Studio Profile

First Street Studio Heavy Music in a Relaxed Environment

First Street Studio is located just outside Chattanooga in Cleveland, Tenn. The studio records mostly post-hardcore and metal. Owner Tyler Orr, who formerly ran a small label and has been in several bands, loves working with young bands.

“I remember going into record for the first time and not knowing a thing about it,” he says. “I see guys come in the studio like that sometimes, young and not understanding a thing about the process of recording. I am excited to be a part of the kids’ musical journey and try to be as helpful as possible in the early stages of learning how to be a band.”

Nestled in a historic downtown area and located in very old building with an extremely high ceiling, First Street provides a unique and raw sound for its clients. Orr makes it his personal mission to make each recording as un-produced as possible. There’s less attention spent on the technology and more focus on the sound the instruments are making. That being said, Orr likes to do a bit of experimenting in the studio, exploring new techniques and ways of recording that best suit the artist.

First Street offer a $40 hourly rate, but a fee is usually negotiated for a longer project. Be sure to have a chat with Orr first, to see what sort of needs your band has. That way you can get a better price for the entire project, as opposed to an hourly price that might keep you under pressure. Also, the studio offers free lodging for out-of-town acts.

GEAR: RME Converters/logic Pro

8, Allen & Heath Gl300 Solid

microphones, preamps, and

excellent guitar collection.

CLIENTS: As Cities Burn, Belle Epoque,

Rookie of the Year, Flood Memoirs

CONTACT Tyler Orr

PHONE (423) 284.3518

EMAIL firststreetstudio@gmail.com

www.myspace.com/firststreetstudiomusic

IN THE NEWS

- Giant Tigers have recently been keeping themselves busy recording a handful of new tunes in the Athens, Ga. area, some of which include “Feeling Weird,” “The Very First Eagle” and “King Wilder.” The songs should be released sometime this month on a pair of 45s. The indie rockers just wrapped up a small tour that took the group throughout the southand the East Coast alongside fellow rockers

The Howlies.

www.myspace.com

/gianttigers

- Forest Magic announced at the

beginning of August that it is working on a new album with producer/engineer

Charles Allison. The band isn’t sure what it will be called, or when it will be released, but are excited about the way it sounds so far. There’s also talk of the band putting out a 7” single that it will do a small tour with to raise funds for its upcoming album, which it would also like to press to vinyl.

www.weareforest

magic.com

- The Celtic Crossroads World Tour stops in Chattanooga on October 10 at The Northwest Georgia Bank Amphitheater to

showcase seven world-class Irish musicians

who play over 20 instruments and a fusion

of genres including Irish Celtic music, Eastern Europe Gypsy, North American Bluegrass, World Classical and jazz.

www.celticcrossroads.ie

- The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership

will showcase the second annual Three Sisters Festival on Chattanooga’s

Waterfront at Ross’s Landing on October 3

and 4, which will include 12 contemporary and traditional bluegrass bands at national, regional and local levels. Admission is free.

www.downtownchattan

ooga.org/threesisters

- The Black Diamond Heavies started their international tour on August 22 for Touch of Someone Else’s Class, which will take them around the US, the UK and Australia. Touch of Someone Else’s Class has charted in Australia, where the band wraps

up its tour in December.

www.myspace.com

/blackdiamondheavies

- The Bohannons added Jeremy Edds, former drummer for the Jack Palance Band, as their new drummer in August.

The band joined Beck Towery to begin tracking a new record later that month.

www.myspace.com

/thebohannons

- Coral Castles began her month-long Southeast tour in September for her album, The Corpse and the Cake, released earlier

this year. Her tour consisted of five stops,

four in Tennessee and one in Alabama.

www.myspace.com

/coralcastles