Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet - Session 2 Production: Oct 19 - 22, 2025

Oct 14

Written By Doug Beavers

Musicians

Dave Riekenberg, tenor sax & bass clarinet

Carl Maraghi, bartione sax, alto sax & clarinet

Nick Marchione, trumpet & flugelhorn

Doug Beavers, trombone

Paul Bollenback, guitars

Adam Birnbaum, piano & fender rhodes

Boris Kozlov, acoustic & electric bass

Joe Syrian, drums, leader

PRODUCTION STAFf

Kostadin (Kosta) Kamcev, engineer

Doug Beavers, producer

Nicola Alaimo, assistant to producer (10/20)

Rehearsal

Sunday, October 19, 2025

11a - 1p band
1:00 - 1:30p break
1:30p - 2:30p w/Lucy Y. – “Teach Me Tonight”
2:30 - 5p band

Smash Studios
Studio Elite A - Complete Gear List
307 W 36th St Floor 18 New York, NY 10018 (google map link)

Directions

By Subway

Take the 7, A-C-E, 1-2-3, N-R-Q-W, B-D-F-M, 4-5-6-7, to 34th Street.
The closest subway is the A-C-E at 34th Street.

By Train

Amtrak, LIRR, Metro North from Penn Station (34th Street)
or Grand Central Terminal (42nd Street)

By Bus

Port Authority is 4 blocks from Smash Studios

Parking

Commercial parking on 36th and 37th Streets daily, including Saturdays, until 7pm. Non-commercial parking is after 7pm weekdays plus Saturday and all day Sunday.

Smash Studios Room Elite A – Gear List

Recording Studio

Studio Mozart
62 Hemlock Rd, Little Falls Township, NJ 07424
(accessible by NJT)

*At the address, walk up the walkway and to the right, follow the ‘Studio’ sign and go through the white fence gate.*

See all available recording gear at Mozart

production Schedule

Monday - Wednesday, October 20-22, 2025
*Note – all tunes to be recorded with click for ease of post-production editing and to minimize overdubbing

Monday 10/20
10a Rhythm Section Load In
11a Recording and Headphone Cue Levels
12:30p - 2p Recording
2 - 3p Lunch
3 - 7p Recording

Tuesday 10/21
11a - 2p Recording
2 - 3p Lunch
3 - 7p Recording

Wednesday 10/22* (w/video)
*please wear something presentable for video – darker colors tend to fare better for video

11a - 3p Recording
+ Video Recording for 2 vocal songs (“Teach Me Tonight & “In The Wee Small Hours”)
+ Video Recording for 2 two songs already recorded

3p - 4p Lunch
4 - 6p Recording
6p - Overdubs

*We will release folks just as soon as we’re able to on this date, but please plan for a 6p release.

Full Production Grid, Doubles & Solos

Studio Tune List