Jameel “The Real Deal” Harris is a veteran of the Chicago recording community with a sterling reputation for top quality mixes as well as being a voice of experience and reason in the midst of a crazy industry.

Jameel programs tracks, produces, and mixes Hip Hop, [...]]]> Gravity would like introduce an addition to our Engineer/ Producer team.

Jameel “The Real Deal” Harris is a veteran of the Chicago recording community with a sterling reputation for top quality mixes as well as being a voice of experience and reason in the midst of a crazy industry.

Jameel programs tracks, produces, and mixes Hip Hop, R&B, Gospel, Soul, and Electronic music.  We’re very excited to have him aboard!  - Doug

First off, we are very pleased to announce Gravity Radio!   That’s right! We’re [...]]]>

First off, we are very pleased to announce Gravity Radio!   That’s right! We’re now streaming internet radio 24/7 full of nothing but past Gravity clients! Tune in here and discover a few gems old and new. You can stream it at work at your desk, in your car via iTunes, or even (as Doug does) when you’re exercising! There are at least a couple songs from each of the (over 250!) CDs that Doug had on the shelf in his office.  The songs are in “Shuffle mode” so it’s quite interesting to hear authentic early 90s Grunge rock next to Alt Country or Twee artists — you definitely won’t hear that on a normal radio station.  Learn more about Gravity Radio here. If any past clients would like to be included on Gravity Radio, send us an email and we’ll  get your songs on our playlist.

Recently, Lee DeWyze’s label, WuLi Records returned to remix and remaster Lee’s first album, So I’m Told with Doug McBride. Look for the re-release of the album coming soon on Universal Records.

Joe Peven was busy engineering this fall in addition to holding down the office.  Joe manned the controls for Shawn Kellner’s production of The Run Around’s Side Affects May Vary.  Look for the release on November 20th on Window Licker Records. Joe continues to work behind the glass with local mind benders Dropped Once whose new single will be available soon on iTunes. Our youngest engineer, Ian Spudes, has been working with Polish pop artist Jolanta Skawiniak as well as Chicago rap artists Michael Cage and Brandon Love; but the hazing is still an issue….

Tribeca Flashpoint Academy students are gracing our doorstep on Monday and Wednesday mornings as they attend Doug’s Studio Recording III class.  It’s fun for all of us as they all become defacto members of the Gravity family (if for only a few months…).

In other news, Doug is currently putting the finishing touches on Anna Fermin’s (of Trigger Gospel fame) new EP.  The new material is very cool, almost like an collage of different textures, watch out for that!

You can listen in right HERE!

We are proud to announce our very own streaming internet radio featuring Gravity clients from past and present.

You can listen in right HERE!

A word from Doug about the process:

Man this was fun to put together!  We went through all the DATs and CDs from almost 18 years of recording bands.  I’m sure we can all agree that some of the best music never gets heard.  Being a great songwriter/artist and having the necessary qualities to fight your way to the top of the music business are two VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.

We chose at least one song from every band we could find.  There are hundreds of bands represented, some who spent three months making an album for a major label, and some who spent a day here knocking out a three song demo.  Personally, I’ve had a ton fond memories pop up from projects I haven’t really thought much about in years.

I can hear the ADAT/ Mackie era, the AMEK/ Studer era, the Neve/ Protools……  Luckily, I don’t think my guys and I ever bought much into trends, so there is a certain audible Gravity aesthetic:  dry, clear, powerful, organic, definitely some ZAZZ going on here and there!

If you are or were in a band that recorded here, keep listening and sooner or later you’re likely to hear yourself.  It’s on shuffle, so it might take awhile, but you could also end up hearing your band every day (you know how shuffle works).

Thanks Chicago!  Here ya go!

Doug

GRAVITY STUDIOS RADIO

Bon Jovi paid a surprise visit to Gravity yesterday. They booked a last minute vocal overdub session for an upcoming release. Tonight they start a two night run at Soldier Field.

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Squeaking in just hours before the deadline, Gravity Studios was included in the Mix Magazine Class of 2010!

Thanks again go to Mike Hari for the photos that got us in!

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