The Magic Shop, NYC. Recording Dreams.

We won a Grammy at the 48th Grammy Awards!

We are pleased to announce Magic Shop owner Steve Rosenthal, along with Anna Lomax Wood, Jeffrey Greenberg, and Adam Ayan all received Grammys for “Best Historical Album” for their work on The Complete Library of Congress recordings of Jelly Roll Morton by Alan Lomax. [Rounder Records]

For more info go to: alan-lomax.com

The Magic Shop Newsletter Winter 2005/06
The Magic Shop goes ATC, and Receives 2 Grammy Nominations

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
	The Magic Shop staff is proud to announce the installation of ATC (Acoustic Transducer Company) studio monitors. We have replaced our large studio Tannoy FSMs with a pair of new ATC SCM200 speakers. ATC’s are widely accepted as the new standard for premiere speaker systems around the world. A pair of ATC SCM20 near field monitors now sit firmly in place of the Genelecs that once inhabited the control room upstairs and The Blue Room (Restoration Suite) downstairs. For those who can’t live without them, we will keep them in storage; but, I can assure you one listen to the ATC’s and you’ll never want to go back. Many thanks to ATC’s Ben Lilly for flying out to New York to help with the installation and tuning of the room. Upon his suggestions we’ve made a few minor accoustical changes to the control room, better improving
the quality of the room’s frequency response by addressing minor modal fluctuations. No need to worry though, the room has retained its characteristic sound.		Magic Shop owner, Steve Rosenthal (L) and ATC's Ben Lilly (R)
It's that time of year again. The 48th Grammy Nominees have been announced! Two of the nominations are for projects worked on at The Magic Shop!

	Magic Shop owner, Steve Rosenthal’s restoration work on the Jelly Roll Morton box set has earned him a Grammy nomination for “Best Historical Album”. The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax was restored in The Blue Room Restoration Suite at The Magic Shop in 2005 by Steve along with help from Magic Shop engineers Matt Boynton, Matt Sohn and Tom Psipsikas.
The second nomination is for Burning Spear's album, Our Music, which has been nominated for "Best Reggae Album." Spear spent two months with us recording and mixing this album with engineer Barry O'Hare, who was assisted by Nino Caccavale and Tom Psipsikas. This record marks Spear’s first album ever recorded outside of his native Jamaica. Be sure to check out the DVD on the enhanced CD, and catch some great shots of the session filmed at the Magic Shop!
In Session News
• John Goodmanson was in the studio mixing Manic for two weeks back in July, he was assisted by Matt Boynton and Brian Thorn. • Robbie Gil spent two weeks in the studio mixing his album “Stumbling” with engineer Darin Hallinan and producer Jimi Zhivagoa, assisted by Brian Thorn. • Coldplay’s Chris Martin recorded vocal overdubs for “ How You SeeThe World No. 2” in September. Matt Boynton engineered and Brian Thorn assisted. • Duran Duran recorded a song for Amnesty International’s Make Some Noise project. Matt Boynton and Brian Thorn assisted. • Grammy nominees for “Best New Artist,” Keane, were in the studio for two weeks in October recording with engineer/producer Andy Green, assisted by Matt Boynton. • Back in the studio was John Goodmanson mixing the new Matchbook Romance record in October/November. Brian Thorn assisted. • Moe spent three weeks in November/December working on their new record with engineer Bil Emmons, assisted by Brian Thorn.

We are looking forward to another great year of amazing talent coming through The Magic Shop in 2006!

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