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About Me

Michael Tarsia's studio experience began at the age of four when he watched his father Joe engineer at a small neighborhood studio and then at Philadelphia's Cameo Parkway Records. By the time his father was building his own studio Michael was by his side stripping wires, assembling components and running for coffee. It wasn't long after that, Michael was assisting on sessions for the likes of Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. By the early 80's he was sitting behind the console engineering his own sessions. Michael's engineering career had begun in earnest.Working with a wide variety of talented artists from P.P. Arnold to the Yellow Jackets, Michael quickly earned a number of gold and platinum record awards. Clients gave him the nickname Mike "The Mixx" Tarsia and in 1990 he received his first GrammyÂ® recognition for his work on Patti Labelle's GrammyÂ® winning album, Burnin'. His achievements as a music mixer soon led him to motion pictures working on the soundtracks of Beverly Hills Cops, Coming To America and Booty Call, among others.Active in the music community, he helped to organize and was elected to serve on the first Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Branch of the National Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesÂ® (NARASÂ®) as well becomming the first SPARS [Society Of Professional Audio Recording Services] President to be elected to serve 2 terms.

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If you are in the Delaware Valley Tristate area and need a world class engineer to record, mix or master your production...ORIf you would like PERSONALIZED instruction in the art of recording and mixingor anyone around the world who needs mixing or mastering..YOU can have a GRAMMY RECOGNIZED ENGINEER affordably mix and master your production..PM me for more details

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STUDIO GEAR

Mac G5 2.0 dual core24 in cinema monitor20 inch cinema monitorProtools HD 3 AccellProtool 7.3.4Digigidesign 192Presonus Central StationArgosy consoleFTP site for fast file transfersSPEAKERS/AMPJBL 441...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:23:00 GMT

Sigmasoundz Recording Arts Instruction....

Listen&Utilize&Create SigmaSoundZ Recording Arts Program¸ Taught by a RIAA and Grammy award winning engineer¸ Focus on the artistic craft of recording not just the science...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:54:00 GMT

Industry Awards...

AttitudeTroop-GOLD RECORDBeverly Hills CopsFilm Soundtrack PLATINUM RECORDBig Throw DownLevertGOLD RECORDBooty Call-Film Soundtrack--GOLD RECORDBurnin--Patti Labelle--GOLD RECORDGRAMMY WINNER ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:15:00 GMT

Building A Home Recording Studio...

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:38:00 GMT

Mike's Partial Client List {major label}..

P. P. Arnold George Benson David BowieBel Biv Devoe Sheena Easton Cliff EberhartFive Star Johnny Gill Dru HillMikki Howard Jermaine Jackson Millie JacksonKrokus Patti Labelle Gerald LevertJoe Little L...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:10:00 GMT

Mike Tarsia's Clients on Amazon...

Recored and/or Mixed Major Label Albums Availabe online
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:45:00 GMT

Vocal Recording Techniques...

R&B King Michael Tarsia on Vocals
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:02:00 GMT

Choosing Microphones...

Outfitting your Studio: Microphones
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:57:00 GMT

Drum Miking...

Getting the Drum Sound You Want
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:53:00 GMT

Some Studios I Used For Sessions

Sigma Sound ...PhilaSigma Sound ...NYCApollo Theater Studio...NYCRed Bus...London EnglandTown House 2..London EnglandEel Pie..London EnglandLarabee..LASound Castle...LACriteria..Fla
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:16:00 GMT