Where The Magic Happens : 4 Delaware Studios to Have on Your Radar
Behind every hit record is blood, sweat, tears and a team of people who bring a dream to life. That team assembles in a brick and mortar building which can often be a key member of the team. A culmination of work, style, and creativity happens inside the walls of amazing studios with determined producers and engineers. Artists travel from all over while record labels pay top dollar to have their artist soak up any residual magic that places like Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village in New York City, or Abbey Road Studios in London, England have seemingly never-ending amounts of.
Studios provide an encouraging atmosphere and staff to help capture the essence of a story and bring out the best in a band in order to compete with the high level of production and quality that Grammy-award-winning artists capture. Here’s a list of some of the many music studios that have been established, and some that have just recently popped up, in Delaware.
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Run by Nick Holmes and Kyle Hickey, Occupy Studio in Newark, Delaware, is a high-end full service studio with a modern and flashy feel. They consider themselves a family of professionals who have artists' best interest in mind.
While brushing shoulders with engineers such as Johann Chavez, and Anthony Cruz they have a collective 20 years of music experience. Occupy’s staff has worked on tracks that touched artists such as Torey Lanez, Tobi Lou, Marielle Kraft, Royal, and Johnny Craig. They also have the local stamp of approval from local recording artists like Haha Charade and Nic Snow.
(Photo by Mike Scioli)
(Photo by Mike Scioli)
The studio is full service - providing recording, mixing and mastering capabilities. The gear list on their website is impressive including double construction walled vocal booths, an Apogee MKII audio interface, and drum kit provided.
(302) 223-4441
170 East Main Street, Newark, DE, 19711 United States
Ken-Del Studios was brought to life in 1983 by Liam Burgess and has since raised the bar for the local music scene, offering both vintage and state-of-the-art facilities, and unmatched experience and professionalism. Long time music lover and producer Paul Janocha came into the scene in 1988 and assumed the position of chief engineer and producer in 2003.
Paul's discography includes such names as Jimmy Buffett, Dionne Warwick, "Weird Al" Yankovic, jazz legend Donald Byrd, Maxine Jones (En Vogue), the Temptations, Grammy nominee Johnny Neel (The Allman Brothers), Tony Award winner Melba Moore, as well as scores of local independent artists including Tommy Conwell, Nik Everett, members of The Hooters, Ike, Matt Sevier, and many more. Ken-Del has several studio rooms to fit any sound and feel a musician or band could be looking for.
Studio A
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Studio A is a large 33'x48' live room designed to deliver massive drums for rock tracks or concert hall acoustics for your piano.
Studio B
(Photo B by Paul Janocha)
Studio B is a sound stage, perfect for recording live video, band rehearsals, or special events. It features a split-level 24'x12' stage with concert lighting and full PA, Pro Tools audio recording, and HD video recording.
Studio C
(Photo C by Paul Janocha)
Centered around a 56 input Sony DMX-R100 digital console and featuring Genelec monitors and Pro Tools recording, Studio C is a smaller, more intimate setting for use as an editing and vocal overdub suite.
A trendy studio specializing in Hip Hop and R&B, Red Room Recordings also has experience in film and video short special audio effects, scores, social media sound byte clips, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and more. They also offer administration support services for copyright, publishing and digital distribution. With an abundance of ways to help take an artist to the next level of professionalism, Red Room Recordings is seemingly a one stop shop for any aspiring musician.
You can also book studio space for review & listening parties for an upcoming music release. Checking out their website to view their “Al-a-Carte Services” would be a great investment of time for any ready-to-record artist.
info@r3music.com
(302) 428-9532
1127 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, DE 19805
(Photo by Freddy Lake)
(Photo by Freddy Lake)
New Wave Music provides vocal recording, mixing and mastering, and instrumental production in New Castle, Delaware. They have a high focus on Hip Hop and R&B as well as music community building. They host collective production sessions, events where the producers get together and work on tracks together, offering feedback and growing in a group setting.
They offer affordable and customizable pricing. They even offer remote services like online vocal mixing and track out mixing. They have a Youtube Channel run by producer, engineer, and song writer Joshua Marzz explaining the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of DIY recording.
newwavemusic.business@gmail.com
(302) 824-6962
1001 New Jersey Ave, New Castle, DE 19720
