Jeremy Denk's "Every Good Boy Does Fine" records at Dubway NYC

Jeremy Denk with engineer Violette Furton in the studio lobby.

Legendary concert pianist, writer, lecturer, and teacher Jeremy Denk just published a memoir, titled Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story In Music Lessons, and we were thrilled to host the recordings for the audiobook release! The work will be available through publisher Penguin Random House, who we’ve been lucky to partner closely with over the years on many projects.

Denk joined director May Wuthrich, producer Diane McKiernan, and Dubway staff engineer Violette Furton on a virtual call, with some participants in-studio with Denk and Furton and some remote via linked video call.

You can read a small preview to the bigger work in the form of a column Denk wrote for the New Yorker in 2013, or find the audiobook here in late March!

Penguin Audio produces, records "I'm So (Not) Over You" by Kosoko Jackson

Voice actor Torian Brackett with engineer Violette Furton in the control room during recording.

Dubway welcomed back one of our favorite producers, Nithya Rajendran from Penguin Random House, for a series of sessions for Kosoko Jackson‘s book I’m So (Not) Over You. The novel, which lands squarely and smartly in the rom-com genre and has earned accolades from Essence (listed under “New Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2022”) and Popsugar (“New Romance Novels That Will Make You Fall in Love With 2022”), was published by Penguin and is getting the perfect audio treatment to make it 100% beach-ready for the summer!

Reading was handled by voice actor Torian Brackett, aka TeeBeeVO, who gave an excellent read of the book; Dubway’s Violette Furton was stationed in the booth to capture the performance for Penguin.

Check out I’m So (Not) Over You and Kosoko Jackson’s other work at his website, linked above.

Veganuary campaign launches with an on-site recording with James Cromwell

International pro-vegan nonprofit Veganuary launched their annual campaign a few weeks ago, featuring a lovely animation as well as a voice acting performance by James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential, Succession), well known for his longtime history of activism nearly as well as for his storied acting career and a perfect fit for the project.

The recording was engineered by Dubway staff recorder Charley Shealy, who brought a mobile studio upstate to Cromwell's residence to capture the performance–no easy feat when working to synced video!

Check out the video above, and if you’re inspired, you can take a peek at the rest of the campaign here.

Tech journalist Laurie Segall records biographical audiobook with Louis Fisher

Notable technology and business journalist Laurie Segall is releasing an audiobook of her recently released biographical work Special Characters: My Adventures With Tech’s Titans and Misfits. We were thrilled to be involved in the production and recording, which took place at our Manhattan headquarters earlier this month.

The sessions were produced by HarperCollins Publishing, helmed by director Cheryl Smith and engineered by Dubway staff engineer Louis Fisher. You can expect to see the audiobook available soon through Harper Collins!

L2C Studios shoots and records radio segment for BMF & Rock The Bells

Creative house L2C Productions took over the Mezzanine last September to record a fun and creative collaboration between drama series BMF and entertainment giant Rock The Bells. The session’s extensive list of skilled personnel are detailed in the Instagram caption below, and also included Dubway engineer Violette Furton behind the boards (pictured at bottom).

Thanks to its high ceilings and large windows the Mezzanine space both looks and sounds great, and is perfect for sessions with a video component. L2C made the space shine as they transformed it into the “WRTB 92.6” live room, complete with album artwork and some of our amp collection.

Check out more behind-the-scenes pictures below!

Dubway West records Avril Lavigne for Fallon

24/7 Productions and Dubway West have teamed up again, this time to produce and record pop-punk royalty Avril Lavigne with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker in an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The band performed recent single “Bite Me” live to a group of cameras and the Dubway West sound team with 24/7 Productions running all other elements of the production.

Engineering was lead by Luke Gerard Webb, assisted by Maja Sazdic. Read more about our recent work with 24/7 Productions here, and check out the finished product above!

Dubway West records production audio for Sephora

Makeup giant Sephora recently released an involved piece of advertising featuring a slate of talented musicians & performers, and Dubway West was proud to be on-set to record the production audio. Engineering was headed by Luke Gerard Webb, with Maja Sazdic assisting.

Performances featured in the shoot included Jai'len Josey doing "She Got It", Symphani Soto performing "Energy", Kari Faux’s "Color Theory", and Leven Kali with "Smile". Check it out above, and see some behind-the-scenes shots below.

"Making Menendez" films at LionTV with Dubway sound support

Lyle and Erik Menendez in court during their infamous 1996 trial.

A new true-crime-style documentary covering the Menendez brothers is in the works, with Dubway contributing to the series’ production audio / location recording during principal shooting. One of our favorite longterm clients, Lion TV, is producing the series, and we were delighted to be brought in for sound. Studio engineer Mark Tully tracked production audio on-site at the Lion TV offices near our headquarters in downtown Manhattan, bringing along our production rig loaded with a Sound Devices 800-series portable mixer-recorder and all the bells and whistles needed to ensure a smooth shoot and record.

This project is truly in the works, so you may not see a completed piece for some time, but we’ll be thrilled to see the finished product when it’s released!

Dubway transfers unreleased sounds from the legendary SOB's

Sounds of Brazil (aka SOB’s), the celebrated Hudson Square venue that has long been a storied part of the history of hip-hop (among other genres and styles), has been at Dubway’s Manhattan studios recently to transfer tapes of recordings made at the venue and with associated artists. Dubway engineer Marc Frongillo assisted SOB’s rep Le’Roy Benros in carefully converting the tapes to digital files for safekeeping, future release, or any other purpose. The stash included unreleased music from many of SOB’s star performers, including artists like Kanye West.

Dubway engineer records on-site for Malka Media, IBM

Charley Shealy at Dubway.

Staff engineer Charley Shealy attended an on-site video shoot for tech giant IBM recently, recording the shoot’s audio component with production company Malka Media. Shealy ran the recording from one of our mobile production rigs, which are customizable, suitable for all types of media recording projects, and able to be loaded-in and run by a single engineer. Shooting took place at IBM’s New York research facility at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center just north of the city. The facility has conducted some of IBM’s most cutting-edge research, including the development of the famously Jeopardy-winning Watson AI supercomputer.

"Chasing Ghislaine" drops today on Discovery+

Discovery Channel’s content platform Discovery+ just released Chasing Ghislaine–a new original investigative piece from Blackfin, in partnership with Discovery+–for streaming. Dubway’s lead engineer Nathaniel Reichman mixed the show as part of Dubway’s regular work with Blackfin, whose shows and movies we’ve been lucky to mix many of over the years.

The series follows the investigations surrounding Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, with new and exclusive interview audio and footage from some of the key players in the investigation. For fans of true crime, or those following this particular story, this will be a must-watch.

You can find Chasing Ghislaine streaming on Discovery+, or view it Investigation Discovery on 12/3 at 8pm ET.

"Fizzle" named as official selection at Studio City International Film Festival

Fizzle, a narrative comedic short film from director Jeremiah Kipp and writer Gilbert Girion, has been named an official selection of the Studio City International Film Festival, held annually in Los Angeles. Dubway engineer Zac Suskevitch was on-location as the production sound mixer (also called an A1 or location mixer) for the shoot, which took place all the way back in 2018.

This placement comes on the heels of several other festival showings for the movie, including the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, the Chain Film Festival, the Independent Shorts Awards, the Big Apple Film Festival, the Chicago Indie Film Awards, and more.

You can find tickets for the screening here if you’re local to LA, or follow them on their socials for more. Congratulations to Zac and the rest of the cast and crew!

Dubway's Nathaniel Reichman presents at AES Immersive Audio Academy 3

Industry group AES is currently hosting Dubway’s lead engineer Nathaniel Reichman in a discussion panel on the design of immersive audio studio systems, titled “Making Immersive Designs and Workflows Work For You”. You can find the panel streaming here (with a registration to the event) for the next hour, including a Q&A session to close.

Reichman has specialized increasingly in immersive audio format mixing, working with many of Dubway’s major post production clients as well as with leading musicians in the format. In particular, composer John Luther Adams and Reichman have worked together on a number of immersive albums, most recently on Lines Made By Walking and Arctic Dreams, both on Cold Blue Music.

Dipsea records new content in Dubway's Sand Room

One of our favorite companies to work with, Dipsea, has been back in our Sand Room recently recording new material. We’ve enjoyed being able to work safely with the production company during the pandemic, and have recorded a fair amount of content for them previously.

Sessions have been with studio engineer Charley Shealy at the controls, and producer Angela Sarakan directing the recordings remotely over an AoIP connection.

If you’d like to check out the service, you can register for a free trial here.

"Operator" podcast announces release

Operator, a podcast that Dubway recorded all the way back in 2019, has finished production and is rolling out in the next two weeks. The podcast tells an ambitious history of American Telnet, the company at the center of the 90’s phone sex industry. Wondery produced (and will distribute) the podcast, alongside its other original podcast offerings Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door.

The podcast was recorded by engineer Zac Suskevich and hosted by Tina Horn, who also hosts Why Are People Into That?. The production staff includes executive producers Daryl Freimark, Michael Connors, Michael Gottwald, and Chloe Prasinos; and Wondery producers Erin O’Flaherty, Marshall Lewy, and Jen Sargent.

You can get Operator early (starting yesterday!) by becoming a Wondery+ member; for everyone else, episodes drop on November 8th on all iHeartRadio affiliate podcasting platforms.

iHeartRadio's "13 Days of Halloween" podcast records in the Blue Room

iHeartRadio brought their seasonally appropriate podcast, 13 Days of Halloween, to our Blue Room studio this past month for a 3D audio recording with actor Kathy Najimy (Sister Act, Hocus Pocus, Rat Race). The recording was recorded by studio engineer Violette Furton, using traditional methods and a specialized spatial microphone array, courtesy of the production, which helps to give the episodes their trademark immersive sound.

You can enjoy the podcast here, or on most major podcasting platforms.

Studio engineer Violette Furton (left) with talent Kathy Najimy in our studio lobby after the session.

Veteran actor, performer, cabaret star Alan Cumming records audiobook at Dubway

Actor Alan Cumming, courtesy Wikipedia.

Multi-hyphenate, superlative performer Alan Cumming (Eyes Wide Shut, Spice World, Spy Kids, Macbeth, and many more) joined studio engineer Keenan DuBois in-studio recently for a recording session of an upcoming audiobook novel. The novel and publisher will have to stay under wraps for now–check back later for more!–but we can share that Cumming, no stranger to audiobook recording, performed the novel with his trademark skill and character work, nailing a diverse set of accents and working with remarkable speed. DuBois, who engineered, produced, and directed the recording, worked closely with the actor over a jam-packed series of days to capture a full read of the novel in nearly no time at all.

We’ll have more info about this project as public details become available; you can also follow Cumming on his website and various social media pages to keep up with his whirlwind life (he has a book of his own coming out as we speak). We’re excited to see this one come out!

#TBT: Q Lazzarus transfers archive of reel-to-reel tapes

This week, a fun piece of #TBT news we’ve been waiting to share for over a year–we were honored to host enigmatic NYC artist Q Lazzarus at our Manhattan facility in August of last year to transfer some of the band’s reel-to-reel 1/4” tapes to digital.

After being the subject of a small media frenzy in 2019 when a cryptic Twitter post resurfaced the long-quiet artist, Dazed reporters were able to confirm that she is still alive and well, but beyond that, weren’t able to initiate further contact with her, seemingly at her request for privacy.

As with all things Q Lazzarus, there was an air of mystery to the session, and we don’t know if the transfers are destined for a future re-release, for archival purposes, or for some other ends, but we do know that it was very special to have Q in studio. Dubway staff engineer Caleb Addy assisted with the transfer, ensuring no technical or physical issues with the tapes during the transfer process.

Check out Goodbye Horses below, and the rest of the (limited) Q Lazzarus discography here.

Author and professor David Damrosch records for "Around The World In 80 Books"

Engineer Louis Fisher (left) and professor David Damrosch (right) in the Dubway lobby after wrapping recording.

Engineer Louis Fisher (left) and professor David Damrosch (right) in the Dubway lobby after wrapping recording.

As part of a project borne out of COVID-19 related travel restrictions, author and professor David Damrosch’s Around The World In 80 Books explores authors and titles that are distinctly tied to place. As the chair of Harvard University’s Comparative Literature Department and the founder of Harvard’s Institute for World Literature, Damrosch is uniquely positioned to build a compelling list and connect the titles–which span about as wide a range as one can imagine–with insight, contextualization, and an adventurous sense of exploration.

Damrosch worked with studio engineers Sydney Fuqua and Louis Fisher to record the audiobook, which will be available through the book’s publisher, PenguinRandomHouse. Director and producer Nithya Rajendran, who we’ve worked with on a number of other Penguin titles, joined in remotely to help produce the recording.

Find the hardcopy at the publisher’s site, and watch the same space for the audiobook, coming soon.

Jerry Wonda Duplessis edits bounces of original "The Score" recordings

On the heel of announcing the Fugees reunion tour, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of The Score, Jerry Wonda is back at Dubway editing our digitized transfers of the album’s original 2” tape masters. You can read about our previous transfer and restoration work with Wonda, including careful baking of the original tapes, at our last post about these sessions.

Dubway staff engineer Marc Frongillo has been assisting with the editing process; Louis Fisher contributed additional engineering during the original tape transferring process.

Check out the promo video for the Fugees reunion tour above, and follow Jerry Wonda on IG for more updates on the group’s next moves.