East Iris Recent Press

"MIXING THE MAN: Mixing for Nashville native Will Hoge's latest record, The Man Who Killed Love, took place in Studio B at East Iris in Nashville, with engineer David Leonard at the controls, working with producers Ken Coomer and Charlie Brocco. Pictured in the the SSL 4000 E control room are (l-r): Standing - Hoge, Leonard and East Iris manager/assistant engineer, Mike Paragone. Seated - Coomer and Brocco." - Pro Sound News, Feb. 2006 p. 31


Danish duo Junior Senior brought their latest batch of indie Eurodance tunes to East Iris in Nashville,where they mixed with engineer David Leonard. Leonard mixed to ProTools on the studio's SSL4000E Series console,which comespaired with a 16-channel sidecar. Shuttling rough; mixes back and forth between Denmark made the process some what challenging, Leonard says, but fun none the less. Look for their album on Crunchy Frog Records (www.crunchy.dk). - Mix Magazine, October 2005, p.186

"Phish frontman Trey Anastasio (pictured) and band migrated to Nashville to cut tracks for his forthcoming solo album at East Iris Recording’s Studio A. Rick Beato produced, while engineer Peter Carini manned the room’s SSL 9080 desk." - Mix Online, May 1st 2005






"Country superstar Tanya Tucker stopped by the B room at Nashville's East Iris Studios to record a duet with alt-country artist Ty Herndon for a remake of Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." The track was handed out at the recent Country Music Awards as a promotion effort for Herndon's new album. Eric Fraley engineered the session with Mike Paragone assisting. Fraley recorded the duo to the studios beefed-up Pro Tools system, which sports Apogee A/D converters on the front end."- Mix Magazine, January 2004: p20

"Recently at East Iris Studios in the Nashville-area recording village of Berry Hill, producer Darrell Brown worked with engineer David Leonard on a project called "Kid's Country" for Capitol Nashville. Pictured are East Iris Studio Manager Mike Paragone, Leonard, Brown, And Assistant Engineer Sang Park. In other East Iris news, the facility recently acquired an SSL-automated API 16-channel sidecar."- Audio Media, November 2003:p.4

"Meanwhile, back in Music City Gary Belz's studio East Iris continues to rock along under the guidence of new Studio Manager Mike Paragone. They have recently acquired a new 32-in, 64-out fully loaded Pro Tools HD system to complement Studio A's 80-input SSL 9000 J Series console and Studio B's SSL 40-input E Series desk. 'We have been encouraged by the positive reception our newly redesigned Studio B has recieved,' Belz comments. 'Because of that and because of the upswing in business among our clients for hard-disk recording, we have decieded to make the investment in state-of-the-art Pro Tools HD technolgy to accompany our enhanced Mix Plus system.' Recent projects at East Iris include: Rounder's Julianna Hatfield mixing with producer/engineer David Leonard and assistant engineer Sang Park; Universal South's Matthew West mixing with Leonard engineering, Kenny Greenberg producing and Park assisting; and RCA's Josh Bennett in with producer Ken Coomer and engineer Charlie Brocco also with Park as assistant."-Audio Media, June 2003: p21

"Producers and engineers are partial to specific rooms and consoles, and often take projects to such facilities. For engineer David Thoener, that meant bringing Matchbox Twenty to Nashville's East Iris Studios. 'It's a Tom Hidley-designed room,' explains studio manager Mike Paragone, 'and has a Solid State Logic 9000 J Series console. That's what [Thoener] was looking for. David Leonard has also done so much here-Barenaked Ladies "Stunt" was his biggest.'"-Billboard Magazine, June 28, 2003:p 48

East Iris Studio has been nominated for a 2001 Technical Excellence and Creativity Award in the category of Outstanding Creative Achievement, Record Production / Album (Recording Studio). The nomination is due to East Iris's part in the recording of the Matchbox 20 album "Mad Season".

When East Iris studios renovated in 1997 we had a full-featured article in Audio Media magazine, along with the picture of our Studio A control room on the front cover.

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