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My name is Pier Giacalone. I'm a producer/engineer with 20 years of professional experience in live and recorded audio. I've been a musician since the age of 7, studying classical guitar for years and earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Composition and a minor in Jazz guitar from the conservatory at SUNY Purchase. Both as a player and an engineer I have toured the US, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, etc, playing in venues ranging from small clubs to Radio City Music Hall and everything in between. From the Bowery Ballroom in NYC to the Roxy in LA and the Metro in Chicago I've worked in many of the great rooms around the country.
As a recording engineer, I began working on analog tape and have followed the development of digital audio from the first Digidesign systems and the first 24 bit DAW (Sonic Solutions) to the current systems such as Pro Tools, Nuendo, Samplitude, etc. Most importantly I have had years of hands-on experience with the very vintage hardware that so many digital plug-ins are trying to emulate today.
Live Recording is also a specialty of mine. My "travel rack" includes a customized-for-audio laptop from Sonica Labs, an RME Fireface 800 Analog to Digital Converter, as well as audiophile mic preamps from Great River and Speck Electronics. Just added Onyx 800R 8 channel mic pre/converter for a total of 18 track recording in the mobile rig. Also included is specialty mics like the Shure Beta87 condenser that delivers studio quality vocal sound in a concert setting.
As a side benefit of live recording, the sound quality of the show itself is greatly improved by using the better mics and mic pres.I have a killer mixing room in New Hope, PA where I can take live tracks and craft them into an experience that delivers all the punch and excitement of the actual performance (and then some). Additionally my extensive experience in CD mastering allows me to deliver mixes that are 100% finished. No additional mastering necessary. Loud, punchy and dimensional rock, subtle, detailed and fully nuanced acoustic music.
Live recording clients have included Regina Spektor (40 + shows), Jeff Daniels (yes, the actor), and avant garde composer Jandek (as well as many others).
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Ok, I have my own domain now so I won't be updating this page anymore. Just too much work between myspace, facebook, linked-in, etc.
Current info can be found here:
piergiacalone.com
CURIOUS RECORDS HAS MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA! (9/08)
09-06-09:
Just added a Drawmer 1969ME. Killer tube Mic Pre/Compressor!
DRAWMER 1969ME
08-28-09:
Launched new site:
Pier Giacalone
Will be moving to piergiacalone.com soon.
Other news:
Recent Live Mixing for: Bob Burger, Tim McLoone, Bob Egan, Pat Guadagno.
Started regular Sunday morning mixing for the Abundant Life Fellowship:
Abundant Life Fellowship
800 Seat House of Worship (Full band and Gospel Choir - BIG FUN!)
07-15-09:
Just wrapped up DVD for Juke Joint Jonny and first mix for Bob Burger.
Bob Burger
06-12-09:
Multi-track recording and shooting video for DVD for Alan Grant's CD release party.
Alan Grant & Primitive Soul
06-04-09:
Too freakin' busy to update this page. Completed DVD productions for Bob Egan Entertainment, Roger Gardella, Pat Guadagno. Mulitrack recording and mixing for Roger Guardella and Rob Dye. Tons more production video recording for Juke Joint Jonny. Added a new DAW computer (screaming Intel i7!), and just ordered supplies for the new iso booth. Pier will be playing guitar on 2 DVD productions for the MCCLV on June 19 and 20.
Bob Egan
Pat Guadagno
Roger Gardella
Rob Dye
02-20-09:
Pier completed live recording for Juke Joint Jonny and The Usual Suspects. The band will now choose from the 60 cuts recorded and mixing will begin!
Juke Joint Jonny & The Usual Suspects
02-06-09:
Pier is recording Juke Joint Jonny and the Usual Suspects for their upcoming debut (live!) album at Tim McLoone's Supper Club in Asbury Park, NJ.
Juke Joint Jonny & The Usual Suspects
12-30-08:
Pier just wrapped up mastering for "The Hinterlands EP" by TJ Kong and The Atom Bomb. A band out of Philly. Hear a sample at the top of this page and read details on the blog.
TJ Kong and The Atomic Bomb
12-20-08:
Pier just got copies of the new DVD/CD produced by the MCCLV Church in Allentown, PA "Build An Ark". Pier played guitar for this annual recording of the Church choir/band. Musical Director Brian Jones produced. MCCLV (Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley) is an "inclusive"-oriented ministry where all walks of life are welcomed (including Atheists like Pier :). The recording session was a blast. Wonderful people, wonderful music.
MCCLV Church
09-15-08:
That's right! We packed up the kids and headed off to the country. New Hope, PA just over the Delaware River from NJ. About 1.5 hours from NYC and around 45 minutes from Philly. Pier has a great new space that he's currently making musician-ready. Initial mixes and mastering are sounding great. Pier is looking forward to offering bands from both cities and the surrounding area a relaxing place to work where the view from the studio window is an acre of grass, trees and yes folks....we have a real life babbling brook (actually more of a conversational creek). Stay tuned for pics and music samples!
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Credits: (just a sampling - I've mastered over 150 albums)
Produced or Engineered in some form for the following artists:
Regina Spektor (Sire/WBR)
Jeff Daniels (Harvest Music)
Sloan Wainwright (Waterbug Records)
Lee Feldman (Mercury - at the time)
Liminal Lounge (or is just Liminal now?) - (Knitting Factory Works)
Kittyhawk
Jay Azzolina
Richie Morales
Tons and tons of mastering - ran a mastering studio in NYC from 1996 - 1999
Live Mixing:
Regina Spektor
Jandek
Belly
Boy Vs Girls
Billy Preston
Stints at Maxwell's (Hoboken NJ), Arlene Grocery (NYC), 7 Willow Street (Portchester NY)
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MORE MUSIC!
The myspace players often have problems so you can always check out these tunes from my own server.
Django Haskins - Mastering
Keith Hershberger - Mastering
Chris Hunt - Mastering
Primal Pounding (Spirit Awakening)- Mastering
Eric Hansen - Mastering
Bhangra Remix - Mastering
********Knitting Factory Works**********
William Hooker - Mastering
Paradox Trio (Matt Darriau) - Mastering
Pachora - Mastering
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