INSIDE THE CHURCH STUDIO | An Audio Engineer's Perspective

Gary Laney, senior staff engineer at The Church Studio, explores his approach to a recording session and working with musicians! Gary discusses his enjoyment of capturing live performances for their raw emotion, the importance of adapting to artists' needs and guiding them through the studio process, the intricacies of analog and digital recording, and the mystical essence left behind by artists at The Church Studio.
Gary Laney, a grammy award-winning engineer, boasts an illustrious career marked by notable accolades including tracking his first hit "Living on Tulsa Time" by Don Williams, and collaborations with icons such as Keith Whitley and Trisha Yearwood. Blending decades of recording mastery with a passion for mentoring the next generation of musicians, Gary Laney is known for blending both analog and digital technologies, seamlessly integrating the timeless warmth of analog with the precision of digital. At The Church Studio, Gary continues to shape good sound recordings, delighting musicians and fans alike.
The Church Studio, listed on the National Register of Historic Places is a recording studio that was originally built in 1915 as Grace M.E. Church. It came to its second life as a recording studio in 1972 when Leon Russell, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Award-winning artist, purchased the old church and turned it into an analog recording studio and home office to Shelter Records. Teresa Knox, a Leon Russell fan and Tulsa native purchased The Church Studio and has brought it back to life as a professional analog and digital recording studio, tourist attraction, event center, audio engineering school, entertainment network, and home to The Church Studio Archive.
Names, locations, and albums mentioned in this video:
Keith Witley
Don’t Close Your Eyes
Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood
The Church Studio
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Talent: Gary Laney
Producer: Teresa Knox
Cinematography and Editing: Matthew Simonson, Garrison Marsh
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[@RussellRay]

Gary is a great addition to the studio family

[@jaytea42]

Great Historic Studio, Gary is The Man!

[@TheChurchStudio]

Heck yeah!

[@brianwright5917]

Good stuff!

[@TheChurchStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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