Location
15604 AVE C SUITE A
CHANNELVIEW TEXAS 77530
PHONE 832-766-7133
OWNERS
CHARLES EICHELBERGER - Chief Engineer; Studio Manager; Studio Guitarist; Studio Booking
TERRY WESTBROOK - Head of Studio Production; Engineering/Mixing; Session Drummer; Studio Drum Tech; Studio Booking
Influences
Elvis Presley, Doug Sahm, Sir Douglas Quintet, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, legendary Producer Sam Phillips, Sun Records, The Beatles (and most of the British invasion), Producer George Martin, Allman Brothers, Hank Williams (Sr. and Jr.), Nelson Riddle, Buck Owens & the Buckaroos, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, all "Deep Soul" and Southern Soul music, Michael Franks, Leon Redbone, George Strait, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Freida and the Firedogs, Lightnin' Hopkins, Billy Joe Shaver, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Hound Dog Taylor, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Memphis Minnie, Big Joe Williams, Stephen Bruton, Roy Orbison, Lyle Lovett, Bob Marley, Thelonius Monk, Les Paul, Roky Erickson, Bill Hicks & his Hot Licks, Eric Johnson, Asleep at the Wheel, Terri Hendrix, Steven Fromholz, Kinky Friedman, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P. Nunn, Shake Russell, Dana Cooper, Alvin Crow & his Texas Valley Boys, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Delbert McClinton, Jesse Ashlock, Joe Ely, Lou Ann Barton, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Gatemouth Brown, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Willis Alan Ramsey, Joe King Carrasco, Van Wilks, Ray Benson, Rusty Wier, Lloyd Maines, Omar and the Howlers, David Ball, Marcia Ball, Frenchie Burke, Augie Meyers, B. W. Stephenson, Double Trouble, Sunny and the Sunliners, Jimmy Day, Greezy Wheels, Lost Gonzo Band, Roy Head and the Traits, Alex Harvey, Dale Watson, Chris Duarte, Elvis Costello, Big Star, The Cars, The Kinks, Lenny Kravitz, Stone Temple Pilots, The Pixies, The Eagles, The Black Crowes, Pink Floyd, Boston, Cake, The Cardigans, David Bowie, T. Rex, Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze, The Guess Who, Hall & Oates, James Gang, No Doubt, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, The Police, The Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, Carol King, Todd Rundgren, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Miller Band, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Tears For Fears, Thin Lizzy, Tom Petty, Traffic, Wilco, Yes, Patsy Cline, Louis Armstrong, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, The Doors, Johnny & Edgar Winter, Ricky Skaggs, Rush, Dream Theater, Deep Purple, "Hitsville USA" - Motown, baby!!, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, the early Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Charles Brown, Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin, 10cc, The Nightcrawlers, 13th Floor Elevators, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top, Rod Stewart & The Faces, Eva Cassidy, Leonard Cohen, Cream, Brian Wilson (all of his works especially "Pet Sounds” and “Smile") Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, STEELY DAN (ALL the album cuts ), Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Alan Parsons, Bill Haley & The Comets, Lyle Lovett, David Crosby, Al Jolson, The Chordettes, George Jones, Captain Beefheart, Moody Blues, T-Bone Walker, Duane Eddy, Travelin’ Wilburys, Barbra Striesand, The Platters, Jeff Lynne, ELO, Gino Vannelli, Django Reinhardt, Radney Foster, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Pride, Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and The Strangers, Wynn Stewart, Jimmie Rodgers, Gary Stewart, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Paycheck, The Derailers, Roger Miller, Ray Price, Faron Young, Ernest Tubb, Ray Charles, Gram Parsons, Keith Whitley, Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Wilson Picket, Arthur Alexander, Jimmy Hughes, Joe Simon, ZZ Hill, James & Bobby Purify, Joe Tex, The Sweet Inspirations, Arthur Conley, Etta James, Clarence Carter, Candi Staton, Lou Rawls, King Curtis, Marty Stuart, John Hiatt, Little Richard, Bobbie Gentry, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Dobie Gray, Tom Jones, Wet Willie, Willie Hightower, Johnnie Taylor, Wild Cherry, Bill Medley, Solomon Burke, Ray Stevens, Producer Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, Billy Joe Royal, Travis Wammack, Vern Gosdin, T.G. Shepperd, Shenandoah, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Don Schroeder, FAME Gang, George Jackson, Spencer Wiggins, Del-Rays, Jerry Reed, Russell Smith, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Barbara Lynn, Johnny Jenkins, Laura Lee, Irma Thomas, Mac Mcanally, Otis Rush, Percy Sledge, Bobby Womack, LeBlanc & Carr, Joe South, Hourglass, Bettye Lavette, MUSCLE SHOALS RHYTHM SECTION (Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson & Barry Beckett), David Briggs, Pete Carr, Jerry Carrigan, Donnie Fritts, R.B. Greaves, Rick Hall, Eddie Hinton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Norbert Putnam, Leon Russell, Boz Scaggs, Bob Seger, Billy Sherrill, Paul Simon, Tom Stafford, Staple Singers, Rod Stewart, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, The Chips, The Mar-Keys, The Triumphs, William Bell, The Del-Rios, Booker T & the MGs, Deanie Parker, David Porter, Sam & Dave, Ruby Johnson, Eddie Floyd, Mabel John, Albert King, Freddie King, B.B. King, Sir Mack Rice, Judy Clay, Billy Vera & The Beaters, Isaac Hayes, Freddy Powers, John Conlee, Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Jim Reeves, Don Williams, Steve Wariner, Exile, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Glen Campbell, Brad Paisley, Earl Thomas Conley, Dan Seals, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Eric Clapton, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Robbins, Lee Roy Parnell, Bill Anderson, Fleetwood Mac, Miles Davis, Hank Cochran, Bill Monroe, Vince Gill, Harlan Howard, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steve Earle, Point Blank, Jay Boy Adams, Furry Lewis, Joe Cocker, The Box Tops, Chips Moman, The Memphis Horns, Carol King, Tom Waits, Cat Stevens, STEVIE WONDER, all the musicians I grew up with, Miles Davis, Curt Cobain, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Who, Led Zepplin, Nat King Cole, The Doors, The Brill Building writers, Radiohead, The Mills Brothers, Donald Fagen (everything he ever did or will do), ALL things Rock-a-billy…
C.A.T. TRACKS RECORDING STUDIO (Previously Astra Studio) is owned & operated by Charles Eichelberger and Terry Westbrook. Charles and Terry (hence C.A.T.) have many years experience between the two of them.
The 'C' in C.A.T. is Charles Eichelberger. Charles has been engineering since the late 70's, when out in Los Angeles, Ca. he enrolled in the engineering class at the R.I.A.A. (The Recording Industry Association of America - see http://www.riaa.com/ ). After graduating, he worked in several major studios in the L.A. area and worked in a band that played the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and The Roxy nightclubs among numerous others. But after many long nights in the clubs and laborious days in the studio without seeing the light of day, he got disillusioned and homesick for Texas family and friends. So, he came back to try the big fish in the small pond thing for a while, and ya know...it must have worked because he's never looked back! Going to work for future lifetime friend Mr. Bob Swearingen, he found a home at Cedar Ridge Recording Studio. Working with studio musicians from the Muscle Shoals area living in Houston at the time turned out to be just what the musical doctor ordered. Charlie's guitar playing and song conceptualization bloomed along with his production skills! Terry of C.A.T. TRACK says: "I've been an engineer/producer for some years now, and it's just SUCH a pleasure to work with someone who 'gets it' on the level that Charles does...he must have been born on top of a mixing board, and I hear he practically sleeps with his guitar!!"
This brings us to the 'T' in C.A.T...that would be Terry Westbrook. Terry started learning the drums at about age 4 and had his first paying gigs by age 7 1/2. He played on weekends until graduating high school in 1977. The following year he landed the job as house drummer for Gilley's Club & Recording Studio, holding that job for 11 years. It was during this period of time that he cut his musical teeth in the studio on the inside of the drum booth at Gilley's Studio as well as most of the other studios in town including Cedar Ridge Studio where he first met Charles. (Funnily enough, neither one remembered the other until meeting back up thirty years later through former studio owner Keith McCoy.) In 1989, upon Gilley's Club closing down, Terry went to work at Limelight Recording Studio as staff recording engineer, producer & studio musician. For the next 9 years he honed his engineering and production skills in the studio behind the board as well as playing drums on sessions and booking recording dates gaining a well-rounded knowledge of the studio business.
Together, Charles and Terry make a dream team in the studio that's hard to beat! As a matter of a fact, it's hard to think of two folks teaming up in the recording industry on this level with more time, knowledge and longevity than these two. You owe it to yourself and your next project to check into the C.A.T. TRACKS 'dream team'!!
STUDIO EQUIPMENT LIST
CONSOLE
Mackie 24x8 bus recording analog board with computer -and pro tool editing software
Mackie 24 channel expander board
(2) Mackie 220 watt power supplies
Mackie console desk
MONITORS
1974 Vintage JBL 4311 WX-A speakers - match set hand -picked by Bill “Obie" O’Brien, sound engineer for Bon -Jovi
1986 Vintage Yamaha NS10M's matched pair monitors
JBL 6208 powered monitors
Alesis Studio 2 Reference monitors
Event 20/20 powered monitors
Studiophile BX5 bi-amped Nearfield monitors
Altec Lansing surround sound with JBL speakers
JVC RX-552V Audio / Video pro logic Dolby surround
AMPS
1967 Vintage Crown dual channel DC 300A silver face -power amp
Alesis Matica 250 watt dual channel power amp
(2) Behringer Powerplay Pro XL HA4700 4 channel -headphone amps
Rolls 6 channel headphone amp
RECORDERS
(2) Mackie HDR 24/96 hard disk recorders with monitor / mouse / keyboard with Pro Tools editing tools
Alesis Adat HD24 24 track of analog and digital with -Adat optical input and outputs
Alesis Master Link 9600 High-Resolution Master Disk -Recorder
Panasonic SV 3800 Professional dat recorder
Kenwood dual high speed cassette recorder
Sony dual high speed stereo cassette recorder
Tascam 112 MK II cassette recorder/player
Tascam CD-201 CD player with remote
Tascam MOTU 2408 - Mark of the Unicorn
TEAC A-3440 Recorder
STUDIO MICROPHONES
(2) ADK – A51’s condenser mics
AKG – 414 – B - ULS condenser mic
(2) Audio Technica ATM87R unidirectional condenser -hi-SPL boundary mics
Audio Technica AT4050/CM5 transformerless capacitor -multi pattern mic
Audio Technica AT4060 vacuum tube capacitor mic
(1) Set Audix D series drum mics
CAD – Equitek E100 studio condenser mic
CAD – Equitek E300 studio condenser mic
Earthworks TC30K
Neumann TLM – 170 P24 stereo mic
Neumann TLM – 170 P48 stereo mic
Rode Classic preamp tube mic “The Classic”
(2) Rode NT1 mics
Shure Beta 56 mic
(2) Shure 55 H Series II mics
(2) Shure VP 88 phantom powered stereo mics
(10) Shure 58 mics
(12) Shure 57 mics
REVERBS
Alesis Midi Verb 4 dual channel parallel processor
Apex 104 aural exciter
Boss RV-70 digital stereo reverb / delay unit
Vintage Echoplex
Eventide DSP 4500 Ultra Harmonizer limited edition
Lexicon 300 digital effects system
Lexicon MPX-1 reverb unit
Roland SDE-330 dimensional space delay
T.C. Electronics M300 dual engine effects
EFFECTS
Alesis 1/3 octave precision equalizer
Antares ATR1 autotune intonation / pitch corrector
(2) Aphex 104 aural exciters
(2) Aphex 107 Tubessence 2 channel thermionic -microphone preamplifiers
Apogee Rosetta 24 bit analog to digital converter
Audio Technica AT8560 tube microphone powering unit
Avalon Design AD 2044 pure class 2 channel tube -compressor
Behringer Composer MDX 2100 audio interactive -dynamics processor
Behringer Edison Model EX1 stereo image processor -with phase meter
Behringer Multigate MEX3100 audio interactive quad -expander/gate compressor
Behringer Pro XL MDX 2600 Multicom processor and -composer
Behringer Pro XL MDX 4600 Multicom processor
Behringer Ultrafex II Model EX3100 multi-band sound -enhancement processor
Behringer Ultra-Q equalizer
Bellari dual channel tube microphone preamp
DBX 286 preamp microphone processor
(2) DBX – 363X dual gate stereo couplers
(2) DBX – 1231 graphic equalizers
Digitech Studio 400 Quad effects unit
Digitech Studio Quad 4 in 4 out multi effects processor
Digitech Studio Vocalist vocal harmony processor
Digitech VTP1 dual channel vacuum tube preamp / EQ / -converter
(2) Empirical Labs EL8 distressors – original mode
Focusrite Platinum 2 channel compressor / -compounder
Greg Hanks BA-660 tube preamp / limiter / compressor
Joe Meek Studio Channel VC1 enhancer / compressor
M-Audio Delta 44 Digital Audio Sound Card w/ breakout -box 4 in 4 out unlimited track recording
Oram Sonics microphone work station
Roland Soundcanvas SC-88
Sunn SGA 310 graphic equalizer amplifier
TC Electronics dual engine effects processor
TL Audio 2 channel tube preamp / compressor / dual -valve
TL Audio 2 channel tube preamp/equalizer
Ultra Proteus E-MU
PATCHBAYS
Neutrik audio patchbay
(13) Re’an AP audio patchbays
Z Systems digital patch bay 8 channel Z-8.8 digital -detangler
INSTRUMENTS
Yamaha P-60 Piano / controller
Roland JP 8080 voice and instrument modulator with -amp and filter
Korg Triton Rack with 2 added cards
Alesis NanoBass synthesizer module
”The gift of listening: Try giving this to someone in need. And you must really listen. No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your responses. Just listen.
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Good mornin', just comin by to say hey! Sorry I have not been too good on getting comments out, things have been pretty busy around here. Stop by when you have a chance and let me know how you are doing, read some of our blogs, sign our guest book, leave a comment, and visit some other great artists, I promise their music will bless ya! Have a great day and stay in touch.
Happy New Year, well almost! I hope and pray that your new year is far better than 07 with more laughter, joy, peace, love, and friendship, and that you grow closer to the Lord than ever before! Have a safe holiday season and we will catch ya next year. God Bless and Keep rockin for Jesus Dave
Hi Terry...Thanks for the add and thanks for the kind words... Man it looks like you have a great studio..Well maybe some day if I hit the LOTTO... lol ...Best Wishes Vern "KEEP ON GIGGIN"
Hey, Terry, thanks for the add request! It's great to hear what you're doing. Much luck to you guys. Take care and keep in touch! xoxo Blessings, Debbie Watson "Big Hair Down In Texas" www.debbiewatson.com www.myspace.com/debbiewatson
Congrats Charles & Terry. Jeff Hale & Lisa Webb brought me up speed on the new project. I working on the band to try and get out there to do some demo stuff. Hope to ya soon.
C.A.T, Have a great week! Thanks for wanting to be my friend and taking the time to listen. Keep checkin back for more upcoming news and new material. Let me know what you think of my music. You can add any of my songs to your page by clicking on “add” below the song you want.
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"9 stars out of 10! Kanzler writes beautifully understated tunes that straddle almost every genre of American roots music. His vocals compliment the songs beautifully, sounding like a cross between a more grizzled Ryan Adams and Johnny Hickman. "Black Top Road" is an essential album...a classic from the Alaskan wilderness." - Dan Wilkinson, AmericanaUK
I also have another site, my official site, http://www.mgmrecordsnashville.com, it is currently down though, the reps are refurbishing it I think.
Now a little something for your fans here. Terry and I have recorded together many times over the years and even did a few shows together. I can honestly say aside from our obvious friendship, he is one of the better producers I have had the blessing to work with and I will definately be recording more of my own music with Terry as my producer.
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Hi Guys; thank's for visiting my site. I hope you guy's are doing well and things are good for you. I will give you a visit soon and I will give you a call before I do. Meanwhile take care and God Bless;-------Luis
