Prairie Sun Recording Studios
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 Located north of San Francisco, Prairie Sun Recording Studios was founded by Mark "Mooka" Rennick in the late 1970s. | |
| General information | |
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| Type | Independent |
| Hardware | Vintage analogue/digital |
| Software | Pro Tools HD |
| Associated | Eric Gales, Primus, Tom Waits |
| Website | www |
Prairie Sun Recording Studios is an audio
History
Prairie Sun co-owner, Mark "Mooka" Rennick, is a musician (bass player, primarily) who toured with Commander Cody's Billy C. Farlow in the late 1970s. After trying to balance life as a touring musician with that of a studio owner/producer, he left the road for his - at that time - garage-style studio near Sonoma State University, which is what initially brought him to the area from his native Illinois. "I started with the Beach Boys' 'Clover' mixing desk and a 1-inch 8-track machine," recalls Rennick. "Then I got a 2-inch 16-track, and by 1979 I had bought a 24-track 2-inch machine from Wally Heider's Studio when they went out of business. So, 'Boom,' I'm in the studio business - because I had the hardware."[2]
In 1981, Mooka teamed up with chicken-ranch owner Clifton Buck-Kauffman and relocated Prairie Sun to his 12-acre farm. The studio became known as a residential recording facility, combining vintage analogue devices with the modern digital recording technology. The studio evolved to become a complete audio destination: living areas, rehearsal space for pre-production, tracking/overdubbing rooms, and mixing/mastering suites. The sole permanent resident of Prairie Sun is studio cat Bubba Feats.[1]
Recording artists
Artists that Prairie Sun has recorded include:
Record labels
Prairie Sun has worked with labels in the music industry from major to independent:
Equipment
Prairie Sun's three studios house an 80 input
References
- ^ a b "MetroActive Music - Prairie Sun Recording Studio". Metroactive.com. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ "Prosound Network: Studio Showcase A Day In The Sun". Prosoundnetwork.com. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Prairie Sun's Clients". Prairiesun.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Prairie Sun's Gear List". Prairiesun.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
External links
- Prairie Sun Recording Blog
- Pro Sound: A Day in the Sun
- Pro Sound: Rock Reggae Black Suit Blues at Prairie Sun
- USA Today: Grateful Dead's 'Europe '72' gets a massive redo
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