- 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
- 02/11/2023
Starcrazy Album
One of our favourite Sydney bands "Starcrazy" spent the past week with us at Damien Gerard Studios recording their full length album. Produced by
- 02/11/2023
Joel Leggett Live session
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",
- 02/11/2023
Phil Crossfield Session
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,
- 02/11/2023
Kawai Upright Piano
We've had so many comments from players recently of how much they love our Kawai we just wanted to mention these few -
- 18/10/2023
DGS Analog Recording Camp
Looking for something to do in the holidays that could kick start your
career in music?
- 05/10/2023
New Rates – Limited Time
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,...
- 05/10/2023
Damien Gerard Studios Open Day
The Team at Damien Gerard Studios hosted a very successful open day in early September with guest speakers, Neav Watson, Mark Gable, Roge
- 05/10/2023
Session Player Collective
A stellar group of session players including Mitch Farmer, Jeff Camilleri, Dave Holmes and Angus Steventon played as a collecti
- 31/08/2023
Prime Minister – Recording Session
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..
- 31/08/2023
Astrovan – Recording Session
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
- 31/08/2023
Darlene Zschech
Jackson Barclay and Darlene Zschech absolutely killed it with their group of professional session musicians recording for a week at Damien Gerard
- 31/08/2023
Bones Bonito – Recording Session
Bones Bonito and his son Felix recorded Bones's own project with engineer An
- 31/08/2023
CB Ghost – Recording Session
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
- 03/08/2023
DG Open Day Saturday September 2
***FREE EVENT - RSVPs Essential - Click the Ticket Link below to reserve your place***
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- 03/08/2023
Home-Brewed Radio Session – Little Quirks
Little Quirks are always a joy to have at Damien Gerard studios. They never disappoint brin
- 03/08/2023
Steve Kilbey – Acoustic “Blurred Crusade” recut
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
- 03/08/2023
Taj Farrant – More sessions
Taj Farrant -
Making his second visit to Damien Gerard Studios, Taj was able to record 3 in
- 03/08/2023
The Church – Vocal tracking.
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
- 02/08/2023
Home-brewed Radio Session – Tessa Thames
Tessa Thames was a pleasure to have at Damien Gerard studios, her incredible vocals paired
- 08/07/2023
Session Gear
Here's some great pictures of some varied gear we have been using on sessions recently.
July
- 28/06/2023
Taj Farrant “Crossroads” session
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
- 28/06/2023
Starcrazy cover of “SOS” by ABBA
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...
- 27/06/2023
Norma Murphy recording session
Aussie country legend and Golden Guitar winner, Norma Murphy's recording session at Damien Gerard Studios was an amazing session to witness. Liam
- 13/06/2023
Homebrewed Radio Session – Pilot Buffalo
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.
- 13/06/2023
Homebrewed Radio Session – Winterborne
Winterborne -
After recently recording with us at Damien Gerard studios, Winterborne perform
- 08/06/2023
The Electorate Tracking
The Electorate came up from Sydney and brought engineer Steve Coull along with them to work on all the recording for 2 songs.
- 08/06/2023
Guitars for Days
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.
- 06/06/2023
Thundastar Mixing and Reamping
- 06/06/2023
Kaijin Solo session guitar
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
- 03/06/2023
Jessie-May K Sessions Finishing New Album
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.
- 08/05/2023
Backline for days
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
- 05/05/2023
Winterbourne Recording Session for New Album
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
- 05/05/2023
Youth Rock Band The Tin Heads Recording Session
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...
- 05/05/2023
Little Kay Roxy Star Rap Session
- 05/05/2023
Apsara Music Recording Session
- 05/05/2023
Michael Peter Session
- 04/04/2023
Backing Vocals Session for Brendan McNamara
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
- 04/04/2023
Chaperone Recorded at DG’s Tech Run Down
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
- 04/04/2023
Grunge Rock Band 2nd Story Window Session
- 04/04/2023
Stewy Meira Live Improvisation Sessions
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
- 04/04/2023
French Horn and more Brass Session
Big brass day in March which featured Tuba, French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet and Saxophone.
Re
- 04/04/2023
Blue Mountains rock band Acid Amora session
- 04/04/2023
Gear News – Guitar Overdubs via control room
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...
- 06/03/2023
Natalie Gauci Tracking Sessions
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...
- 06/03/2023
Steve Kilbey ‘Speed of the Stars’ Session
- 06/03/2023
String Recording Session
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
- 06/03/2023
New Central Coast Band First Session
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
- 05/03/2023
Fusion Band First Time Recording
Another young band's first ever real recording experience for the Central Coast Council's 'Heard' project. This time average age 14 years Fusion
- 05/03/2023
The Mapex gets the Glyn Johns treatment
It's not always about the Ludwig Ringo kit as you can see here.
Recently we used our own ver
- 10/02/2023
The Blumlein Pair
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
- 07/02/2023
Kalen Hogan New Single Recording Sessions
- 07/02/2023
Sydney Engineer Steve Coull Re-amping
Some re-amping yesterday for Sydney engineer Steve Coull working on his Key Ring Jeans project.
- 07/02/2023
Shauna Jensen Vocal Session
Yet another female vocalist this time the legendary Shauna Jensen chose Damien Gerard Studios to record earlier in the month for a project being
- 07/02/2023
Jessie-May K Vocal Comps Session
- 06/02/2023
Michaele Archer Session for Apsara Music
- 10/01/2023
Winterbourne Live Filming Session
The studio live room was transformed by a film crew for the Winterbourne live session.
Here
- 10/01/2023
Scott Gibson with Steve Kilbey producing
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...
- 10/01/2023
Texas Strangers Recording Session
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
- 10/01/2023
Spinning Cupids Session
Local Central Coast producer Conner Massey (often spotted at The Grove) brought in his mates Spinning Cupids for a tracking session last month wi
- 10/01/2023
The secret of Mic Preamps
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
- 10/01/2023
To all our great recording artists – Thank You!
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...
- 04/12/2022
Tape session for Brendan McNamara
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...
- 04/12/2022
Harvey Fisk, John Wardle & Richard Ruhle Cajun, Zydeco and Gospel session
Today’s session features some some little heard genre's in Australia Cajun, Zydeco and Gospel from Aussie legend Harvey Fisk (Foreday Riders, K
- 04/12/2022
QLD band Oleander Grove recording with Shane Nicholson producing
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
- 04/12/2022
Nick from October Rage vocal session
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
- 04/12/2022
Flashback – Luke Escombe ‘Just Like Lovers’
Here' a great flashback to 2020 when the Soundcraft 2400 desk was doing one of it's last ever recording sessions before the SSL Origin
- 10/11/2022
The Mezcaltones recording new album
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
- 10/11/2022
Natalie Gauci recording sessions
Some great new tunes going down this week for Natalie Gauci with such luminaries as Steve Kilbey (producer and bass), Ashley Naylor (guitars), Ba
- 10/11/2022
Big Week of Sessions
For the first week of October, we had the pleasure of hosting local central coast artists Jessie-May K (recording), William VanLeer (mixing) and
- 09/11/2022
Producer Gear
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
- 09/11/2022
The Blue Reds recording session
- 08/10/2022
Kalen Hogan back in the studio
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
- 08/10/2022
Snakeoil in the studio
Self described as a meeting of Amy Winehouse and Paramore this band were really after classic sounds with lots of space around t
- 08/10/2022
Jessie-May Kitchen Inspires
Inspired during a background vocal harmony session young Central Coast Artist Jessie-May Kitchen wrote a new song and needed to record it quickly
- 08/10/2022
Central Coast Music Festival Basics of Music Recording
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
- 08/10/2022
Joel Leggett Recording Session
- 01/10/2022
Nice Racks!
With some outstanding outboard old and new out and about on a recent session we added some pics
- 05/09/2022
Juno Point bring out the big guns
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,
- 05/09/2022
William Vanleer Production Deal
Local Americana singer/songwriter William Vanleer took advantage of one of our many production deals and has been recording two songs throughout
- 05/09/2022
Acts Of Insanity Metal Band Session
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
- 05/09/2022
Turtle Custard Mixing New Album
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
- 05/09/2022
Drum Kit Mics
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.
- 10/08/2022
Special Event – Guide to the basics of Music Recording
As part of the Central Coast Music Festi
- 08/08/2022
Ben Gillies’ Drums
Ben from Silverchair was back at the studio recently with not one but two drum kits.
The pro
- 08/08/2022
Beccy Cole & Adam Harvey Music Video
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
- 08/08/2022
Kalen Hogan
Young Central Coast artist Kalen Hogan had his first ever professional studio experience recording 2 songs over 2 days playing all the guitars an
- 08/08/2022
Sydney Rock Band No Escape Tracking Weekend
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...
- 08/08/2022
Track Laying With Dave Hunt
A very productive day was spent with Dave Hunt (Sarah Blasko, Devoted Few) creating backing tracks including drums, bass, keys and guitar for Jes
- 08/08/2022
Neumann Heaven
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
- 12/07/2022
Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole
The ABC needed a handy Central Coast location to record vocals for Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey’s duet for the upcoming 'ABC90celebrate'
- 11/07/2022
Drawing Arrows Guitars
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
- 11/07/2022
Slide Milligan Live In Studio
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
- 11/07/2022
Aaron True Film Composition Masterclass
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.
- 10/07/2022
Recording preparation tips
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
- 05/06/2022
Aurelius Tracking In The Studio
Sydney post punk indie guys Aurelius did an amazing job with their 5 day EP deal in early May. Recording tracking and mixing / m
- 05/06/2022
Vintage Mic Explosion
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
- 05/06/2022
Classic Outboard and FX back in service
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'
- 05/06/2022
Central Coast Stories Podcast Recording
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.<
- 05/06/2022
Texas Strangers recent sessions
- 05/06/2022
Jessie May Kitchen collaborative sessions
Jessie May Kitchen tracking in the studio
During May young central coast singer/ songwriter
- 03/06/2022
Luke Escombe – Whale Beach Road
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
- 05/05/2022
Engineers over the years
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 (
- 27/04/2022
ALPHA GOOSE in the studio
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
- 27/04/2022
The Tinku Band
APRIL 9 - Andrew Beck back at it again with a 3 piece blues session toda
- 27/04/2022
LAYING DOWN TRACKS
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....
- 27/04/2022
Tape Line Up Day
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
- 08/04/2022
Mic & Gear News
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
- 08/04/2022
Drawing Arrows Video Release – (shot at Damien Gerard Studios)
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
- 08/04/2022
Gigantic transfers
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
- 08/04/2022
Highlander Mixing
Newcastle Celtic Rock sensations HIGHLANDER chose Damien Gerard Studios to mix their latest album. With every Celtic instrument you can imagine,
- 05/04/2022
Hoodoo Gurus Chariot of the Gods
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...
- 08/03/2022
Hoodoo Gurus – live recording
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
- 03/03/2022
’73 Fender Jazz Bass
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.
- 03/03/2022
TLAudio VP-1 Valve(Tube) Processors
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
- 03/03/2022
The Rams tracking and mixing
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...
- 03/03/2022
Drawing Arrows – Film Clip & New Single
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
- 03/03/2022
Matt Hickey – mixing
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...
- 03/03/2022
Halfway Homebouy album completed!
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
- 03/03/2022
Jessie May-Kitchen drum tracking
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
- 07/02/2022
Silverchair’s Ben Gillies Rocks DG’s
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...
- 07/02/2022
Turtle Custard Track their New Album
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
- 07/02/2022
Jack Davison Solo Effort
Lead singer and principal song writer for Central Coast boys Halfway Homebuoy Jack Davison put together a solo EP of chilled out country american
- 07/02/2022
Sydney Band Brother Mine session drums
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
- 07/02/2022
Fran Mathey Film Descriptions
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
- 07/02/2022
LOFi Rap Vocals for Jayden Harmony
Some 'Lofi' rap vocals went down early January for young Central Coast Rapper Jayden Harmony. Sweet and smooth sounds from the Neumann U47, Neve1
- 09/01/2022
Kayne Butler Live SSL Mixdown
Local drummer and producer Kayne Butler needed to mix down a live(no overdubs) tracking session and asked (read more)
- 09/01/2022
New local band JAN debut single recording
Our hard working chief engineer has been indie-rocking with brand new young band JAN’s new single.
- 09/01/2022
Kaijin Solo 2 Track 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
- 09/01/2022
Jessie May Kitchen Session Guitar and Keys
The beginning of Jessie’s session laying guides for her next EP, with Dave (from Sarah Blasko band) helping with instrumentation.
- 02/12/2021
ARIA Awards 2021
- 02/12/2021
Halfway Homebouy
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
- 02/12/2021
Drawing Arrows
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
- 02/12/2021
Ethan Beckton Session
One man band session for Ethan Beckton. Working on his first professionally recorded single, featuring acoustic guitar, piano, bass and vocals. G
- 02/12/2021
Evan Mannell Surf Rock Live Session
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
- 02/12/2021
Jo Fabro Horns Session
Great session for Jo Fabro recording horns and woodwinds for the new album. Evan Mannell producing and Andrew Beck engineering.
- 02/12/2021
Starcrazy Session
Week long session with Starcrazy for their follow-up EP with Mo Mayhem (Hell City Glamours) producing, Andrew Beck engineering and Murray Dilger
- 30/11/2021
Camino Gold Sessions
Camino Gold were in for a few days Tracking the new release with Steve Balbi producing and Jack Nigro(Dune Rats
- 30/11/2021
Matt Hickey Session
Overdubs session with Matt Hickey, starting with bass and iconic Gibson 1958 Les Paul junior.
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- 10/11/2021
Reza Kasmael – Rap Vocals at DG’s
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
- 02/11/2021
Niamh Watson – Vocals
- 02/11/2021
The Church – Finishing Touches
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
- 02/11/2021
Brandon Macmillan/Jessie May Kitchen
This session between Central Coast singer/songwriter Jessie May Kitchen and local Coast FM Announcer Brandon Macmillan was to rework one of her s
- 02/11/2021
First session post lockdown
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
- 02/11/2021
The 1973 Wall
With our ever-expanding guitar collection, we created a (close to) 1973 wall the other day
H
- 02/11/2021
The Mic Locker
A visiting engineer commented just the other day about the comprehensive nature of our microphone collection. Since then, there have been a few
- 01/11/2021
Shoutout from Steve Kilbey(The Church)
Steve Kilbey has been back in the studio virtually since lockdown lifted putting the finishing touches on the forthcoming album
- 05/10/2021
New Guitar Heads
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...
- 04/10/2021
Counting The Beat
We found the lockdown an ideal time to add to the already impressive drum inventory.
See bel
- 04/10/2021
Lockdown Tech work
Some good use of the downtime with various jobs completed or underway.
See below for Lynx Au
- 05/09/2021
Ampex 351 Vintage Tube Mic preamps
These legendary vintage units (the first models dating from 1948) have recently arrived and are still in their flight rack awaiting power supply
- 05/09/2021
Lockdown renovations
What better way to use some enforced downtime to have the studio builders come and do some ongoing renovations.
- 05/09/2021
Lockdown Remote Mix Sessions
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
- 30/08/2021
About DG’s 2021
The most recent interview with studio manager Marshall Cullen all about The New Grieve Road West Gosford Facility which opened its doors October
- 04/08/2021
Keyboard News
Our keyboard selection expanded early in July with the acquisition of a Hammond L-100 Tonewheel organ. This classic 1970's electronic organ goes
- 04/08/2021
Guitar News
August Update
Along with the Rickenbacker 12 String below August saw these
- 03/08/2021
Niksta Remote Mixdown
UPDATE AUGUST
After being very happy with the results from the below July s
- 03/08/2021
Sophie Monk Voice Overs
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
- 01/07/2021
Winterbourne Tracking
Central Coast boys Winterbourne who are signed to Major Label Island Records chose DGs to start tracking a selection of songs for their second
- 01/07/2021
Jackson Barclay
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
- 01/07/2021
Fran Mathey Description Services
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
- 01/07/2021
Vintage 60’s Mics
September 2021 we have just capped it off with the purchase of a matched pair of Original Vintage AKG C414's - the perfect Overheads
- 01/07/2021
Steve Kilbey-Tour Pre Production
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...
- 30/06/2021
DGS adds the iconic Neumann U67 to its impressive collection of studio Mic’s
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
- 04/06/2021
Drawing Arrows
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
- 19/05/2021
The mighty Gurus tracking session this week at DGS
Hoodoo Gurus More Tracking at DGs
The iconic Aussie legends spent another day tracking a cla
- 04/05/2021
Tyrants – Mixdown
- 04/05/2021
May Mic News – Manley Reference Gold Tube and More
Our latest edition, a Manley Reference Gold Tube Microphone. Comparable to a Neumann, but with its own unique qualities. A deep timbre and tight
- 01/05/2021
Microphone News
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
- 24/04/2021
Pearly White Tracking Session
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
- 24/04/2021
The Broken Hillbillies
Julien Poulson - musician, songwriter, producer, and filmmaker (known for the Cambodian Space Project Band) a host of brilliant musicians and Eng
- 19/04/2021
Steve Kilbey and The Winged Heels record a new album in 4 days
A new 4 day session for Steve Kilbey ......
Steve Kilbey's latest session with the Winged H
- 19/04/2021
New Central Coast lads the Dead Routes Band creates single
DG's was chosen by brand new Central Coast band 'Dead Routes' to record their debut 2 song
- 28/03/2021
The Good Love
Young central coast band The Good Love spent another day working with our young engineers t
- 28/03/2021
SONY MCI 2″ TAPE MACHINE up and running
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...
- 28/03/2021
Grander Things Rock The Studio
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...
- 28/03/2021
Cousin Betty on the MCI 2″ 24 track
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
- 23/03/2021
ESP Eclipse 4 knobs, new editions for DGS
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
- 18/03/2021
Vintage Orange Marshall MK11 Super Lead 100W
A fantastic addition to the DGS Amp portfolio
This is one of the great JMP
- 09/03/2021
Garry Forzosi
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
- 24/02/2021
Online Mixing
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
- 24/02/2021
Paul Scott
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'
- 23/02/2021
Hoodoo Gurus
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-
- 23/02/2021
Spy V Spy Mixing
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....
- 10/02/2021
Cassady Southern
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...
- 10/02/2021
Paul Berwick’s Magnetic Quartet
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
- 29/01/2021
Voice Overs and Other Studio Services
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
- 29/01/2021
New Control Room Gear
Must-See Special New Pieces
To start 2021 we have added some very special new pieces to the co
- 29/01/2021
Classical Instrument Recording
We tracked some classical instruments in the studio over January. Firstly Michaele Archer brought in classical guitar virtuoso Guiseppe Zangari t
- 29/01/2021
Adam Jones
Bluesman Adam Jones laid down a two-song single over the break - Marshall Cu
- 29/01/2021
Jessie May Kitchen
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
- 29/01/2021
Spy V Spy Overdubs
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
- 29/01/2021
The Tyrants
Tyrants Track Their New EP
Young rockers from the Central Coast The Tyrants chose DG's to trac
- 15/12/2020
Drum Test and Sampling
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
- 15/12/2020
Paul Scott Re-amp Mixing
Stems mixing on the SSL and Re Amping using the live room and Iso Booth
Paul S
- 15/12/2020
Little Quirks
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
- 15/12/2020
Halfway Homebuoy
It's a long way from Switzerland but that's where this Central Coast band formed.
C
- 15/12/2020
Session Players
Pro Session Players Available
DG's offers a select range of session musicians to suit any styl
- 27/11/2020
Steve Kilbey and The Winged Heels
Pre Production and Rehearsals
The Steve Kilbey and The Winged Heels sessions were both recordi
- 27/11/2020
Central Coast New Artists music Initiative
Government Initiative
Another group of local artists has been busy recording as part of the #h
- 27/11/2020
Taj Farrant
Just Can't Sleep Unplugged
We were chuffed to have local international star Taj Farrant in fo
- 26/11/2020
Jessie May Kitchen
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
- 17/11/2020
Michaele Archer
Vocals and Harmonium with Andrew Beck
Local Central Coast Soprano and Central Coast Conservato