buzzworthy
Roseland
SOUND ON SOUND MOVES WEST
If it weren’t for the constant din of bedrock
being excavated at nearby construction
sites, David Amlen’s SOUND ON SOUND
STUDIOS would probably still have a Times
Square address. But after 30 years in the city,
during which producers created recordings
that sold more than 100 million copies
worldwide — 75 albums went gold and
platinum — Amlen moved his business to
Greenwood Avenue in Montclair. The new
location offers a lot of the advantages the business had in New York, such as proximity to large
pools of talent and scores of diverse restaurants, plus it’s decidedly closer to Little Falls, where he
and his wife live. Enter the new space, and you’ll see the 1,200-square-foot Studio A, with room
for 35 musicians and four isolation booths; Studio B, which at half the size, includes two booths;
and a wide range of microphones, instruments and recording equipment. The bestselling albums
of past clients including Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Notorious B.I.G. and Britney Spears line the walls;
recent visitors have included Renee Fleming, Leslie Odom, Jr. and West Orange jazz drummer
Billy Drummond, as well as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which used the space for a day-long
recording session. Sound on Sound handles remote sessions, video syncs and streaming services,
and hosts multiple podcasts. And if you think you might want a career in audio, too, you can
attend lectures and seminars taught by its engineers. “We’re trying to cater to clientele the way
we did in our business before, but in a setting that’s more low-key,” says Amlen. • 1 Greenwood
Ave., #210, (212) 944 5770, soundonsoundstudios.com
Montclair
MODEST MOUSE AT THE WELLMONT
Can a band be called indie if it’s sold as many
records over 25 years as MODEST MOUSE has?
The group had a devoted following before the
release of their breakout album, 2004’s Good News
for People who Love Bad News, which featured the
hit Float On. The popular We were Dead before
the Ship Even Sank followed a few years later, and
Strangers to Ourselves arrived in 2015. In addition
to coming up with memorable album titles, the
band often tours. • Tickets $45-$295. 5 Seymour St.,
(973) 783-9500, wellmonttheater.com
OCT. 10
8 P.M.
Montclair
BIG PRODUCTION
This summer saw the expansion of Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker’s
18 Label Street, the full-service film, photography and event space used
by media companies such as NBC, The Food Network, Vogue magazine
and Refinery29. The addition of THE ANNEX AT 18 LABEL makes for a
total of 11,000 square feet where photographers, agencies, producers and
filmmakers can work in four rental photography studios that provide natural light for daytime
shoots; The Annex studio houses a connected lounge with a kitchen, bar and club room. And
there’s a bonus option: Scoundrel Films, the in-house production company run by CEO and
Montclair resident Luke Parker Bowles, has an office within the complex, and can handle
clients’ production needs if desired. • 18 Label St., (973) 744-7382, 18label.com
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BACK TO SCHOOL 2018 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE
FIRST LOSS,
THEN LOVE
SEPT. 26
7 P.M.
Cedar Grove resident
LISA ROMEO is a
veteran editor,
essayist and writing
professor and coach.
With her recently
published STARTING
WITH GOODBYE:
A DAUGHTER’S
MEMOIR OF
LOVE AFTER LOSS
(University of Nevada
Press, $20), she adds
“memoirist” to her
resume. Her touching
story recounts how,
after the death of her enigmatic father,
she reconciles his two sides: one, a
self-made Italian-American textile
manufacturer who liked newspapers,
smoking, and trips to Las Vegas and the
other, a complex man who, she realizes,
influenced so many of her life choices.
She will share these observations and
more when she reads at the Roseland
Library Authors & Filmmakers Series.
• 20 Roseland Ave., (973) 226-8636,
roselandpubliclibrary.org
Nutley
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE
PRAISES PIPPIN PRODUCTION
The coveted Paper
Mill Playhouse
Rising Star Awards
were announced
this summer,
and rising Nutley
High School
senior PATRICIA
PATALINJUG
won a STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for her graphic
design work on the playbill, posters
and T-shirts for the school’s production
of Pippin. The Rising Star Awards
are modeled after Broadway’s Tony
Awards; Paper Mill Playhouse’s program
serves the entire state of New Jersey,
with nearly 100 productions by public,
private and parochial high schools in
competition. Patalinjug is seen here with
Pippin director Michael Gurrieri.
THE
LABEL;
Montclair