Butcher Studios is the private project studio of Crescent City based artist, musician, producer and engineer Chris Butcher. Founded on the concept of having NO LIMITATIONS in creation. You can expect almost everything you would from the big studios from the old record industry. Separate control and live rooms with a sightline, ability to record groups all together or with isolation, tight or big sounding spaces and techniques, one of the best sounding and maintained grand pianos, drum set choices, world class studio monitors in a spectacular sounding room, classic microphones with an emphasis on ribbons, all the major flavors of microphone preamp, 32 channels of mastering grade inputs and outputs, outboard gear, personal headphone mixers and MUCH MUCH MORE more importantly you’ll find a musician with attention to detail, deep hearing and feeling and the ability to work with ANYONE guiding you through your project in the comfortable space of a traditional double shotgun with natural light. Located in the heart of the greatest music city in the world New Orleans, with access to all of its iconic stylists. We’ve worked with so much talent I won’t even name names! We got analog juice and Pro Tools chops
Not one to tell you the sounds you want before we’ve talked, every recording I learn my technique anew. Meaning I love being creative in the studio. I love the sounds of the late 50’s and 60’s from Rudy Van Gelder and Columbia 30th Street with many musicians in the same room but I also love stacking overdubs, recording virtual instruments in MIDI and committing EQ crimes inside the computer if that gets your point across through the speakers. We’re informed by the tradition but not afraid to break any rule. I grew up listening to and being exposed to a lot of different music. I cut my teeth in Toronto which is one of the most culturally diverse places on the planet playing with everyone. I feel at home with New Orleans and Black American music but I love a project that pushes the boundaries.