Kips Bay, Manhattan: NYC indie synth-pop band Bellevue’s Finest self-produced their latest, eponymous EP in a variety of environments on a range of gear — bouncing between Mboxes and Neve consoles, laptop Logic systems and full-blown Pro Tools HD rigs. The modern indie band’s secret weapon is its production Read more...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Last year, we reported on an impressive new recording studio that had soft-launched in South Williamsburg, called One.Point.Six Media. The facility had been years in development, its owner and designer working closely with Michael Blackmer of Blackmer Sound to perfect the acoustics. Studios can be complicated businesses, Read more...
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN: No slave to the studio, Nic Hard. For this in-demand indie producer/engineer/mixer (The Bravery, Aberdeen City, The Church, The Kin), professional recording often means a move away from controlled conditions into creatively comforting confines.
Hard’s latest project, capturing the arresting rock/new wave/electronic concoctions of Baltimore’s the Read more...
Facility Name: Brownstone Recording Studio
Website: http://www.warrenhenry.net
Location: Harlem, Manhattan
Neighborhood Advantages: Near every train line in New York City
Date of Birth: April 1988
Facility Focus: composition, mixing, audio post and tracking
Mission Statement: “We always jump with two parachutes”
Clients/Credits: Jennifer Hudson, VH1, Warren Henry Project, Daryl Doleman, Read more...
CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN/FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN: What headspace are you in? For a music producer/engineer/mixer like Allen Farmelo, getting your talents to that sought-after place is all about finding yourself.
In the process of doing that, of course, people will find you — that explains why one of Farmelo’s fans is an Read more...
