Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced the official opening of Forbes Street Studios – Sydney’s newest high-tech recording studio and purpose-built media centre. The boutique studio, located in the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo, is housed adjacent to Universal Music Australia’s headquarters.
Forbes Street Studios is the latest addition to the international studio network owned and operated by Universal Music Group – alongside the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, Capitol Studios housed within the walls of the iconic Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood and the Interscope Recording Studio in Santa Monica.
Forbes Street Studios will serve as a state of the art recording studio and content creation facility for both home-grown Australian talent and international touring artists when in Sydney, and offers the best in audio, broadcast, and visual capability. The studio has been designed by renowned sonic architect and studio designer Michael Fronzek (Sound Spaces) and features state-of-the-art equipment and cutting-edge technology within the rich and nu-retro interiors.
The studio provides spaces for recording, tracking, over-dubs and mixing in its SSL and Live Room. It houses a first-class Writing Room with A+ vocal mic chain and separate ISO booth, and a Video Editing Suite with colour grading capabilities. Also housed within Forbes Street Studios is an Interview Room (with street facing views for fans) – offering end to end audio-over-IP Codec for interviews and content creation solutions for podcasts and shows.
International artist and activist, Michael Franti recently visited Forbes Street to talk to local kids from the Musicians Making A Difference Charity, an Australian organisation that empowers young people through music to make a difference in their communities. U.S. Grammy Award winning jazz and blues artist Gregory Porter recently performed an acoustic session at Forbes Street Studios. Later this month Canadian pop sensation Shawn Mendes will perform an intimate Nova Red Room session at the studio while touring Australia and classical superstar Andre Rieu is scheduled to drop by during his Australian tour to officially open the room for classical opportunities.
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