Engineer Bios
Paul Snook—Engineer, Producer, Owner
Born in Birmingham, England, is classically trained as a Bassoonist and is a self-taught Bass-Guitarist. He relocated to London, England to pursue a music career. Paul was signed to Sony as a band member of Drum Theatre (No. 1 in Italy). He became a session musician and performed with Natalie Cole, Bill Withers, Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Alexander O’Neal, Gerald Alston, and Darryl Hall, to name a few. He has also collaborated with Paul Inder (Lemmy’s son, Motorhead) and Les Warner (The Cult Drummer). As a vocalist, Paul recorded with Bob Rose (Julian Lennon’s Producer) and Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant’s guitarist) at Real World (Peter Gabriel’s Studio), Malcolm McLaren. Paul moved to New York in 1994, as a singer-songwriter and was offered a deal by Irving Azoff of Giant Records and B.M.G. He has performed at numerous venues around NYC as a solo artist and band member. Paul began engineering and producing in 1997. He has worked with The Insteps, co-production with Glen Adams (Organist with Upsetters, Lee Scratch Perry), Corey Red & Precise (Life Records), Fishbone, Cage, Awkward Thought, NRSV, Maximum Penalty, Lafayette Harris (Bring in Da Noise), Escapade, Robert Mitchell, etc.
Engineering Credits: The Insteps (Producer), Awkwar Thought, Maximum Penalty (Producer), Escapade, Lafayette Harris Jr., Rival Schools, and Cage
Joanne—Engineer, Producer, Owner
Joanne has had the opportunity and privilege to work from the best in the urban game. She also studied music and guitar at The New School and spent some time performing on the NYC circuit with her self produced Hip Hop/R&B duo “Dimebag1wp” act entitled “Welcome 2da Addiction”. Joanne now owns her own facility where she runs her own production company, 1 Woman Productions Inc. She has worked at Chung King Studios, Hit Factory Studios, Sony Music Studios, Unique Studios, Power Play Studios, D&D Studios, Sound on Sound Studios, and Platinum Island.
Engineering Credits: Columbia/Sony: Kino Watson/Jermaine Dupri. Thugged Out Entertainment: Noriega/Cuban Linx, Freeze Records: Prince Domonique, Atco/East West: Voyce, BMG: Glen Toby, Big Daddy Distribution: NA’TRUEL, Groove Attack: Super Rappin Compilation, Remastering Publishing/Select: Bob Marley, IDG Publishing: SWV/Toni Braxton/Tina Turner/Patti La Belle/Irene Carr, anf for the Record Lables: Atlantic/Jive/Polygram/MCA/Universal.
Production Credits: Dolo Records: Hillfiguzes “Give It 2 Em Raw”, Columbia/Sony: Kino Watson “Got It Goin On”, Act/East West: Voyce “Here We Are”, Wintime Records: Mobstyle “This Is For The Honeys”, Freeze Records: Prince Domonique: “She’s Hot”
Glen Lorieo—Engineer, Producer
Glen graduated from NYU with a BFA in Film and Television. He has worked as a general assistant at the Chung King Studios, where he also assisted on sessions for Salt-N-Pepa and Baby Jay. He was an Assistant Technical Engineer at Howard Schwartz Recording, where he helped in the building and wiring or four new studios. He worked for G+G Productions as a live engineer, working on live musical performances and corporate installations. He was also a live engineer at the Alphabet Lounge. Glen has worked on voiceovers for videogames including “25 to Life” (Eidos) and “And 1: Streetball”.
Engineering Credits: 50 Cent, Ray Benzino, Greg Nice, Craig Mack, Stickyfingaz, Phoebe Snow, Kiyamma Griffin, Dreddy Kruger, M.C. Hammer, B.B. Jay, Horace Brown, Aaron Hall and D’Vante
James Williams—Producer, Owner
James started playing the drums at the age of five and began backing up hi father, Jazz legend Skip Williams at the age of nine. He did several commercials as a child and appeared in several different Broadway shows, including Street Dreams (dir. Peter Genaro) and The Broadway Brats (dir. Marty Winkler). He has played Jazz with Wild Bill Davis, Earl Warren, and Jaguar Wright. Jim discovered Lower East Side Punk and Hip Hop and played for such bands as Sarcasm, Sheer Terror, Nausea, and is the lead vocalist for Maximum Penalty. He has also played with Hip Hop Artist The Roots. Jim is the co-owner of a small independent record label, S&J Media Group with his partner Sergio Vega (Quicksand/The Deaftones).
Production Credits: Maximum Penalty, Skull Fuzz, InHuman, Nausea, Fro, Breeze Ever Flowing, Company Flow, Paul Ethnic, Strong Hold (Crew), Doreen Younglove, Johnny McGoverin’, Danny Diablo and the DMS Allstars
Martha Goode—Sound Designer, Owner
Martha is a transplanted Virginian now living in New York. She holds a BFA in Sound Design from Boston University and has done additional coursework at Columbia University. Martha’s Sound Design Credits include: Barrier Island (MTWorks at Center Stage), The Oath (MTWorks at the Arclight), To Barcelona! (Ignited States), Anais Nin Goes to Hell, (MTWorks at NYC Fringe 2008), Spite (Strings Attached Theatre Company at NYC Fringe), The Witlings (Magis Theatre Company), Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner? (Intravenous Theatre Company), Edward II ((re:Directions Theatre Company), Every Man (Ignited States: winner Samuel French Short Play Festival), Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out! (The Brick theatre), Love Is Good (Love Creek Productions), Training Wisteria (Fringe NYC, Kennedy Center, ACTF, Boston Playwright’s Theater), Translatioins of Xhosa (Kennedy Center, ACTF, Boston University), Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Blood Wedding, No Place to be Somebody (Boston University). Martha is the Fundraising Director of MTWorks and the Managing Director of Ignited States Production Company. She began interning at recording studios after she graduated from college, working as the studio manager. She joined Night Owl in 2003.
Katie Calvacca—Engineer
Katie began her training right here at Night Owl Studios. She immediately began sitting in on sessions, studying under Paul Snook and Joanne Carrero, eventually receiving her certification from Recording Connections. Learning quickly, Katie soon started working as an assistant here and at other studios as well. Before long she was recording and mixing demos for her friends. Night owl brought katie on to the team as an official engineer in 2009. Katie has now worked with many different types of clients ranging from voice-overs and musical theater to hip-hop and r&b to singer/songwriters and rock.
Brian Dan KeeZee—Engineer
Having been immersed in a musically nurturing environment at an early age; Brian has always aspired to contribute to the future of music. At the age of thirteen going on fourteen he focused his attention on acquiring a variety of skills and expertise in order to bring something new to the music industry. The first idea in mind was to become a trained guitar and bass player. Brian spent two years refining my skills and became a seasoned guitar and bass player. However; constantly on a quest to learn new knowledge in music Brian ventured into Manhattan and interned at Night Owl Studios where he finally found my niche in the music business, production and sound engineering. Throughout his internship he gained employment in music equipment retail at both Guitar Center and Sam Ash, which provided insight into how studios use and utilize both analogue sound from live instruments and digital sound from electronic instruments and software. Working as a tech, Brian learned how to repair various types of studio equipment; how they were built from the ground up to manipulate and process sounds all fashions of music. It was Night Owl Studios and the professionals employed there that created an environment suitable for learning and growing both musically and as an individual. Surrounded by these multi-talented, passionate professionals help to mold Brian into an engineer that could evolve with many genres of music such as; Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap, Pop, Reggaeton, Jazz, Rock, Hardcore Rock, Metal, and voice-overs.
Engineer Credits: KAMEKO, MIKE “G” GUERRIERO (GEM MUSIC), JOSIE CARR (LA GATA NEGRA) 1WP MUSIC, SEAN FLIGHT, J-MERK (MASSACRE MUSICAL INC. & FACULTY RECORDS), R.E.G. (L.O.N. & SPUNSTAR ENT.), NRSV (NO REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE), DENNIS HARTE (FUSION PIANIST), RADIO FREE NEW YORK, MUDSLINGAZ, JUAN LOPEZ, LATE NIGHT MACHINE (FUNK BAND), SHELLZ SHELDON ETTIENNE J.DENS, MALACHI (MERK-SMILEZ), KEN BLOOM
LIVE REHEARSAL CREDITS INCLUDE; SEAN PELTON OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, LEGENDARY BASS PLAYER WILL LEE, AND NICK SZATMARI. TO NAME A FEW
........... AND MANY MORE
Andy Marcinkowski—Freelance Engineer
Selected Discography:
Thy Burden: Recorded mixed and mastered the record Irish Legion
Paper Tongues: Comped, edited, & tuned vocals for live EP
Moby: Mixed live set and various b-sides for Itunes release
R
edeemer Forum for Singer/Songwriters: Recorded & mixed the record In
the City
Hollywood Undead: Provided additional engineering for live album Swan
Songs
Animal Collective: Recorded various instruments for EP Fall be Kind
Centigrade: Mixed an E.P
Harris: Recorded & mixed an E.P
Thy Burden: Mixed the album Cochecton Hills
Lightspeed Champion: Recorded all instruments for upcoming album
Moby: Co-mixed the album Wait for me
Amanda Blank: Recorded all instruments & vocals for the album I Love
You
Jae London: Recorded all instruments & vocals for the album Lost in
Space
Rocco John Quartet: Recorded, mixed, & mastered the albums Devotion & Don’t Wait Too Long
Dave Gahan: Recorded a live set for the Hourglass DVD
Cinematic Orchestra: Mixed Child Song & co-mixed the album Ma Fleur
Night Owl Studios producers are a group of talented producers skilled in different genres of music ranging from; Singer songwriter, Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Jazz, Voiceovers to Country amongst many others. Whether through live instrumentation and or sequenced production they offer record quality music production for the independent and signed artists, singers and songwriters. If you need a record producer, a professional recording studio and a comfortable creative environment then you've come to the right place!
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