Set back behind houses on Elliott Street, 3 Elliott Studio is easily overlooked as just another garage. Inside, however, many local and national music acts have recorded albums within its memorabilia-covered walls.
You get in here and the world just kind of disappears
said Josh Antonuccio, who co-owns the studio with best friend Chris Pyle. A lot of work goes into getting that sound isolation.
Such is the case with many local recording studios in and around Athens, whose owners work ' many while balancing day jobs as well ' to provide artists in need with the best service and quality recordings they can offer.
We try to do what we wanted done when we were trying to get recorded said Ron Mash, co-owner of D&R Studio in Nelsonville. We try to be the guy that we were looking for.
Most studio owners, producers and engineers are musicians themselves, a talent that can be of great value when recording, said Todd Parish of Rhythm Section Studios.
I've had to learn several (instruments) just to be able to do what I do he said. If you're going to record somebody
say
a guitar player G? if he's going to sing a song and you try to work with him and you don't know anything about the guitar
that's going to be hard.
But it's not all work and no play. Parish, whose studio prides itself on being mobile ' it can transport its equipment and record from almost anywhere ' has plans to record his own work in the wide, cavernous basement of a 200-year-old building in Logan.
It's gonna sound cool. The room that you record in makes a huge difference
said Parish. It's always better to get a nice natural
big sound than to try and do it digitally G? it makes it less work in the end.
Most studios provide demo creation packages to help unsigned, up-and-coming artists.
A lot of people come in and don't have anything to start off with
said Mike Makosky, owner of Disjointed Records in Nelsonville. I record anybody that comes along.
One important feature of Makosky's studio is that the setup is in one giant room, as opposed to the multiple-room setup of most studios.
I track it while they play
he said. There's greater communication with the band for sure.
Regardless of the setup, communication is key to a successful studio.
You've got to make it sound good
like what they want
