Record Ready!

Vibe 56 Studio
...Downtown Nashville, on Music Row.

Let us help you make your record. Seriously.

If you or your band is in need of a basic demo or even a full-blown mastered recording, we can help. If you are a songwriter and need musicians to record your songs, we can help.

We have a basic package that includes the studio and an engineer for 5 days as low as $3000

It's our business to accommodate your musical needs, and deliver the highest standard of quality for your music.

Please contact CJ Sorg at 615-321-3056 to book a tour of our studio, or for any other information regarding our facility.

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Vibe 56 is a state-of-the-art recording facility housed inside a beautiful, muse-inspiring structure originally built in 1911. The building was first converted to a recording studio by Brown Bannister, who recorded Amy Grant and several other projects under the name 'The Dugout'. After serving 7 years as a publishing company's headquarters, the building was transformed back into a recording facility and opened as 'Vibe 56' in mid-2005.

Focus Right, It's the Law...Son

Pres on the Left, Please
...decent rack.

We've added a 4-channel Focusrite ISA 428 microphone preamp to our collection of gear. That equals out to a total of 32 solid channels of microphone pre-amplification in our rack of outboard gear. The new Focusrite has already been used on several sessions and has passed every recording test we've thrown it's way. Welcome to the rack, Focusrite, you've survived the hazing process.

There's also another new edition to the gear rack in the form of a Lawson stereo EQ. It has colorful knobs, and more importantly, passes audio. Seriously, if you can be impressed by the fact that we now have a Lawson stereo EQ, then you already know what a cool EQ this is.

Picture of new Lawson EQ

[UPDATE: the title of this post is supposed to be a funny pun-like headline. It is not against the law to focus incorrectly, but it IS frowned upon.]

Corb Lund Joins the Cavalry

Corb Lund's new album, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, dropped earlier this week. The entire project was tracked here at the studio. What's especially cool listening to these songs is the authentic atmosphere they have. It's usually very difficult to hear the details of the room that a particular instrument is recorded in. By the time a project gets through the mastering process countless EQ tweeks, compression, and added reverb have dramatically altered the perceptive "size" of the room in which the recording was made. This recording is so stripped down, clear and concise that I can almost count how many floorboards there are in the drum just by listening to these tracks.

Actually, no, I totally can't do that. There are 63 rows of floorboards in our drum room. I had to count them by hand.

Here's a link to the video for 'I Wanna Be In The Cavalry', which is the first single off the album.

Just Passing Through

Hole Some
...cable expressway is open.

One detail regarding the studio that has always seemed to fall to the bottom of the priority list has been adding pass-throughs in the walls between the major rooms. After accidentally turning that priority list upside down, we were able to knock out this now top-priority project with much help from our handyman friend, BJ Haycraft. Don't call BJ a handyman to his face though, or he may punch you in yours.

In total, we have four new pass-through holes throughout the studio. It is now possible to string a microphone or speaker cable from any of our individual tracking rooms to another without going through a doorway.

Sadly, no sledgehammers were needed for this project.

Koffee is King

Behold This Shrine to Caffinated Beverages
...also makes decaf, I'm told.

If only I'd gotten a dime for every time a session player made reference to the fact that a recording studio is only as good as it's coffee maker, we could have bought three of these months ago!

Seriously...we now have the Koffee King...and that's no typo. That is specifically what the machine has asked us to refer to it as. We are all merely pawns in its presence.

No one here is particularly nervous, it's just the newness of the readily-accessible, drinkable java that has us pacing up and down the hall. Productivity has increased 10-fold around here. In fact, I typed this entire post in less than 10 seconds.

Boss Hoge

Adam Beard, CJ Sorg, Will Hoge
...during mix session of live Will Hoge tracks.

Who doesn't love Will Hoge? I think, primarily, it would be people that haven't absorbed his music.

Adam Beard sat down in our control room and massaged some live tracks for a forthcoming release. Adam, if you didn't know, is also the bass player in Will's band. If I were in Adam's shoes I'd probably produce a mix that would appropriately be titled, The BASS GUITAR and Will Hoge. Lucky for everyone though, that Adam seems like a pretty balanced guy.

Will and Adam were gracious enough to pose for a picture with me, but my proper digital camera was NOT gracious enough to have a charged battery. iPhone camera to the rescue!