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The basic rate is $35 per hour. However, there are reduced rates for clients who book in 8-plus hour blocks per day. Contact us for more info! The studio at Galilee is in operation 7 days a week, and George is available for production duties at other facilities as well. The schedule is very flexible, so if you are interested in booking time please call or email us. Our schedule usually books several weeks in advance, but if your project needs immediate attention, chances are we have a slot for you. The studio address is 90 Hines Rd, Cumberland, RI 02864. For directions, click here. |
New Nominations!Galilee clients have been nominated in the Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll! First up, Kris Hansen's Left Hand Band's debut cd Lying In The Bed Of Now is up for Best Album, and Kris himself is up for Best Male Vocalist! This is a very big deal for Galilee and for George Dussault in particular. George is lead guitarist in the band, and he produced, engineered and played many of the instruments and provided most of the backing vocals on the album! Second, the inimitable Joe Parillo is up for Best Jazz/Funk Act! His new album Segments, engineered by George has just been released. Click here to vote, and congrats to all the nominees! "A Celebration of Sound..."The Providence Phoenix has published a glowing review of the debut cd by Kris Hansen's Left Hand Band, produced and engineered by George D at Galilee. Click here to read the review!The Loudness War ExplainedIf you've hung out with George at all in the last couple of years, no doubt you've heard him rant about the "loudness war," a trend in current CD mastering to make the music as "loud" as possible. The reasons for doing this are many; people want their music to stand out above the noise in a car, house, office or club; many also think that doing this will make the song stand out on radio (NOT true). Loud is good, right? Not always. First of all, our senses all work in the area of contrast. No one really knows what light is until they have seen darkness. Likewise, no one knows what loud is until they have heard quiet. In the digital domain, the loudest sound that can be recorded is measured at digital "0." Beyond that is total distortion. So if your song is already hitting digital "0," but is still not as loud as the last Blink 182 cd, how do you get it there? The way a mastering or mixing engineer will make it "louder" is by using "peak limiting." In a nutshell, what happens is the loudest parts of the song are brought down to the level of the quietest parts, and then the entire mix is brought up to digital "0," or somewhere very close to it. Does that sound right to you? Should a whisper be as loud as a scream? If the entire mix is at maximum volume throughout, what will motivate a listener to turn it up. And if he or she does turn it up, what will they hear? Heavy, punchy drums and an in your face vocal, or just a loud buzzy mess? We all have our opinions on this, but we think that people who buy CD's usually have a volume knob on their stereo systems. If you want to learn more about this "loudness war," check out the movie, and click on the link below.
Galilee's Grammy Nominations Include: Dino Club - Bright Screen Wide, produced by George Dussault and Dino Club, engineered by GD - Six nominations. The Schemers - Remember, remastered by George Dussault - Four nominations. |
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Galilee Productions - 90 Hines Rd - Cumberland, RI 02864 - (401) 333-1405 - galileeprod@cox.net
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Galilee Productions offers music production, recording and artist development, as well as audio for multimedia, industrial and commercial projects. We feature world-class engineering in our own excellent-sounding, abundantly equipped recording studio, as well as freelance production in outside facilities. In addition, we offer all this at the most competitive rates in the business.
