Dirt Floor Recording Studio

Laid back and comfortable, located in the quiet woods of Chester, CT, the only decision you'll be hard pressed to make is when to leave! At DirtFloor not only will you find yourself in an artistic environment crucial to giving your best performance, but, you will find yourself among accredited and respected in house studio musicians(and artists in their own right!). There is no project too big or too small, and we promise total satisfaction from start to finish. DFS is owned and operated by Eric, Sandra, and Jeremy Lichter. Eric and Jeremy, well established as both artists and session musicians (Carly Simon, , Ben Taylor, Danny Kortchmar, Jerry Marotta,Willem Dafoe, Sally Taylor,Valerie Carter, etc...) They will gladly lend their collective talents to your project if desired, to make it truly kick-ass! DFS specializes in analog recording, and uses a ton of vintage gear to acheive a sound that is both original and timeless.Most importantly, we want to stress that we(Eric ,Sandra and Jeremy) are performing and recording ARTISTS, as well as PRODUCERS and ENGINEERS. We're not gonna make you gloss over your art and we won't let anyone who comes to us leave the studio less than satisfied. We treat your music as if it were our own...because...it sort of is, when you come to DirtFloor! We want to give you the best possible project you can make, at the best possible rate we can give, because we've been there too!DIRT FLOOR STUDIORates: $200 per day, including engineer and in house musicians….Find a better deal….Gear List:Acoustic Guitars- Martin D28CW Gibson J45 Harmony archtop Santa Cruz OM Vintage Stella 12 string Various working ‘toy’ guitars too!Electric Guitars- Gretsch White Falcon Gretsch Anniversary Fender Relic Stratocaster Silvertone 1448 ’71 Gibson Les Paul Fender Jazz bass plus a few strange birds!Amps- vintage Ampeg V2 Vox AC30 vintage Gretsch and Silvertone amps too!Keyboards,etc- Hammond C-3 organ with Leslie Farfisa combo organ Mini MOOG Univox Synth ARP- String Ensemble ARP-2600 MOOG Theremin Jenco Vibraphone Wurlitzer 200 electric piano Fender Rhodes electric piano Mellotron Optigan Baldwin Baby Grand piano.Console/Recorders- Amek/Soundcraft consoles. Scully 284 1” 8 track tape recorder. Tascam DA78(1) 8 track tape recorder. Tascam DA38(2) 8 track tape recorders.Mics,Outboard and Misc…- Universal Audio LA-610 Preamps HHB Radius 40 Preamps Altec 1592B Preamp Jenlor 8 channel tube pre/mixer Neumann U67 Neumann,TLM 103 Rode NT5’s Rode NT1A various other funky mics too! MISC- We have a mess of misc cool toys with which to make cool sounds..If you want to unleash your inner Tom Waits or Jack White,well then that's cool with us!..The bottom line is this, you will NOT find a better place to record your project!..We're into cool shit,and want you to make something equally cool,cuz our name's gonna be on your credits to!....RATES: $200 per day, which includes Eric(that's me!) as your multi-instrumentalist and co-arranger..And pretty much everything else you could want,which you'd end up paying extra for elsewhere..I love hat i do and i LOVE working with great artists!...** CALL AND TALK TO US!!! WE ARE SUPER FRIENDLY!!** (203) 218-6627Artists are welcome and encouraged to crash at DFS. The village of Chester is bustling with pubs and shops, not to mention really cool folks! MySpace Profile Photo Editor