Saltlands Studio

Saltlands Studio is a recording studio based in the New York City neighborhood of Dumbo, Brooklyn, founded in 2007 by owner Steve Salett and partners Dawn Landes and Gary Maurer.[1] It was later joined by music producers and engineers Eli Janney, Jim Smith, and Aaron Rutledge. The studio gained notoriety with records by French Kicks,[2] Alexi Murdoch, Josh Ritter, The Soft Pack, Wilco,[3] Robbers on High Street, Obits, and the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. The studio also functions as a collective of commercial composers, and in the spring of 2010 the studio received attention for the composition of a song that was awarded the Cannes Lions 2010 "Best Use of Music in a Commercial" Award for the Match.com commercial.[4]

In 2010, Larry Crane interviewed Dawn Landes of Saltlands. The article was featured in Issue No. 80 of TapeOp.[5] In March 2011, Janice Brown of SonicScoop interviewed Steve Salett and producer/engineer Gary Maurer.[6]

Artists and visiting producers who have recorded at Saltlands include:

  1. ^ Dollar, Steve. "Rocking Near the F Train". The Wall Street Journal. 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ CD Universe. French Kicks Swimming CD. 31 March 2008.
  3. ^ Chiu, David. "A Recording Studio in Brooklyn's DUMBO". NewBeats. 17 Mat 2010.
  4. ^ Match.com commercial at YouTube.
  5. ^ Tape Op Issue #80: Nov / Dec 2010
  6. ^ "Studio Project: Steve Salett and Gary Maurer on The Poison Tree & Saltlands Studios : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC's Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  7. ^ End Up Records
  8. ^ The Poison Tree
  9. ^ Thieving Irons at rslblog.com