Monthly Archives: April 2011

SPARS spotlights the Philadelphia Recording Community (PRC)

By Paul Christensen, on April 30, 2011

The PRC is a community of recording artists, producers and engineers interested in building and promoting a stronger local Philadelphia area music community. The group was started in the summer of 2010 by Mike Tarsia, a Philly based Engineer and … Continue reading →

SPARS Member Sennheiser announces second Recording Sound Academy in Atlanta May 10th, 2011

By Paul Christensen, on April 28, 2011

Sennheiser will be holding their second in a series of seminars in the Recording Sound Academy series in Atlanta at Doppler Studios on May 10, 2011. The Recording Sound Academy is part of Sennheiser’s comprehensive nationwide traveling seminar series for … Continue reading →

Sessions at On Air Mastering: Cowboy and Indian, Kung Fury, Telebolitos, Ergo

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on April 26, 2011

At On Air Mastering in Greenpoint, a wide range of projects — rock, jazz, experimental — have been going through the ears of founder Julian Silva and his Rupert Neve Masterpiece. Recent sessions include:
Telebolitos from Colombia mastered a five-song EP.
Cleveland mysterio-rockers Cowboy And Indian mastered their EP.
NYC denizens Kung Fury mastered their new full-length album.
Private [...] Continue reading →

Toontrack Releases N.Y. Studios Vol.2 Drum Presets – Charles Feelgood

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on

Electro producer, DJ and remixer Charles Feelgood (Diddy, Lady Gaga, Ashlee Simpson, Billie Holiday) has designed a set of presets for Toontrack’s New York Studios Vol. 2 SDX for Superior Drummer 2.0.
The presets come from Feelgood’s use and massive tweaking of the NY Studios Vol. 2 drums in his own productions, which meld electro, house [...] Continue reading →

SPARS President Kirk Imamura announces election results and new Board of Director members

By Paul Christensen, on April 25, 2011

The 32 year old recording association recently held new Board of Director elections for 2011. There was a very active field of 16 candidates running for 9 open seats representing three different membership categories. SPARS President Kirk Imamura had this … Continue reading →

EARS Chicago March networking event v.2 has great turnout

By Paul Christensen, on April 24, 2011

This post is reprinted from our friends at EARS Chicago April 2011 newsletter, EARDRUM… REWIND: EARS NETWORKING EVENT V.2 – AN EVENING @ SCHUBAS (1) More than 70 EARS members packed Schuba’s upstairs room to network, (2) Past EARS Presidents … Continue reading →

Philadelphia Recording Community (PRC) to host April meeting at Cambridge Sound Studios

By Paul Christensen, on April 23, 2011

The PRC will host an informal meet and greet, “get the recording community together” event at Cambridge Sound Studios, 1 Cambridge Lane Newtown, PA 18940. The meeting will be at 11:00 AM on Monday the 25th of April. The following … Continue reading →

Tampa, FL based Morrisound Recording suffers burglary – see list of items | contact studio if you have any information

By Paul Christensen, on April 22, 2011

Morrisound Recording, the Tampa studio owned by P&E Wing Florida Chapter Committee Chair Tom Morris, was broken into on Sunday April 10. A link to a partial list of stolen items is below. Please contact Tom Morris if you see … Continue reading →

Event Alert: Burl Audio Mothership Coming To Electric Lady, 4/29

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on April 22, 2011

Burl Audio is on an international tour, bringing its B80 Mothership to some of the best studios in the world for demos and listening sessions. And this week, they land in NYC.
On Friday, April 29, Burl Audio and Brooklyn-based Audio Power Tools invite you to a Mothership listening event at Electric Lady Studios. Come through, [...] Continue reading →

SPARS Member P&E Wing® and Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy® present GRAMMY GPS – The Resurgence of Vinyl

By Paul Christensen, on April 21, 2011

Industry experts celebrate Record Store Day at SPARS Member, Ardent Studios, with seminar on the Art of Recording for Vinyl Ardent Studios owner John Fry and engineer/producer Jeff Powell demonstrate L. Nix Mastering’s lacquer disc cutting lathe. Photo | Greg … Continue reading →