Production & Recording Drum Lessons Session Drumming/Percussion Mixing Mastering Overdubs Co-Writing Artist Development Additional Layering of Bass, Acoustics, Electrics, Keys, Percussion, Samples, etc.
I am lucky to have many other session musician contacts, as well. Guitarists, bassists, pianists/keyboardists, male & female singers of all different genres, horn players, orchestra members, other drummers & percussionist, etc., etc. If you want it on your tracks, I'll find the right people!
If a large project calls for it, I partner with Mark Melchiorre Jr. (Silvertide guitarist), and we make an awesome team. Mark I & recorded everything at BackYard Studios together. He can add to following to a session: Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, keys, mandolin, banjo, accordian, bass, and many others...
After 5 years of recording & touring internationally with Silvertide, I am very glad to be home now, focusing on music production, and playing multiple instruments on all different kinds of music. The diversity it a blast!!! I enjoy making artists' visions come to life as they hear it, and helping build careers in the right direction. I am extremely fortunate for the experiences I've had being signed to Clive Davis' J Records, touring all of the U.S., Japan, England, Spain, Canada, Mexico, being in Rolling Stone & most other major music magazines, on national late night TV shows, selling over 200,000 records of Silvertide's one and only album, "Show & Tell", blah, blah, fucking blah. My life is very different now. I am 24 years old, have a wonderful wife & two perfect children, and life is better at home with a large dose of normality. My career with Silvertide is in the past, but my mission now is to share my incredible experience with other artists. I've learned a good deal about the recording process, but more importantly, what things a band/artist should focus on to truly build their career. Being in the music industry is hard, especially in 2009, but all I want to do is help true talent be heard. Yes, I can (and often will) auto-tune, and over-edit things to sound perfect, but thats not what music is always about. Real music comes from the soul, one way or another, and thats all I care about hearing at the end of a recording session....Honesty, passion, and love for the art of music.
SilverSound Music Studio is the name of my beautiful home studio. It was finished being built in May, 2008.
After researching extensively, I designed the acoustics of my rooms to sound great. SilverSound consists of the Control Room, the Tracking Room, a Vocal Booth, Amp Iso Booths, and Lounge/Hang-out area in the basement. As opposed to my previous recording studio, BackYard Studios, an entire band can fit in the Tracking Room and record together. This makes a big difference in communication & vibe when recording. Also, if you like fresh air, grilling, drinking, smoking outdoors, you'll love it here! We live on a small community park with a walking trail & pond. I love city life, but it is definitely a relaxing place to hang out,up in this neck of the woods!
I record all kinds of projects here. Singer/songwriters, rock bands, hip-hop acts, R&B bands/soloists, orchestral arrangements, TV/Radio commercials & jingles, and everything in between.
Like any music-obsessed lunatic, I do prefer to look at things under a microscope & spend as much time on recording as possible. I do produce larger-budget projects that can be extremely fine-tuned & as professional as possible....Lots of pre-production, song arrangement, & lyric analyzing, always make for a significantly better outcome. On the other, I usually record many smaller budget projects. (Isn't the economy really screwed right now???) If an artist wants to simply lay down professionally recorded versions of a bunch of songs in one weekend, this is definitely the place to do it. Either way, the quality of the recordings that come out of SilverSound is top-notch, and cheaper than anywhere in the area for this quality. I'm in this to make great music, not great money. A lucrative career will hopefully come later in life!!!
Also, any instrument a band-less singer/songwriter could want on a track, I can play it myself or get professional session musicians in on the track.....for extremely cheap! I know a ton of cats that will record just to record & get their name out there.
I'm running the latest versions of both ProTools LE & Logic Pro here. I have 16 live inputs available through use of my Digidesign Digi002 & PreSonus DigiMax racks. I use an analog StudioMaster board for a lot of my tones as well.
If you are interested in any of the following, send me a message...I'd love to hear from you, or have you swing by to meet & check the place out:
Recording/Production Drum Lessons Session Drumming Additional Layering of Bass, Acoustics, Electrics, Keys, Percussion, Samples, etc. Overdubbing Voice-overs Song-Writing Collaboration Song Arrangement Mixing Mastering Artist Development/Directional Advice
Very special thanks to GMS Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth, Mountain Rythym Percussion, Cintioli's Music, and Fender for all of your continued support.
Thanks for adding Thunder Mountain Rockfest, a three-day outdoor rock festival July 8-10, 2010!! Please visit www.rockdakota.com or call 1-877-205-3792 for more information.
Things are coming to a boil in hell: Law has finished the VIDEO for “Of Monkeys…” and is working hard on NEW MATERIAL. Check out our myspace page for a PREVIEW and LYRICS from our soon to be released SINGLE, ‘Jeffrey Dahmer.’
Not so much. all the mixes on my player are samples ive made out of my drums and processed i think one track has a slate kick on it. i used to use his more but i dont wanna sound like everyone else (: also i like blending rather then replacing ya know?
The First Annual "Reader Appreciation Holiday Music" Sampler is available for a FREE DOWNLOAD...just to say THANKS to our loyal army of readers. 16 Songs contributed BY our readers FOR our readers...how cool is that? Click on the album cover, go listen to the songs and download the MP3 albums for your holiday pleasure. Thanks and
Oh I forgot to mention, my band is playing with the Future Leaders of the World (my favorite band, besides Silvertide of course). It's at The Silo in Reading on Friday the 4th. If you're not busy, come on down. It's gonna be a fun show.
just wondering haha. i was gonna talk to you about recording haha. sorry to not giving any dates yet. so much has been going on lol. but it looks like the summer will be the best time. (its gonna happen this summer) lol
Just a under two weeks away from the Natural Breakdown releasing their second CD "All The Paths" The Sherman Theater Stroudburg, PA Saturday Oct. 24th.
Lighting by Groovin Lumens
Stroudsburg and Natural Breakdown has some great history for the past three years. If you come out for the show be sure to visit our friends at the Sarah Street Grill (right behind the sherman) for good food and drinks. The Sarah Street Grill was the first room in Stroudsburg where Natural Breakdown played back in 2006. The day was part of a pre & post show party Railroad Earth. If you want to take a listen. http://www.archive.org/details/NB2006-12-30flac
After getting to know Railroad Earth a bit Natural Breakdown open one of the Sherman Theater shows the following year.
Remember their is reasonably priced hotel rooms in town with walking distance of the theater.
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