Platinum | Gold Studios, with its 25-year history in the recording industry, is an acknowledged leader in the Canadian music industry. Winnipeg’s only studio nominated twice as Canadian Recording Studio of the Year, Platinum | Gold recordings have been nominated for and/or won Junos, Prairie Music Awards, Aboriginal Music Awards and Manitoba Country Music Association Awards. Platinum | Gold is especially proud of its association with production achieving Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum awards. A glance at the Platinum | Gold client list reveals a veritable who’s-who of the Canadian Music Industry: Chantal Kreviazuk (Sony), McMaster & James (BMG), Tara-Lyn Hart (Sony), the Pan Am Games, Fred Penner, Crash Test Dummies & The Watchmen to name but a few. Now your career can be furthered through association with Platinum | Gold Studios.
Client List Ardri, Sam Baardman, Karen Black, Burnt, The Bridge Musical, The Chuchmans, CKDM, Stew Clayton, Country Hearts, Crash Test Dummies, Dauphin CountryFest, Dauphin Marketplace Mall, Chance Davis, Doc Walker, The Dust Rhinos, Amber Fleury, Full Ephect, Gardening With Alice, Harlequin, Harvest Christmas, Tara-Lyn Hart, Tom Jackson, The Kapusta Kids, The Koshetz Choir, Danny Kramer, Yogi Klos, Chantal Kreviazuk, McMaster & James, Ernest Monias, The Myth, On-ji-da, Pan Am Games, Paris to Kyiv, Fred Penner, Slowhand, Stacey May Randel, Sherry St. Germain, Al Simmons, 12-7, Q-94, Tourism Winnipeg, The Tree Musical, The Ukrainian Oldtimers, Walking Wolf, The Watchmen, Winnipeg Mandolin Orchestra.
The Platinum | Gold Studio A Recording Area is one of the largest in Western Canada. With dimensions of 30’x 30’ and a full 12’ ceiling, the Platinum | Gold Studio A Recording Area can accommodate a full orchestra. The A-Record features 1-inch birds-eye maple hardwood floors, 2-foot Absorba walls, custom Prairie Sky Ceiling Diffusion and a large diagonal isolation room (12’x 8’x 8’). Terry Brown, noted producer of Rush, called the A-Record Room "one of the best-sounding rooms I’ve heard." The room is exceptional for live recording of all sorts, but is especially notable for drums, vocals, piano and acoustic guitar. And Studio A-Record is designed in such a way that performers look down onto the Control Room four feet below; the engineer is literally seated at front row centre!
The Platinum | Gold Studio A Control Room is almost as large as the Studio A Record Room! With dimensions of 20’x30’ with a 10’ ceiling, the Platinum | Gold Studio A Control Room is often used to accommodate an entire band wired directly to the mixing console! The Platinum | Gold Studio A-Control features an 8’x12’ hardwood floor instrument set-up area, custom Burnell & Associates Ceiling & Skyline Diffusion, JBL monitors, and either 32 tracks of Pro Tools / Digital Performer on a G4 Dual MacIntosh computer. The room also features a custom "musician’s island" instrument or catering shelf and ample seating. Of course there is a selection of world-class microphones (U-87, AKG Tube, 414’s, C-1000’s and D-12, Fostex Printed Ribbon, plus Shure 57’s & 87’s galore). Available microphone pre-amps include Yamaha O1-V, ART, Focusrite & Avalon, Fully automated mixing is available within Pro Tools with backup to DVD-R. Also are racks of your favorite rackgear by Roland, Dbx etc, and all kinds of wonderful plugins to get the job done !
Veterans of the recording industry agree that achieving a great recording is as much about the people you work with as the quality of the gear. At Platinum | Gold Studios, you get great people & great gear! Platinum | Gold engineer/producers have decades of training & experience, achieved industry awards & nominations and are all musicians! (You do not want a video tech mixing your audio masterpiece!)
Danny Schur Danny Schur has had a twelve-year association with Platinum | Gold Studios and was the chief architect and designer of the current studio in 1993. A composer, keyboardist and producer, Danny is noted for his association with the Double Platinum career of Chantal Kreviazuk, Tara-Lyn Hart and McMaster & James. Danny is also the composer of the 1999 Pan Am Games Official Theme Song, "Americas, Come & Play" and the full-length musicals, "The Bridge" and "The Tree." Danny’s work has been nominated for five Juno Awards and has won numerous Prairie Music, Aboriginal Music and Manitoba Country Music Association Awards.
Danny studied composition with Doctor Robert Turner and Doctor Michael Mathews, and piano with Professor Charles Horton at the University of Manitoba. Danny is a noted expert on computers and the music industry and his opinion has been quoted in Keyboard magazine, Country Music News, RPM & The Record, as well as the Winnipeg Free Press, the Toronto Sun and MacLeans.
Shane has been working as a professional engineer for the past six years. He has been involved in the recording of albums for Sunshine Records, Canada’s largest Aboriginal labels. He has also spent time working on film/video and television projects. Shane’s client list includes the following:Clint Dutiaume (CCMA Mulit instrumentalist of the Year) Cliff Maytaywashing (Canab Winner) Rayne Delaronde (Canab Nominee) Jared Sowan (2 Time Canab Winner), Burnt Project 1 (Canab Winner, Juno Nominee) Romi Mayes, and many more.Shane’s expierence in the aboriginal music field is extensive, covering all types of genres from blues to pow wow. Shane also does A&R for Sunshine Records, and is responsible for new talent submissions.Shane work has garnered the following awards:Best Instrumental CD – Spirit of The Nations, Canbs and Indian summer Awards Best Fiddle Album – Clint Dutiaume – Fiddle Extravaganza - Canab Best Fiddle Album - Cliff Maytaywashing – Skiffle Fiddle – Canab Best Blues Album – Jared Sowan – Eclectically Yours -Canab Best Male Vocalist – Jare Sowan – Eclectically Yours – Canab Best Traditional Album – Whitefish Bay Singers – Canab Best Engineer / Producer – Nominated Several times - CanabShane co created Urbnrg Records 3 years ago, and was extensively involved in the production and promotion of Hip Hop Music, with 12seven and Dj Fin’s.Shane’s experience as an engineer/producer has also allowed him to work on Alternative Rock, Country, Roots music projects as well.Visit The official Platinum Gold Studios Blog