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Grammy Issue 2008Newsletter Index==================== AVATAR TRACKSHEETS ==================== Avatar Studios Newsletter Grammy Issue 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------- Visit us at http://www.AvatarStudios.net ----------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE 1. Grammy Nominations 2. Adding the Avatar Touch to Movies 3. Hall of Fame Photo 4. Session News 5. Quick Mentions 6. Book a Session / Contact Us / Feedback 7. About Avatar Studios 8. Subscribe / Unsubscribe ----------------------------------------------------------- Happy New Year to you! We wish everyone a prosperous 2008. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your patronage throughout the years and allowing us to celebrate the studios' 30th anniversary last year. As you may have heard, we had a little reunion of sorts with all past staff members from both the Power Station and Avatar years and it really impressed upon us the importance of carrying on the tradition of excellence in audio recording. Thanks again for your continued support. 1. GRAMMY NOMINATIONS The 50th Grammy Award nominations were announced last year and 14 of the nominated projects were recorded at Avatar Studios. One of them, River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock, recorded in Studio A, received three nominations including Best Album of the Year. The Grammy Awards will be presented on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles. Please support the awards. Good luck to all the nominees! For a listing of all projects recorded at Avatar, check out http:// www.avatarstudios.net/news/50thGrammysNominees.html 2. ADDING THE AVATAR TOUCH TO MOVIES There have been a lot of recordings done for movies recently. What makes Avatar a popular choice for this? It is because of video playback capabilities, many booths with good isolation and great line of sight for the musicians to be able to see both the conductor and video display. A Decca Tree and M150 microphones are also available as rentals. Here are a few of the film projects that were done at Avatar. => John Mayer recorded a song in Studio A for Rob Reiner's film The Bucket List from Warner Pictures starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. John Mayer produced the session, Chad Franscoviak engineered, Justin Gerrish & Brian Montgomery assisted. => Music for Julie Taymor's Across the Universe was recorded in Studio C by Lawrence Manchester. => Director Jonathan Demme recorded source music in Studio C for Jimmy Carter, Man From Plains, a documentary about the ex-President for Real Peace Productions. The session was recorded and mixed by Gary Chester. => Source music for Ang Lee's film, Lust, Caution, was recorded in Studio C by Avatar's Anthony Ruotolo, assisted by Rick Kwan. David Lee produced. Coming Soon: => Engineer Gary Chester spent a week in Studio B remixing to 5.1 the score to Sony's new release The Other Boleyn Girl. The score was recorded in Prague by Gary. The composer was Paul Cantelon (Everything Illuminated) and the music was produced by Sue Jacobs (Supervision). This film was taken from the popular book and stars Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. Colin Suzuki assisted. => Engineer Lawrence Manchester was in Studio E doing a 5.1 surround film mix for an upcoming film What Just Happened? Marcelo Zarvos, who composed the original music, also produced the sessions. The film is directed by Barry Levinson and features an all-star cast including Robert De Niro. 3. "HALL OF FAME" PHOTO => My Morning Jacket was in Studio A for well over a month recording their upcoming album with producers Jim James and Joe Chiccarelli. Joe Chiccarelli engineered with Rick Kwan assisting. Check out their commemorative photo at http://www.avatarstudios.net/aboutus/gallery.html 4. SESSION NEWS => Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) & The Hard Walkers' live performance was recorded in Studio A produced by Chris Rabold, engineered by Brian Montgomery assisted by Rick Kwan. => Mixing sessions were held for an upcoming Scarlett Johansson release in Studio G. Dave Sitek produced, Chris Moore engineered, Rick Kwan assisted. => Peter Wolf recorded in Studio A with producer Kenny White and engineer Kevin Killen with Rick Kwan assisting. => Clifton Anderson recorded his upcoming album in Studio C. Produced by Clifton Anderson, engineered by Richie Corsello assisted by Brian Montgomery. => Kenny Barron recorded in Studio A. Produced by Kenny Barron with engineer Jim Anderson assisted by Brian Montgomery. => Stanley Jordan recorded in Studio A with Al Pryor producing, Todd Whitelock engineering and Colin Suzuki assisting. => Xanadu cast recording was done in Studio C with Jeffrey Lesser producing, Todd Whitelock engineering and Colin Suzuki assisting. => Matt Lauer interviewed Mick Jagger for NBC's TODAY Show in Studio C. Chase Levy produced and Rick Kwan assisted. => James Blunt was in Studio C for a video shoot. Charles Gant produced with Anthony Ruotolo engineering and Aki Nishimura assisting. => Counting Crows was in Studio C for a video shoot produced by Adam Duritz. Rick Kwan assisted. They also recorded a few tracks from their upcoming album. => In Studio C, JoJo performed and took questions from an online audience in a live Webcast. Todd Raymond produced with Roy Hendrickson engineering and Justin Gerrish assisting. => Mudvayne was in Studio B recording with producer Dave Fortman. Jim Keller engineered with Justin Gerrish assisting. => Sarah Brightman recorded Studio G with Roy Hendrickson engineering and Aki Nishimura assisting. => Madeleine Peyroux recorded a Billy Holiday Tribute in Studio B with producer Larry Klein. Brian Montgomery engineered, David Tolomei assisted. => Neil Young recorded The Young People's Chorus for his Chrome Dreams II album in Studio A. Neil Young produced with Niko Bolas engineering/co-producing assisted by Colin Suzuki. 5. QUICK MENTIONS => A small Pro Tools suite, Studio E, is available for editing, mixing or overdubbing. The room is equipped with a Lipinski 5.1 Surround Sound system, large flat panel TV and a small vocal booth. It has been used for writing sessions, voiceovers, overdubs and film score mixing sessions. For more information, contact Tino at mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=ProToolsSuite. => Recording Package Deals Avatar Studios can tailor a complete one-stop shop package deal to your recording needs that includes mastering. We have access to resources (e.g. various rooms, engineers) to help you work on your project starting with pre-production to tracking, overdubs, editing, mixing and final mastering to stay within your budget. We would be happy to provide consultation for planning your project. Contact Tino at mailto:Tino@AvatarStudios.net?subject=package_deals. 6. 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. 7. 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 Neve 8088, a SSL 9000J, a Neve VRP and a SSL 4000G+ Special Edition. All rooms are equipped with Pro Tools HD systems. AVATAR has several project rooms available as well including the Studio E, a Pro Tools editing suite. Mastering services are also available, independently or as part of a package. History: http://www.AvatarStudios.net/aboutus/history.html Clients: http://www.AvatarStudios.net/aboutus Gear: http://www.AvatarStudios.net/gear 8. SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE => To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, go to http://AvatarStudios.net/news/ newsletter.html. We respect your privacy. We will not give out your e-mail address. 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