Studiophile: July 2010
St- St- Studios (Whoa, Oh)
Local longtime mainstay Pete Berwick entered the studio to record his follow up to 2009’s Just Another Day In Hell. Co-producer Jason Botka and engineer Mike Kozitka have been drafted for the 11-song album’s sessions at SKYE BLUE STUDIOS in Villa Park. Due for late summer release, the new album will be only a slight departure from Berwick’s cowpunk roots. Though those elements will be prevalent, it will be what he hopes will be his most accessible work yet. Berwick tells Illinois Entertainer, “I am attempting to record a theme album that focuses on the concept of time, while also appealing to bikers, beer drinkers, romantics, and trailer trash. No easy task, but I’m confident we can fix it in the mix.”
At LINDER AVENUE RECORDING in Roselle, 610 continued tracking and mixing for CD release this year . . . Julie Kaylin returned to the studio to work on her full-length production . . . Growth LTD tracked material for their debut . . . Randy Raatz tracked guitars and keyboards for two singles to be released soon . . . Dom Palmisano mixed a full-length CD for True Witness and two new single releases for Michael Riser.
At STUDIO VMR in Brookfield, Don Griffin and producer Nate Johnson worked on a new release by Mike Gallagher including Ron Hall on bass and Desmond Nicks on drums; Walter Cunningham was scheduled to add VMR’s Hammond A100 to the tracks . . . Cunningham rec-ently completed his solo CD at VMR with John-son and Griffin engineering . . . Kadijah Bermiss also completed a CD project that featured production and keys by Cunningham . . . Susan Palmer recorded vocals for a new release with Eric Michaels Organ Trio . . . Vonchalont tracked a new single. They recorded live in the studio with minimal overdubs.
Squeaking in just hours before the deadline, GRAVITY STUDIOS in Chicago was included in the Mix Magazine Class of 2010. Lee DeWyze‘s Slumberland (recorded at Gravity) debuted at 32 on the Billboard Heatseeker list and hit 68 on the iTunes albums charts. MTV News’ Gil Kaufman stopped by the studio to talk with Ryan McGuire, Louis Svitek, and Gravity’s Doug McBride and DeWyze and his recently released new song, “Princess (Reprise).”
At PLANET10 STUDIOS in Palatine, two days were spent recording Derek St. Holmes, including a late-night session with Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls, Eveyln Evelyn), Erica Iozzo, and Mat Devine of Kill Hannah . . . The new Garaj Mahal CD Discovery: The MOOG Guitar (with Fareed Haque and tracked at Planet10) is now available on iTunes . . . Palmer has also arranged for future sessions.
At UPTOWN RECORDING in Chicago, they congratulated client Levi Kreis‘ Tony Awards nomination for his role as Jerry Lee Lewis, in the Chicago-gone-Broadway musical “Million Dollar Quartet.” Visit Levikreis.com for his latest album, which features songs that were recorded and mixed at Uptown . . . Alkaline Trio have been uploaded in footage from their in-studio performance for Fuse Music Loop sponsored by Q101 . . . Ingrid Michaelson was just in with her producer and band to track a song. Michaelson is most famous for her songs that have appeared in Old Navy and Hair Cuttery commercials as well as television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy”.
Celtic rockers Flatfoot 56 tracked Black Thorn in Houston, but remixed it at AUDIO KING in Elmhurst and mastered it in Chicago at BOILER ROOM MASTERING with Collin Jordan.
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