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Ed Cherney, and Remote Recording Services were nominated for a TEC Award for their work on the Rolling Stones Forty Licks show recorded at Madison Square Garden in January. Remote Recording won the TEC Award last year for their work on "The Concert For New York City." The Rolling Stones show was broadcast live on HBO, and the beloved Mr. Cherney is currently mastering, and authoring the 5.1 mix in Oregon. The release date for the live DVD has yet to be determined but check your latest copy of ICE for more information. Remote Recording also worked with this year's TEC Award Hall of Fame inductee, Eddie Kramer this past Monday. They recorded Les Paul's 88th Birthday Celebration at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Paul still plays at the Iridium every Monday night. For more information on the availability of the award winning Remote Recording Services trucks, call Karen Brinton 212-759-0141, or visit their web site at www.remoterecording.com. ^BACK UP^
Nashville's Treasure Isle Recorders Celebrates 23rd Anniversary
When former Beach Boys manager Fred Vail arrived in Nashville nearly 30 years ago, the city was nothing like it is today. "I think the tallest building in town was 14 stories; hit albums were doing about 80,000 to 100,000 units; album budgets were $25,000 and there were only five labels here," said Vail from his Treasure Isle Recorders, Inc. office in Nashville. After spending the first six years in artist promotion and marketing --essentially the same work he had done as a promotion executive with Capitol and RCA Records -- Vail, along with two partners, purchased the former Richie House Studio on "Music Row" in 1980. When their new venture, Island Recorders, lost it's lease a year later, Vail moved to the Berry Hill/100 Oaks area, just ten minutes southeast of "Music Row." Reemerging as Treasure Isle Recorders, Inc. in September 1982, the studio celebrates it's twenty-third Anniversary this summer. Treasure Isle is the second oldest independent studio in Nashville under the same management as well as the first studio to design an LEDE type room (1982), and the first multitrack digital studio in Nashville (1983). The studio has long been considered one of the top recording facilities in "Music City, USA." George Massenberg has said of the studio: "Treasure Isle is simply the best 'live' tracking room in Nashville." Vail still operates the studio. He purchased his two former partner's shares in November/December 2000, and, along with engineer/musician Michael Hopkins, opened a second room, "The Cove at Treasure Isle," earlier this year. "I was away from Treasure Isle for nearly five years -- 1995 to 2000," said Vail, "and when I returned, it was a totally different studio scene here. ProTools and Radar dominated the city, producer and artist owned studios were taking business away from the older more established rooms, and 'home studios' were eating away at our demo trade. Plus, country music sales -- always our city's mainstay -- were off by 30% or more." "We had to make some adjustments. It meant bringing in four new partners and now, nearly three years later, we're 'back in the hunt," said Vail. Being 'back in the hunt' meant undergoing the most extensive 'make over' in the studio's 23 year history. It meant meeting with legendary British designer John Oram and custom designing a new Trident 80 5.1 console -- the first in the United States -- and Treasure Isle's fourth Trident desk. It features 24 tracks of the legendary Series 80 modules and 24 of the ProOram modules. Vail also added ProTools, iz Radar24, several racks of new and vintage outboard gear, a new array of microphones, and a new Yamaha C-7 Grand piano. He also completely updated the decor and creature comforts of the studio. "We had two choices," said Vail, "either tread water and do nothing, while we watched studio rates plummet, or step up to the plate and go for the 'home run.' We chose the latter." His gamble has paid off. Coming off the studio's best 'back to back' months in the history of the room, Treasure Isle enters the summer of 2003 with increased optimism for the Nashville marketplace. For more information contact Fred Vail, Pres./CEO Treasure Isle Recorders, Inc. Nashville, TN (615) 297-0700. ^BACK UP^
Checking In With The Plant Recording Studios In Sausalito, CA
The Plant Recording Studios in Sausalito, CA has been very active recently. The famed studio recently had Warner Brother's multi-platinum selling act Linkin Park in mixing some of their live songs for MTV. Jason Newsted (former Metallica bassist) was back in Studio A rehearsing with Voivod for their upcoming tour. Guster did a live performance for K.F.O.G. radio listeners for an upcoming broadcast. The RCA band Vue were in Studio B with Producer Nick Launay working on their upcoming CD. Jerry Harrison was in Studio A producing Warner Brothers', Von Bondies. The Plant's, John Cuniberti mastered an Aerosmith song for the next Rug Rats Movie Soundtrack on Hollywood Records. The Blind Boys of Alabama were in Studio B with a "special guest" for their upcoming CD on "Real World Records". For more information or studio availability, contact Barbara Stout Studio Manager of The Plant at (415) 332-6100. ^BACK UP^
Sanctuary Producer Mgmt. Client John Alagia, Climbing The Charts
We recently caught up with Jim Phelan and Cheryl dee Stotter of Sanctuary Producer Management in Santa Monica, CA for the latest on their red-hot client John Alagia. John produced and mixed the Jason Mraz CD "Waiting For My Rocket To Come In". The lead off single "The Remedy" has been all over the radio - moving quickly up the TOP 40, Hot AC and Billboard's Hot 100. Big MTV rotation of the video begins this week followed by MTV2 and VH1 Inside Track. The album is currently climbing on Billboard's Top 200 Albums and is a HITS vibe-rater. Alagia also produced and mixed "For The Amazing Ride", the Hollywood Records debut by Josh Kelly. The lead off single "You're Amazing" is currently getting big airplay and is on th HITS vibe-raters chart in the top 20. The John Alagia produced and mixed John Mayer album "Room For Squares" is still on Billboard 200 in the top 60 after 75 weeks. As you may recall, Mayer won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Performance for "Your Body is a Wonderland" which was Produced/Mixed by Alagia. For more information about John Alagia or the rest of the Sanctuary Producer Management Roster, please contact Jim Phelan or Cheryl dee Stotter at (310) 566-5000 ^BACK UP^
Eventide Introduces Clockworks Legacy Plug-in Demo
With the Eventide Clockworks Legacy plug-ins currently shipping, Eventide recently announced the availability of fully functional, time-limited demos, downloadable from www.eventide.com. The demo includes the H910, Omnipressor, Instant Phaser, Instant Flanger, and H949 plug-ins for Digidesign Pro Tools TDM systems. During the seven-day trial demonstration period, users will enjoy unrestricted use of all five plug-ins, until the demo period is completed. Further use will require purchase of the software, which is available through authorized Eventide dealers worldwide. Only one seven-day trial period will be granted per computer system. "By offering this demonstration software, we are allowing potential customers in this market full access to all five plug-ins on a seven-day trial basis," said Ray Maxwell, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Eventide. "This is the best way to evaluate these great effects, with your own tracks." The Eventide Plug-In Demonstration Software is available here and includes the following plug-ins: The Omnipressor, modeled after the legendary analog hardware processor, introduced by Eventide in 1971 and available through 1984, is an analog compressor with an attitude. Queen's Brian May was a very early customer and the Omnipressor quickly became a part of his signature guitar sound. The H910, Eventide's first Harmonizer brand effects processor, and the world's first pitch changer, was introduced in 1975 and sold through 1984. Tony Visconti was among the early devotees, using it to create the unique snare sound on David Bowie's "Young Americans," "Low," and "Lodger." The Instant Flanger, an analog flanger, was first released in 1976 and sold though 1984. The original was one of the first hardware products to recreate the effect of tape "flanging" electronically and was widely used on hit records throughout the last three decades. The H949 was the first "deglitched" pitch changer. Introduced in 1977 and sold through 1984, the H949 was the only piece of digital gear Jimmy Page allowed in his guitar rig, and was also used by Frank Zappa in his guitar rig. The Eventide Clockworks Legacy series of plug-ins offer full parameter automation, MIDI control, and control surface integration to take advantage of the complete Pro Tools feature set. Headquartered in Little Ferry, NJ, Eventide created the very first Harmonizer brand effects processors in 1975. Visit Eventide on the Web for more information at www.eventide.com. ^BACK UP^
Berklee School Of Music Announces New Summer Online Courses
Berkleemusic is offering another slate of online courses starting June 2003. Berkleemusic.com now offers four new online courses for the semester starting June 16, 2003. Students can study online with Berklee professors, in areas such as music production, songwriting, music business, education, and performance. Berkleemusic students enjoy a rich online learning environment based on Berklee College of Music curriculum where they can collaborate with other like-minded students and receive one-on-one guidance from Berklee professors. The four new online courses will be offered for the June semester will be Pro Tools 101 - Berklee/Digidesign Certification, The Music of John Lennon: The Beatles Years, Songwriting Workshop, and MIDI Sequencing Basics. For more information, visit: www.berkleemusic.com
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The All New New New 2003 Film/Television Music Guide is here! The Music Business Registry has just released their completely updated 2003 Film & Television Music Guide. This is THE most comprehensive book of its kind. The completely updated new edition includes: all Music Supervisors in working in Film & Television (LA, NY, Toronto); all Film Studio & Television Network Music Dept. Personnel; all Record Label & Music Publishing Soundtrack Depts - including all licensing personnel; all Film/Television Composers - including Agent Contacts; all Music Editors, Clearance Companies, Commercial Music Production Houses. Call now to order the latest edition of the 2003 Film & Television Music Guide for only $95.00. 1-800-377-7411 or order on-line at musicregistry.com. Computer Disc copies are also available for $250.00 in various formats; CSV, TAB, Access, Outlook & Filemaker Pro. ^BACK UP^
Canada's Richard Chycki Turns Out Hot Mixes For Top Acts
Canadian rock heroes Our Lady Peace are continuing to tour around the world in support of their latest Bob Rock-produced effort titled 'Gravity', which is quickly approaching platinum in America. After mixing a live CD of recordings done during the Canadian leg of the tour, Richard Chycki has been mixing a surround 5.1 DVD of the same tour and an exclusive HDTV broadcast to be aired sometime soon. The first single is due to hit radio any time, with a hot live version of 'Starseed' in America and a song titled 'Not Enough' in Canada. Lava Records' Simple Plan is poised to be one of the punk-pop sensations of this summer with their latest single 'Addicted'. Chycki recently mixed a movie soundtrack piece for the band for the film feature 'The Real Cancun'. Richard has also completed mixes for a DVD in 5.1 surround of the band's live antics in Cancun. Producer Iestyn Polson (David Gray) has been tracking and mixing EMI's David Usher (Moist) with Richard at the helm. The work is being done at Metalworks Studios in Toronto, Canada in the Neve and SSL 9080J rooms, respectively. A few additional mix items: Richard is mixing Hawksley Workman's new CD for Universal/Island after finishing a mix for the band 'Jersey', the first single for EMI's new signing called 'Generation Genocide'. He is also mixing a track for EMI artist Tom Cochrane; Tom is contributing a track to the 'Light of Day' project - a double CD Bruce Springsteen tribute featuring profile performers and songwriters like Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and E Street's own Nils Lofgren. All proceeds are going to The Parkinson's Disease Foundation. Finally, be sure to check out the June issue of Professional Sound magazine. Richard Chycki is the cover story, with a particular focus on his mix work in 5.1 surround. For more info contact Richard Chycki on (818) 332 4138 ^BACK UP^
Checking In With Studio City Sound For Some Summer News
2003 is proving to be a busy year at Studio City Sound. Owner/chief engineer Tom Weir just finished recording and mixing John Oszajca's upcoming release entitled "First Sign of Anything". Oszajca's new album, his first with Universal Records, is being produced by Dave Darling (Boxing Ghandhis, Meredith Brooks) and features a heavy guitar based sound, a departure from his debut album "From Here To There". This is not the only Weir/Darling collaboration taking place at Studio City Sound. The pair are also working on projects with legendary guitar ace, Brian Setzer and his band "The Brian Setzer Trio" as well as the soon to be released new album by EchoBrain (Metallica bassist Jason Newsted's band). Jack Allocco, music producer and composer for Daytime Television's number one rated soap opera, "The Young And The Restless " was in recently producing a song for actress/singer Lauren Woodland, who plays "Brittany" on the show. Tom Weir engineered the session in Studio A. The song recorded was "Sooner or Later", and will be performed by Brittany on an episode scheduled to air mid June. Songwriter/producer, Peter Beckett just completed recording and mixing three songs that he wrote and performed for the new 'Terminator 3' movie. Two of the songs Beckett co-wrote with director Jonathon Mostow. This follows his earlier work for the John Travolta movie 'Basic' (Beckett wrote, sang and produced the end title track). Tom Weir engineered and mixed both projects. Tom Weir has also been recording and mixing Producer Richard Feldman's latest project with Jamaican reggae artist Toots Hibbert. "Toots and Friends", a compilation album featuring Toots singing duets with notable recording artists: No Doubt, Keith Richards, Bonnie Rait, The Roots, Terry Hall and Taj Mahal, will be released on V2 Records. For more information, contact Estelle Harrison at Studio City Sound 4412 Whitsett Avenue Studio City, CA 91604. 818 505 9368 www.studiocitysound.com ^BACK UP^
STC Entertainment Client Stevo Bruno Likes It Hard, Loud Producer/owner Stevo Bruno has had his hands full with recent projects, Brides Of Destruction, Prong, Mother's Finest, Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) and Pico Train. Brides Of Destruction are the new all-star line up with Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) and Tracii Guns (LA Guns). Stevo produced 9 slamming rock tracks for the Brides with samples already up on the web. The CD will be released on-line by July 2003. The CD also includes several "behind-the-scenes" video clips shot and edited at Klown Records Studios. In April the country got their first taste of the Brides over the radio airwaves on Bob Coburn's rock-line which can be heard here: listen to the Rock-line show. The Brides have taken up residency in The Showcase room for tour preparation and more writing. Power trio, Prong, has also just finished their long-awaited album with producer Stevo Bruno in the aquarium at Klown. "This is our best record yet," says front man Tommy Victor, "And it was recorded in less than 8 weeks!" The 14-track album is expected to be released in July 2003. The Prong boys took up residency in the Hell Room during their stay at Klown; very appropriate considering the artwork for the record depicts a version of a tarot death card on the cover. Click here to see Prong at work. Fear Factory leader and founder, Dino Cazares, has been demo-ing tunes at Klown for the past 6 months and is currently starting drum tracks with Stevo. With new Australian drummer, John Bassett, and singer Jose Maldoando, this record might just be the heaviest record of all time. For more information contact Scott Carlson at STC Entertainment 818 787 4065 ^BACK UP^
RPM Direct partners with Sonicbids For Online Submissions
RPM Direct has partnered with Sonicbids to enable unsigned artists and bands to submit their music online for Volume 3 in the RPM Direct Presents: Unsigned compilation CD series. Using Sonicbids' innovative EPK system, an artist can submit their material with just the click of a button eliminating the need for bulky press kits and postage costs. New members who join Sonicbids to submit online for RPM Direct Presents: Unsigned will receive a special discount and a six-month membership. "Sonicbids offers a perfect solution for us to receive online submissions," says RPM Direct's President Jerimaya Grabher. "Rather than dealing with thousands of incoming MP3s or links pointing to songs online, the Sonicbids EPK offers a uniform, professional and easy to navigate solution that makes our review process much smoother and less time consuming." RPM Direct's Unsigned CD series gives bands, artists and the producers behind their recordings the chance to have their music put directly in the hands of a targeted list of 3,000 top music industry executives. The CD is also heavily promoted in this very RPM Direct Newsletter (cir. 12,000), to select radio and through other recording industry media outlets. RPM Direct also offers a contest for entrants who can win CD replication packages, trade magazine subscriptions and more. Final artist choices appear on an RPM Direct branded CD that is distributed directly to a targeted list of 3,000 of the world's top creative executives in A&R, music publishing, film & tv music as well as record producers, artist managers, music attorneys, radio programmers and others. For more details about the RPM Direct Presents: Unsigned compilation series, please visit:
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A Few Brief Producer / Engineer Updates and Announcements
Lou Giordano joins the World's End producer management roster. Lou's most recent credits include producing and mixing The Ataris "So Long Astoria" hit album for Columbia. For more information contact Sandy Roberton at 323 965-1540
NME Records producers The Platinum Brothers are busy in the studio with Adina Howard recording songs for her upcoming album. The duo is working on six songs for the singer's album tentatively slated for release in mid-September on Vamp-Vei Records. Contact: Rhonda Baraka, Soulstice Media Group, 770-973-8770
Darian Rundall recently finished
the new Pennywise album for Epitaph Records and Italian artist Persiana
Jones (recorded in Turin, Italy). He will be starting Epitaph artist 1208
this month, going to Japan to record Engrave and Ojai, CA for Lobster
Records artist Days Like These. For more info, get in touch with Darian
Rundall
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