Monthly Archives: February 2014

We do a lot of really cool unexpected things here at the recording studio, and one of our favorite non-music recording gigs is recording The One Way Ticket Show. It is a bi-monthly internet radio program run by Steven Shalowitz (former host of Singapore’s Gold 90.5 FM Encuentro Latino program), that asks the question “If I gave you a one way ticket, where would you go?”.

Steven has had some really cool guests on the radio show, ranging from New York staples to CEOs, to famous entertainers and celebrities. And the best part for us, besides getting to find the right microphones to make those radio voices sound silky, is we get to learn some really interesting things about some really interesting people. Usually, we get to play music, record music, producer music, mix music, master music, and while that is awesome, it’s certainly a nice change of pace to get The One Way Ticket Show in here twice a month. While we can’t blog about every episode (since Steven has had so many in the last two years), we had a really cool one in here this month that Steven just released, his guest was veteran movie and TV actor and comedian Taylor Negron (known for “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, “Friends”, his HBO special, and so much more). It was a really interesting episode, and you can hear it, as well as all the other The One Way Ticket epdisodes at theonewayticketshow.com/.

Back in the mid-2000s I was living in the East Village and working with an up and coming New York recording artist Mikealis. I was producing tracks for him and playing keyboard for his live shows and he started getting some great exposure. After a few great years of playing shows in the Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Midtown, and really everywhere in NYC, Mikealis moved out to Los Angeles and started getting cast for T.V. shows. Luckily, Mikealis never stopped making great music, and I’ve called him in as a feature rapper on lots of clients’ projects.

Finally, I got the chance to produce a new track for Mikealis this last month, and I got Mikealis to come to record in NYC with us. It was a pretty epic recording and mixing session. Mikealis is great to have in the recording studio: he writes on the spot, spits it aggressively the first time, and always brings some fun people with him when he comes, basically a New York recording studio party every time! The new track we’ve been working on is called “Live That Life” and is sure to drop soon. So follow up at his website Mikealis.com to stay in the know and keep an eye/ear out for it.

JLINE’s new video “Crazy” will be aired on MTV and its sister stations starting Monday, Feb 10th! This makes it JLINE’s third video to air on MTV this year, along with his hits “I Think I’m in Love” and “Ready Set Go”.

In New York, it will air on Channel 155 at 9:30am on Monday, Feb 10th. It will re-air throughout the upcoming months, but times and channels vary depending on your state.

Or you can just watch the video right now and maybe let JLINE know how excited you are about the video by leaving a comment on youtube:)

He’s also been in the studio with us recording two new tracks that will be released on iTunes in the upcoming weeks. And he’ll embark on his next tour starting next week, which should keep him busy until the end of the summer. We’re super proud of all his hard work and awesome songwriting. Check up with him regularly at his website jLineMusic.com