Links and Vendors

Links to sites and friends we recommend visiting

Acoustics/Studio Build and Audio Resources

• - Recording.org - Home of the Dark Pines studio build thread, Recording.Org is a great forum for young, new, experienced and even old timer’s in the recording industry. Created by musicians, for musicians.
• Also at Recording.org, I’ve started a blog about Running a Studio
• Speciality Products and Insulation
  Products:
  Mineral Wool, OC-703, OC-705 - plain and frk type, Fire Caulk
  Comments:
  National distributor with branches all over the US. Great pricing. 1″ through 4″ Mineral Wool and OC products. 24″x48″ sheets up to 48″x96″. Can purchase as many, or as few sheets as you want.
• Sound Isolation Company
  Products:
  Green Glue - Tubes and buckets, SilenSeal Caulk
  Comments:
  Charlotte, NC based - Average Pricing, but usually have some sort of special.
• Saf Tool Company
  Products:
  Scaffolding
  Comments:
  Based in NC, it’s an eBay store, but their prices are pretty darned hard to beat. It was cheaper to buy a coupla’ bucks of scaffolding from these guys than rent it.
• Contractor Tool Supply
  Products:
  OSI SC-175 Acoustical Caulk
  Comments:
  Usually the best price on OSI products in the US.
• Loomcraft Fabrics, Burlington, NC
  Products:
  IFR Automotive Fabric
  Comments:
  They do not generally carry a certificate of compliance for their automotive fabrics, but you can ask for the manager, Ken, and he will get you one. BE SURE TO SPECIFY WHAT YOU NEED THE CERTIFICATE TO ADDRESS!Colors are very limited to muted medium to dark greys and browns, but their prices are killer; about 2/3 the cost of GOM.
• - Ribshack Recorders -Bubba’s LA Studio - PLUS the forums there are worthy of your time
• The Womb - The MixerMan Show, feating Aardy, Slippy and WeedyWet
• - John L. Sayers - Acoustics forum run by Australian studio designer; John L. Sayers
• - Studio Tips - A superb acoustics forum. Not for the faint of heart. These guys get serious on physics.
• HyperPhysics is a graphically oriented site, tying acoustics together like a flowchart.
• Rod Gervais’ book “Home Recording Studio - Build it Like A Pro”
• Philip Newell’s book “Recording Studio Design”
• National Music Publisher Association (NMPA)
• - Kenny Gioia’s latest ProTool’s Video!

Recording Studio Network of Friends and Places of Interest

• Bubba’s Ribshack - Bubba’s LA Studio - A GREAT vibe and a GREAT friend!
• Paper VU Studios - 3D’s one of the hottest Hip Hop AE’s in the world right now.
• - English Channel Band - The Music of a Generation… Cincinnati, Ohio
• - Roy Howell - One VERY talented man. (Even if he is a guitar player!)
• - Trash Rock Kings - Austin Texas… Rock and Roll, down and dirty… the way it should be.
• The Virtual Recording Studio - Run by my friend JMP2204 -

  VRS is a website that allows producers, mixers, and musicians, regardless of geographical location to create, collaborate on, and manage musical recording projects.
  ***As a side note, this is a working model of what the co-op will potentially feature for member artists and producers***

• - Joe Rogers Audio Design - Joe Rogers is an independent audio recording and mixing engineer located in the Houston, TX area.
• - johnnydrums - John Simmons is a Houston, Tx based drummer and drum instructor… with great chops.
• - Bruce Alan - Bruce is a gifted Bassist, Keyboard, Vocalist and Mixer based in Las Vegas, NV
• - Makin’ Sausage Music -  If you gotta ask… you don’t wanna know - Milwaukee, Wi.
• - Shelby Merchant - Cary, NC native now working in Nashville, and starting to make waves. The kind of man you wish was your son… Bright, talented, soft spoken and a great voice.
• John Jinright’s edublog - A Troy University music professor’s rather interesting blog.
• The City of Graham, NC

Links to Vendors we Recommend and Use!

• Leester’s Web Designs - (They did our site!)
• Audiolot - Pro is not about price
• Mercenary Audio - It’s Fletcher’s Place…
• Sweetwater - Ask for Brad Lyons at extension 1362.