Mark Knopfler's British Grove Studio and Jar Music Live in Production Collaboration.
JMG have secured a deal with Mark Knopfer's British Grove recording studio in West London, which In February 2009 was the winner of the Music Producers Guild Award for 'Best Studio'.
The joint venture will be a vital resource for developing the music catalogue for the BreakOut Award Winners and the "Plugged-in" 02 Academy Showcases.
Live performances, at the 02 Academy, will be captured on a 24 multi-track state of the art Digi-design D-Show digital desk hooked into a Protools audio production system. This provides a superb optimized system enabling JMG to record the bands and provide a hi-end multi-track live recording of their set to be then mix at a later date at the British Grove Studio.
These recordings, in the first instance, will allow the music executives to review individual band's live performance from the various events from across the world. The top-notch 24-track audio recorded files will be available to the bands who can mix them at a later date and provide their fans with a "Live @ The O2 Academy" to sell or use to promote the band to festival booking agencies.
"We will be breaking new ground; offering bands produced contemporaneous high quality recordings of the show that fans can enjoy and the bands can promote their music - said Mr. John Bailey A&R Executive JMG Live ".
The British Grove Studio was built by Mark Knopfler as "a monument to past and future technology". It has two state of the art studios in their individual rights. Alongside modern technology, the equipment includes two old EMI consoles: one of the only tube desk from the 1960's like the ones used by The Beatles and a later console on which the album "Band on the Run" was recorded.
The large console in studio one is a custom-made Neve 88R, while the console in studio two is an API Legacy. The main speakers are ATC monitors in a 5.1 configuration. Specifically, the full-range models are ATC SCM 300ASL (300A) mounted in standard left-center-right configuration, with two more 300As on a unique track system for surround. Dual ATC SCM0.1/15ASL PRO (Sub 1/15) subwoofers alongside the left and right mains provide the LFE monitoring.
You can view a recording session by JMG at the BMG by clicking at the link below.
