Treelady Recording Studios Re-Mixes Johnny Cash for Rockband

Treelady Recording Studios in Pittsburgh recently finished three mixes of Johnny Cash classics for the popular ROCKBAND video game series. First up was "Folsom Prison Blues." From from the album With His Hot and Blue Guitar, the song was originally released in 1957 on the infamous Sun Records label.

According to Michael Streissguth in his book "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece", (Available on Da Capo Press (2004). ISBN 0-306-81338-6), Cash was inspired to write this song after seeing the 1951 movie "Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)" Cash recounted how he came up with the "Reno" line: "I sat with my pen in my hand, trying to think up the worst reason a person could have for killing another person, and that's what came to mind."

In the lyrics, the jailed protagonist listens to the whistle of a train outside his cell and recounts his crimes ("I shot a man in Reno/just to watch him die"), imagines the free people inside the train ("They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars") and dreams of what he would do if he were free. "I know I had it coming/I know I can't be free," sings the imprisoned man. "But those people keep a'moving/and that's what tortures me."

Additionally, Treelady Mastering Studios finished two other Cash classics: "Tennessee Flat Top Box" and "I Got Stripes." Treelady Studios' Senior Engineer Rae DiLeo served as the Executive Mix Producer on the project, and served as a technical supervisor. The track will be available on an upcoming release for the RockBand video game. For more information about Treelady Studios, Pittsburgh's leading recording studio, please visit: www.treelady.com

America’s Got Talent Sensation Ridley Masters at Treelady

America's Got Talent Super Sensation Alice Tan Ridley is mastering her new single, "Winning," at Treelady Mastering Studios with Chief Mastering Engineer Garrett Haines. Ridley has has been singing in New York City subways and parks for more than 20 years, performing timeless blues and gospel style songs reminiscent of Ann Nesby, KoKo Taylor and Sharon Jones.

At the age of 58, Ridley recently auditioned for America’s Got Talent and astonished the judges with her rendition of Etta James’ “At Last.” The performance earned Ridley a standing ovation and a chance to go all the way on the nationally televised talent show.

Her new single was mixed by gold and platinum mixing engineer Anthony 'Rocky' Gallo, who's credits include: John Legend, The Cult, Fabulous, Jon Bon Jovi, Norah Jones and many more.

America's Got Talent airs on NBC.

Treelady is a Pittsburgh Recording Studio specializing in CD Mastering, mixing, and recording. Treelady offers both Pro Tools HD digital recording and 2" analog tape recording. For more information visit us online at www.treelady.com

Treelady Mastering Working on Bob Clearmountain Project

Treelady Mastering has been retained to re-master the Silencer's Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at the legendary Hit Factory, the original release came out on CBS Records. The Silencers recently regained publishing rights for the release. The original quarter-inch analog mix master provided the source for mastering.

Treelady Busy with Soundgarden, Bob Marley RockBand Titles

Senior Engineer Rae DiLeo serves as Executive Producer for more RockBand tracks being mixed at Treelady Studios in Pittsburgh. Songs from Soundgarden and Bob Marley have been recently completed for the Rock Band Video game collection. For Soundgarden, the tracks "Blow Up the Outside World" and "Burden In My Hand" were prepared for a new RockBand release. "Its really cool to be walking down the hall and hearing Chris Cornell's vocals coming out of Studio R," noted one Treelady Client Brandon Mitchel.

At a different end of the spectrum, Treelady Studios completed the Bob Marley's classic "So Jah Sey." Marley has been a RockBand favorite, with "Get Up Stand Up" appearing on RockBand 3.

About RockBand: Harmonix develops interactive music entertainment products and technologies. Harmonix is based in Cambridge, MA and was founded in 1995 with roots at the MIT Media Laboratory. Harmonix has been financed by Acer Technology Ventures, Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, and SOFTBANK Investments. In 2006, Harmonix was acquired by MTV Networks, bringing its strong music gaming development talents to MTV's music-based universe of entertainment, news, gaming, and interactive content offerings. For more information, visit Harmonix online at http://www.harmonixmusic.com/

Haines featured on Sweetwater Site

Treelady Studios Chief Mastering Engineer Garrett Haines is featured on Sweetwater Sound's web site. Haines recently reviewed the Creation Station purpose-built Audio PCs sold by Sweetwater.

Treelady Studios Adds Nirvana to Client List for Mastering

Treelady Mastering Studios recently conducted an analoge transfer of the Nirvana master tapes for the INCESTICIDE album. The project for Universal Music Group was recently completed in preparation for future release and or remix projects. Specific details and dates are not available at this time. The original recording was released on DCG Records (owned by Universal Music Group), and featured producers: Miti Adhikari, Jack Endino, Steve Fisk, Dale Griffin, Butch Vig.

Platinum and Grammy Winning Engineer DiLeo Joins Treelady Studios

PITTSBURGH, PA - Platinum Selling and Grammy Winning Engineer Rae DiLeo has joined the team at Treelady Studios. Mr. DiLeo he has earned multiple Platinum/Gold RIAA awards and a Grammy for his work with Henry Rollins. Some of his credits include the X-Files movie soundtrack and several music groups including Filter and Veruca Salt, Army Of Anyone (Stone Temple Pilots Side Project), and Billy Idol. He recently located to the Pittsburgh area as part of Iron Mountain Film and Sound management. A profuse mixing engineer, DiLeo’s credits include hundreds of major label and independent releases. He has also worked on 30 (and counting) tracks for Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, as well as the Pepsi Commercial (The Who-My Generation). A McDSP endorsee, DiLeo will take over his own room, tentatively named Studio R at Treelady’s Pittsburgh facility.

A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Rae enrolled as a Music Composition major, but switched to Audio Production. He has lived in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles before moving to the Pittsburgh region.

Artists, managers, and bands interested in retaining Senior Mix Engineer DiLeo should contact Treelady Studios at (412) 816-0300. Additional details will be forthcoming.

Treelady Adds Legends Puente and Palmieri to Clients

Treelady Studios recently completed an extensive restoration transfer and preservation project for legendary artists Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri.

Treelady Offers Custom Software for Mastering Clients

Treelady Mastering has partnered with Sonoris of the Netherlands to offer clients a custom DDP Player. The Treelady Studios / Sonoris DDP Creator is a standalone cross-platform CD authoring application compatible with virtually any DAW software on the market. The DDP Creator allows Treelady Mastering Clients from around the world to create RedBook compatible audio CD's and supports the import and export of DDP 2.00 images and Cue Sheet (cue) files.

The DDP format is much better than master CDs. The industry standard DDP protocol is supported by all major CD replication plants and ensures an error free transfer and manufacturing of a client's masters. No more need to burn a physical master CD.

The DDP Creator can import (loadback) a DDP fileset too. This feature allows Treelady's mastering clients to check their project including all PQ codes, ISRC, MCN and CD-Text data. Clients can edit the project, playback tracks and export to DDP, Cue Sheet or burn a Redbook compatible CD from it.