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Dude I don't even work at Electrical, but you'd be hard pressed to find a group of people more into Bill Withers than the folks there. If the sound of Just As I Am or Still Bill is a thing you aspire to, then you probably just hit paydirt.

This is my life: answering questions for steve albini.I know that the Plush record was made with horns in the dead room. JC Brooks and the Uptown sound have recorded here too, but I forget which studio they did their record.We do branch out of hard rock--while that seems to be our focus, we get a fair amount of folk, classical and jazz groups (Greg has recorded a ton of artists in the local jazz/experimental scene.) I think what would be best is if you took a tour of the place, checked out our two studios and maybe get a chance to speak to Greg--he's fantastic, and he's really open to ideas and helping our clients get the sound they want. email me if you'd like: sowley@electricalaudio.com

I'm sure I speak for everybody here at Electrical when I say we'd love a chance to work on more records like that. I'll hunt around for some specific suggestions for you to listen to. By that I mean I'll ask Sowley to do it.

Please do, because we're very interested. We've got the money for the project, but not much to spare, so we need to make a careful, informed decision when choosing the studio. Thanks a lot!

Ah, thanks, Sowley (I sent my reply to Steve's post just before your post appeared). I will try to find examples of the work of the two you named, and will call to schedule a tour of the studio in October. Thanks!

I'm considering booking Electrical because I want to work with tape and vintage effects, but I see no evidence of any music like ours having been recorded here. It's R&B and we want the record to sound like 1975 (dead drums, horns, etc.). Has music like this been successfully recorded here (or elsewhere by Greg Norman), or is it just straight hard rock? I want to feel like I'm working somewhere, or with people, who have some background with those sounds. Thanks!

Is this R&B session going to happen? Sure as shit I want to hear it if it does.

Bubber wrote:Is this R&B session going to happen? Sure as shit I want to hear it if it does.Yup.TLS10501976, I think you've already sold at least two records before even booking the studio.

Let's say three?