Derek is a composer, producer, arranger and keyboard player. He has recorded, toured and performed with The Commitments, Sinead O'Connor, Natasha Bedingfield, Cara Dillon, Katherine Jenkins, Shayne Ward, Donovan, Brian Kennedy, Westlife and Juliet Turner. He has been commissioned to compose and produce music by RTE, TG4, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Tourism Ireland.
His recent production work includes Paul Hourican's debut album, including the radio hits "One Step Forward" and "All I Ever Wanted", and Calvin Scully's debut single and online number one hit, "Torn Apart". He is currently producing an album for Le Voci (formerly the Three Tenors).
Paul Byrne
Founder member of 1980s legends In Tua Nua, and session drummer for acts including Luka Bloom, Leslie Dowdall and Rocky De Valera & the Gravediggers, Paul has worked with many of the best producers around, including Peter Walsh (Simple Minds), Ian Broudie (The Lightning Seeds), Don Dixon (REM) and Paul Fox (XTC/They Might Be Giants). Paul is credited with discovering Sinead O'Connor when she was 15.
Paul specialises in working with singer-songwriters and vocal production. Recent credits include Una Keane's "Saya Nova", Jeannette Byrne's "Cafe Diva" and "Elegy" albums, and Rocky De Valera and the Gravediggers' "Sinne Fianna Fail Blues", "Diceman" and "Baby Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" singles .
Conor Brady
Conor Brady has recorded and performed with many high-profile acts including the Corrs, Mary Coughlan, Paul Cleary, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, the Commitments, Frances Black, Toots and the Maytals, & Terence Trent D'Arby, and is inarguably one of the most sought-after session guitar players in the country.
Conor's earthy production style has earned him many plaudits, and as well as producing albums for Colm Quearney and Paul Cleary, he has recently completed an album for new concept-band Audiokiss, which will be hitting the airwaves in Spring 2009.
Song Credits
"Intro" by kind permission of Homo Erectus "All I Ever Wanted" by kind permission of Hurricane Records "Sinne Fianna Fail Blues" by kind permission of Rocky De Valera and the Gravediggers "Libertango" by kind permission of Jeannette Byrne "Torn Apart" by kind permission of Calvin Scully "Chain of Love" by kind permission of In Tua Nua
Calvin Scully on ICE talking about his single "UNDO", April 2009
Rocky De Valera's New Single "BABY"
Calvin Scully's New Single "UNDO"
Paul Hourican's "Let it Go", Recorded in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
The ICE Christmas Song 2008
The Falalah Song - ICE TV's Eurovision Entry 2008
Phonic Artist Calvin Scully on RTE Talking About "Torn Apart" Single! November 2007
About Phonic Studios Right in the heart of Dublin's city centre, Phonic Studios is designed to create the perfect atmosphere for making great music. With natural light, comfortable surroundings, great gear and great ears, Phonic lets you concentrate on what's important: the music.
The
People Phonic Studios provide a full production service. The producers at Phonic, Paul Byrne, Derek Cronin and Conor Brady, have recorded and performed with with many well known artists, including many famous names like Sinead O'Connor, Terence Trent D'Arby and the Corrs.
The
Space Phonic
Studios has 110 sq metres dedicated to giving you the service
you need.
The
control room is spacious and can accommodate 6 to 10 people easily
and comfortably. Genelec and NS10 monitoring and acoustic
treatment give the room a great sound for recording and mixing. The
live room is suitable for all sorts of recording and can be made "live" or "dead" to your requirements, thanks to a customised
baffling sustem. Vocals and drums sound great, and all sorts
of instruments can be accommodated. If
you need to get away from the music to clear your head, there's
the kitchen and chillout room, with a Playstation and always-on wireless internet access.
Equipment
The
studio is based around an Apple Mac with Logic Studio 8 and Pro
Tools LE 7. Lots of effects and
instruments are at your disposal. On the hardware
front there is a huge array of mics, preamps, samplers, and
synthesisers available to you. There's even an in-house
drum kit and a range of percussion instruments. Our studio has wi-fi so you can surf while you work, or connect to our network for file transfer. Every night, your files are automatically transferred to our backup server to preserve your work in case something unforeseen happens!
The
List
This
is just some of the gear we have at Phonic
Apple Macintosh G5
Manley 8+8x2 Valve Desk
Manley ELOP Electro Optical Limiter
Apogee Rosetta 800 Yamaha NS10, Genelec 8040 and Dynaudio monitors Digidesign Digi002 18 I/O Audio Interface
Pro Tools LE 7 Waves Gold Native Bundle
Wave Arts Power Suite Mixing and Mastering Effects
Synthogy Ivory Piano
FXPansion BFD Drums
GMedia MTron Mellotron emulator Grand Electrix CP70/80 Emulator
ReFX Nexus
Izotope iDrum drum sampler
Clavia Nord Stage weighted digital piano/organ/synthesiser
Yamaha CP33 weighted digital piano
Korg
Trinity 61 key synthesizer Korg Prophecy 3 octave PM synthesizer
Roland Octapad drum controller
Roland VK8M organ
Novation BassStation analogue synthesizer
M-Audio KeystationPro88 weighted digital controller
Sonar
SignatureSeries Maple Drum Kit Paiste and Sabian Cymbals
Assorted Snares
Various Percussion Instruments
Added
Extras
Finally,
if you get bored with all this gear we even have an Avid video
editing suite AND a Final Cut Studio video editing suite where we can cut your music video between takes.
Or you can always use our expertise in multimedia to make your
DVD or website. For more information on this side of our
business, see the Optophonic
website.
Phonic Studios, 9A Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Tel + 353 1 8729457
Phonic Studios is part of Optophonic Ltd
Hey, We're having a launch party upstairs in whelans for our debut EP "Dead Man's Dream" on friday night!! please join us! Best wishes The Whiskey Limbs:>
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All are welcome to join - Pro and Express. The hope would be that you search through the Blog entries to locate your County of residence & leave a comment.
This page will allow Logic Users in Ireland to network a little more & give them the possibility to interact with eachother online or prehaps even to collaborate on projects.
STILLROOM ARE BACK !!!!! The first track “ALRIGHT” from the our new EP, recorded and produced in London, is up on our myspace waiting to blow your ear drums !!! Along with the new look myspace, there are BEBO and FACEBOOK links and the new www.stillroomroom.net link.
Also STILLROOM TV is up there and don..t forget to sign up to the mailing list and be first to hear details of the bands first official tour, kicking off in The Village June11 !!! Lookout ! …. Theres gonna be a rockin’ !!!
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