December 09

Nashville's Calico Trail signs with Lyric Street Records and start recording at Blackbird Studios and Albani's Sonic Eden Studios

Keith Burns and Michelle Poe of Burns and Poe sign deal with label.
The new single "Don't Get No Better Than That" recorded at Sonic Eden and produced by Mark Oliverius is released to radio

 

April 07
Recent Sessions At Sonic Eden Studios

Curb recording artists Rio Grande cut the first single (My memory) for their new cd.

Writer was Keith Burns from Trick Pony.  The producer was Mark Oliverius (Keys for Lori Morgan) and the recording and mixing engineer was John Albani (Owner of Sonic Eden)

Plans are being made for the new Trick Pony record to be recorded at Sonic Eden this year with Mark Oliverius and the band producing.  Mixing and recording will again be done by John Albani.  The first single (Don't Get No Better Than That) featuring new lead singer Aubrey Collins  has already been finished and is waiting to go to radio upon mastering.

New Lofton Creek artists Townsend & O'Donnell just finished their first single (Cowboy's Want It). Produced by writer and Grammy winner Bobby E Boyd (Broken Roads- Rascal Flatts) with mixing and recording by John Albani.
Townsend & O'Donnell are in this month recording more tracks for the new cd.

22 year old Ty Williams, (Soldier just back from Iraq) just finished his new cd and is shopping for a deal. Showcases are turning up major labels every time and we're confident and deal is not far off.  People just love this guy's music.  The producer was James "Bubba" Hudson and recording and mixing was done by John Albani.  Read more at www.tywilliams.com


Soundelux e250 Mic Tempts Sonic Eden

by Mix Editors

Aug 1, 2005

 

Award-winning engineer/producer, John Albani, Sonic Eden Studios, chooses the Soundelux e250

Owned by award-winning engineer/producer John Albani, Sonic Eden Studios often hosts some of the most important voices of the country music industry. Noticing this, Albani found a need for a large diaphragm condenser microphone that could comprehensively and impressively capture the essence of any voice and most every instrument that graced his studio. "I was looking for an overall microphone, which is usually pretty stupid to do because everyone sounds so different," Albani explains. "You never know what will sound good because one person may sound great on one mic, then someone else will walk in and it will be so wrong." Read the full article here.

 

 

03/30/2004 -legendary singer Dobie Grey recorded vocals on two songs of friend Jimmy Griffin, lead singer for the band Bread.
Jimmy passed away January 11 2005 after a battle with cancer.
Jimmy recorded the two songs with John Albani last year and had requested Dobie come in and lay down the vocal tracks.
"I think Jimmy must have been with us since everything went effortlessly and sounded incredable even when we just brought the faders up" said Albani.
Dobie used Sonic Eden's new Soundelux E250 through an LA-610.  Sweeeeet!
(Read about jimmy Griffin here)

4/24/2002

Pro Sound News

The Nashville Beat Goes On

Nashville (April 24, 2002)--Nashville Studios are working on new and exciting projects every day, and some are being made with new tools. The debut album for new Lyric Street artist, "Dave," was recorded and mixed at John Albani's Sonic Eden Studios (formerly Landshark Music). Due out in June, the album was produced by Dan Serafini, and Albani served as the recording and mixing engineer.

Dave originally came to Landshark to record demos, and after Lyric Street heard them, they signed him and asked Albani and Serafini to continue recording as they had started, and complete the album. Albani says, "I guess it sounded different to them because we didn't use the same players as everyone else, and the studio, engineer and producer were all unknown. The musicians were from various artists live bands--Chely Wright, Sons of the Desert, Charlie Daniels, etc. Also of interest is the album was done entirely with Steinberg's Nuendo DAW which I got going thanks to Chuck Ainlay." Sonic Eden has recently hosted several other artists, including Michelle Wright, Lisa Brokup and Randy Boudreax

 
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