Radian Records Blog

RedBird Studio, located in the Music Building is owned and operated by Radian Records.  We are pleased to announce new card rates for the studio in 2011-2012:

• $40/hour with Engineer
• $25/hour Facility Rate: available to producers/engineers operating their own sessions, or for non-recording activities (such as meeting space, rehearsal, writing, etc.)

For block bookings or long-term lockout rates please contact us to discuss.  We look forward to providing you with a space to work in Midtown.

Telephone: 212.727.8055
Email: info@redbirdstudionyc.com

RedBird Studio and Radian Records logos designed by Emiliano Ortiz

Thanks to all our clients who have been patient while we undergo a drastic move from 23rd St to The Music Building (at 38th St. and 8th Av).  The floor is down, and the walls for the booth are framed out.  There’s still more soundproofing, acoustic treatment, and finish work to do so excuse our mess while we get the place up to par.  Below is a scale drawing of the studio:

“Little Jealousy” Written and Performed by Sonia Montez,
Featuring Kiernan McMullan, Produced by Andrew Felluss
From the Radian Records EP release Of Tears And Honey

Video Directed by Matthew Gielen. Starring Nick Vergara, Cassandra Starr, Katy Wright-Mead, Ross Chestnut, Lacey Jo Anderson and of course Sonia Montez and Kiernan McMullan.

Matthew Gielen is a producer and director and his most recent feature “The
Graduates” can be watched for free at Hulu.com:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/92154/the-graduates

Or purchased on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMovie?id=320697556&s=143441&uo=6

A new track is up at www.lolajohnson.com . It’s called, “Til Another Day”. The track is a rough cut, but Lola wanted to put up this song before “the voting process and all the madness. It’s the last track on my new EP, ‘A Scene Unseen’.”

Lola continues, “I only hope that this song is taken as a realistic representation of society. It’s for the young and old, those struggling to find an identity amongst millions. We’re being put in a box, without even knowing “Why?” and “What box?”. During this election and ones before, we’re always settling, choosing the better over the worst. Our settled upon choice forces Us to put trust in people who divide Us more than bring Us together.

“I started this album with an intention to play with musicians whose sound I personally enjoy, to collaborate with a Scene Unseen, but also to acknowledge the elements of society other than the hype and reruns that keep all of us in our place like a neat little package. It’s hard as hell just to be human by yourself, but with another and another and another…it’s a tailspin, so watch your Ass.

Listen at: www.lolajohnson.com or myspace.com/omolola.

Next live performance: Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 7:30pm, R Bar 218 Bowery, NYC

‘Til Another Day - written by Lola Johnson

Just call it my town
with the filthy smell in the air
People pissin’ their thoughts around
just to breathe it in and you can help but care

Absorbed in my skin
I got a way to stay sane
I just suck my smoke right back in
’til another day

Just call it my state
where the north end is the new south
And you stick out of place
when you’re too open in the country and closed in the city

With my heart on my sleeve
I got a way to relate
by taking a step out, while looking in
until another day

Just call it my country
You’re either colored in blue or red
and spinning in reruns
of who’s far behind or just too far ahead
Just call it my country
You’re either colored in black, yellow, brown, red and white
and spinning in reruns
of who’s to the far left or to the far right

Stuck in my mind
are opinions heard or read
Given no choice but to define
where I stand
on this land
’til the day that I’m dead