FALL STUDIO NEWS
Photo: Tiffany Impson
er/engineer Tiffany Impson.
Back at CRC, they've welcomed new engineer/ producer Todd Beee to the studio family. Music fans may have seen his name on
credits with artists and producers such as
ASAP Ferg, Moody, Spenzo, Fredo Santana,
C-Sick,
and
Nascent; or you
may know Todd
from his incredible
shoe
collection
posted under his
Instagram alias:
@ToddBeee.
Acclaimed
Chicago soul and
Emma Ohm at I.V. Lab Studios
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl at Cubby Bear tracked by American Mobile
M
ix Magazine recently featured
Chicago's GRAVITY STUDIOS in
their Studio News section featuring
a session with owner/producer Doug
McBride, engineer Tim Yamaya and British
band Anathema. Also at Gravity, Tim The
Singer tracked his soulful mix of Hip/Hop,
R/B, and Pop EP, Can’t Control Myself, with
Yamaya engineering.
Beth Liebling arrived at Gravity to record
some new music with engineers, Sam Fell
and Mike Penny.
CHICAGO RECORDING COMPANY's
sister facility, American Mobile Mobile
recording vehicle tracked the Foo Fighters at
the Cubby Bear for their surprise live show
(which was streamed via HBO's Facebook
feed) following Episode One of the Sonic
Highway series on HBO. The American
Mobile
crew
included
owner/
producer/engineer Chris Shepard, CRC
Executive VP Hank Neuberger and produc-
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R&B
vocalist
Jennifer Hudson
released her new
album, JHUD, last
month. Over the last year and a half, nearly all
of CRC's music engineering staff have been
involved in the making of Hudson's record
and naturally are very excited to be able to
say how much work they have put into it.
CRC's staff is very happy for Jennifer, and
want to give a shout out to RCA Records for
their support and success with yet another
great production. Their engineering staff
involved with the project includes: Mat
Lejeune, Jonathan Lackey, Steven Faye, Jon
Zacks, Jeremy Chereskin, and Ron Etters.
Stalwart CRC Engineer, Mark Wilkening
recently teamed up with marketing agency
Cramer-Krasselt and Vitamin Pictures to
mix 4 haunting spots for the transformation
of California's Knott's Berry Farm into
"Knott's Scary Farm."
At Chicago's I.V. LAB Studios, acclaimed
punk/pop rockers AM Taxi tracked new
music in Studio A.
I.V. Lab's Manny Sanchez recorded several tracks with The Good. Johnathan Beverly
from Trees also mixed some tracks. The new
single from Hard Working Americans,
"Come From The Heart" featuring Rosanne
Cash (her parts were not
recorded locally) was
tracked
by
Chris
Harden at I.V. Lab.
Emma Ohm was in the
studio tracking with
engineer James Auwater
and producer John
Norman .
Crow Moses new album
(featured on WXRT's
Local Anesthetic), Horse
Heaven Hills comes was
released last month. The
album was produced by
Gary Louris of the The Jayhawks and engineered and mixed by I.V. Labs Chris Harden.
93 XRT's Richard Milne says, Crow Moses'
long-player is "simply the finest record I've
heard out of Chicago this year."
Todd Kessler & The New Folk's new
video "Exactly Where I Should Be" was shot
on location. Engineer Tom Miller tracked a
record in Studio A with the Tom Matta Big
Band. Tim Fite did vocals for a new project
called Grant$!.
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