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Practical Tips for Working With EQ
When it comes to recording audio, perhaps one of the fundamental elements is properly mixing and setting EQ levels for vocal tracks. For mixing voices, it is important remember one key idea: every voice is different, and every song is different. For mixing audio with...
3 Tips for Mixing With Headphones
Mixing on headphones has its pros and cons. When it comes to consistently mixing while using headphones, there can often times be some inconsistencies in levels and sound. Ultimately, it is ideal to do initial mixing on a set of high quality studio monitors. However,...
Barefoot Wine Founders Employ Zone Recording Technology to Record Audio for Success Magazine Interview
Houlihan and Harvey co-authored the New York Times Bestselling Business Paperback, “The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand.” From what originated as a start-up in their laundry room in 1986, has since become a nationwide...
Hip-Trip, a Frank Hayhurst Benefit: Sonoma County Musicians Celebrate and Support One of Their Own!
WHAT: "Hip-Trip" Benefit dinner, dance party, and silent auction WHEN: Sunday, March 23, 2014, from 5 to 9:30pm WHERE: Sebastopol Community Center at 390 Morris St in Sebastopol ADMISSION: $10 donation at the door DINNER: From 5 to 7pm. Rasta Dwight's BBQ chicken...
The 6 most SHOCKING! reasons to attend Blair Hardman’s Digital Recording Workshop at Zone Recording Studio
The most prominent Sonoma County recording studio is holding a digital recording workshop. Here's 6 shocking reasons you MUST attend! 7884 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati CA Sat. Feb. 22nd, 1:00 - 4:00PM! $30. 1. Blair has been recording at Zone for 25 years, (can you...
The Grammys Serenade the Beatles with Star-Studded Tribute
Last night, CBS aired "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles". The musical evening was filled with star-studded performances that marked the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ first U.S. television performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” The...
Zone Recording Studio Obtains Recording Rights for Audiobook ‘Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy, The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz’
Blair Hardman, owner of Zone Recording Studio in Cotati, CA, recently obtained rights to record the audiobook Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy, The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz by multi-million selling author Don Miguel Ruiz and co-author Mary Carroll...
Johanna Parker Voices Audio Book ‘Autumn Bones, Agent of Hel’ at Zone Recording Studio, Cotati CA.
Award winning voiceover artist Johanna Parker recently visited Zone Recording Studio to voice the audio book Autumn Bones, Agent of Hel by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Carey. Autumn Bones, Agent of Hel is the second installment after Dark Currents in...
Voiceover Workshop at Sonoma County Recording Studio
Voiceover Workshop with Blair Hardman at Zone Recording Studio. Sat. March 16th, 1:00-4:00. Beginning to intermediate. $50. Limited to 12 people - Call 707-664-1221 or email blair@zonemusic.com to reserve a space. 7884 Old Redwood Hwy. Cotati CA 94931 Come learn...
A Sonoma County Recording Studio Remembers a Profound Journalist
A moment of silent respect is given as this Sonoma County Recording Studio looks back fondly on a public figure that is now laid to rest. Huell Howser was a much beloved Public TV travel journalist based in Southern California, and produced hundreds of shows under the...