- 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
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
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
- 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
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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
- 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 – 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.
- 06/06/2023
Thundastar Mixing and Reamping
- 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.
- 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
- 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
Blue Mountains rock band Acid Amora session
- 06/03/2023
Steve Kilbey ‘Speed of the Stars’ Session
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 10/08/2022
Special Event – Guide to the basics of Music Recording
As part of the Central Coast Music Festi
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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 (
- 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
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
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
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
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
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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- 02/11/2021
Niamh Watson – Vocals
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 20/11/2020
SSL ORIGIN
Latest Interview with SSL UK
New SSL Origin (the first of this model in the country) latest in
- 01/11/2020
The Fields
Rock Out Original Tune From Scratch
The boys from The Fields rocked out with engineer Michael
- 30/10/2020
API 500 Series Rack
Coming Soon
The new SSL origin has this neat idea of leaving some 19” standard rack mount sp
- 12/10/2020
SSL Origin
We can't stop raving about the SSL
We can't stop raving about our new SSL Origin (the first of
- 04/10/2020
Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus Cut Songs Live For Triple M
At the start of October the Hoodoo Gurus came into Da
- 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