This page is dedicated to information about my studio, Rockn'M Productions.
Various posts on the blog told about my career as a musician and music producer/engineer. I've been working with recording equipment since buying my first tape machine, a Realistic 2-Track with Sound on Sound. This was a system that allowed primitive multi-track recording, allowing one to layer sounds on over previous tracks. It was a destructive process...you only had one chance to get it right. Sometimes it worked great...others not so much. Later, I got a TEAC 3340 4-Track and that opened up a whole new world for me. It was an amazing machine, and I used it to make my first commercial recordings, right up to the point where I got my first job in a studio, a small 4 track that mostly did radio ads, but I would work at night on music. Fast forward to the 90s and the emergence of digital technology which put professional recording into musician's homes. In 2000 I moved to Nashville and eventually ran a boutique studio that specialized in recording demos for songwriters.
Today, Rockn'M Studios is housed in a former storage room in my garage that I remodeled last year. I have all I need to record in a comfortable, efficient environment that enhances creativity and helps artists achieve their vision. This includes microphones, processing equipment, computers and software. Most recently I got an Alesis electronic drum set that uses high quality digital samples to give us 50 great sounding drum sets. Microphones are the heart of recording. Here is a partial list:
AKG 414 Studio Condenser CAD Large Diaphragm Condenser CAD Tube Condenser Earthworks TC20 Omni Shure SM57 SM58 MXL V67N, 441 Small Diaphragm Various Other Dynamic and Condensers
RATES: $20/hr with a 3 hour minimum session. A planning meeting via phone or email is included beforehand at no charge so we can determine your needs and goals.
CONTACT: rocknm@charter.net
Please take a look at some of my past blogs for more information and contact me if you have any questions.