STUDIO HISTORY:

Current Location:
Brandon's family has been in the orchard business for over 150 years. Brandon has never had any intention of pursuing this business. In a strange twist of fate it worked out that some space was open at the orchard when the previous location became unusable. After finding out that clients like the idea of breaks to get air and watch goats, Brandon decided to setup shop. Construction is in progress and the new space should be ready shortly. We're still available to work now but the space is a work in progress (i.e. pardon our dust).

Previous Location:

When Eddie Kramer (Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix) came to record Brownsville Station in the late 1970's he did something out of the ordinary. He took a look at the studio that was available & asked to see the rest of the building. Upon entering the basement he realized he'd found his room.

Formerly the coal room, from an age before space heaters and central air, he quickly mapped out what would become know as Subterranean. The studio continued to be used by Al Nalli & Rob Robinson into the early 90's, churning out a few platinum records along the way, until the Nalli operation took its roots to Florida.

That brings us up to present day when Brandon Wiard was hunting for a studio desk to put in his current lackluster digs. He ran into Alex Johnson (Ann Arbor Music Center) who mentioned that there was an unused studio in his building that needed some TLC , and that maybe the landlord might be willing to rent it. The next day Brandon met Al Nalli and took his first trip down into Subterranean. Only two light bulbs were working in the abyss but Brandon, like Eddie Kramer, immediately knew he'd found his room. Years of antique instrument & noise-box collecting finally had room to breathe.

Nearly two decades of dust and disuse were attacked by Brandon's friends and family and the old sparkle started to come back...
Unfortunately sound bled through the ceiling when the neighbors moved in and the landlord's suggestion was to use noise gates.
We can see your facial response right now.
Every musician/engineer has the same facial reaction to that story.

Some clients from this era:
American Migration Patterns
Wallace Bros.
Coke Dick Motorcycle Awesome
Black Galaxy
The Afternoon Round
Quitting Work
Looking For Mammoths

Previous-Previous Location:

This space wasn't noteworthy. Lots of time spent fixing up and painting. Lots of clients ran off with mixes without paying. Landlord lied about the noise situation in the building and then decided to keep our security deposit after telling us we could move out. We think they'll have their own circle in hell. We hear the building is falling into even worse repair. Karma is a...

Some clients from this era:
Lightning Love
Bone Orchard Revival

Previous-Previous-Previous Location:

Brandon's condo's front bedroom. Psychotic senior citizen neighbor was keeping a secret log of everytime she heard music through the wall. Never mentioned it to Brandon. Decided that exploding at Brandon's wife and swearing at his toddlers was the mature route to go. Brandon then decided to move it out of the house. Brandon's kids still refer to her as "that mean old lady". Kids are perceptive. Especially when you scream the word "fuck" at them.

Some clients from this era:
drunken barn dance
Charlie Slick
The Moodie Veto
Christine Hoberg