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    Gear galore in the meticulous control room.

    TL;DR: Book your recording session here, now! Stop looking. Recording our band's album at ModernTone was a fantastic experience. Jacob is exactly the person you want behind the board. Kind, friendly, funny, listens intently, aims to achieve your vision. He's also not afraid to give his true opinions and honest feedback. Additionally, he makes solid suggestions that are rooted in his years of production experience, as well as his bad-ass-musician-ness. He's like an unofficial band member. I've been playing music for 30 years. I have recorded in many studios and worked with many engineers, and ModernTone and Jacob are as good as it gets. Go deeper? Okay. The space: You walk in and you can instantly tell that whoever runs this place cares deeply about what they do. It's the attention to detail. It's not gigantic, but it's so thoughtfully setup, it feels like it is. It's spotlessly clean. Oh... and, it sounds amazing! The Gear: Wow! They've got everything you could need in there. Marvel at the unique instruments and effects. Drool at the Les Pauls (not on the Les Pauls, of course). Vintage to modern, acoustic to A.I. However, what good is all that gear if you don't know how to use it? Luckily, Jacob knows the ins and outs of every single button, knob, mouse click and keystroke. Which is also nice because you never feel like you're wasting time trying to figure things out. "Hey thanks for all this info. Where can I check out your band... I wanna hear this recording?!" Thanks, great question. We're called Don't Tell Kate and our album will be out soon.

    Indestructible BLOOD having a blast & getting stuff done with Jacob Light at his Modern Tone Studios.
    Mattx B.

    Jacob Light, from Modern Tone Studios, took our ragged rough hewn Rockslide of songs, all of our rhythm tracks- and used all of his immense talent as a producer and unerringly supernatural engineering ability to encourage, guide, & celebrate the process of completing these songs. All the vocals & guitar tracks, sweet mixes within a few runs, and he mastered it, wrapped it up and sent it to us- super fast. I cannot recommend Jacob and Modern Tone Studios, Highly enough. I'm not kidding around about this. Jacob made, for us, the Most professional, Creative, supportive, and fun recording studio experience we've ever had. Thanks! Mattx & Janet Bergren- Indestructible BLOOD www.indestructiBLOOD.band

    Jacob working out a guitar part with Ava - holding her strings down as the tapes were rolling
    Lisa N.

    I would give Jacob and ModernTone Studios 10 stars if I could! When my daughter was ready to record her first rock EP at 11 years old, we were referred to Jacob. We knew she may have some maturity issues but he worked well with her and she released a 5 song EP. Not gonna lie - it was harder than we thought it would be (but not because of Jacob!). In the end she pulled it off and learned more than we could have ever imagined. A year later she set her sights on another EP. A little more mature with some experience under her belt - we knew she could do this. Again, he made it an easy process for her. When she had some writers block in the studio working out guitar solos - he would pick up a guitar and work on it with her. This EP turned out so much better than we could have possibly dreamed. I would recommend Jacob to anyone wanting to record music - young or old. The studio is clean and well stocked and he has access to some of the best studio musicians in the area - and around the globe - he found an amazing cellist to arrange and record a strings portion to one of her songs. I think the proof is in listening to the actual songs themselves. Ava Toton is her name and Charm School Dropout is her latest release. If you aren't just ready for an EP but have some ideas floating around in your head, he has an entire team of instructors ready for you to get your material record-ready. Call him. You won't regret it!

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