This is our cache of the profile last indexed on Wednesday, November 05, 2008. Visit MySpace for updated profile. MySpaceProfiles.org is a search engine that indexes publicly available profile information from MySpace for convenient searching and display. If you are the author of this profile and do not wish to display it here please click here.
 AfterDarkRecording's Profile |
|
8/16/24 trk Analog Recording Studio in Cleveland Ohio -owned by Kirk YANO |
|
| Age: | 30 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 5' 10" |
| BodyType: | Average |
| Zodiac: |  Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21) |
| Last Login: | Oct 26, 2008 (435 days back) |
| I am Here For Friends and Networking. | |
About Me |
|
| The studio was built for Kirk to record his music and tinker with Analog Audio and Tape Machines-[He always hated his Guitar sound -when he would Record in The Big Local Studios-So it was time to learn about getting The Sound of Life]but to have the latest in Recording equipment-to support buying New Gear-he recorded his friends -The name came from a band Kirk had called AFTER DARK-Started as a 8 track studio built around a TASCAM Model 10 console and a TASCAM 70-8 1/2 " tape machine -JBL 4311's-McIntosh Amps-at 4932 Pearl Road in a old Dry Cleaners store front-the Apartment upstairs became the home to Wally GUNN and Stan TOWNHOUSE-[who would go on to form The Punk Band THE BALONEY HEADS]-it was the Local Recording Studio to The PUNK band The DEAD BOYS-[Stiv Bators did alot of his productions there]The PRE Production of The Dead Boys 2nd LP was done there-with help of New York City Producer Felix Pappalardi[Mountain-Cream-The YoungBloods]---------Neil Geraldo[Pat Benatar-Derringer]-Don Kriss-Flatbush-Rick Bell[Lou Reed]and Many Many Local Musicians from The Cleveland Rock scene started to record at AFTER DARK[the list will be here soon]-after 1 year it was time to move up to a New Building w/ design ideas from Many Nashville Studios and the Help of Local Audio Guru Tom Brown-[Tom was a friend and Mentor of Kirk's ever since he saw a Console Tom Built from scratch for a Local band]-[The people from MCI in Nashville were so impressed by Tom Brown -he was offered a gig in Nashville at The MCI/Sony Pro Audio office -and of course he went ]it was Cement Block walls -in a basment of a Bank Building- 2 Studios were built[5510 Pearl Road]Cedar wood planks -Burlap over Fiberglass -Carpet and Wood floors-now it came time to find the money to buy a Console and Machine-Kirk at the age of 21-secured a SBA[small business loan]with the help of a girl friend who worked at a local bank who had some friends in the Business loan dept[and some Smoke and Mirrors]- Now it was time to find gear -Many trips to Nashville- a MCI 416b-24 LM console was bought from US Recording in Nashville Tenn [that studio was owned by The Late Great Roy Obrison]and a MCI JH-100 16 trk machine w/auto locator 2 and a AMPEX 440c 2 trk [this installation was done by a young Audio Tech by the name of Randy BLEVINS-this was his 1st of MANY times to Cleveland Ohio][Because of Randy's friendship -AFTER DARK had The most Hot Rodded MCI gear in the Midwest- remember this is 1980]RANDY was and still is the king of Analog Audio in Nashville-6 months later a MCI JH 114 24 trk machine w/auto locator 2 and TVI was added-along w/ 2 trk JH 110-JBL 4343s-U 67s-U 87s-Pultecs-AURATONEs-Eventide 910h-949h -EMT 240 GOLD FOIL-Lexicon 93 Prime Time-and loads of Valley Audio Kepexs and Gain Brains-ENGINEERS-George Sipl/Greg WEBSTER/Frank Amato/Studio Manager-MJ DiFino-------The Studio Closed in 1986-----Kirk Moved to NYC------------- I edited my profile at MySpaceSupport.com , check out these Myspace Layouts ! |
|
My Interests |
|
| Music Music | |
I'd like to meet:Old and New Friends of After Dark and The Analog World |
|
Music:EVERYTHING |
|
Books:DB Magazine-Recording Engineer Producer-MIX- |
|
Heroes:Tom Brown-Randy Blevins-Grahame Goodall-Tom Irby-John Eberle-Jeep-Stan Kozak-Phil Reddish-Joe Tarsia-Tony Bonjovi- |
|
My Background and Lifestyle |
|
| Ethnicity: | Asian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Cleveland,Ohio |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Someday |
| Occupation: | Music Person |
My Friends |
|
|
Alan Merrill, Randy Blevins, Stiv Bators Forever!, Chantele DiBrava, Cathy Rocco, Cheetah, Suite7NyC, WAVES, Bruno Brothers Music Shoppe, Wild Horses, GEVIL, CHAMPION, Max Heel, XZIBIT, Kirk YANO, Tommy Mandel, Club Wow, The Deadbeat Poets, Stab-o-Matic, Heath, chris the engineer, Pat Martino, KITHY, Steve Jochum, Billy Sullivan, Saul Rubin, Bill DeArango, Blue Ash, Claire Stuczynski Music, Lava Room Recording Studios, ROY ORBISON, Sharon Tate, Phil Demetrion, NEAL., Strutter, ROSE, Cousin Basil, Damnation Of Adam Blessing, JENNIFER, New York Funk Exchange, KITHY'S L.I.F.E. CENTER (FUN & INFO), Killer Brown, Nick Barnes, Terrenz Sword, singshayna, Accademia del Suono, Donato Begotti, , playahnice, The Black Clouds
AfterDarkRecording has 185 friends (50 shown). Click here to add AfterDarkRecording as a friend. |
|
Tags |
|
|
AfterDarkRecording's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. wally gunn, neil geraldo, wood planks, felix pappalardi, nashville studios, buddhist religion, cement block, music person, local musicians, pearl road, rick bell, asian background, cleveland rock, lou reed, basment, dead boys, block walls, kirks, tape machines, tape machine |
|
