Shell Lane studio, is located in a 180 year old farmhouse in Prince Edward Island, Canada with breathtaking views overlooking Darnley Basin and The Whale Back Bridge, one of the Islands last remaining wooden bridges. A five minute walk to the Beach. The area offers some of Canada’s best golfing, sea kayaking, biking on the Confederation trail and deep sea fishing all within a short drive of the studio. This is probably one of the most relaxing and comfortable environments you could find to work in, free from the distraction and stress of the major city. Three airports within a small radius of our location make access very easy. Charlottetown, Moncton or Halifax This authentic 7 bedroom Farmhouse is a fully equiped residential studio offering complete privacy to it’s clients in a totaly 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. In 1977, Dan moved to Los Angeles, where he met up with Andrae Crouch, who was instrumental in recognizing Dan’s ability. Andrae helped find the right opportunities, and in no time, Dan was well on his way to a very successful career as a performer and studio musician. From that time, Dan began touring and performing/recording with Joe Cocker, Al Green, The Bee Gee’s, Billy Preston, Donna Summer, Deniece 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 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. 4 years ago he helped establish a school of the in the Czech Republic for training musicians from around Eastern Europe. As well, Dan regularly teaches in London, England. Dan has a command of all musical styles, with successful recordings in all genre’s, from country, pop, jazz, funk, hip-hop, R&B, rock, blues, gospel, and classical.

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 has devoted a large part of his time to the development of new projects with bands like I Mother Earth, The Headstones, Patrizia, Chucky Danger Band, New World Son and countless others. He has worked alongside some of the best names in the business the likes of Keith Richards, Eddy Grant, Jim Vallance, Andre Perry, and Sting in some of the worlds top recording studios for both Major and Indie projects these projects have sold in excess of 21 million copies worldwide.His work has won numerous Music Industry awards, Juno's, Gold and Platinum certifications a #1 song award from SOCAN 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 its’ 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 rainforests of Belize (“The Enemy God”) 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. Working as a freelance engineer / producer, Joe has had the opportunity of recording artists in many different studios such as “GRANT AVENUE, CBC, Le STUDIO MORIN HEIGHTS, NUMBER 9, METALWORKS, BLUE SUMMIT and RAINBOW STUDIOS”. 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.