Performer + Song + Audience = Cabaret
Entourage Studios Hosts Cabaret Nites
What do Cabaret and three-legged stools have in common? Try sitting on that stool if one leg is missing ... you'll probably fall flat on your arse. Cabaret has three synergistic elements: the singer, the song and the audience. Try eliminating one of those "legs" and your act will also fall flat.
That's also why Cabaret artists' CDs are always "recorded live" ... somewhere. Andy knows all about that because he's recorded about 30-40 live albums over the years for artists such as Andrea Marcovicci, BJ Ward and MaryJo Mundy.
But it isn't easy ...
Each time he has to build a mobile recording studio from the "wheels up" and load it with a multi-channel recording system, mics, mixing consoles and monitoring systems. He has to mic the room (which usually means an argument with the club owner about placement) and keep straight all the inputs, outputs, snakes, wires and coils. Yeeesh! And hope nothing goes wrong.
But sometimes "Mr. Murphy" arrives uninvited.
Picture this! Five minutes before show time and the cart holding all the recording gear is bumped and knocks loose all the connections. Double yeeesh! A calamity was narrowly averted. Andy, being the pro that he is, got everything working - with only seconds to spare. The CD sounds great, by the way.
We want to make it easy.
That's why Andy Waterman Productions in conjunction with MaryJo Mundy (open mic host of Mundy on Tuesday at the Gardenia) will host monthly Cabaret Nites. This may seem like an unlikely venue but au contraire! By using Studio A and Studio B, we combine a 50 person audience with state-of-the-art recording equipment in an ideal setting to record the magic of singer, song and audience.
Here's the best part.
NoHo Studio Live is the most cost effective way for Cabaret artists' to get their act on CD. Not only are there no additional expenses for equipment and truck rentals,set-up, etc., but a menu of package deals are available to include over dubs, mixing and mastering. Additionally, we can help with CD pressing and distribution.