February , 1996
Construction starts for NewSound Productions' first studio facility in downtown Philadelphia. |
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October, 1996
NewSound Productions is fully operational serving audio and musical professionals in the tri-state area.
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April, 1999
Yoshiko Matsui wrote and recorded the vocals for Hiroshima on NewSound owner Mark Knox's debut CD, Places. She recently released a Jazz CD in Japan. |
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May, 1999
The late Grover Washington, Jr. was on hand to play on Valdez In the Country for Gerald Veasley's 4th CD - Love Letters. Mark also engineered and played keyboards on the CD.
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April, 2000
Saxophonist Chris Farr played on Van Nguyen's CD, Xuan Tui. NewSound owner Mark Knox arranged all the music tracks. |
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December, 2002
Alan Horseradish and Barbara Toothpick like to get comfy when they record. They did two of their CDs at NewSound. |
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February, 2003Drummer Jim Miller tries out some new single-head drums for Mark Knox's CD, Places. |
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August, 2004
Drummer / composer Jim Miller works with bassist Tyrone Brown while tracking for Jim's debut CD, MillerTime. |
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April, 2005
NewSound moves to new digs in the Architect's Building at 17th & Chestnut in Centre City Philadelphia. |
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November, 2005
Doc Gibbs lays down some conga parts for NewSound owner Mark Knox's CD, Places. You may recognize him as the band leader on the Emeril Live Show. |
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March, 2007
NewSound is asked to handle the live recording of Papo Vazquez's performance at the Painted Bride in Philly. Turns out the resulting CD, Marooned/Aislado was nominated for a Grammy Award - Best Latin Jazz Album. |
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June, 2007
Jill Scott stopped by for a quick looping session for the Tyler Perry film, Why Did I Get Married? Engineer Jeff Chestek handled the session. |
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June, 2007
You've heard of three tenors? We had three sopranos do their thing for Jesse Padgett's CD, ReInvented. 9 singers were used to create a full cathedral choir. A sample is here. |
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September, 2007
So long Philly . . . NewSound owner Mark Knox decides to pack it up and move to Toronto. (If you want to know why, invite Mark for a beer and plan to spend a couple of hours) It was a crazy move. |
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March, 2008
After a long immigration process, an international move and lots of site surveys, NewSound Productions found a new home in the Corktown District of downtown Toronto. Now, all we had to do was build a new studio in this empty space . . . |
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September, 2009
. . . and a little over year later, this was the result. After an international road trip, several months in storage and final installation, NewSound Productions is back online serving the greater Toronto area audio-musical professionals. |
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April, 2008
In the meantime, some location work fills in the gaps - like audio support for Blue Jays broadcasts. Here, a view from the broadcast booth at the Rogers Centre. |
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February, 2009
NewSound owner Mark Knox mixed a show featuring concert Theremin virtuoso Dorit Chrysler for the 9th Wavelength Music Series. |
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May, 2009
Toronto singer/songwriter Cynthia Amoah lends her great R&B vocal style on a tune composed by Mark Knox. |
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July, 2010
Bassist Gerald Veasley and drummer Richard Waller III stopped by NewSound on the way to Gerald's Bass Boot Camp in Aurora, Ontario. Part of the Aurora Jazz Festival. |
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April, 2011
NewSound provides audio support for the French broadcast of Ontario's first UFC event at a sold out Rogers Centre. |
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Check back soon . . .
New pix added regularly |
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