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How To Program a Beat Or a Song.

This is a question I get asked a lot. How do you go about creating a beat or creating something that will eventually become a song. It’s something a lot of kids want to know these days and in my opinion everyone already has the capability to do it. They just don’t know they have… Read more »

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The Importance Of Documenting Your Shows

Hi Everyone, So the last couple of months have been hectic, my apologies for being M.I.A.  The story for today is the importance of documenting your shows through film and audio.  This also a chance for me to tell you about a magnificent opportunity I got to work with the Cy Walter Foundation.  I was… Read more »

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Audio Engineer, Musician, Artist… To take or not to take the job.

That is something I ask myself every time someone calls to hire me… There are so many situations when you ask yourself ‘Should I take this job or not’. To be an artist, a musician or an audio engineer is not something you know from birth. Many of us go to school in order to… Read more »

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5 Tips to Record Vocals Correctly

As some of you may know, recording vocals can be a challenging task, and even more so if the singer or performer is not experienced.  Some people may have the knowledge of how to record vocals but not the means and some of you may have the means but are not .  So here are… Read more »

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A Silent Film.

One minute I am in my recording studio working with a new band called Baseline Drift, and the next I am in Philadelphia, PA backstage listening to another very unique-sounding band called A Silent Film. There is nothing silent about these guys, trust me. Baseline Drift was recording vocals with me, and that reminded me that there is… Read more »

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Donovan and Dennis Ferrante

It all started when I got a call from producer Dennis Ferrante (John Lennon, Lou Reed, Kiss, Willie Nelson) asking me if I could do a live recording for Donovan. I was very excited and it took me back about 20 years. In my childhood, when vinyl was still very popular I had this amazing… Read more »

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Isaiah Singer and The Stars Below

Isaiah Singer and The Stars Below… The Stars Below is my new favorite one… Isaiah Singer is a member of a band called The Seventh Word.  I heard Isaiah sing for the first time when I was approached by him and my good friend Nelson Salis, the drummer of 7W, to mix their debut album, Gold & Gravity…. Read more »

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Building A Recording Studios

Honey, I’m building a Recording studio… The journey started back in 1999 when NR Recording Studios was housed in a church on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. After about 12 years I decided it was time to move to a better location. It wasn’t until 2014 that I found my current location in The… Read more »