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WHAT’S ON

A SHARP STUDIOS

Life's been busy at A Sharp Studios with producer 1 Nathan Sheehy glued to his chair tracking and mixing some great Sydney indie bands including The Knowgoods, Pirra, and JZYM. 2 Steve James (centre) has had several new projects on his plate including the new live album for The Choirboys.

A number of freelance engineers have been through the doors to work at A Sharp for the first time, notably Jean-Paul Fung with indie-rock band Undercast. Tony Wall’s been back again with Sarah McLeod working on some live recordings for her recently-released album, and Chris Jackson’s been tracking a variety of jazz projects.

3 A Sharp organised a gathering of over 60 Sydney engineers for drinks and yarns, hosted at the studio. A similar event will be held in December in

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