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Old Folks Home Recording

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About Me

Old Folks is a recording studio in Wilmington, MA owned and operated by Alexander "The Greek" Hatziyannis. We have lots to offer inlcuding 4 recording rooms, a vibey gear filled control room, a huge lounge/kitchen with video games and movies, and plenty of convenient parking. Check out my top friends to hear some of my work!

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EQUIPMENT
Trident 65 series console (24 channel, 16 bus)
Apogee A/D, D/A 16x converters (16 ins and outs up to 192k), Sony Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor w/ 1.5 gb ram and 400 GB of storage, Steinbergs Nuendo 3.0, Presonus Central Station(monitoring), Mackie 1402-VLZ PRO mixer (headphones)

PREAMPS
Universal Audio 610 tube mic pre, 4 API mic pres (3124+), 24 Trident mic pres, Presonus m80(8 pres)

COMPRESSORS
Universal Audio 1176 LN compressor, Empirical Labs Distressor, Urei LA-4 compressor, DBX 160xt compressor, lots of compressor plugs including the URS and Waves stuff

EQ
Manley Massive Passive stereo tube eq, 24 trident eqs, Universal Audio 610 eq, lots of eq plugs including the URS and Waves stuff

MONITORS- KRK V8, Yamaha NS 10, JVC FS-DS1000 executive system with powered subwoofer, 2 sets of Realistic bookshelf speakers, Sony 7506, Sony V600 headphones, Sennheiser HD202 headphones, Optimus Nova 71 headphones, Bose Triport headphones

MICROPHONES- BLUE dragonfly (2), Apex 460 w/cm-12 modification by Dave Thomas (not the Wendy's guy), Shure 52, Audix D3, Shure sm57(4), Shure sm58, Sennheiser MD 421(3), Shure sm81, Realistic PZM(2), the collection is growing.

INSTRUMENTS- Korg MS 2000 synth (rack), Alesis QS6.1 keyboard, Casio CA-100, Gibson early 70s SG, Ibanez JS1000, Jackson custom, Epiphone Les Paul custom w/ midi pickup and Roland guitar synthesizer, Cordoba classical guitar, Taylor 414 acoustic, Roland TD6 Vdrums, violin, bouzouki, tambourine

AMPLIFIERS- Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier w/ mesa 4x12 cab, Peavey Ultra Plus, Fender 2x12 cab with celestion speakers, Peavey PA system w/ speakers, Whirlwind Director DI box

EFFECTS- Boss RV3 digital delay, Boss CH-1 Super Chorus, DOD stereo flanger, Pro Co RAT, VOX wah, Digitech whammy/wah XP100, Line 6 POD amp modeler, all the computer plugins you could ask for including the Waves stuff, URS, Timeworks, and Antares Auto tune and Tube plugins

FUN - NES, Wii, tons of games, tons of dvds, widescreen tv

RATES- all rates are negotiable. It all depends on the situation, how much time is involved and what kind of project it is. Im probably a lot cheaper than most commercial places. If you require a bigger space with more gear for basic tracks or the whole project I have access to Q Division in Somerville, MA. I also do mastering.

CONTACT- [email protected] 617 852 9796

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bands

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Music:

Some of the bands i've worked with include:
Adorea -drum recording
Almada - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Another Sight - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Appeal - vocal recording, mixing, mastering
Ark Royal - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Barbara Morash - recording, mixing
Ball in the House - assisting @ Q Division
Breakheart Reservation - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Charo Sofia - recording, mixing @ Q Division
Closure -recording, mixing, mastering
Cold Shell - recording, mixing, mastering
David Levy - assisting @ Q Division
Drop Anchor - recording, mixing, mastering
Drunks Don't Lie - recording, mixing, mastering
Emerald Bound - mastering
Esperanza Spalding - assisting @ Q Division
Finius - recording, mixing, mastering
Gravehaven - assisting w/ vocal recording
Halo Of Thorns - recording, mixing, mastering
Haloburn - recording, mixing, mastering
Hepburn - recording, mixing, mastering
Involution - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Jedediah Weeks- recording, mixing, mastering
Jet Crandall - recording
Hate The Living - recording, mixing, mastering
Kate Klim - assisting @ Q Division
Kelsey Bennett - recording, mixing, mastering @ Kelsey's place/OFHR
Ken Susi - recording
Mic Grip - recording, mixing @ Q Division
Maura Bastarache - recording, mixing
Mike Hollabaugh - recording, mixing
MobHit - mixing, mastering
Monas - drum recording @ Q Division
Morgan Knockers - recording, mixing, mastering
My Future Ghost - recording, mixing, mastering
Name Brand Safe - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
No One’s Kind - recording, mixing, mastering
One Eyed Stanley - assisting @ Q Division
Pianowire - recording, mixing, mastering
Peripheral Film Group - composing, recording
Pilot of the Hope - recording, mixing, mastering
R & B -vocal recording, mixing, mastering
Robby Roadsteamer - assisting @ Q Division
Recursion - recording, mixing, mastering
Rezen -recording, mixing, master
Second Page News -recording, mixing
Sellershot - recording, mixing, mastering
Shades Of Late - recording, mixing, mastering
Shanty On The Glimmer - recording, mixing, mastering
Split Level -mastering
Stilrize - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Streamline - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
Susan Kenny - recording, mixing, mastering
Swear Follow - recording, mixing, mastering
Terrible PaulZ - recording, mixing, mastering
The Loon and Buggy - recording, mixing, mastering
Thirteen to One -mastering
The And Wutz - recording, mixing
The Click Five - assisting @ Q Division
The Juice - mastering
The Peasantry - mastering
The Peet Golan Disaster - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
The Sign Off - producing, recording, mixing, mastering
The Super 8's - recording, mixing, mastering @ Q Division
Trucker - mix assistant @ Q Division
Vera Mesmer - mixing
Waltham - recording, mixing
Wonderful Spells - mastering
Wrath of Man - recording, mixing, mastering
IV Play - recording, mixing, mastering

My Blog

APRIL UPDATE!!!

Hey everyone!Well the first month at the New Old Folks has come to a close and it was an amazing one. Some of the projects being worked on include new music from The Sign Off, Drunks Don’t Lie, ...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:19:00 PST

March Update!

This last month has been absolutely amazing..... pinch me now! Still can't beleive all of this is happening.....So the studio is up and running and it sounds amazing. I'm blown away by the sounds t...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:19:00 PST

THE BIGGEST UPDATE EVER!!

I'm proud to announce that Old Folks has moved to a new location!!!Since 2002, Old Folks has existed in the basement of my parents house, which is why I named it Old Folks Home Recording.  It was...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:22:00 PST

NOVEMBER UPDATE!

A little late to post this months blog... it's been crazy...Here are the projects being worked on right now at Old Folks and the progress:The And Wutz - in the process of trackingStilrize - tracking ...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:18:00 PST

OCTOBER UPDATE!!

September was a great month. I got to work with many talented individuals on a variety of different styles of music.A new Haloburn song just got released on their myspace called Victory is Mine for a...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:30:00 PST

SEPTEMBER UPDATE

Hey guys,lots of exciting things happening!Waltham just recently released a new song with a video called Wait it Out. This was recorded by me @ Old Folks and mixed by Adam Rourke at The Red Room. So...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:08:00 PST

SUMMER UPDATE!

Hope everyone is having a most excellent summer!!I just came back from a long amazing vacation to Greece....the motherland. I am back now completely refreshed, recharged and ready to make some hits, ...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:07:00 PST

June Update

Well, it's been another awesome month.Check out some new songs coming out of Old Folks by Another Sight, Peet Golan Disaster, and Wrath of Man by checking out their myspace pages.  Recently I rec...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:39:00 PST

May Update

The crayziness does not end!Here's a list of recent projects and the progress....Another Sight (recorded, final stage of tweaking mixes)Peet Golan Disaster (recorded, final stage of tweaking mixes)Won...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Thu, 03 May 2007 10:49:00 PST

April Update

Wow! Busy Busy Busy!Let's see.  So the band Almada has changed around their lineup and now go under the name Ark Royal.  We've recorded 3 new songs, and we plan on finalizing the mixes over ...
Posted by Old Folks Home Recording on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:58:00 PST