"How to" Series - Keys Recording

Dov Manski, the New York based pianist and member of the World Collective stayed at Rosa Luna Studios for two days of recording Daniel's upcoming album. In the video below, Daniel explains how he recorded him playing the Wurlitzer (with the help of Trevor Bahnson's makeshift isolation booth) as well as a clip of Dov ripping it up. Enjoy.

Haydn Cole's Demo Release

Haydn Cole, a main participant of the 1088 crew has just recently released a three song demo displaying his craft as a songwriter. These songs have an uncommon intensity that have made all kinds of people laugh and cry (literally - I am witness to these experiments).The first song was recorded at the first Rosa Luna Studios in Cambridge by Daniel Wright and the other two were recorded at Sanctum Studio by Angelo Caputo. Listen to Haydn.
Also noteworthy is Daniel's piece for the cover art.

"How to" Series - Bass Recording

Bassist Haggai Cohen Milo explains the setup to record his acoustic bass for Daniel's second World Collective Album.

"How to" Series - Guitar Recording

On the following video, Daniel explains the process of recording guitar for his second World Collective Album.

Some History

The inevitable happens. One day Dan started recording at his old apartment in Cambridge and soon we were involved in some challenging projects. This was the beginning of Rosa Luna Studios (named after Dan's aesthetic roommate).

In addition to our own projects, we recorded music for singer/songwriters Gina Cimmelli, Kyrie Stern and Ethan Glazer as well as special effects for Haggai Cohen Milo's score for the horror movie "Spam".

Here is a video of the last...

Beginnings

Daniel has started working on his second album with a series of experiments.
The first one tackles the complicated task that is to record a drum set outside a studio. In this video you can see Dan and Mike Calabrese playing 2 songs while recording with one large diaphragm microphone placed carefully in "the sweet spot".

Daniel Wright: The World Collective - Debut Album

This album, released in August of 2008, consumed the better part of my year. It has been the biggest, funnest, scariest, most expensive, and successful undertaking of my life and everyone in the neighborhood is on it: Patrick Brusil, Haggai Cohen Milo, Matan Chapnizka, Dov Manski, Mike Calabrese, Mateo Lugo, Haydn Cole, Ethan Glazer, Alec Spiegelman, Itamar Doari, Yoni Etzion, Phoebe Lin, Nathan Burck, Manuel Jimenez, Alexandra Gomez, Theresa Flaminio, Emily Greene, Alonso Zayas Bazan, Belén Muñoz.

The album was Co-Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Manuel Jimenez, Mastered at the Mastering Lab by Doug Sax assisted by Eric Boulanger, and the album artwork is by my dear friend Matlena Harula.