How does a serious recording studio succeed? You can ask the Young Guns how they’re tackling this tricky business, but sometimes it’s best to hear it from a veteran like Tony Drootin.
Recently, Drootin took on a new challenge as Studio Manager of one of New York City’s top facilities, Read more...
GREATER NYC AREA: We’re all over the local and musical map in this month’s epic Session Buzz, as we trace recordings by the likes of Yoko Ono, Talib Kweli, John Zorn, MGMT, Wale, Hole, Okkervil River, The Joy Formidable and more back to their studio sessions. Find out where several Read more...
Roey Shamir is a Recording-Mixing-Mastering Engineer, Musician and Producer based out of NYC — his credits include Al b Sure!, RUN DMC, SWV, Ronnie Spector, TKA, Mantronics, Roberta Flack, and Quincy Jones. He is co-owner of AREA51NYC, a recording studio and production suite in midtown Manhattan.
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Area 51 Studios — owned by Tony Drootin and producer/mixer Roey Shamir — recently hosted sessions with Isley Brother Ron Isley, engineered by Jim Caruana.
Caruana also recently engineered some new material with producer/musician/singer Ryan Leslie at Area 51.
And T.I. and Gucci Mane were in the studio with producer Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: A year or more back, I was looking for a solid room for overdubbing or mixing. I found it in Seven Seas Studios, run by my friend Tony Drootin and staffed by the very capable engineer Drea Young and assistant Anna Eliopoulos.
Now known as Area 51 Read more...
