Shell Lane Studio is located in a turn of the century farmhouse in Prince Edward Island, Canada with breathtaking views of Darnley Basin.. The area offers some of Canada's best golfing, sea kayaking, biking on the Confederation trail and deep sea fishing all are within a short drive of the studio and the sandy beach is only a five minute walk away. This is one of the most relaxing and comfortable environments you could find to work in, free from the distraction and stress of an urban centre. Charlottetown, Moncton and Halifax airports makes it easy to get here. This authentic 7 bedroom farmhouse is a fully equipped residential studio offering complete privacy to it's clients in a totally unique setting.

"Living and recording in a custom environment provides musicians an opportunity to express ideas in a productive and relaxed atmosphere." Steve Thomson, Executive Producer "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" Red Hot Chili Peppers.



PRODUCER ROSTER

DAN CUTRONA

With over 35 years in the music industry and over 450 recordings, Dan Cutrona is considered one of the most requested producers, arrangers and keyboard players in the music business today. Having studied at the Julliard School of Music in Manhattan, NY. Dan was prepared for a wide range of musical experiences. Dan began touring and performing / recording with Joe Cocker, Al Green, The Bee Gee's, Billy Preston, Donna Summer, Denise Williams, Sir Cliff Richard, Dion, as well as The Archers, Bryan Duncan, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Andrae Crouch, and Shelia Walsh Over the past 10 years Dan has teamed up with members of the old Eric Clapton band and now records regularly with them. In addition, Dan is asked to teach in various settings from universities to clinics. Four years ago he helped establish a school of the arts in the Czech Republic for training musicians from around Eastern Europe. Dan has a strong command of all musical styles with successful recordings in all genres.

PAUL MILNER

For more than 25 years Paul has worked in the music industry with credits on over 250 recordings as a freelance record producer / engineer / mixer and mastering engineer. Paul devotes a large part of his time to the development of projects with upcoming new artists such as I Mother Earth, The Headstones, Patrizia, Chucky Danger Band, New World Son and countless others. Paul has worked alongside some of the best names in the music industry including Keith Richards, Eddy Grant, Jim Vallance, Andre Perry and Sting in some of the world's top recording studios on both major and indie projects. These projects have sold in excess of 21 million copies worldwide. Paul's work has won numerous music industry awards, Juno's, gold and platinum certifications, a SOCAN #1 song award and more recently several ECMA awards with recordings for Matt Andersen, The Saddle River Stringband and Paper Lions (Chucky Danger Band).

JOE SHUGAN


Joe honed his skills in vintage analog recording and embraced the then-new digital technologies. That same year Joe`s engineering abilities were recognized by the NATIONAL ACADEMY of RECORDING ARTS and SCIENCES as one of the albums he engineered was awarded with a GRAMMY for best album in it's respective category. Joe was again given the same recognition in both 1993 and 1994. Since that time he has worked on 15 further GRAMMY nominated albums. Having been in the audio business for upward of 17 years, Joe has branched out with his engineering talents to included field recording, sound design and mixing for both television and film. Joe has worked on film projects in the rainforest of Belize The Enemy God's and also TV productions in Israel for Canadian Sport Fishing" These new endeavors proved to be quite rewarding as some of the projects have won various awards. Having worked with such diverse artists and projects for film and television it is clear that Joe thrives on creative challenges and truly appreciates all aspects of audio. Recent work with Saigon Hookers, Carol Pope, LMT Connection and The Waxbills.