Mad Oak Studios
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| Industry | Music |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 as Mad Oak Recording Studio |
| Headquarters | Allston, Massachusetts, United States |
Area served | USA |
Key people |
Craig Riggs, studio owner Benny Grotto, head engineer, studio owner |
| Products | Recording Studios |
| Website | |
Mad Oak Studios is a recording studio located at 390 Cambridge St, Allston, Massachusetts, United States.[1] It was established in the year 2000 by Craig Riggs and Frank Pagliughi, who were later joined by PK Pandey in 2005 as the studio manager.[2] The studio moved to its current location at 390 Cambridge St in Allston in 2013, and brought Benny Grotto as co-owner.
History
Mad Oak Studios’ original location was formerly home to a wood shop called Mad Oak Wood Working. Craig Riggs, then-frontman of the rock band Roadsaw, realized that much of his band's revenue was being spent on studio time, and became determined to open a recording studio catering to musicians with limited income who did not want to be forced to compromise the recording quality of their music for financial reasons.
He partnered with Frank Pagliughi, and together they took over the wood shop’s space. After adopting the woodshop's name, Mad Oak Studios was born in the year 2000.
In 2013, due to the booming residential market in Allston, Massachusetts, the studio was forced to change locations to nearby 390 Cambridge St. That same year, the studio parted ways with co-owner Frank Pagliughi, and Benny Grotto was made co-owner. Construction on a brand-new, world-class boutique studio began in early 2015, and was completed later that year.
Personnel
Benny Grotto (2010 Boston Music Awards' Producer Of The Year[3]) - head engineer
Facilities
While currently under construction, Mad Oak will boast a Walters-Storyk Design Group-designed control room, a variety of outstanding live room acoustic options, and multiple isolation booths, all with an emphasis on sight-lines and user-friendliness.
Location
Via Train: Take the Green Line's "B" branch, get off at the Harvard Ave. stop, walk along Harvard Ave., turn left onto Cambridge St and enter the first driveway on the left, just past the Stingray Tattoo building.
Artists who have recorded at Mad Oak Studios
- Acaro
- Aerosmith
- Aloud
- Another Animal
- The Antlers
- Blood for Blood
- Big D and the Kids Table
- Kim Boekbinder
- The Connection
- Cortez
- Will Dailey
- Howie Day
- deadlikedeath
- Death Ray Vision
- Dixie Witch
- Tanya Donelly
- The Dresden Dolls
- The Ducky Boys
- Face of the Sun
- Ben Folds
- Marti Frederiksen
- Tony Furtado
- Neil Gaiman
- Gang Green
- Gozu
- Juliana Hatfield
- Levon Helm
- InAeona
- Adam Jensen
- Joey Kramer
- Damian Kulash
- The Lights Out
- Lo-Pan
- The Luxury
- Bryan McPherson
- Mellow Bravo
- James Montgomery
- Motherboar
- Arthur Nasson
- New Collisions
- Oddzar
- Only Living Witness
- Orange Goblin
- Amanda Palmer
- PanzerBastard
- Ramallah
- Razors in the Night
- Rebirth Brass Band
- Eli "Paperboy" Reed
- Roadsaw
- Ruby Rose Fox
- Sasquatch
- Scissorfight
- Second Grave
- Andrew Shea
- Jules Shear
- Sinners & Saints
- Slapshot
- Slothrust
- Solace
- Stars & Stripes
- Suplecs
- Steven Tyler
- Upper Crust, The
- Victory at Sea
- Brian Viglione
- Waltham
- The Wandas
- The Welch Boys
- The World Inferno Friendship Society
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Thalia Zedek
Live at Mad Oak
Live at Mad Oak is a monthly concert series, featuring local talent performing in front of an invite-only audience. They are multi-tracked and captured by a professional filming crew. The show is mixed live-to-stereo and is made available online the next morning.[4] This is supported entirely by the studio with the sole purpose of promoting local artists.
References
- ↑ "Mad Oak Studios facebook page".
- ↑ "Your Band - Interview with Benny Grotto".
- ↑ "2010 Boston Music Awards winners". Globe Newspaper Company. 3 December 2010.
- ↑ "Live at Mad Oak".
Coordinates: 42°21′21″N 71°8′10″W / 42.35583°N 71.13611°W