The 19th season of Project Runway is currently airing, and the Dubway team were proud to contribute to the score’s recording! Check the scene out above, which is backed by a piece that was recorded in our NYC studios.
The piece was written and produced by composer Nick Rastegar, with studio engineer Violette Furton behind the console for the recording.
You can find the full season currently airing and streaming with a Bravo subscription!
Performer Tashi Thomas in the booth with engineer Darnell Burns during recording for What’s Inside A Flower?.
Penguin Random House published the informative and adorable What’s Inside A Flower?, from author and illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky, last spring; the book recently wrapped its audiobook recording sessions and has been released in audio format as of last week! We hosted the talented narrator/actor/multi-hyphenate Tashi Thomas for the reading. Penguin producer Nithya Rajendran produced the session, with Dubway engineer Darnell Burns in the control room recording Thomas’s performance.
You can find the book–in both hardcopy and audio formats–at this link. Congratulations to the author, publisher, and reader!
Dubway was proud to host another recording for publisher Penguin Random House–one of our favorite publishing houses to work with–to capture a lovely reading of bestselling author Karen White’s newest novel, The Shop On Royal Street. We were lucky to have a dream-team assembled for the recording, including producer Nithya Rajendran, director Staci Snell, and award-winning audiobook narrator Sophie Amoss. Staff engineer Keenan DuBois engineered the recording in a series of smooth reading sessions, with Amoss in-studio and Snell providing direction over remote Zoom link.
The Shop On Royal Street is Karen White’s latest novel in a long list of well-reviewed books that capture the spirit of their setting–often a historic city or region–while doing double duty as classic mystery page-turners.
You can find the hardcopy and audiobook for the novel here, available March 29th!
Narrator Sophie Amoss in front of the mic in our Main Floor Studios during recording.
You may have heard of The Botanist–the only gin distilled in Scotland’s historic Islay region–prior to this weekend, but if you hadn’t, you almost certainly have after this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI. The distillery placed the ad during the game, traditionally the hottest advertising block in any given year, and Dubway was proud to have contributed! The voiceover for the ad was recorded in our Manhattan studios with staff engineer Sydney Fuqua, and under direction from production house Blacksmith & Jones head Trevor Jones.
The commercial saw a whopping 60 million views, which is always exciting for everyone involved in a project like this–congratulations to The Botanist and Blacksmith & Jones! If you missed the game and want to see the commercial, you can stream it at the top.
We’ve been recently joined in the studio by author Lee Cole’s team at Penguin Random House to record what will become the audiobook version of his forthcoming debut novel, Groundskeeping. The novel’s recording was smoothly handled by a veteran team of NYC audiobook professionals, including reader Michael Crouch, Penguin executive producer Orli Moscowitz, and director Joseph Grimm. Sessions were recorded by staff engineers Violette Furton and Sydney Fuqua in our Sand Room, part of our New York HQ’s Main Floor complex.
You can find a preorder of the book in both audiobook and physical formats at the publisher’s site.
Skincare and cosmetic giant Eve Lom joined us in the studio with creative agency Creative Chaos to record voiceover for an upcoming advertising campaign. Staff engineer Charley Shealy helmed the boards for the session, with talent Oona Higgins performing the reading. The recording is destined for a video advert, so the keen-eyed among you may spot it in the field soon!
Author Dani Alpert recently joined us in our Manhattan studios to record the audiobook version of her 2020 memoir, The Girlfriend Mom. The sessions were helmed by staff engineer Sydney Fuqua and directed by audiobook producer Gordon Rothman. The book was recorded efficiently with the author performing an excellent reading, and is currently in editing to prepare for a spring release.
Keep up with the author at her website linked above, or find the hardcopy through publisher Little Ricky Press!
Mixed-media and intermedia artist Carolyn Lazard joined us in our NYC studios this month for a session of voiceover recording. Lazard’s work will be involved in a dance and video installation piece that they’re producing; their work often involves crossing mediums and draws on themes and experiences related to chronic illness, accessibility, and labor. They are a co-founder of arts group Canaries Collective, a group of artists and performers living and working with chronic illnesses and autoimmune conditions, primarily but not exclusively based in New York City.
Dubway engineer Charley Shealy managed the recording from behind the boards in the control room, ensuring the recordings would fit smoothly into Lazard’s process and workflow.
Find video documentation of Lazard’s previous projects here, and more on their website (linked above).
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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, 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!