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FEATURED IN THE MARCH 2009 ISSUE OF MIX MAGAZINE! (link)
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Pier Giacalone is a producer/engineer with 18 years of experience in professional audio, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from a 4 year conservatory in Music Composition and a minor in Jazz guitar. Both as a player and an engineer Pier has toured the US, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, etc, playing in venues ranging from small clubs to Radio City Music Hall and everything in between.
As a recording engineer, Pier began working in the golden days of analog tape and has followed the development of digital audio from the first Digidesign systems and the first 24 bit DAW (Sonic Solutions) to the current systems such as Pro Tools, Nuendo, Samplitude, etc.
Live Recording is also a specialty of Pier's. The "travel rack" includes a customized-for-audio laptop from Sonica Labs, an RME Fireface 800 Analog to Digital Converter, as well as audiophile mic preamps from Great River and Speck Electronics. Just added Onyx 800R 8 channel mic pre/converter for a total of 18 track recording in the mobile rig.
Live recording clients have included Regina Spektor (40 + shows in 2005!), Jeff Daniels (yes, the actor), and avant garde composer Jandek (as well as many others).
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CURIOUS RECORDS HAS MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA! (9/08)
06-12-09:
Multi-track recording and shooting video for DVD for Alan Grant's CD release party.
Alan Grant & Primitive Soul
06-04-09:
Too freakin' busy to update this page. Completed DVD productions for Bob Egan Entertainment, Roger Gardella, Pat Guadagno. Mulitrack recording and mixing for Roger Guardella and Rob Dye. Tons more production video recording for Juke Joint Jonny. Added a new DAW computer (screaming Intel i7!), and just ordered supplies for the new iso booth. Pier will be playing guitar on 2 DVD productions for the MCCLV on June 19 and 20.
Bob Egan
Pat Guadagno
Roger Gardella
Rob Dye
02-20-09:
Pier completed live recording for Juke Joint Jonny and The Usual Suspects. The band will now choose from the 60 cuts recorded and mixing will begin!
Juke Joint Jonny & The Usual Suspects
02-06-09:
Pier is recording Juke Joint Jonny and the Usual Suspects for their upcoming debut (live!) album at Tim McLoone's Supper Club in Asbury Park, NJ.
Juke Joint Jonny & The Usual Suspects
12-30-08:
Pier just wrapped up mastering for "The Hinterlands EP" by TJ Kong and The Atom Bomb. A band out of Philly. Hear a sample at the top of this page and read details on the blog.
TJ Kong and The Atomic Bomb
12-20-08:
Pier just got copies of the new DVD/CD produced by the MCCLV Church in Allentown, PA "Build An Ark". Pier played guitar for this annual recording of the Church choir/band. Musical Director Brian Jones produced. MCCLV (Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley) is an "inclusive"-oriented ministry where all walks of life are welcomed (including Atheists like Pier :). The recording session was a blast. Wonderful people, wonderful music.
MCCLV Church
09-15-08:
That's right! We packed up the kids and headed off to the country. New Hope, PA just over the Delaware River from NJ. About 1.5 hours from NYC and around 45 minutes from Philly. Pier has a great new space that he's currently making musician-ready. Initial mixes and mastering are sounding great. Pier is looking forward to offering bands from both cities and the surrounding area a relaxing place to work where the view from the studio window is an acre of grass, trees and yes folks....we have a real life babbling brook (actually more of a conversational creek). Stay tuned for pics and music samples!
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Credits: (just a sampling - I've mastered over 150 albums)
Produced or Engineered in some form for the following artists:
Regina Spektor (Sire/WBR)
Jeff Daniels (Harvest Music)
Sloan Wainwright (Waterbug Records)
Lee Feldman (Mercury - at the time)
Liminal Lounge (or is just Liminal now?) - (Knitting Factory Works)
Kittyhawk
Jay Azzolina
Richie Morales
Tons and tons of mastering - ran a mastering studio in NYC from 1996 - 1999
Live Mixing:
Regina Spektor
Jandek
Belly
Boy Vs Girls
Billy Preston
Stints at Maxwell's (Hoboken NJ), Arlene Grocery (NYC), 7 Willow Street (Portchester NY)
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MORE MUSIC!
The myspace players often have problems so you can always check out these tunes from my own server.
Django Haskins - Mastering
Keith Hershberger - Mastering
Chris Hunt - Mastering
Primal Pounding (Spirit Awakening)- Mastering
Eric Hansen - Mastering
Bhangra Remix - Mastering
********Knitting Factory Works**********
William Hooker - Mastering
Paradox Trio (Matt Darriau) - Mastering
Pachora - Mastering
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