Auburn resident Mike Coleman has always loved music, especially working behind the scenes in music production.
Sam Tenney / The Citizen
Adam Stotler, left, and Michael Coleman are opening a music recording studio this month on Osborne Street in Auburn. Coleman is the owner, while Stotler will serve as a producer and engineer.
Adam Stotler, left, and Michael Coleman are opening a music recording studio this month on Osborne Street in Auburn. Coleman is the owner, while Stotler will serve as a producer and engineer.
Coleman has recently decided to turn his long-time passion into one of Auburn's newest businesses.
Coleman has set up shop for Nice Productions at 107 Osborne St., where he plans to start recording some nice sounds for the listening public.
“There really is nobody here doing this kind of thing,” Coleman said. “I saw a need for something like this to give people something like this. This will give the public something. People will be able to come in here and make their own CD.”
Coleman, a keyboard player, along with friend and fellow musician Adam Stotler, will be providing a digitally-based recording studio.
Inside, Nice Productions will offer a soundproofed vocal booth along with the latest in computer-based recording software, including Pro Tools, MBox and other programs for creating backing tracks like Voodoo. The studio equipment at one's disposal includes a condenser microphone and pop filters.
Coleman and Stotler will be available for production, as well as helping to create backing tracks with their skills on keyboards and percussion in both the physical and virtual realms.
“People can come in here and sing,” Coleman said. “They can just come in and do what they do and we will be here to help them with their tracks and everything else they need.”
Coleman got his start in the world of music production about 10 years ago when he moved to North Carolina. There he took the opportunity to pursue his interest in music.
“I always loved this,” Coleman said. “I always wanted to be involved in music production and I was lucky to be able to get involved in it.”
While in North Carolina, Coleman made several friends, whom he said were very talented musicians and helped him learn his way around a recording studio.
“I learned on site, I guess you could say,” Coleman said. “I learned from some really talented people who really knew a lot about music and production. I learned by doing all of this.”
In North Carolina, Coleman worked on recordings by a variety of vocal-based performers, covering genres like rap, R&B and hip-hop.
“I worked with a lot of different people,” Coleman said. “Everyone has their own style and makes their own kind of music and I learned by working with and recording a lot of different people and a lot of different styles.”
Upon returning to New York to be closer to his family, Coleman had planned to start his own record label, Prison City Records, as well as running a home studio.
While the record label never took off the way he had hoped, Coleman did find some success with his home studio, recording demos and completed tracks for a variety of artists.
But recent events made Coleman decide that it was time to take his home-based studio to the next level. Coleman was working for Honeywell when he was told that he would be losing his job. He decided to use the opportunity to pursue other interests.
“I'm going to school again,” Coleman said. “I'm coaching a flag football team and I decided to take the money from my 401k and everything and put it into getting this studio going.”
Coleman said he was fortunate to find the space on Osborne Street with the help of friend Rob Barnes.
“We don't have a lot of space,” Coleman said. “But it is just right for what I need. We have a soundproof booth and a separate room for the control room. It is a good space.”
While Coleman is presently waiting for permits from the city to get his new business open officially, he already has high hopes for what he will be able to do with the new studio.
“I want to record a lot of different people,” Coleman said. “Anybody can come here and we'll help them with what they want to do. And we'll be here with drum machines and keyboards to help them create the backing tracks and they can just go out there and sing or rap and just do what they do.”
The studio will have the full capabilities to take a vocalist from start to a finished mixed and mastered CD recording.
To start, Coleman said that he will be focusing on vocal performances.
But down the road, he hopes to have a fully sound-proofed facility beyond the vocal booth that will one day allow him to do recording of full bands.
“I'd like to do that in the future,” Coleman said. “Right now we are just getting started, but I'd really like to be able to do that in the future.”
Coleman said that once he receives his permits, he plans to have a grand opening celebration sometime in September or October.
To learn more
Call Nice Productions at 515-0634.
Coleman has set up shop for Nice Productions at 107 Osborne St., where he plans to start recording some nice sounds for the listening public.
“There really is nobody here doing this kind of thing,” Coleman said. “I saw a need for something like this to give people something like this. This will give the public something. People will be able to come in here and make their own CD.”
Coleman, a keyboard player, along with friend and fellow musician Adam Stotler, will be providing a digitally-based recording studio.
Inside, Nice Productions will offer a soundproofed vocal booth along with the latest in computer-based recording software, including Pro Tools, MBox and other programs for creating backing tracks like Voodoo. The studio equipment at one's disposal includes a condenser microphone and pop filters.
Coleman and Stotler will be available for production, as well as helping to create backing tracks with their skills on keyboards and percussion in both the physical and virtual realms.
“People can come in here and sing,” Coleman said. “They can just come in and do what they do and we will be here to help them with their tracks and everything else they need.”
Coleman got his start in the world of music production about 10 years ago when he moved to North Carolina. There he took the opportunity to pursue his interest in music.
“I always loved this,” Coleman said. “I always wanted to be involved in music production and I was lucky to be able to get involved in it.”
While in North Carolina, Coleman made several friends, whom he said were very talented musicians and helped him learn his way around a recording studio.
“I learned on site, I guess you could say,” Coleman said. “I learned from some really talented people who really knew a lot about music and production. I learned by doing all of this.”
In North Carolina, Coleman worked on recordings by a variety of vocal-based performers, covering genres like rap, R&B and hip-hop.
“I worked with a lot of different people,” Coleman said. “Everyone has their own style and makes their own kind of music and I learned by working with and recording a lot of different people and a lot of different styles.”
Upon returning to New York to be closer to his family, Coleman had planned to start his own record label, Prison City Records, as well as running a home studio.
While the record label never took off the way he had hoped, Coleman did find some success with his home studio, recording demos and completed tracks for a variety of artists.
But recent events made Coleman decide that it was time to take his home-based studio to the next level. Coleman was working for Honeywell when he was told that he would be losing his job. He decided to use the opportunity to pursue other interests.
“I'm going to school again,” Coleman said. “I'm coaching a flag football team and I decided to take the money from my 401k and everything and put it into getting this studio going.”
Coleman said he was fortunate to find the space on Osborne Street with the help of friend Rob Barnes.
“We don't have a lot of space,” Coleman said. “But it is just right for what I need. We have a soundproof booth and a separate room for the control room. It is a good space.”
While Coleman is presently waiting for permits from the city to get his new business open officially, he already has high hopes for what he will be able to do with the new studio.
“I want to record a lot of different people,” Coleman said. “Anybody can come here and we'll help them with what they want to do. And we'll be here with drum machines and keyboards to help them create the backing tracks and they can just go out there and sing or rap and just do what they do.”
The studio will have the full capabilities to take a vocalist from start to a finished mixed and mastered CD recording.
To start, Coleman said that he will be focusing on vocal performances.
But down the road, he hopes to have a fully sound-proofed facility beyond the vocal booth that will one day allow him to do recording of full bands.
“I'd like to do that in the future,” Coleman said. “Right now we are just getting started, but I'd really like to be able to do that in the future.”
Coleman said that once he receives his permits, he plans to have a grand opening celebration sometime in September or October.
To learn more
Call Nice Productions at 515-0634.
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rerun wrote on Aug 18, 2009 7:38 PM:
fonducando wrote on Aug 17, 2009 11:29 PM:
hahaha good luck "
karl the 2nd wrote on Aug 17, 2009 7:23 PM:
This phenomenon is what killed music in the 90s. Kids who never learned to properly play. They don't need recording studios, they need strict teachers and places to play cover music!! "