Warrior Sound
Rock ‘N’ Roll In A Sleek Space
Since its 2006 opening, Warrior Sound has flexed its musical muscles, making a name for itself in Chapel Hill, NC. The studio is operated by Mitchell Marlow and Al Jacob. The two men also work as the studio’s chief engineers, only recently bringing in friend Wes Wolfe to help with their growing clientele.
The studio is relaxed, giving artists the ability to utilize thesleekly-designed space for as long as they need. However, their MySpace page tells you to find other sleeping arrangements, as Warrior won’t accommodate dirty rock stars overnight.
Warrior Sound typically mashes punk-rock and guitar-driven outfits but is open to producing any genre of music and has he equipment to create a variety of noise. As a tip for those finally making their way into the studio, Jacob says, “Drummers, practice to the click and hit the cymbals softly.”
Studio Stats
Gear: After recently switching from Pro Tools, Warrior Soundcurrently uses Digital Performer with Black Lion Audio Modded Interfaces and a Black Lion Audio Micro Clock. Focusrite, API Pre amps, compressors, and plug-ins are also part of the set up.
Clients: Idea of Beauy, He is Legend, Colossus, I Was Totally Destroying It
Booking: Contact/Engineer
Al Jacob or Mitchell Marlow
Rate: $40 an hour, $320 a day (10 hours),
$1600 a week (six days)
Chapel Hill, NC (919)-933-1673
www.myspace.com/warriorsound
-Beth Malone
Bass Music Enterprises
A Healthy Store for Local Music
Bass Music Enterprises has always been heavily involved in the Raleigh music scene. Owner Steve Bass also owned local radio station WBZB/1090 AM for several years, changing the format from conservative talk and country to distinctly regional acts, especially those from North Carolina. With acts like Tift Merritt and Arrogance on the playlist, it was close to becoming financially successful, but money problems meant selling the station on eBay to Triangle Sports Broadcasters.
Today Steve Bass still runs his store, keeping the interests of local musicians as his top priority. He also has plans to start a new station, WCRY/1460 AM, which will focus again on local music. Send in your demos to the address above to be heard on the radio.
The store itself sells recording equipment from amps to boards, mics to speakers, as well as some DJ equipment and lighting. The whole inventory is available online, including that of the consignment section.
Address: 200-123 Powell Dr., Raleigh, NC 27606
Website: www.bass-music.com
Phone: (919) 859-3511
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IN THENEWS
Chapel Hill recording studio Warrior Sound completed many projects this summer. The studio finished recording and mixing a new album for Chapel Hill’s I Was Totally Destroying It in August. Warrior Sound also mixed tracks for upcoming albums from Raleigh’s The Jealousy Game and HellRazor. The studio is also set to begin work recording the new He Is Legend album in September and October.
www.myspace.com/
warriorsound
Indie hip-hop group The Urban Sophisticates released their third album Classic Material on September 19. The album features the singles “First of the Drinks,” which marks the debut of Ricky Nxumalo as a vocalist, and “Head Nod Hood Rock,” which features Pharoahe Monch. The band first gained buzz by winning the Disc Makers/Billboard Magazine showcase and touring Japan last year. They hope that Classic Material will be the release that breaks the commercial boundary and makes them a household name.
www.TheUrbanSo
phisticates.com
Durham’s Troika Music Festival will take place November 6 to8 at various venues in downtown Durham. This year’s headliners include Kimya Dawson, the singer-song writer featured on the Juno soundtrack, pop-rockers The Rosebuds, Bellafea, Megafaun and Old Ceremony. The festival also features local acts Sorry About Dresden, Future Kings of Nowhere, Tooth, Red Collar, Future Islands and more.
www.troikamusicf
estival.org
Local musicians took a break from song writing to show their other forms of art at The Minus Sound Research art exhibition in Carrboro on October 10. The exhibit featured paintings, sculptures, photography, drawings, serigraphy, and woodwork from many North Carolina musicians. Some of the artists included John Harrison of the band North Elementary, Laura Ballance of Superchunk and Maria Albani of Organos.
www.myspace.com/
minussoundresearch
Greensboro band Last Stone Cast has quite a brainy bass player. Jon Epstein, bassist and producer of the band who also holds a PhD in sociology, became a member of the faculty of the sociology department at UNC Greensboro. Epstein is also the author of two books, Adolescents and Their Music: If It’s Too Loud, You’re Too Old and Youth Culture: Identity In The Post Modern World, which are considered classics in the field of rock studies. The band has also signed a deal with Texas-based A&S Records to release its upcoming album Life Construed some time this fall.
www.myspace.com
/laststonecastlsc
Local band Irata recently expanded its distribution to include a number of digital outlets including iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and Groupie Tunes. The band also expanded its physical distribution to The Record Exchange in Winston-Salem.
www.myspace.com
/irata
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