Big Summer Sessions At Germano Studios: Black Eyed Peas, Rivers Cuomo, Kanye West & More

Summer is often a slower season for recording studios — the big artists are all on tour, vacationing, etc. But check it out: many of the biggest names in pop music, from will.i.am and Kanye to Rivers Cuomo and N.E.R.D. have been writing, recording and mixing new material over the past few months at Germano Studios in NYC. Here’s a full run-down:

will.i.am has been producing a new Black Eyed Peas record at Germano Studios.

will.i.am has been producing The Black Eyed Peas sessions at Germano, recording and programming in both Studios 1 and 2 for the band’s new record. Cuomo was in writing and recording with producer and songwriter Claude Kelly, with engineering by Ben Chang.

Mary J. Blige has also been making a new album, moving between Germano 1 and 2, to record with producer Kendu Isaacs and Christian Baker engineering. And Kanye West has been working on his new album with engineer Ken Lewis.

Faith Hill has also been working with Claude Kelly, and she recorded vocals at Germano with Chang as engineer. Kelly worked with Chang again on writing/recording sessions with Rihanna and FeFe Dobson at Germano.

Solange Knowles was in to record vocals for a project with Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor producing and engineering. Jennifer Hudson continued working on her new album, recording with producer Rich Harrison and engineer Nell Brown.

Adele came through to lay down some tracks, produced by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, with Kevin Porter engineering.

Japanese pop band, Dreams Come True recorded and mixed their new album with producer Masa Nakamura and mixing engineer Ed Tuton in Germano Studio 1. Usher recorded and shot some scenes for an upcoming episode of THE X-FACTOR (Australia) and Kid Cudi recorded with producers Plain Pat & Emile — engineering by Ryan West, Kevin Porter and Andy Wright.

Germano's Studio One, featuring an SSL Duality SE 48 input analog console and Exigy S412G four-way custom stereo monitoring system.

And there’s more…Porter engineered a 5.1 surround mixing session for “Cirque du Soleil,” Asher Roth cut vocals with Christian Baker, T-Pain was in writing and recording with Javier Valverde engineering, Fabian Marasciullo mixed Pharrell Williams’ music for the film, Despicable Me, and Tim McGraw & Ne-Yo did some writing and recording together, with Baker at the controls.

Marasciullo also mixed upcoming releases by Fat Joe, Drumma Boy, Flo Rida, Kelly Rowland, The Game feat. Robin Thicke & T.I., and Lil’ Twist.

Other sessions went down with Jamie Squire, a new artist on I.M.Port Records, working with producer/engineer Ed Tuton; Young Jeezy – sequencing & recording with The Neptunes producing and Hart Gunther engineering;  Kelis – recording vocals for the Electronic Arts SIMS video game with will.i.am producing;  N.E.R.D. – recording with engineer Ramon Rivas; Jazmine Sullivan and StarShell, both recording new material with Baker at the controls.

For more on Germano Studios — which features two SSL Duality and Pro Tools HD5 rooms, both with corresponding tracking rooms and killer custom monitoring — visit http://www.germanostudios.com.

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