Michael Rorick
Audio Magic / Rock Central Music Productions
71 Military Road, Buffalo, NY 14207
Biography / Discography
1972 –1977 Began studies in drums and percussion. Performed in School Band, Orchestra, District Band, District Orchestra.
1977 Began studies in guitar.
1978 – 1993 Performed in various musical acts.
1989 Began studies in recording and acoustics. Opened a small home studio to record personal projects.
1993 Intership at Audio Magic and Select Sound Recording Studios.
Opened Rock Central Music Productions as a business.
Duties included Tech support, Assistant engineering, inventory and customer service.
1994 Staff Engineer and Assistant Audio Instructor. Freelance engineer to numerous facilities.
1995 Permanent Audio Instructor at Select Sound Recording Studios. College level courses accredited with Villa Maria and Buffalo State Colleges
Duties included. Course design and execution, grading and coordination of internships with students.
1996 Studio Manager and Chief Engineer at Select Sound Studios.
Duties included Sales, marketing, and audio engineering.
2000 Partnered Rock Central Music with Audio Magic Recording Studios
2002 Built new mixing / mastering suite.
2003 Began offering Audio engineering courses. Expanded mixing suite to 5.1 surround mixing facility (first commercial facility in Buffalo)
2005 Began Instruction as Adjunct Professor at S.U.N.Y. at Fredonia
Michael Rorick Discography
Record labels -–
Alert Records,
Alleyway Records,
Atlantic Records,
Boxhead Records,
Industrial Productions,
Metal Blade,
P22 Records,
Warner Bros.,
Warped Records,
Xemu Records,
National Recording Artists –
Gary Mallaber (Stan and the Ravens, Bruce Springstein, Steve Miller Band, Van Morrison, various),
Vernon Reid (Living Color, various),
Ani DiFranco ,
John Jessel (Toto),
Billy Sheehan (Talas, Mr. Big, various),
Materia Prima (Puerto Rico),
Nino Planeta (Puerto Rico),
Michael Zentner (Solo, various),
Geir Ronnig (Norway),
Chet Catallo (Spiro Gyra, Chet Catallo and the Cats),
Willie Nelson (John Anderson – “Willie Nelson’s Guitarâ€),
Jimmy White (2007 Hollywood breakthrough artist of the year),
Simple Plan,
Omar Hakim,
Simon Phillips,
Jeff Berlin,
Percy Jones,
Tony Levin,
Robby Krieger,
Dizzy Reed,
Raging Slab,
The Scintas,
Mary Stahl,
Jeff Jarvis,
Bobby Militello,
Bobby Jones,
Jerry Livingston,
MuMs,
Don Menza,
The Stone City Band
Local / Regional Artists and Groups
36 Hours, 50 Amp Fuse, 101 Straitjacket, A10 Pathway, Kelly Alexander, Anam Cara, Mari Anderson, Anthricite, A Potter's Field, Aqua Maria, Axiom, Steve Balesteri, B-Arthur, Beat Green, Bittersweet, Rick Bourque, Blue Fuzz, BreakerBox, Terry Buchwald, The Buffalo Chips, Joe Brucato, Burn, Noa Bursie, Lyn Cala, Cellar Racket, Tony Comer, Burnt Coyote, Catch Of The Day, C-Blaq, Scott Celani, Chunkpipe, Crash Rooster, Creekbend, Creeping Jennie, Crunchy Frog, Dark Morning, Deathrattle, Deceptive Resolution, Down The Drain, Diesle, Dragster, Edna Kee, Electric Bushmen, Elk, The Emersons, Ember, Eric Endres, Rob Falgiano, The Fated Grey, Formally Blind, Fish's Eddy, From These Eyes, Garden Parkway, Doug Gaston, Kelly German, Ghangi Project, Girlpope, GOD's Country, Graphic Nature, Graffix420, Graveyard Rockers, Peter Gray, Shaina Gresser, The Guild, The Grift, Half Hearted, Eric Heard, Greg Heider, Hip Hop Fanatics, The Hit Scene, House Of Aske, Nicole Illos, Mark Inneo, I Vampire, The John Henry Band, Johnnie Jackson, J.C. Thompson, Jelly Jar, Jive Injection, Johnnie Revolting, Eric Johnson, JoyRyde, Kama Sutra, Kindred, King Pin, King Vanilla, Caitlin Koch, Randi Konikoff, Last Days Of Radio, LAW, The Light Club Band, Love Gas, Andy Mac, Machu Picchu, Drew Martin, Vince Mastrantonio, Mazurka, The McClurg Family Singers, The Monks of Rope-a-Dope, Me & Bob, Greg Meckes, Metropolis, Milkrun, Rich Militello, Mobius, More Than Me, Mystical Vibes, Navigator, The Need, Nine Day Devotion, Numbers, Ellen Oakes, Bryant Oden, Orchestra Concepto Libre, The Osceola Trio, Painted Pony, The Pavers, Pineapple Johnson, Pine Dogs, The Pinheads, Planet Nine, Paradyme, Phonkbutt, Diana & Zoe Pittman, Prayers For Rain, Prose Of Con, Psycotic Prophet, Raven, Puma, Bass Reeves, Regime, Reni', Rich Blend, R.I.P., Wendell Rivera, The Roadhouse Gypsies, The Roadrunners, Earl Roberson, Pamela Ryder, Paul Safy, Tom Sartori, Sawdog, Saw Secret Seen, Scary Chicken, Scattered Flurries, Marc Scibilia, Maria Sebastian, Seven Day Faith, Sheffield Wednesdays, Shootin' Lucy, Silf, Silo 6, Spastic Paralysis, Spicket, Spitfire Squadron, Tom Stahl, Eric Starr, Street Scene, Sunday Sex Show, Jim Sutherland, Sweatin' Like Nixon, Swingset Hands, Switch, Yannick Tessier, Them Jazzbeards, Tuna Melt, U.B. Choir, Uncle Frank’s Wallet, Urban Decay, Urban Sturgeon, USA Band, The Vanity Project, John VeLora, Vicious Circle, Jenny Waris, The Waz, Weekend, Alyson Wiesel, Colleen Williams, Teresa Williams, The Worry Beads, Tommy Z, Adam Zadok, Leah Zicari, Zone,
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