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Tracksheets - Summer 2004Newsletter Index==================== AVATAR TRACKSHEETS ==================== Avatar Studios Newsletter Summer Issue 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------- Visit us at http://www.AvatarStudios.net ----------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE 1. Summer Movies and Avatar 2. Creative Community News 3. New Gear / Instruments 4. "Hall of Fame" Photo 5. Session News 6. Quick Mentions 7. Book a Session / Contact Us / Feedback 8. About Avatar Studios 9. Subscribe / Unsubscribe ----------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to our 2004 Summer issue of Avatar Studio's electronic newsletter, AVATAR TRACKSHEETS. Since early spring, Avatar has been extremely busy, thanks to all of our loyal clients out there. On top of having the rooms solidly booked, we have been busy adding various new gears, reconfiguring & making improvements to our rooms. In our next issue, we will announce some of the exciting changes that we have made to better accommodate your sessions. 1. SUMMER MOVIES AND AVATAR One rite of summer is to see a wave of big movies hit theaters to captivate and thrill audiences who are trying to escape the heat. Two movies from the recent batch of releases have music recorded at Avatar. The first movie, already playing in theaters, is De-Lovely, the Cole Porter biopic. Artists who recorded for the soundtrack at Avatar include Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello and Natalie Cole. The second movie, just released, is the much-anticipated Spider-Man 2. Yellowcard recorded a song at Avatar that is included in the soundtrack released by Columbia Records. Whether a period piece or an action / adventure flick, Avatar enjoyed playing a part in bringing you some great summer entertainment. 2. CREATIVE COMMUNITY NEWS => Renowned Engineer & Mixer Kevin Killen Joins Community Kevin Killen, known for his work with Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, U2 and many others, has joined Avatar's Creative Community. Kevin has a project room on the fourth floor where he works on a variety of projects. => 441 Records Office on 2nd Floor Now sharing the 2nd floor with Full Force is 441 Records. 441 Records was started in the fall of 2002 by releasing music, mostly jazz, that was originally recorded here at Avatar but not made available in the United States. By November, 441 Records will have 27 titles released. They include albums by Romero Lubambo, The Great Jazz Trio, Philippe Saisse, Don Friedman, Joe Chambers, Grady Tate, Marlena Shaw, Will Boulware, Lonnie Plaxico, Pamela Driggs and UK jazz vocalist Ian Shaw. For more details, contact mailto:Harvey@441records.com?subject=Tracksheets. 3. NEW GEAR / INSTRUMENTS => Avatar just added another Pro Tools HD rig for use in any of the four main rooms or in our Studio E project / editing room. => As another monitoring option, Avatar now offers Lipinski Sound L-707 speakers for accurate, mastering level audio reproduction. => Two new drum sets have been added to our instrument rental list. They are the DW / Pacific CX Series available in either Silver Sparkle or White Onyx. => Avatar's famous echo chamber #1 has been completely overhauled recently. Try out the first of three chambers and see how your tracks sound with the old Power Station touch. To reserve, please contact mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=NewGear. 4. "HALL OF FAME" PHOTO => In this issue, we feature the photo of BASHIRI JOHNSON and KIMATI DINIZULU entitled "Masters in Arms." The photo is from a recording session conducted by composer and producer Michael Whalen for a four-part public television series called SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA. The series is set to air in the first quarter of 2005. It is underwritten by New York Life Insurance Company and produced by Thirteen/WNET New York. SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA tells the broad story of American slavery in large part through the lives of individual enslaved men, women and children. Dante James is the series producer. The recording sessions captured performances by Kimati and Bashiri on a myriad of traditional instruments. Roy Hendrickson engineered the sessions assisted by Peter Doris. Check out the photo from their Avatar session at http://www.AvatarStudios.net/aboutus/gallery.html. 5. SESSION NEWS => Artists who were recently in recording at Avatar includes Joss Stone, Jimmy Eat World, Muse, Backstreet Boys, 3 Days Grace, Thornley, Maroon 5, Trey Anastasio / Phish, Story of the Year, Franz Ferdinand, Polyphonic Spree, My Chemical Romance, JoJo, Missy Higgins, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Butterfly Boucher, Livingston Taylor, Bill Charlap and Chris Botti. => Producer Arif Mardin was in recording an upcoming QUEEN LATIFAH album with engineer Michael O'Reilly. Brian Montgomery assisted and handled all Pro Tools editing. => Or Music / Epic artist LOS LONELY BOYS was in recording an acoustic version of their single "Heaven" with engineer / A&R Angelo Montrone. Brian Montgomery assisted. => Producer Yasohachi "88" Itoh was in recording an album with HANK JONES featuring JOHN PATITUCCI and JACK DEJOHNETTE. The session was recorded in 5.1 surround using Sony's DSD format. David Baker engineered with help from Peter Doris. => AOL Music taped a live performance for Sessions at AOL featuring LONESTAR. Engineering duties were handled by Gregg Thompson and Avatar's Anthony Ruotolo. => Telarc Records recorded a solo piano record with MICHEL CAMILO in 5.1 surround in the DSD format. Robert Friedrich engineered with help from Peter Doris. Michel Camilo produced the record. => Engineer Chris Shaw was in mixing BOB DYLAN live performances for a live album release. Brian Montgomery assisted, Jeff Rosen produced. => Roadrunner Records artist CRADLE OF FILTH recently overdubbed guitars with producer Robert Caggianno. Avatar's Anthony Ruotolo engineered the sessions. 6. QUICK MENTIONS => Studio E Pro Tools Suite with a Large Live Room Avatar has a Pro Tools Suite dubbed "Studio E" for your pre-production, editing / mixing and overdub needs. The size of the room is 200 square feet. It can be used in combination with a 323 square feet live room, with a ceiling height of 12 feet at its highest point, situated next door. The live room is large enough to accommodate a small band. We are very flexible and are willing to work with you to meet your budgetary requirements. For more details, contact mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=StudioE. => Surround Mixes Avatar has experienced mixers who can do a complete 5.1 surround mix for you at reasonable costs. If you are thinking about a surround project, we would be willing to work with you on flexible terms. For discussing your surround mix needs, please contact mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=SurroundMix. => Avatar Studios Demo EP Package Deal Avatar has put together special demo EP packages for up & coming artists who are interested in a professionally produced quality demo EPs to give out or sell at gigs. The package includes tracking, overdubbing and mixing at Avatar. For more details, contact mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=EPOffer. 7. BOOK A SESSION / CONTACT US / FEEDBACK => To book a session, call Tino at (212) 765-7500 or email him at mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=book_from_newsletter. =>We welcome any feedback you might have regarding our newsletter or the services that we offer. For feedback: mailto:clientservices@AvatarStudios.net?subject=feedback_from_newsletter . 8. ABOUT AVATAR STUDIOS Avatar Studios is a 33,000-square-foot multi-room facility on Manhattan's west side providing the highest possible quality audio recording services to the recording industry. The studio houses four premier recording rooms with unparalleled acoustics containing a Neve8068, a SSL 9000J, a Neve VRP and a SSL 4000G+ Special Edition. The four rooms are equipped with four ISDN lines per room and remote recording sessions can be set up at a moment's notice. AVATAR also has several project rooms available including a Pro Tools editing suite. High-speed DSL is available for file uploads and downloads. History: http://www.AvatarStudios.net/aboutus/history.html Clients: http://www.AvatarStudios.net/aboutus Gear: http://www.AvatarStudios.net/gear 9. SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE => To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, go to http://www.AvatarStudios.net/news/newsletter.html. We respect your privacy. We will not give out your e-mail address. If you wish not to receive this newsletter, please follow the instructions below to unsubscribe. If you think you know people who would be interested in receiving this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to them. ----------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is published by Avatar Studios http://www.AvatarStudios.net Copyright © 2004 Avatar Entertainment Corporation, all rights reserved. Your Sound ------------- above all |