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About Me

The Habitat is a project/home recording studio in Golden Hill, San Diego. A historic arts-and-crafts home plays host to the recording confines. The very large and beautiful living room provides the warm acoustical environment for the musicians with its tall ceilings and hardwood floors. And the adjacent bedroom turned control room offers just enough isolation to get an objective view of what the microphones are capturing.
The Habitat currently has two active engineers: Roy Silverstein and Preston Swirnoff. Roy also lives at the house with the new roommate, Megan. The studio is mainly booked by personal projects and word of mouth, but if you are interested in recording at The Habitat, please send us a message. We also occasionally host shows at the house. Look out for postings of such events.
This Myspace site will also serve as a blog for the goings on at The Habitat. So if you're curious or into reading about recording, check back often.
For more info about The Habitat, please visit www.thehabitat.info .

My Interests

audio recording, mixing, mastering, film scores, recording gear, musical instruments

I'd like to meet:

Creative musicians, songwriters, engineers

Music:

Artists that have recorded at The Habitat: Aleph Research, The Boyish Charms, Charles Curtis, Dottie and the Diamonds, The Habitat Soundsystem, Joe Marillo, Ilya Monosov, Stealthy Elf, Preston Swirnoff, Roybot, The Viewmasters, Seesaw Ensemble, Mtn.Home, Sleeping People, Aspects of Physics, MeWow, Tristeza, J.Emery Blatchley, The Sensorscopes, Red Pony Clock, Duane Pitre, Flight Path, Snoozer, Hostile Combover, Lloyd and Michael, Katy Davidson, The Unusual Bird

Movies:

We like to do soundtrack/film score work.

Television:

We dabble in commercial work.

Books:

Mastering Audio, Modern Recording Techniques, Tape Op

Heroes:

Bob Moog, Dave Fridmann, King Tubby, Brian Wilson, John Hardy, Lucas van der Mee, Leon Theremin, Phil Spector

My Blog

No Chris Clark on July 26th, but...

hey friends, Chris Clark had to cancel his appearance on July 26th, but the show we'll go on and we'll have a special guest from Idaho here to entertain you in his place. A little birdy told me that h...
Posted by The Habitat on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:11:00 PST

No Josh Armistead on Friday the 13th

Ladies and Gents, I apologize, but it seems that Josh Armistead never made it over to the US for his scheduled appearances. The show on Friday the 13th will go on still, however. Boyish Charms and Man...
Posted by The Habitat on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:05:00 PST

The Habitat Summer Concert Series

Hi Kids, Roy here from The Habitat. We'd like to announce to you our bi-weekly concert series for the summer. We are all booked up from June 13th to August 8th. Make The Habitat part of your summer ri...
Posted by The Habitat on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:40:00 PST

mas difussion, machina de tape, other news

My buddy Nathaniel deLarge has graced The Habitat with some additional custom diffusor pieces. Check them out in the pics section. Pictures don’t really do them justice. These things are like 3-...
Posted by The Habitat on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:10:00 PST

All shows at The Habitat are 21+

Contrary to any posts or flyers you may have seen, all shows at The Habitat are 21+. Thanks, The Management
Posted by The Habitat on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:10:00 PST

2008, a whole new Habitat

Happy New Year kids, It's been an exciting beginning of 2008 for The Habitat. We just completed a very serious upgrade to the studio. First off, we added a mixer! We now own a brand new Toft Audio AT...
Posted by The Habitat on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:08:00 PST

recent reviews of records recorded at The Habitat by Roy

Lloyd and Michael: http://localcut.wweek.com/2007/09/12/lloyd-michael-just-as-g od-made-us-states-rights/ Red Pony Clock: http://retrolowfi.com/2007/09/06/red-pony-clock-god-made-dir t-happy-happy-birth...
Posted by The Habitat on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:33:00 PST

success!

The Golden Hill Pop Luck went off without a hitch! Thanks to everyone who came and to all the bands. There were some amazing performances. Kudos to everyone enduring the heat! Roy
Posted by The Habitat on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:39:00 PST

The Golden Hill Pop Luck

The Habitat is proud to present "The Golden Hill Pop Luck"! September 1st, 12-7pm. with the following bands: Seasick Crocodile Co-Star Brighter Day Gang Adam Powell Princeton The Donkeys Snoozer Kite ...
Posted by The Habitat on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:29:00 PST

to the press

I am very flattered and appreciative of local press about The Habitat. But it would be wonderful to check in with me before printing an article or mention in your paper. I would prefer that certa...
Posted by The Habitat on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:03:00 PST