Skaggs Place Studio, a historic recording area in Hendersonville, Tennessee, based by Nation Music Corridor of Fame member Ricky Skaggs, is about to reopen on July 16 after present process intensive renovations. The studio, which has been closed for the previous few years, has been up to date with state-of-the-art expertise to offer a first-class recording expertise.
“I am so blissful that my newly renovated recording studio Skaggs Place is lastly able to open up once more,” says Skaggs. “We have executed so many issues to make it a first-class recording studio within the quiet little city of Hendersonville, Tennessee. It was already a studio the place many GRAMMY Award-winning tasks have been recorded, however with new enhancements, like elevating the ceiling peak to 14 toes, new hardwood flooring, amp lockers for stay recordings, a brand new lighting system, a brand new HVAC system the place air falls from overhead down into the room so it’s totally quiet, simply to call a number of. It is only a cool place to be artistic.”
The studio has a wealthy historical past, relationship again to 1968 when The Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen bought the constructing. In 1998, Skaggs acquired the area and up to date its manufacturing high quality. Through the years, many notable artists have recorded on the studio, together with Skaggs, Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels, Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Earl Scruggs, Huey Lewis, Doc Watson, Vince Gill, The Oak Ridge Boys, Marty Stuart, Alison Krauss, Bruce Hornsby, John Fogerty, John Anderson, Joan Osborne, Bobby Naked, Martina McBride, Seals & Crofts, the Gaither Vocal Band, Travis Tritt, Patty Loveless, and plenty of extra.
As expertise continues to evolve, Skaggs determined it was time to revamp the studio, which incorporates an intensive renovation of its communal areas, a common technical improve, a 14-foot ceiling within the stay room that can enable expanded video capabilities, in addition to newly constructed mic and amp lockers. “I have been accumulating outdated classic microphones and outboard tube gear since I first got here to Nashville again in 1980, they usually all nonetheless sound nice and are able to work for a brand new technology of artists, engineers, and producers,” Skaggs explains. “We have now Professional Instruments and Analog 24 monitor recording as effectively.”
The studio is comprised of a number of distinctly totally different recording areas, providing handy sightlines and interconnectivity between rooms and the management room. The stay room measures 38’x27′ and sports activities 14-foot ceilings, whereas the unique Westlake-designed Superior Sound management room has been transformed into a flexible 17’x15′ iso sales space. The studio additionally options 4 remoted amplifier lockers and a 23’x21′ management room that serves as a sanctuary for an intensive assortment of outboard gear and the beloved Amek 9098i console.
“The studio has an amazing stay sound, and it is sufficiently big to document stay movies as effectively,” provides Skaggs. “It is also spacious sufficient that string periods might simply match into the reducing room. There are many outdated classic pictures of a lot of my heroes and main influencers within the music trade. I imagine anybody eager to get away from downtown Nashville will discover that Skaggs Place Studio will serve them effectively. I am very excited for the long run.”
Charlotte Scott, Skaggs’ longtime supervisor, will oversee operations of the studio as Normal Supervisor, whereas Sean Badum will function Studio Supervisor/Engineer. Skaggs Place Studio is situated at 329 Rockland Highway in Hendersonville.
About Skaggs Place Studio: Skaggs Place Studio has the pleasure and accountability of offering a world-class recording expertise that’s as distinctive and galvanizing because the historical past that echoes by its cypress-clad partitions. Armed with an intensive assortment of classic and trendy gear, distinctive acoustic areas, and many years of expertise, its workers welcomes new shoppers after an intensive renovation.
About Ricky Skaggs: With 12 #1 hit singles, 15 GRAMMY Awards, 13 IBMA Awards, 9 ACM Awards, eight CMA Awards (together with Entertainer of the Yr), two Dove Awards, the ASCAP Founders Award, three honorary Doctorate levels, inductions into the Nation Music Corridor of Fame, IBMA Bluegrass Music Corridor of Fame, Nationwide Fiddler Corridor of Fame, Musicians Corridor of Fame, and GMA Gospel Music Corridor of Fame, Ricky Skaggs is really a pioneer of Bluegrass and Nation music. Since he started enjoying music over 60 years in the past, Skaggs has launched greater than 30 albums and has carried out 1000’s of stay reveals. He began his personal document label, Skaggs Household Information, in 1997 and has since launched 12 consecutive GRAMMY-nominated albums.
