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STUDIOS 52 / EMPIRE MUSIC STUDIOS

fter 33 years, Studio 52 at Johnston St Collingwood has closed and moved to newer, bigger and much greater facilities in Heidelberg, between Northland shopping centre and Latrobe Uni. For over a year the new Empire Music Studios have been built while Collingwood was running out of time, due for demolition to make way for ever more apartments. The first stage of Empire Music Studios opened in November: Studio 1, the new home of producer/engineer, Trevor Carter, along with Production Suite 1, an art and photography suite, event space, along with brand new bathrooms and kitchen. Now Studio 2 is complete. It is one of Melbourne’s largest recording spaces (~150sqm). The studio houses an amazing Yamaha C7 grand piano which has been completely refurbished — its one of the nicest pianos to record anywhere and plays beautifully. The studio includes monitoring by JBL, ADAM and EMES. By the end of 2020 Studio A will be complete. At a whopping 280sqm it’ll be suitable for an orchestral/

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