- 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
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,
- 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
Bones Bonito – Recording Session
Bones Bonito and his son Felix recorded Bones's own project with engineer An
- 03/08/2023
DG Open Day Saturday September 2
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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
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
- 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...
- 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.
- 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
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
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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
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
Matt Hickey Session
Overdubs session with Matt Hickey, starting with bass and iconic Gibson 1958 Les Paul junior.
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- 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
- 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...
- 15/12/2020
Session Players
Pro Session Players Available
DG's offers a select range of session musicians to suit any styl
- 15/12/2020
Halfway Homebuoy
It's a long way from Switzerland but that's where this Central Coast band formed.
C
- 27/11/2020
Paul Bancam
Old School Elvis Vibes
Central coast songwriter Paul Bancan came in to lay a song down with se
- 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
- 04/10/2020
Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus Cut Songs Live For Triple M
At the start of October the Hoodoo Gurus came into Da
- 01/10/2020
Michaele Archer
Michaele Archer Apsara Project
Well known vocal teacher from the Gosford Conservatorium of Mus
- 30/09/2020
Anna Weatherup
Drum Recording
Local Country Artist Anna Weatherup chose Damien Gerard Studios to record all t
- 24/09/2020
Thirty Three Degrees
Mammoth Effort
Following their successful and mammoth effort of tracking and overdubbing 12 so
- 24/09/2020
Steve Kilbey
Ancient Project No. 2
Steve Kilbey assembled his favorite team to create another brilliant set
- 15/09/2020
Damien Gerard Studios takes delivery of New SSL Console
Meet DGS Latest Arrival
Damien Gerard Studios, now residing one hour north of Sydney on the Ce
- 22/08/2020
Thirty Three Degrees
Tracking Beds Live
Local boys the Thirty Three Degrees spent a 3 day weekend at the studio tra
- 08/08/2020
Kaijin Solo
Risk Pays Off
Another tune produced by Marshall and featuring session players Warwick Fraser (
- 01/08/2020
Big Merino
Recorded New Single
Big Merino, for their next single, travelled up from Syd
- 28/07/2020
Star Crazy
New EP
Sydney rockers star crazy spent four days early in the month tracking their ne
- 26/06/2020
Lily Duval
Two Souls
For many years from the 70’s through to the early 2000s Sydney Artist
- 19/04/2020
Jessie May Kitchen
Order of the Day
Tape and Dat transfers, vocals, mixing, audio sweetening and mastering has be
- 02/04/2020
The Church (Pic: Tim Powles, Ian Haug and Jeffrey Cain)
Lovin' the Central Coast
With less sessions due to covid19 we have some room to mention that A
- 29/02/2020
Slide Milligan
Featuring Gareth Koch
The year has well and truly started with notable sessions for Slide Mill
- 29/02/2020
Lily Duval
New Single
A new single for Lily Duval featuring Aria nominee Peter Holz on bass and guitar as