Welcome to Foothill Studio... in Western North Carolina!
Foothill Studio (formerly GT Studio of Long Beach, CA) is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on 5.5 acres of hardwoods! We have 1500 square feet of dedicated space including a "get ready" area, large room with a 6'10" Kawai grand piano, Hammond C-3 with Leslie 122 speaker and various guitar/bass amps. Carpet-covered counters surround the "get ready" room (no need to stand on your head to access your instruments). There is a Sonex-treated vocal iso booth, an isolated drum/quartet room, a kitchen/snack area, restroom; 
and, last but not least, the "hub" of every studio, the "control room" is filled with all the gear needed to "git'er done" in the analog or digital domain. All interior walls are finished in locally grown, kiln dried, rough sawn yellow pine installed in the board and batt manner. The place feels and sounds warm and friendly.
(About the guy behind the glass…….who is that smiling face with no hair?) Owner/engineer W. C. Wells, "Bill", brings 35+ years of experience in live sound and studio engineering to the console. Having led Gospel Train (a bluegrass gospel band for 18 years), led worship in small and large churches on the West Coast, and currently part of the "River Road Band" (a local bluegrass band) shows the shoe has been on both feet! With that much time "in front of the mic" as well, it means he "knows how it feels."
Studio Recording Credits:
- Laurence Juber - "Naked Guitar" - (Paul McCartney's lead guitarest for "Wings" when they won the Grammy) first acoustic guitar CD "Naked Guitar"
- Evan Marshall - "Evan Marshall is The Lone Arranger" on Rounder Records
- Tom Long - "Satis Verborum"
- Crescendo - "Christmas with Crescendo" nine-voice acapella vocal band
- Ernest Ale - "As Dreamers Do" and "Talking Rivers" - classical guitar
- Billy Hill and the Hillbillies - (bluegrass band performing in the Golden Horseshoe Saloon at Disneyland)
- The Bridges of Orange County - (chamber orchestra) from Southern California
- Enoch Fernando - "Best Loved Hymns" - (nominated for three Grammy's in 2003, Best Engineered, Best Original Non-Classical, and Best Country Instrumental)
Live Engineering Credits:
- Sherry Ross
- Dennis Agajanian
- Tina Moyer
- Susan J. Paul
- Peter Finger
- Preston Reed
- Ed Gerhard
- Bill Mize
- Martin Simpson
- Alex DeGrassi
- Peppino D'Agostino
- Phil Keaggy
Audio Samples
The following are short (30 to 40 second) clips in MP3 format of Foothill Studio recording projects. Each clip is between 700kb to 1mb and will take up to 3-4 minutes each over dial-up, or a few seconds over broadband.
- Lunar Eclipse by Laurence Juber - Naked Guitar
- Scuffle the Shuffle - Live by Laurence Juber - Naked Guitar
- Alla Marcia (Vanilla Schubert) by The Bridges of Orange County
- William Tell Overture - Live by Evan Marshall
- Something About That Name by Enoch - Best Loved Hymns
Rates
$40 per hour - minimum of 4 hours in the studio
Press
- New recording studio is man's 'field of dreams' - The Daily Courier
Photos
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 Kawai Grand Piano and Hammond C-3
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Get Ready Room
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View into Control Room
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 Carpet covered counters in Get Ready Room
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 Drum Isolation Booth
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 Piano with Drum Isolation Booth
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 Vocal Isolation Booth
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 Mackie Mixing Console in the Control Room
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