- 02/11/2023
Winterborne Fan Promotion Event
Winterbourne are back at Damien Gerard's recording live promo versions of selected tracks fron their upcoming album "Act of Disappearing". 8 luck
Winterbourne are back at Damien Gerard's recording live promo versions of selected tracks fron their upcoming album "Act of Disappearing". 8 luck
One of our favourite Sydney bands "Starcrazy" spent the past week with us at Damien Gerard Studios recording their full length album. Produced by
Joel Leggett is one of our favourite locals to record at Damien Gerard's and his live performance was no exception. All filmed by "Search Media",
Liam, Campbell and Phil had a great day in the studio recording their original tune. The song was very 60's influenced so the Wurlitzer, Hammond,
We've had so many comments from players recently of how much they love our Kawai we just wanted to mention these few -
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Ever since our move to the Central Coast, and the high end upgrades that came with it, we know we've been out of reach for some artists,...
The Team at Damien Gerard Studios hosted a very successful open day in early September with guest speakers, Neav Watson, Mark Gable, Roge
A stellar group of session players including Mitch Farmer, Jeff Camilleri, Dave Holmes and Angus Steventon played as a collecti
With only 6 hours to record, Eamon Smith and the Prime Minister band where able to live track two great sounding songs with time to spare. They..
Astrovan were the NSW Youth rock competition winners for 2023 and the prize was a day recording at Damien Gerard Studios. The band were extremely
Jackson Barclay and Darlene Zschech absolutely killed it with their group of professional session musicians recording for a week at Damien Gerard
Bones Bonito and his son Felix recorded Bones's own project with engineer An
To follow up the session below, CB Ghost tracked a new song accompanied with live tracked drums and killer acoustic guitar. We also tracked live
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Little Quirks are always a joy to have at Damien Gerard studios. They never disappoint brin
Steve Kilbey spent 5 days in the studio re-recording one of The Church's classic albums "Blurred Crusade" in a stripped back, acoustic fashion. S
Taj Farrant -
Making his second visit to Damien Gerard Studios, Taj was able to record 3 in
To finish off The Church's newest album, Steve Kilbey spent 3 days with us at Damien Gerard Studios recording the final vocals for the album. The
Tessa Thames was a pleasure to have at Damien Gerard studios, her incredible vocals paired
Here's some great pictures of some varied gear we have been using on sessions recently.
July
Taj is one of the most talented guitarists and creatives that we have had the pleasure of working with at Damien Gerard Studios. "Crossroads" is
Starcrazy's recording session covering "SOS" by ABBA was a joy to be a part of. All members of the band brought great energy to the studio and...
Aussie country legend and Golden Guitar winner, Norma Murphy's recording session at Damien Gerard Studios was an amazing session to witness. Liam
We where fortunate enough to have Pilot Buffalo join us with Homebrewed radio show on Coast FM (96.3) to record some of their new work live.
Winterborne -
After recently recording with us at Damien Gerard studios, Winterborne perform
The Electorate came up from Sydney and brought engineer Steve Coull along with them to work on all the recording for 2 songs.
Following on from the backline post last month here's a whole bunch of 'Guitar Porn' from our in house collection, all available for session use.
Local lead guitarist (left handed) and rock singer songwriter Kaijin Solo was spotted at the studio last month guesting on an all in live jam ban
With the new album 'Rising Sun' coming out late May the final sessions leading up included some fine vocal touches and a bit more keys from Dave.
We have been collecting amplifiers, drums, keyboards and cabinets for over 35 years so there's some pretty unique and awesome pieces in the backl
The full team including session drummer Miles Thomas and free lance engineer Jackson Barclay were all on deck for these album session days for th
Welcome to The Tin Heads rocking the joint past few days on their YouthRock prize. Plenty of special spots in the live room to make some great...
Last month we hosted a brilliant 3 days of complete album backing vocals with these A list ladies Amanda Easton and Serena Jennings for one of Br
Here is a great technical run down of this recording, now released with more to come utilizing multiple studios and technique. And you can listen
Today's session was a 1-2 take live improvisation of 8 songs for Stewy Meira with Murray Dilger audio engineering and playing bass guitar plus Ka
Big brass day in March which featured Tuba, French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet and Saxophone.
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Some super slick guitars going down last couple days with the good old "through the wall patch" from control to live room so the player can be...
Another set of amazing session guys back at DG's this week. None other than Ash Naylor of Even and The Paul Kelly Band and more recently The...
Strings were going down big time last month for Luke Wright including mandocello and violin. This picture is the gents in the control room workin
This 16 year old Central Coast band just had their first ever professional recording experience at DG's, courtesy of the Central Coast Council 'H
Another young band's first ever real recording experience for the Central Coast Council's 'Heard' project. This time average age 14 years Fusion
It's not always about the Ludwig Ringo kit as you can see here.
Recently we used our own ver
Andrew Beck pulled out his Coles 4038's for overheads on a recent session and ran them in Blumlein Mode. (The Blumlein Pair technique uti
Some re-amping yesterday for Sydney engineer Steve Coull working on his Key Ring Jeans project.
Yet another female vocalist this time the legendary Shauna Jensen chose Damien Gerard Studios to record earlier in the month for a project being
The studio live room was transformed by a film crew for the Winterbourne live session.
Here
The start of this the session was laying the piano and vocal guides for a nine track album to be recorded over the next few days for...
Just a weekend or so pre Christmas saw the guys from Texas Strangers record some new tunes with Andrew Beck ahead of their shows at Tamworth Coun
Local Central Coast producer Conner Massey (often spotted at The Grove) brought in his mates Spinning Cupids for a tracking session last month wi
Ever wondered why certain sounds just don't measure up even if you are using the same microphone as the professionals or your favorite singer, dr
Big thanks to all the brilliant artists that have come through the doors over the past year or two. Here's just a few that signed our wall...
A huge set up including 20(yes 20 x go pro video camera's to document it all) for the start of 4 days tape based session for Composer/Producer...
Today’s session features some some little heard genre's in Australia Cajun, Zydeco and Gospel from Aussie legend Harvey Fisk (Foreday Riders, K
Next few days we welcome rock band Oleander Grove all the way from Redcliffe Queensland recording 7 brand new songs with the mighty Shane Nichol
Today’s vocal chain for Nick from October Rage is a 1970 Neumann U87 via an original Neve 1073 preamp /equaliser and original Teletronix LA2A l
Ever since their last album tracking in 2019 we looked forward to welcoming The Mezcaltones back as there is never a dull moment with this cast o
Some great new tunes going down this week for Natalie Gauci with such luminaries as Steve Kilbey (producer and bass), Ashley Naylor (guitars), Ba
For the first week of October, we had the pleasure of hosting local central coast artists Jessie-May K (recording), William VanLeer (mixing) and
All producers have their own favourite pieces of outboard gear, both classic and new. Those that are successful enough to buy the units for thems
New up and coming Central Coast solo artist Kalen Hogan enjoyed his time at Damien Gerard's so much he has returned to record th
Self described as a meeting of Amy Winehouse and Paramore this band were really after classic sounds with lots of space around t
Inspired during a background vocal harmony session young Central Coast Artist Jessie-May Kitchen wrote a new song and needed to record it quickly
A huge thank-you to everyone involved in the music recording workshop we put on as part of the Central Coast Music Festival. The end result was a
With some outstanding outboard old and new out and about on a recent session we added some pics
Sydney band Juno Point came up for 5 days of tracking using the vintage mics and outboard, including the Tape Machine and some of our keyboards,
Local Americana singer/songwriter William Vanleer took advantage of one of our many production deals and has been recording two songs throughout
Local hard rocking metal band Acts of Insanity spent a pretty long and loud day or so tracking a few songs and overdubbing guitar and vocals. The
Local rockers Turtle Custard tracked with us earlier this year and have finally got around to mixing the entire album with Andrew Beck. Plenty of
With the large live room, diffusers and drum wall, not to mention the arsenal of vintage microphones we see many clients come in to record drums.
As part of the Central Coast Music Festi
Ben from Silverchair was back at the studio recently with not one but two drum kits.
The pro
Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey were back to shoot two music videos with Duncan Toombs from the Filmery. Various studio mics were used as 'props' and
Young Central Coast artist Kalen Hogan had his first ever professional studio experience recording 2 songs over 2 days playing all the guitars an
Here is the set up for some basic rock tracking with Sydney band No Escape who are doing a selection of weekends over the coming months to...
A very productive day was spent with Dave Hunt (Sarah Blasko, Devoted Few) creating backing tracks including drums, bass, keys and guitar for Jes
Here are just 3 of our Vintage Neumann treasures: the M49, U67 and Gunterwagner U47 long body as they were all out on recent sessions translating
The ABC needed a handy Central Coast location to record vocals for Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey’s duet for the upcoming 'ABC90celebrate'
With new lead guitarist Tom Moyle now firmly established in the band’s new lineup the boys came in to record his signature guitar on a bunch of
With Slide’s album ‘Blood Red River’ (all recorded at DGS) coming out back in May and the CD stock just arriving, it was time to pu
Central Coast film composer Aaron True used the studio for a masterclass in music track laying for film with close to 20 of his students.
Here's some valuable recording prep tips from our chief engineer Andrew Beck's over 30 years experience working in recording studios from Los Ang
Sydney post punk indie guys Aurelius did an amazing job with their 5 day EP deal in early May. Recording tracking and mixing / m
Pulling out the big gun vintage microphones for some upcoming sessions, some nice outboard pics as well. Pictured here you can see the ELAM251, N
Our venerable Yamaha SPX90's have just been serviced and so far the mark 1 unit is reinstalled in the FX rack alongside the other 2 classic 1980'
The latest edition to be recorded at the studio is Dr Do More ER doctor on the Central Coast - Ash Bowden talking with journalist Kayleen Bell.<
Jessie May Kitchen tracking in the studio
During May young central coast singer/ songwriter
Started in 2020, then held up by covid lockdowns, finally completed late 2021 here is the first single from Luke Escombe's triumphant new album e
Some classic pictures showing aspects of different rooms and engineers over the years starting way back at the Ultimo Studios in the mid 1980's (
APRIL 19 - The boys from ALPHA GOOSE were back in again for their album session starting around Easter but with pick up sessions stretching into
APRIL 9 - Andrew Beck back at it again with a 3 piece blues session toda
APRIL 11 - After the great big drum test day yesterday, we kept the Mapex Rock Kit out to record some spectacular tracks for a new single....
APRIL 7th - With a massive Easter tape session approaching, today was Tape Line Up day at the studio. Getting in early for preparations on the mi
This month we have some great new additions to the studio that we are extremely jazzed about using on your upcoming projects. Here are just some
Drawing Arrows new video out now, all shot at the studio. You can see some of our vintage backline as 'props' for Drawing Arrows. The guys record
We had a big transfer day for Sydney band Gigantic from the early 90's. Originally recorded at our original Ultimo studio, 3 Transfer stations we
Newcastle Celtic Rock sensations HIGHLANDER chose Damien Gerard Studios to mix their latest album. With every Celtic instrument you can imagine,
The Hoodoo Gurus return to the charts with their new album, Chariot of the Gods, debuting in the ARIA top 10 for the March release. Drums and...
The Hoodoo Gurus back in this week for a live recording session for a online concert in the states following the cancellation of their US tour. T
A vintage '73 Fender Jazz has also joined our backline for upcoming sessions, this bass not only looks but sounds the part! Not to be sniffed at.
New channel strips joining our gear list this week. A stereo pair from the 1980's, British made hence 'Valve' instead of 'Tube'. The VP-1 valve p
Central Coast boys The Rams were back in to record some extra guitar parts on their new track Alibi, making use of our vintage '73 Strat and...
Drawing Arrows were back in to record a film clip for their new single, The Space Between, releasing late March. The vocals for the track was als
The Matt Hickey band came back in to do some mixing of the final tune to be released following a recording session at the end of last...
After four years of hard work Halfway Homebouy have finished their next album. Beginning in Balmain way back in 2018 then making repeated use of
A day long tracking session using our Ludwig Vintage 'Ringo' kit, some Vintage Guitars and Backline and even the Maton 320 Acoustic on a new song
We can't disclose too much of what was going on just yet- seeing Ben in the studio certainly created some frantic buzz with the fans - but...
After enjoying the recording and mixing of their single of 2020 done at DGs for the Heard Community Project the band always said they wanted to c
Lead singer and principal song writer for Central Coast boys Halfway Homebuoy Jack Davison put together a solo EP of chilled out country american
For their recent 2022 trip to lay more drums with Evan, a combination of our Ludwig 1960’s Ringo kit and Evan's own high quality bits and piece
Long term client Fran Mathey started off the new year with a day long dry hire session to compete a 50+page film description job. Her Sydney prod
Some 'Lofi' rap vocals went down early January for young Central Coast Rapper Jayden Harmony. Sweet and smooth sounds from the Neumann U47, Neve1
Local drummer and producer Kayne Butler needed to mix down a live(no overdubs) tracking session and asked (read more)
Our hard working chief engineer has been indie-rocking with brand new young band JAN’s new single.
Repeating the successful recording 2 songs in a day approach he used for his last release and with the same players Kaijin was back at DG’s las
The beginning of Jessie’s session laying guides for her next EP, with Dave (from Sarah Blasko band) helping with instrumentation.
Always hard to keep these local lads away the Halfway Homebouy's were back in the studio for vocal and guitar overdubs for the up coming 2022 alb
Drawing Arrows were recently back in for a vocal recording session using the classic Neuman U47 for lead, and M49 for backing vocals. Some guitar
One man band session for Ethan Beckton. Working on his first professionally recorded single, featuring acoustic guitar, piano, bass and vocals. G
Classic surf rock album tracking with Stella Session Players Evan Mannell, Ben Hauptman, and Aaron Baz Flower. Lots of great guitar gear in for t
Great session for Jo Fabro recording horns and woodwinds for the new album. Evan Mannell producing and Andrew Beck engineering.
Week long session with Starcrazy for their follow-up EP with Mo Mayhem (Hell City Glamours) producing, Andrew Beck engineering and Murray Dilger
Camino Gold were in for a few days Tracking the new release with Steve Balbi producing and Jack Nigro(Dune Rats
Overdubs session with Matt Hickey, starting with bass and iconic Gibson 1958 Les Paul junior.
<Reza laid down some sensational rap vocals soon after lockdown ended at DG's. Returning in December he has recorded some additional vocals for a
Steve Kilbey has been using the studio ever since lockdown ended, to put the finishing touches to the forthcoming album by Aussie icons The Churc
This session between Central Coast singer/songwriter Jessie May Kitchen and local Coast FM Announcer Brandon Macmillan was to rework one of her s
The first official session at the reopened DG's post lockdown was a day of film description voicing for Fran Mathey. Her producer Martyn Taylor
With our ever-expanding guitar collection, we created a (close to) 1973 wall the other day
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A visiting engineer commented just the other day about the comprehensive nature of our microphone collection. Since then, there have been a few
Steve Kilbey has been back in the studio virtually since lockdown lifted putting the finishing touches on the forthcoming album
We had some new amp heads arrive as well as a 1973 P Bass(which Andrew couldn’t resist having a flang) – Firstly a Hand wired (made in...
We found the lockdown an ideal time to add to the already impressive drum inventory.
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Some good use of the downtime with various jobs completed or underway.
See below for Lynx Au
These legendary vintage units (the first models dating from 1948) have recently arrived and are still in their flight rack awaiting power supply
What better way to use some enforced downtime to have the studio builders come and do some ongoing renovations.
The one service available we can provide during lockdown is our remote mixing and mastering services because the 2 main engineers for that are ba
The most recent interview with studio manager Marshall Cullen all about The New Grieve Road West Gosford Facility which opened its doors October
Our keyboard selection expanded early in July with the acquisition of a Hammond L-100 Tonewheel organ. This classic 1970's electronic organ goes
August Update
Along with the Rickenbacker 12 String below August saw these
UPDATE AUGUST
After being very happy with the results from the below July s
Just pre lockdown we had the pleasure of hosting Sophie Monk at DG's. Rather than heading all the way to Sydney when the Covid breakout was start
Central Coast boys Winterbourne who are signed to Major Label Island Records chose DGs to start tracking a selection of songs for their second
As well as working with Winterbourne in June, Jackson also brought in one of his own clients for a days recording. Jackson has been enginee
One of our Long Term local Central Coast clients is Fran Mathey who has the rare talent of ‘describing films’(amongst other things) for the v
September 2021 we have just capped it off with the purchase of a matched pair of Original Vintage AKG C414's - the perfect Overheads
In his unique prolific fashion Mr Kilbey was back for a few days early in June. This time Steve brought in his band of virtuoso musicians The...
Our new Flagship Neumann has been long awaited and thanks to the efforts of owner Jasoin Stenning a pristine unit, recently serviced by Gunter Wa
This Sydney band have recorded around town previously but are in the process of relocating to the Central Coast and came in to demo some vocals a
Hoodoo Gurus More Tracking at DGs
The iconic Aussie legends spent another day tracking a cla
Our latest edition, a Manley Reference Gold Tube Microphone. Comparable to a Neumann, but with its own unique qualities. A deep timbre and tight
Some interesting and different choices throughout April to try a few new things on the capture front. We used a range of different mics to usual
Following on from his session back in May (see below) local coastie Pearly was back in for overdubs with Andrew Beck, the work is ongoing and onc
Julien Poulson - musician, songwriter, producer, and filmmaker (known for the Cambodian Space Project Band) a host of brilliant musicians and Eng
A new 4 day session for Steve Kilbey ......
Steve Kilbey's latest session with the Winged H
DG's was chosen by brand new Central Coast band 'Dead Routes' to record their debut 2 song
Young central coast band The Good Love spent another day working with our young engineers t
The Sony MCI JH24 1985 Model 2 inch 24 Track Tape Machine is ready to rock DG’s once more after some line up and maintenance work. Get...
Sydney band Grander Things came up to the coast for a weekend (and found a very nice Air BnB at Daly’s Point only 15 mins away) to...
Rockers Cousin Betty chose DG's specifically so they could track direct to 2" tape just like the old days. Having all recorded at both DGS Ultimo
Adding to the quiver of ESP Eclipse 4 knob guitars is a Dark Brown Sunburst. This magnificent collection of rare 4 knob ESP Custom Shop editions
A fantastic addition to the DGS Amp portfolio
This is one of the great JMP
The fabulous Garry Forzosi, rocked DGS for two days as a one-man band, locking down two songs for his new EP. Multi-talented, Garry ripped guitar
Now that we have established a great re-amp and SSL mixing path (see Paul Scott session above) clients have also been sending in their files remo
Marshall Cullen and Paul Scott got together again to reamp and mix some more tracks for Paul’s next album under his "insufferable" Paul Scott'
Hoodoo Gurus spent a few days tracking new songs with Wayne Connolly producing and engineering. Wayne brought in a range of his own mics and pre-
Spy V Spy returned to the Studio for their 4th session in as many months to finish mixing the last 8 tunes for the 'New Reasons' album....
Adding a new single song to her album tracked and mixed at DG's last year, Cassady brought her full band back up for a day with Michael...
A Fine bunch of lads up from Sydney have been tracking their new EP, with Andrew Beck our Chief Engineer. Coming from bands such as Radio Birdman
It's easy to forget the capabilities of a complete music studio, so here's a quick reminder of many other things we do, as well as recording, mix
To start 2021 we have added some very special new pieces to the co
We tracked some classical instruments in the studio over January. Firstly Michaele Archer brought in classical guitar virtuoso Guiseppe Zangari t
Bluesman Adam Jones laid down a two-song single over the break - Marshall Cu
Following on from the sessions below and always a few steps ahead of her releases Jessie’s work last month included Russell Pilling doing the f
With the band's tracking for the new album completed late last year, these sessions were all about overdubs. Guitars were the first thing to addr
Young rockers from the Central Coast The Tyrants chose DG's to trac
Local Central Coast Drummer / Producer Kayne Butler brought his own Ludwig Kit in to test the room for future projects and we made some drum samp
Stems mixing on the SSL and Re Amping using the live room and Iso Booth
Paul S
Starring young Central Coast act now signed to ABC/Universal came in earlier in the year to launch their Florences Town single with a live stream
It's a long way from Switzerland but that's where this Central Coast band formed.
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DG's offers a select range of session musicians to suit any styl
The Steve Kilbey and The Winged Heels sessions were both recordi
Another group of local artists has been busy recording as part of the #h
We were chuffed to have local international star Taj Farrant in fo
Young singer songwriter Jessie May Kitchen already has 3 singles and an EP released all recorded and mixed at DG's over the past few years. This
Local Central Coast Soprano and Central Coast Conservato