[Gideon]

Originally posted by 88fingerz
You know, it's funny: I was hunting for a top studio but I also needed a top talent within; an engineer who not was only technically savvy, but also had the gift of great ears, perfect pitch (to point out those not-so-perfect vocal takes (and how to achieve much better performance), killer musician chops also was a requirement.

I found out that I was asking for alot...short of a darn miracle.

That is until I stumbled upon this Bohana cat @ a small project studio called "Rockgarden" in Williamsburg Brooklyn, 5 minutes from Manhatten.

He was the last Eastern Region rep from Opcode Systems before their untimely demise.

With this unusually gifted engineer I was able to sing my song with no instrumentation to him and off he goes:

First laying down oh so believable drums right off his synth (not only were the samples outstanding, but his natural playing was more than convincing(kind of like Neil Peart, Stuart Copeland & Ringo all rolled into one).
Even a few top flite session drummers asked who the drummer was and how the kit was miked.

He then fortified that with a stellar frettless bass line, with natural bends and and an infectuous groove.

He played sampled guitar sounds, solo violins, etc...

We were constantly blown away by his all around expertise and talents. His studio is small but mighty and the sound was as if it were done in a much more expensive. real estate ladden facility.

Only thing that first scared us off was his low price, $45.00 per hour for what seemed to be absolutely priceless musicianship, engineering. producing, and, to top it off, he always kept us entertained with a biting wit and funny take on just about everything. But, make no mistake, when it came to delivering a polished, professional sounding CD, he was all bussiness.

So, all in all, I'd have to say, after seeing what's out there and what can be done, we were hard pressed to ever find an all around studio engineer/producer/keyboardist like this cat named Dean@ Rockgarden Studio.

Here's his site...tell 'em Fingerz sent ya!

http://www.RockgardenMusic.com

P.S....A friend of mine started a Karaoke company and this Dean cat was able to remake any song from any era/genre to the letter, all played by him on his synth/sampler. Just extraordinary!

Fingerz

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