]

Talent, Hard Lessons Keep Facility On Top NEW YORK - Lined floor-to-ceiling with platinum and gold awards from a dizzying constellation of music stars, the walls of Masterdisk are an […]

NASHVILLE - Along with Masterfonics' the Tracking Room and Ocean Way/Nashville, Starstruck Studios reflected several developments in the Nashville studio community when it opened last year: It represented a new […]

NEW YORK - Having the luxury of being able to build a state-of-the-art mastering studio from scratch, Zero Hour Records owner Ray McKenzie and studio consultant Jimmy Biondolillo decided to […]

N.J. Studio Offers State Of The Art PARAMUS, N.J. - New Yorkers are so accustomed to getting everything they need on the tiny island of Manhattan that they often forget […]

Anyone who has been in the music production business for any length of time knows that well-equipped recording facilities are not hard to find these days. But the studio industry […]

Forget Downsizing: High-Service Recording Studios Spend Big Bucks To Remain State-Of-The-Art And Maintain High Profiles After the dust settled from the home-studio revolution, high-end studios from coast to coast took […]

Owner Is New; Equipment, Staff Basically The Same NEW YORK - Nearly four months after studio owner Voikunthanath Kanamori made a successful bid to purchase the beleaguered Power Station recording [...]

NEW YORK - At a time when scientists are finding fresh evidence of life on Mars, aliens have landed in New York and opened a recording studio. Assuming earthly identities […]

LOS ANGELES - Just how many more times does this have to happen? A band records a demo tape that pleases everyone from the producer to the bass player, and […]

Recording Takes Back Seat At Seattle Complex NEW YORK - Executives at Bad Animals, the Seattle facility co-owned by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart and audio industry veterans Steve […]

For three people who started a company with one computer in a small apartment, Bob Doris, Mary Sauer, and Andy Moorer have done pretty well for themselves. Collectively known as […]

NEW YORK - Working in league with composer Philip Glass, producer Kurt Munkacsi and music director Michael Riesman have helped blur boundaries in contemporary music for a quarter of a […]

NEW YORK - When the Knitting Factory opened in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1986, its owners intended it to be more than just a performance space. Their vision was […]

PARIS--When they're not busy operating the largest equipment-rental outfit in Europe, Robin and Andy Hilton like to indulge in fine cuisine. It was therefore a happy accident (one of many […]

Atlanta Producer Humanizes Digital Environment ATLANTA--During the last few years, Atlanta's music scene has grown by leaps and bounds, adding more fire to the city's boomtown image. Acts such as […]

Famed Facility Features |Open' Layout, Living Area WOODSTOCK, N.Y. - The latest addition to the Bearsville Sound Studios complex here - where the afterglow of historic album projects by the […]

NEW YORK--Effanel Music began here in 1980 as a rather unusual business venture--a remote recording service without a truck. Since that time, the company has expanded to include two remote […]

Studio Status--The L.A. Story Biz Buoyant As Industry Warms To Area LOS ANGELES--For the top echelon of Los Angeles recording studios, the effects of the current recession have been mercifully […]

NEW YORK - If Room With a View weren't one of the top mixing facilities in the world, it would still bear the distinction of having an impossibly large brochure, […]

NASHVILLE - Jake Nicely is serendipitously named. A low-key, unfailingly polite man with more than a tinge of a Southern accent remaining from his native Knoxville, Tenn., Nicely seems almost […]

NEW YORK - In a business that thrives on specialization, cutthroat competition, and shameless self-promotion, Lou Gonzalez has bucked every trend in his nearly 20 years as proprietor of New […]

MEMPHIS--In a city renowned for legendary producers, pioneering studios, and world-class R&B and blues, Crosstown Recorders and studio manager/producer/engineer/multi-instrumentalist Rusty McFarland have enjoyed an enviable flow of steady business. Located […]

SEATTLE--When producer/engineer Kearney Barton was recording Northwest rock pioneers like the Wailers, the Sonics, and the Kingsmen in his early '60s Seattle studio, the competition wasn't nearly as stiff as […]

State-Of-Art Facility Has Infrasonic Capability Masterfonics, one of the world's pre-eminent recording and mastering facilities, opened its long-awaited Tracking Room Oct. 19 in Nashville. Designed by industry pioneer Tom Hidley […]

MEMPHIS -- Located on a dead-end offshoot street in the ragged south side of midtown is Easley Recording, a 24-track analog studio that has regionally earned its reputation as an […]

ATHENS, Ga. -- 'Most studios are like operating rooms,' says Michael Timmins, guitarist for the Cowboy Junkies. 'But this place is like somebody's home -- it's got a great front […]

MEMPHIS--He was the first official occupant, but if Sam the Sham stopped by Memphis' Kiva Recording Studios today, he wouldn't recognize the place. The studio originally was built by the […]

NEW YORK - For its silver anniversary this year, The Record Plant has been polishing up its original philosophy and building on its considerable reputation. The result is a veteran […]

MADISON, Wis.--In the wintry chill of this Midwestern campus town, one wouldn't expect to find one of alternative rock's most prominent producers and studios. But sure enough, in a factory […]

How The Wizard Of AIR Realized His Vision Of 'A Studio Built By Producers For Producers' When the Beatles signed their contract with Parlophone Records, George Martin already had several […]

LONDON--When Bop Recording Studios opened its doors in Bophutswana, Southern Africa, in 1991, the goal was to draw in a star-studded array of international artists whom the studio hoped would […]

NEW YORK--San francisco studios, like professional audio facilities nationwide, are feeling the crunch of the recession, and each facility has its own way of trying to improve business. Most local […]

NEW YORK - The Record Plant in Los Angeles, which was saved from extinction by Summa Music Group president Rick Stevens in mid-1991, is undergoing a major remodeling that includes […]

Production Facility CHICAGO-TBWP opening of Battery Studios' newest location on Chicago's South Side, Aug. 31, was attended by more than 400 music industry guests. The festivities included a showcase presented […]

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.- Aesthetically recognizable but sonically transparent is how Peter Maurer describes the work of studio bau:ton, the 2-year-old architectural/acoustic design firm in which he is a partner. Since […]

New Bertelsmann HQ Won't Have Full-Scale Facility NEW YORK - After operating on West 44th Street here for nearly 25 years, BMG Recording Studios is planning to shut its doors […]

NEW YORK -- A national expansion is under way at Battery Studios, with facilities opening in Nashville and Chicago and a recently completed upgrade of its West 25th Street headquarters […]

NEW YORK--The Power Station will begin operation under the regime of its new president, Nick Balsamo, on Thursday (16). Formerly Eastern regional sales manager for Neve/Siemens Audio Inc., Bethel, Conn., […]

NEW YORK--Island Records founder Chris Blackwell opened South Beach Studios in Miami earlier this month. Geared toward preproduction and mix work, the facility is run by studio manager Joe Galdo, […]

NEW YORK--Editel/Chicago has added a $4.5 million digital audio complex, Editel Sound, to its headquarters. The two-studio complex represents the first installation of an AMS Logic 2 digital mixing console. […]

NEW YORK--Lion Share REcording Studios, the 10-year-old facility based in Los Angeles, closed its doors to clients in late December. The fate of the facility is as yet undetermined. 'It's […]

LOS ANGELES--'County' says Nashville-based music video producer Mary Matthews, 'is all about consciousness . . .' Such awareness of the big picture is one key to this country music video […]

Fagen, Katz Going With Flow Of River Sound Studio Digitally Equipped To Take Manhattan NEW YORK--River Sound was born of Donald Fagen's desire to have a little place to work […]

Music Vets |Cut' Out Nashville Niche New Studio Geared To Give Local Acts A Break NEW YORK--Four musical veterans have opened A Cut Above in Nashville, one of the first […]

R&B Is On The Right Track In Cleveland Levert, O'Jays, Rude Boys Among Studio's Patrons CLEVELAND--The sound of American Funk--at least some of it--may come from Cleveland. And much of [...]