Threshold Recording Studios NYC

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2013-02-28T09:53:00.000-05:00

Threshold Recording Studios NYC: Perfect for Singers, Songwriters and Bands.

Why Threshold? Because you want to work with experienced multi-instrumentalist music producers and engineers who take the time to understand YOU and YOUR music. Because the owner of the studio is a musician and business, artist manager with over 20 years helping artists develop their careers- Someone who takes the time to understand your goals and share ideas and resources with you as PART of your production. Because Chief Producer, Engineer Jeremy Sklarsky is an incredibly talented Muti-instrumentalist with a long list of excellent productions working with the most talented musicians and artists in NYC.

Our world class recording studio is YOUR TOOL to create- not a business model to fill in time. There is a difference- and you know that. Keep doing your research. Read our reviews. Listen to our Jukebox, Contact the artists we work with.

Then call and talk to James Walsh.

Threshold Studios 2013 Update: Dave Eggar/Philip Phillips, Edelweiss, Rebecca Hart, Stargroves

2013-02-04T20:16:00.000-05:00

Threshold was rather busy in the final months of 2012, and 2013 is already shaping up as a stellar year at the recording studio.

Acclaimed cellist Dave Eggar was back, this time arranging and recording strings for American Idol winner Philip Phillip's debut album "World from the Side of the Moon." The album has already gone gold, selling ~600,000 copies since its late November release. It is always a privilege working with Dave. Congrats!
Dave tweaking the knobs on strings for Philip Phillip's debut album

Perennial Threshold Recording Studios NYC favorites Edelweiss were back to record their newest single, "Withering Heights," with music producer Jeremy Sklarsky. Since they were last here, Edelweiss released their record in Japan and played to enthusiastic crowds back in Pennsylvania and at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.

Singer, songwriter, and actress Rebecca Hart was in for her first new studio recording since 2006. "Valentine" is a beautiful acoustic song produced by Jeremy Sklarsky and features Dave Eggar on cello. Rebecca has been spending most of her time performing in musicals and other theater productions around the city but was excited to be back in the studio. Stay tuned to hear "Valentine" and hopefully much more to come.

Finally, Stargroves will be finishing up their debut album early this year. In the mean time, their debut single Westfjords, featuring Abigail Breslin, was nominated for a CMT listener's choice award.

We Are The Woods in Guitar World!

2012-11-12T18:45:00.001-05:00

We Are The Woods are in Guitar World this month talking about their new record -Whales and Roses- and the time they spent with us at Threshold Recording Studios NYC with music producer Jeremy Sklarsky. Very cool Jessie Murphy, Marcia Webb, Tyler Beckwith)

Up & coming artist Julia Piker "Come Away" video over 2,000 hits in just 2 weeks!

2012-10-22T17:03:00.000-04:00

"Come Away": A song written by Julia Piker and Produced by Jeremy Sklarsky and James Walsh at Threshold Recording Studios NYC

This last year we completed an EP with Julia Piker, a fantastic singer and songwriter from Brooklyn. Here's the video Julia made for "Come Away" from the EP. We love Julia, this song, and we are quite impressed with how well this video turned out as well. 2K views and counting! Way to go Julia!

Let us know what you think!

Stargroves feat Abigail Breslin Produced at Threshold Recording Studios

2012-09-27T16:08:00.001-04:00

We're very excited to be producing the debut album for Stargroves. Front man and songwriter Ted Watson has put together this project and we're very excited to be a part of it. It mixes the influences of Sigur Ros, Stars, Freelance Whales, and many others. The first single, "Westfjords," features Academy Award nominated actress Abigail Breslin and was exclusively featured on Perez Hilton upon its release. This is some good stuff and we are looking forward to finishing this album! Produced by Jeremy Sklarsky (Freelance Whales).

Threshold Sessions with Mark Rivera (Billy Joel/ Ringo Starr) and friends

2012-06-30T12:24:00.007-04:00

Rodney Howard, Tony Tino, Greg Mayo, Mark Rivera

I love all of the artists that come through the recording studio and work with our team- the vibe has been great for many years, and we just seem to naturally attract the coolest, most talented guys and gals on the planet.. That said, every now and again, someone pops in and just makes me feel good, like someone really gets it- the reason i built the place-

Recently it was the ginormously talented Mark Rivera (Billy Joel, Ringo Starr ALLSTARRS). Rico is just one of those NY guys that did good, real good, and has the energy and soul to prove it- - and when i talk to him to i can start a sentence midway though with without having to explain myself- know what i mean...?

Love you too Rodney- now that Rod is off the Avril Levine tour its great to have him back on sessions with our artists again!

Producer Mark Hudson and Madame Mayhem swing by for sessions

2012-06-30T08:32:00.004-04:00

Incredible session with the great Mark Hudson and artist Madame Mayhem- We couldn't resist asking Mark for a pic since the most popular question when folks heard he was at the studio was - "what color was his hair? Yes, that's the uber talented Dave Eggar in the back:) Threshold Studios Producer Jeremy Sklarsky has since updated his phone to include INSTAGR.AM:)

Patty Smyth and Keith Mack of Scandal @ Threshold Recording Studios

2012-06-20T18:08:00.005-04:00

We had the pleasure this month of hosting Patty Smyth (think SCANDAL) and her long time guitarist Keith Mac recording vocals for an upcoming Christmas record. I can think of more than a few of Patty's songs that have made all of our days brighter over the years:)

We Are The Woods create a truly inspiring record with Producer Jeremy Sklarsky at Threshold Recording Studios NYC!

2012-05-11T21:57:00.003-04:00

Threshold Recording Studios NYC- Perfect for Singers, Songwriters and Bands!

Our studio time with We Are the Woods is coming to a close shortly. It has been an absolute blast having these awesome artists in the studio. The record we are nearing completion is a solid mix of folky acoustic and rocking electric sounds. The music is a whole lot of fun and there were always plenty of healthy snacks and an assortment of teas on hand. Somehow, while geeking out over Harry Potter, the Hunger Games, and other various middle school literary obsessions, we managed to put together a pretty fantastic record:)

check the Threshold jukebox for audio shortly!

Threshold hosts recording session with the amazing Ron Carter!

2012-04-06T21:30:00.000-04:00

We are honored to have hosted a wonderful recording session recently featuring legendary bassist Ron Carter and guitarist extraordinaire Gene Bertoncini. Produced by David Becker.

Great to work with guys on that level of character and proficiency- true gentlemen:)

Jeremy Sklarsky, Gene Bertoncini, David Becker, Ron Carter, Bruce Becker

Sophie Auster @ Threshold Studios

2012-02-16T09:38:00.000-05:00

This month at Threshold Studios the multi- talented Sophie Auster finished mixing a six song EP with Producer Jeremy Sklarsky. Sophie is the daughter of well known Brooklyn author Paul Auster, and Sophie is a fabulously talented singer, songwriter, and lyricist in her own right. We are very much looking forward to seeing this awesome effort released!

Recent Threshold Sessions

2012-02-02T15:04:00.000-05:00

Threshold Recording Studios NYC- Perfect for Singers, Songwriters and Bands!

Here are some of the highlights of our recent artist development productions-

Mike Billiot
Always a pleasure to co-produce with the über-talented Heather Holley at Threshold Studios. Early this summer we completed two songs with singer and songwriter Mike Billiot from New Orleans. The beats were co-produced by Andrey Jandy Prudnikov from the Ukraine. Check out his youtube page which already has hundreds of thousands of views. Heather, James and Jeremy have been doing quite a few projects together lately. If you are interest in working with us as a team, and we cover a lot of ground in a unique way as a team, make sure you give us a call.

Alana Kessler
Produced another beautiful song with Alana Kessler called "Holding On To You." We will definitely be posting this one after it comes back from mastering. Check out Alana's yoga studio at Sangha Yoga Sala.

Brett Macdonald
What an incredibly productive 3 day session with Brett Macdonald of Virignia! Featuring Tom Welsch (Rock of Ages) on bass and Dan Barman on drums. Really looking forward to sharing some of these songs.

DESSI!
Awesome August co-production sessions with the fabulous Dessi - co-written and co-produced with Heather Holley, Jeremy Sklarsky and James Walsh. Dessi has such an amazing voice! Special touches by Oli Rockberger on keys, and Dave Eggar on cello.

Casting session for Jeff Buckley AUTHORIZED BIO PIC- Mystery White Boy

This is a great , great ride we are on- Long time friend of Threshold Studios, James Walsh and mother of Jeff Buckley, Mary Guibert was down for some final casting sessions for the upcoming Jeff Buckley biopic directed by Jake Scott. Now, who came in for the auditions? We'll never tell. But, in the end... well... you know by now- don't you?

COMING SOON!

More James Walsh Productions and Threshold Recording Studios NYC artist news coming soon as we gather session pics and finish songs!

Foreigner ACOUSTIQUE cd out. Awesome....

2011-12-06T19:14:00.000-05:00

Threshold Studios just received our copy of Foreigner ACOUSTIQUE cd. It was a blast to have worked on that record and get to know the band a little bit. Rock on Mick Jones, Jeff Pilson, Mark Schulman, Thom Gimbel, Kelly Hansen and Michael Bluestein.

It was an honor...

GREAT work...

Kudos and special thanks to Wyn Davis!

Recent Sessions at Threshold Recording Studios NYC

2011-12-05T07:29:00.000-05:00

Always fun for us to get a chance to pull in some of our favorite players on our productions. Adam Roth is an awesome guitar player and can usually be found playing with Dennis Leary and The Enablers and the Liza Colby Sound. We recently recorded 'F@#$ You' with Dennis and the gang, a great follow up to his classic 'AssH@#$'. :)

Cellist Dave Eggar was in again recently working on a great song with artist Mat Brandon. I can't say enough good things about Dave and it's an honor to have a great working relationship with him to add that special touch to our friends and clients songs.

Dave Eggar

Threshold Studios Artist Profile- Julia Piker

2011-11-23T09:15:00.000-05:00

Brooklyn based Singer- Songwriter Julia Piker has been busy working away in the studio on several great songs- We just added TAKING CARE OF YOU to the Threshold jukebox.

Get Ready....

Jeff Buckley International Newsletter MYSTERY WHITE BOY

2011-06-30T21:20:00.000-04:00

Seems like a million years ago, and just like yesterday....

The friends and family of Jeff Buckley included some

history of Jeff's relationship with the Threshold Recording Studios facilities in the latest JBIN (Jeff Buckley International Newsletter). Jeff and his band rehearsed here at our facility on 41st for many years, right up until his trip to Memphis where we lost his physical presence on this earth.

I've never really gone too far into the subject in the written history of our studio, missing him more as a fellow musician and friend -and choosing instead to embrace all the new related friends we have made over the years instead.

Jeff, was Jeff... Intensely unique and all so rare...

One of the occasional pleasures i have is relating the history to artists that come in to the studio that cite Jeff as an inspiration in their musical development. Having rehearsed across the hall from him for all those years I have a couple of stories i like to share:)- and it is always a great moment to connect with artists on that level.

What I would share at the moment is that the control room at Threshold was partially tuned to Jeff's music during the design and construction by Aj, myself and Steve Koontz- and the weekend Threshold Studios partners AJ and I closed the doors to let the paint and floors dry before our grand opening, we spun Jeff's music on loop for the 4 days we spent at the beach dreaming what the studio would eventually become. The 'MUSIC AINT NO PRODUCT' writing on the wall had to be covered when we built the floated control room, and no one can say for sure who was the author, but it was one of those things we knew was a part of Jeff's time in the space, and couldn't let it go without a picture. I think this is the first time i have published it. The artwork on the inside of the main studio door also is from Jeff's era.

Jeff's legacy continues at our studio through this day, some of them secrets:) including our ongoing mentor, facility and studio relationship with Road Recovery, founded by former Jeff Buckley manager and road manager Jack Bookbinder and Gene Bowen. RR does such great work, and having been conceived while Jeff was on this plain, we know he would have approved:) I also share a special relationship with Jeff's mom, my close friend and Road Recovery Co- Board Member Mary Guibert. Love you Mary:)

In our daily production and recording projects we also stay in touch and work with many of the musicians that played with Jeff- including Parker Kindred mentioned in the JBIN article. (Parker makes cymbals, and me, cry when he plays...) Special thanks to Jay Matsueda for penning the piece included in the newsletter. All special players and wonderful people. We are humbled to be able to share a small part of the legacy, even more humbled that it continues to translate into the vibe of the studio, staff and productions- and encourage everyone to stay in touch with Jeff's music through his authorized website JeffBuckley.com. Keep an eye out for the authorized Jeff Buckley biopic movie being developed by Mary. Don't be confused by imitators!

Rock on,

James Walsh

Dave Eggar

2011-05-27T16:58:00.000-04:00

Dave Eggar is always up to something interesting. Last night he was in along with Heather Holley (Christina Aguilara) producing a track for a very talented young singer Jacob Baine Fields that he met in southern Virginia while touring through Appalachia. They'll be back to finish off the song this weekend and we hope to have many more sessions with Dave.

FOREIGNER at Threshold Studios...

2011-05-11T18:17:00.000-04:00

An amazing couple of days with rock legends Mick Jones and Foreigner in Threshold's NYC Recording Studio A. With Jeff Pilson and Mick Jones of Foreigner producing, Jeremy Sklarsky engineered the mostly overdub sessions for their upcoming acoustic album. Among the many things the band has been working on is an unplugged album of many of their most well known songs and we were thrilled to be a part of it.

Jeremy Sklarsky with Foreigner

Jon Anderson @ Threshold Recording Studios NYC. What can we say...

2011-05-04T19:20:00.001-04:00

Jon Anderson keeping it real with Road Recovery @ Threshold

Certainly an honor to host Jon Anderson (YES) at Threshold Recording Studios NYC this week. One of the coolest guys- for sure- Did i mention FOREIGNER this weekend?

Edelweiss back at Threshold Recording Studios NYC!

2011-04-27T14:41:00.000-04:00

Last week was an exciting one at Threshold's NYC Recording Studio. Edelweiss was back to complete their debut EP, with Jeremy Sklarsky as producer and engineer. The results are excellent and we look forward to sharing them with you soon. Stay tuned!

Here's the maxi-single we completed with the band in January. We'll post the the full EP when it is released!

Freelance Whales Record Cover of Devo's "Girl U Want" Recorded at Threshold Recording Studios NYC

2011-04-08T12:53:00.000-04:00

Very excited this is being released. In anticipation of their impending North American tour with Foals, Freelance Whales and Foals are releasing a 7-inch vinyl split. Both songs are covers - with Foals covering Mafia's "One" while Freelance Whales lent their version of Devo's Girl U Want." The track was recorded and mixed by Jeremy Sklarsky at Threshold Recording Studios NYC.

Head over to Spinner to read the official announcement and hear the track. Enjoy.

The return of Freelance Whales to Threshold Recording Studios!

2011-03-28T14:50:00.000-04:00

Freelance Whales were back at Threshold Recording Studios NYC this month. This band is so great, it is always a pleasure to have them in the house. Big chunks of their highly regarded debut "Weathervanes" were done here at the studio with seasoned Threshold Producer, Engineer, Multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Sklarsky at the helm.

We'll post a link to the song they recorded here upon its release, which should come sometime during their upcoming tour with Foals (which takes them across the continent including a co-headlining show at Terminal 5!).

Freelance Whales' Judah Dadone with

Jeremy Sklarsky @ Threshold

New Gear @ Threshold Recording Studios NYC!

2011-03-23T18:12:00.000-04:00

Threshold Studios - New Plugins and gear

We've got some new Waves plugins recently and have been really enjoying them here at the studio. At the top of the pile are the CLA Classic Compressors, featuring software models of Chris Lord-Alge's blue and black 1176's, an LA-2A, and LA-3A. They sound quite excellent. The studio already has 2 hardware blue plate 1176's, but having an unlimited supply in plugin form is quite convenient.

Our upgraded Waves bundle includes the Neve modeled V-Series. The clear winner here is the VEQ3, which is a model of the Neve 1073 EQ module.

Just a week prior we added two Neve 1073 LB preamps to our 500 series rack and been getting very positive reviews from engineers working in the room.

So between the CLA Compressors, the SSL bundle, and the Neve bundle (plus, ya know, some real hardware API and Daking EQ's, 1176's, and Summit, DBX, and Daking Compressors) the mix room is coming together nicely.

Recent Sessions @ Threshold Recording Studios NYC

2011-02-09T14:28:00.001-05:00

We've had a a busy 2011 recording at Threshold Studios. Here are some of the early highlights:

- Big Mosey

Brooklyn based blues-rock band was in to record their debut EP entitled "Homeward at Daybreak." A unique sound with an even more unique vocalist. It's been too long since we did some serious guitar work so it was a lot of fun breaking out the Marshalls...

- Neil Perlman was in to record some Scottish-jazz fusion! His piano jazz trio featuring renowned Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser. All these guys had some serious chops.

Neil Perlman and co with Alasdair Fraser

- The UN Jazz Band (working title). We recorded a small jazz ensemble composed of United Nations Staffers, including players from Madagascar, South Africa, Sweden, and Austria. The group's leader, Herbert Grubmair mentioned long time friend of the studio and fellow Austrian Hans Glawischnig. Hebert said about Threshold, "If it's good enough of Hans it's good enough for me!" We hope to have them back soon.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Edelweiss

2011-02-09T14:14:00.001-05:00

A very beardy Jeremy Sklarsky with Edelweiss!

Had a KILLER time at Threshold Recording Studios NYC with Edelweiss, a young band from Stroudsburg, PA. Check out their maxi single "(No)" and b-side "Fiasco" engineered and produced by Jeremy Sklarsky @ Threshold Studios over the Christmas break. A very talented bunch, we hope to working with them again soon.