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About Me

Over my years of experience in the concert touring industry I have functioned in almost every capacity from the stage to the accountant's office, ultimately acquiring the skills and knowledge needed to keep a recording project focused and on track. ToolsForMySpace.comFollowing my education as a music production major at Berklee College of Music in Boston, my attention immediately focused on live sound and live recording, working with entertainers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where I grew up and currently reside. I have been fortunate enough to work for some successful artists, and over time these situations grew into my career as an audio professional.From the earliest days I can remember, I was always fascinated with what you can do with a tape recorder. I remember discovering vari-speed on my own by opening up a cheap cassette deck out of curiosity and turning a little screw near the motor.The thing started to change pitch and speed right in front of me. I don't know why, but I thought this was a very clever trick ! It wasn't until I was enlightened by the Beatles and George Martin that I appreciated what I had discovered. I have always had some sort of recording setup and through the artists I have worked with, had the pleasure of being part of their recording projects.The goal of this studio is to provide a comfortable environment for the Artist to create, without the distractions usually associated with the recording environment. The studio offers a good balance of the "old school" approach to recording as well as the advantages offered by modern technology.

My Interests

Audio Recording and Engineering - Guitar Collecting

I'd like to meet:

the Band !

Music:

I cover a lot of ground musically, my heroes are all of the bands I have toured with . the highlights include art garfunkel, bebel gilberto, rusted root, govt mule, american hi-fi, dave attell, Amos Lee, Stacie Orrico, the clarks, god street wine, new potato caboose, jules shear, air supply and a few that may have slipped my mind. I am a lucky bastard !

Movies:

the big lebowski, raising arizona, goodfells, pulp fiction, hudsucker proxy, shawshank redemption. I can dig most of what robert deniro does

Television:

HBO must have me hooked, its Soprano's, Curb your enthusiasm, the wire, deadwood. CNN seems to keep me up a few nights a week !

Books:

hitmen, clive davis: inside clive, stiffed, moguls and madmen or most any book that deals with the record industry.

My Blog

Rhythm Workshop with Jim Donovan of Rusted Root

Friday May 2, 2008 Pittsburgh, PATHE RHYTHM RENEWAL : DRUMMING WORKSHOPExplore rhythms, songs, chants and concepts from West Africa, Central Africa, Brazil the Caribbean and more! Ages 17 and up. Drum...
Posted by dana cannone on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:35:00 PST

More Studio news

It has been a while since I have been able to update my page, but have made a great amount of headway in the past months. The studio has undergone a number of substantial changes, including a new dig...
Posted by dana cannone on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:14:00 PST

Studio Update

Well, it has in all reality been less than one year since I first fired up the old tape machine and started recording here at the Church. It seems to have come in baby steps, but we have managed to re...
Posted by dana cannone on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:05:00 PST

back in black !

well it is more like a nice deep grey........ I guess you are all wondering what the fuck i am talking about. well After almost 3 weeks of down time for the studio , we are back, better than ev...
Posted by dana cannone on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:55:00 PST

Phatmandee...... she could be the next mannheim steamroller

I am very excited to be working on a holiday record with the infamous Phatmandee. If you are not familiar with her music, please take the time to check her out. You will of course find her here on mys...
Posted by dana cannone on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:47:00 PST

shit sandwich

I am sure that we can all relate to the fact that sometimes when you are the hungriest, life just hands you a shit sandwich. I have one here with a bite out of it. I am gonna put it on ebay and&...
Posted by dana cannone on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:26:00 PST

Kickin it

This week in the studio we had Kicked, A new band from Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. You can catch them at club cafe on the southside and a few other places around town. So far we have 1 song in t...
Posted by dana cannone on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:18:00 PST

in the studio mkII

I have had a great time this week working with the poogie bell band. Man, these guys are world class. The raw tracks are sounding amazing. I had to step away from the session to do a rusted root showa...
Posted by dana cannone on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:14:00 PST

IN THE STUDIO

The last few weeks in the studio have kept me pretty busy. things are starting to shape up and run smooth. Took lots of work, but I am here ! I have been spending a lot of time in here with singer / s...
Posted by dana cannone on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:49:00 PST

welcome peter !

I just wanted to take the time to thank Peter Guellard and welcome him aboard as my right ( and left if needed !) hand man. You may recognize Peter as the house sound engineer at the Club Cafe in Pitt...
Posted by dana cannone on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:04:00 PST