https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/the-geography-of-music daily 0.75 2020-08-03 https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/the-geography-of-music/Blog Post Title One-l6b5b monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590377708251-HO5E2Y0R8ZCATNI7ALV1/Map.png The Geography of Music - What Makes a Music Scene? https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/studio daily 0.75 2025-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590391414681-8A6BJMSYXG1GJDMSEFAH/Recording+Reggie+Watts+and+Karen+at+the+famed+El+Cid+nightclub+in+Echo+Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590435419613-HVNBKLM8ZYOA3C9HRWSQ/Matt%2BFuller%2Btracking%2Bdrums%2Bat%2BHollywood%2BRecording%2BStudio.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1595718192582-4VERSC7KWR3QRTP53TNJ/Gretsch+Guitar https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/eleanor-roosevelt daily 0.75 2020-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590457616867-CWF50NU2URYIGDGGJYJY/Eleanor+Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt - Eleanor Roosevelt Lij Shaw, Matt Fuller, Chris King, John Minkoff (L-R) All releases available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and other digital outlets. 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His previous album (released in summer 2019) was titled “Greed Part 4 – The Rehearsals” and contains 21 songs, one for each stanza of Diane Wakoski’s poem “Greed – Part 4”. The album consists of rehearsal recordings for a live performance that had lighting and weather issues, so he decided to release the rehearsal recordings instead, and they cover a wide range of rock genres with an honest, relaxed feel. The core band is joined by Mike Martin on guitar and vocals and Danny Hommes on drums. His 2019 EP “Ellis Island” features a score of the poem “Ellis Island” by Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian, along with a score of the poem “Do Not Die” by Marine Petrossian, and an original composition of Nick’s titled “Time on My Hands”. Nick’s 2017 EP “Just Smile” features two original compositions by Nick, “Just Smile” and “Living for Today”, along with “Called a Poet”, which was also part of the Greed release. Nick’s debut release in 2015 is titled “Poetry Scored”. Collaborators on “Poetry Scored” include Mark Buckheit, Frank Catalano, Brian Henneman, Lyris Hung, David Melson, Carl Pandolfi and Mark Peterson and many others. Many of the songs are poetry scores where Nick sets to music poems by Mary Dalton, Andreas Embirikos (translated by Nikos Stabakis), Chris King, Josephine Miles and Albert Saijo. Nick produced a poetry score of Newfoundland poet Mary Dalton’s “All the Clubs from Holyrood to Brigus,” a group effort by 13 songwriters that premiered in St. Louis at the Schlafly Tap Room in 2015. He was also a drummer and singer on several other Poetry Scores projects produced by other songwriters. Nick worked on a Poetry Scores project with Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis County, organized by modern composer Eric Hall. The recording “Man with the Briefcase #2968443” was featured at Laumeier Sculpture Park’s interactive Site/Sound multimedia in 2012 as part of the St. Louis collective Three Fried Men. Nick performed a score of the poem “Christmas Day, 1972” by Hawaiian poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake, playing with the band Three Fried Men, that was released in Honolulu on the CD “Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki.” In addition to his original band, Nick plays with local cover band Rock Opera, and before living out of town for most of 1991-2011, Nick was a former member of Boom, Cagney and The Heebie Jeebies. In addition to playing music, Nick has worked in the pro audio/musical instrument sales industry for over 25 years, including 12 years with St. Louis Music and now in his 8th year with his own independent rep firm Bedrock Brands. Nick studied business at Saint Louis University, earning a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Marketing. He played in the SLU Jazz Band all four years. Nick also helped to start the band program at his alma mater, De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis. He and his wife Beth are proud parents of three adult and college age sons. They live in Kirkwood, where Nick also sings in the choir at St. Peter of Kirkwood Catholic Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590399107001-HDG73A8FCSJ5R252DGDE/Nick+Barbieri+-+Greed+Part+4+-+The+Rehearsals.jpg Nick Barbieri - Greed Part 4 - The Rehearsals Words by Diane Wakoski Music by Nick Barbieri Ready to Run Unwanted Nuisances Nothing Belonged to Him We Who Had Nothing to Give Secure Ourselves Against Loss Called a Poet (Rehearsal) River of Feelings Possibilities of Loneliness Collect My Rents, Regularly Born as Diamonds Sense of Mastery The Intruder The Turtle Somehow Impervious We Are Lucky Condemn that Greed / Surrounded by Possessions A Little Spark We Are Authors Greed Another Greedy Man Available on iTunes, Spotify, and other digital outlets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590398856637-PAZUJ8BM7KNL48DB8PSF/Nick+Barbieri+-+Just+Smile.jpg Nick Barbieri - Just Smile (EP) Living for Today Just Smile Called a Poet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590398635070-EFUV82OB25V4VDC4A8X9/Nick+Barbieri+-+Poetry+Scored.jpg Nick Barbieri - Poetry Scored Theme for a Sunny Day TIME IS MOTION IS GRAVITY Longing to Find Myself Out The Ground The Shape of a Man Fireworks Desire Midget’s Man with Briefcase at #2968443 The Swallowing, Pt. 1 The Swallowing, Pt. 2 The Swallowing, Pt. 3 The Swallowing, Pt. 4 Available on iTunes, Spotify, and all other digital outlets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590398971109-3J96EAN4N2LUTLK0LZNC/Nick+Barbieri+-+Ellis+Island.jpg Nick Barbieri - Ellis Island (EP) Ellis Island Do Not Die Time on My Hands https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-08-19 https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/videos daily 0.75 2020-05-25 https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/about daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590434848300-Y5SCAZ49D6TXE3PLWUWR/Meghan+Gohil https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/recording-guitars daily 0.75 2020-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590952902237-5ON97H9F91YOXE7KPWRK/Pedalboard Recording Guitars - The Holey Board pedal board - https://holeyboardpedalboards.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590954003614-WFBI51G6WHA6LK6U5XTD/Gibson+BR-6+amplifier+at+Hollywood+Recording+Studio Recording Guitars - The Gibson BR-6 amplifier, built in 1946. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1590955167319-FF01HX65NE2N01ZGV1BW/image-asset.jpeg Recording Guitars - The Electrovoice PL5 https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/mix-submission-guidelines daily 0.75 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1607677764940-5GW2KMOQLT5741R6QGZL/File+Name+Examples Mix Submission Guidelines Here is a good example of files that were named well. https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/eric-david-rose daily 0.75 2021-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/1607675993387-MBA4MMQCCQAWKR7RHTNZ/Eric.jpg Eric David Rose Eric Rose - Recording at the Toy Box Studio in Nashville TN https://www.hollywoodrecordingstudio.com/lij-shaw daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec9bff54eb3960db9596c42/539e653b-18e5-4b2f-8f24-1958ec9393dd/Lij+Shaw Lij Shaw - Lij Shaw INTRODUCTION Lij Shaw is an award-winning, chart-breaking music and podcast producer, recording engineer, musician, and owner of the Grammy awarded recording studio, The Toy Box Studio in East Nashville TN. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes podcast RecordingStudioRockstars.com and mixing engineer for the annual TheHayBaleStudio.com backstage at Bonnaroo. In 2022 he saved home studios from extinction by suing the Nashville Metro government in the Tennessee Supreme Court for trying to shut down home businesses and banning home music studios in Music City. He won by pushing through new legislation to legalize home businesses for all. CREDITS Lij has produced and recorded countless records that have garnered praise in Rolling Stone and Spin for such artists as The Spinto Band, The Living Things, Jill Sobule, Glenn Tilbrook, Rosco Gordon, The Silver Seas, Barry and The Remains, Deer Tick and Twiggs. His musical productions have also been used in television and film soundtracks, including The Living Things’ “Bom Bom Bom” in the Cingular Razor commercial for the 2005 Super Bowl, and The Spinto Band’s “Oh Mandy” in a TV commercial for Sears. His studio, The Toy Box Studio in East Nashville, Tennessee, was awarded a Grammy certificate in 2015 for being the studio where Grammy-winner Chad Brown mixed Shine For All The People by Mike Farris. From 2005 to 2019, Lij operated The Hay Bale Studio backstage at the annual Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, where he recorded and mixed hundreds of songs for national broadcast by such world-famous artists as Jack White, The Raconteurs, The Black Keys, Aimee Mann, Andrew Bird, Blues Traveler, Grace Potter, Wilco, and Tori Amos, to name just a few. Getting Started Lij’s first foray into making music was taking Suzuki violin lessons as a kid in New York City. He later learned guitar from his uncle on the porch of their family’s summer home in Ephraim, Wisconsin. But it wasn’t until his college years studying architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, that Lij dove headlong into making music. He played guitar and essentially any instrument available in various college bands, soon adding harmonica, melodica, banjo, and accordion to his repertoire. As a multi-instrumentalist, Lij played and recorded with crowd-pleasing twang-bangers Enormous Richard (alongside singer, published author, and equal rights pundit Chris King). He further honed his prog-rock guitar skills in power trio Green Eggs and Spam (with Dave Melson on bass and Autumn Hill Records artist Rob Silverman on drums). Hong Kong Four years of squeezing in classes between music gigs and rehearsal sessions yielded Lij a Bachelor’s degree in architecture. Post-college, he spent a couple of months months in London working on becoming a responsible adult, but music had other plans. Lij’s younger brother, Nate, was studying in Hong Kong and playing in a blues band, Blue Wail, which was in need of a guitarist. Nate asked Lij if he was up to the task, and Lij didn't ponder long. Within the week, he'd quit his two jobs, booked a plane ticket on his nearly maxed-out credit card, and bid his girlfriend goodbye. He hopped a fifteen-hour flight to Hong Kong, arriving there with no place to stay and no plan other than to learn to play the blues. A turning point for Lij came when Blue Wail was invited to record a song in a professional studio in Hong Kong. Mesmerized by the blinking lights, enigmatic mixing console, and mammoth tape machine, Lij realized that he'd found his calling. To him, architecture had always seemed like frozen music. He was much more interested in creating liquid architecture, half a year later, he returned home to Boston set on going back to school, but not for architecture. This time, he was going to learn the art of recording music in the studio. Alex the Great Studio In 1991, Lij again packed up his things and headed for Nashville to study at Middle Tennessee State University, where he earned a B.S. in Recording Engineering. After graduating college a second time, he jumped at the chance to produce and record professionally at Alex The Great Recording in Nashville. Under the guidance of Brad Jones and Robin Eaton, Lij learned the ins and outs of making music sound amazing. Excited to apply his newfound skills, he independently produced bands in studios around the country, traveling widely over the next decade. Poetry Scores Lij’s passion for travel and recording music and poetry led him and his production partner Chris King to co-create the nonprofit group Poetry Scores, to bring music and poetry together on CD and film. Lij and Chris recorded and wrote music with such literary greats as Leo Connellan (Poet Laureate of Connecticut), and Les Murray (Poet Laureate of Australia). Lij went on to work with nonprofit organization Youth Speaks Nashville to produce spoken-word recordings of middle school and high school students in Music City. Recording Studio Rockstars Lij had learned from the best of the best in the music industry, and he wanted to help others do the same. In 2015, he launched the podcast Recording Studio Rockstars with the aim of bringing music-makers of all skill levels into the studio to learn from top recording professionals. Through nearly a thousand hours of interviews with world-renowned engineers, producers, and musicians, Lij has helped countless home- and pro-studio owners make their best records ever and become rockstars of the recording studio in their own right. In the process, he himself has learned a ton more about recording, mixing, and mastering. The love is in the learning - and for Lij, the learning never ends. Lij Fights City Hall . . . and Wins! It so happened that, also in 2015, Lij received a cease-and-desist letter from the City of Nashville, citing him for “operating a professional recording studio” out of his home. Not one to take oppression lying down, Lij fought Metro City Council for seven years to defend his own right and the right of all Nashville residents to work from home in Music City. He spearheaded the push for new legislation to legalize home studios for everyone, which, in 2020, culminated in a law allowing home businesses to operate within stipulated parameters. The Toybox Studio Having finally made his own recording studio legal, Lij’s newly remodeled Toy Box Studio now features a world-class Phantom Focus Room from Carl Tatz Design, where his framed, hard-won home studio permit hangs prominently on the wall next to his Grammy certificate. After five action-packed decades, fitness-obsessed Lij is on the lookout for his next musical adventure. And he’s more ready to rock than ever! 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