My name is Stephen Blanton, and I am proud to be the sole proprietor of this operation.  After plying the public performance side of music for a great many years, I've moved more into studio pursuits in large part over the last 11 years (though I am consistently tempted by my musician friends to take another group out to venues, festivals, and private functions in the Southeast in the near future). In the work I've been fortunate to do,  I'm thankful to have developed meaningful relationships with people through these pursuits... around the corner, around the block...around the world.  I'd like for you to be among that number

I've been fortunate to be involved in some rewarding musical projects over the years.  My 30+ years of professional music making experience include leading and fronting the bands Blues Advocate, Soul Recovery, and The Incontinentals featuring The High ‘N’ Dry Horns; and continuing as a W. C. Handy-Award-nominated, 20 year producer/host of 88.7FM WNCW’s Saturday Night House Party.  These last several years have been more consumed with the audio engineering end of this business, and it's been most rewarding in many respects.   

THE STUDIO

 It's very easy to say "I have a recording studio" these days, what with the pervasiveness of relatively inexpensive recording technology; but  I've built 1600 square feet of studio space for tracking, mixing, and mastering on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, NC, and outfitted it with some of the best equipment available.  It's certainly not a run-of-the-mill home studio.  Nothing here done on the cheap!  It's all designed for comfort, productivity, and top-shelf recording, mixing, and mastering  It's a joy to work in for everyone that's been here.  Lynyrd Skynyrd alumnus drummer Artimus Pyle says it's the nicest home studio he's ever seen.   Construction is double layer resilient channel 5/8inch sheetrock on 2"x 6" framing,  hardwood maple flooring, solid core doors, double-paned "control tower" windows, Mogami cabling throughout, and acoustic treatment from Auralex, RPG, and lots of my own design. Click the thumbnails to see a larger, more detailed version of the photos.

THE CONTROL ROOM
MASTERING RACK
CONVERTERS
INPUT/MONITOR SOURCING
TRACKING ROOM 1
TRACKING ROOM 2
ISO BOOTH 1
ISO BOOTH 2
EQUIPMENT 1
EQUIPMENT 2
EQUIPMENT 3
EQUIPMENT4
TUNED ROOM

a partial list of clients

WSNB: "We Sing Nasty Blues"

Velvet Truckstop

The Sharkadelics

East Coast Dirt

Rory Kelly's Triple Threat

Ruth Wakefield

Freddy Bradburn

Blue Ridge Brass/Montreat Scottish Pipes and Drums

WNCW

Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble

The Sunset Fourtet

Blues Kravin'

Blonde Blues

Raja Gaj

Freddie Vanderford

J. Michael King

Jellyroll Antennae

McDowell County, NC Schools

Crossnore School

Bring the Heat Foundation