Stillwaters Studios

About

Stillwaters is not just another recording studio nor is it another bed and breakfast. It is a supportive atmosphere for musicians and other artists to create and record. The studio is not limited to New Thought musicians. Any musician from any religion or church that wishes to come and record is welcome. Ministers and others who wish to record mediations or sermons are also welcome. Hip Hop artists with a positive message for the youth are encouraged. My home is open to all that have a desire to bless and uplift the public with their art.

Personnel:

The owner, recording engineer, and producer is Jeff Wolf, a retired music, math, and science teacher and a long time musician. He has worked as a studio drummer on many projects and recorded in studios ranging from someone’s garage to Omega Studios in Rockville, MD. Jeff has played in many kinds of bands including rock, big band, jazz quartets, string quintets, bluegrass, and R & B. He has played in and conducted the pit orchestra for over 60 different shows in musical theater. Starting with a degree in voice, he sang solo gigs in churches for many years and conducted choirs. Needless to say, his background in music is varied, giving him an understanding and appreciation for your style, whatever it may be.

Aaron Percy has graciously agreed to mentor Jeff and listen to my final mixes when he has time. He may also do some of the mixing when the workload exceeds Jeff’s limits. Aaron is a long time sound engineer, trained in the finest studios and working all over the US. He also is a certified Protools instructor and mentors novice engineers. He holds the standard for Stillwaters Studios and helps Jeff produce professional results.

Facility:

Location: Stillwaters Studios is located in Marshall, Virginia in the beautiful horse country and foot hills of the Shenendoah mountains on the lake you see on the home page. The 12 acres includes places to walk and observe nature, sit and meditate or just sit and an exercise room. We are 20 minutes from Shenendoah National Park where you can hike and create, one hour from downtown Washington DC. where you can be a tourist and minutes from the quaint towns of Leesburg, Warrenton, Winchester, and Manassas. Each has Civil War attractions and antique shops and great restaurants. The closest airport is Dullas, about 50 minutes away.

Equipment: The studio is almost completely digital using ProTools Le processed by Mac G5 hardware. Other equipment includes Focusrite preamp and compressors, Digimax PreSonus, Dynaudio Monitors, Kurzweil 88 and Korg keyboards, Ludwig drums, A Zildjian cymbols, an assortment of Latin hand percussion equipment including congas and bongos and, for capturing the sound, AKG C414, MXL 993, SM57 and SM58 microphones. The plugins for processing include the latest versions of AutoTune and Amplitube to ensure a sweet sound for your guitars and pitch correction if needed.

Accommodations: My home is a spacious two floor English Tudor with the studio temporarily on the second floor. The new larger first floor studio is being constructed. There is one isolation booth for a singer and a drum room in addition to the main studio. For now, it is small and cozy and perfect for groups up to six. I have recorded a 15 piece orchestra in my living room which has a 13 foot ceiling with great natural reverb.

At present, I have only two guest bedrooms with 2 single beds in one and 1 single bed in the other but new rooms, including a new drum room, are in development and may be finished by the time you get here.