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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1996)
Y BRAZOS VALLEY WAR GAMES 775 tso 6272 THE SHADOW PACK GAMES • PG Pistol/Pump/Semi Auto Capture the Flag • 100 Rounds of paintball Fox and the Hound • Constant Air Football • Mask Offense/Defense • Referees on site The Ultimate Duel WHAT A RUSH! For details call us now! Class of 1996 General Class Meeting Wednesday April 10, 8:30 p.m. Rudder 410 Come hear: Speaker Bill Youngkin ‘69 Senior Weekend Information FREE FOOD Graduating Senior Mixer Sponsored by Universal Computer Systems, Inc. You are invited to be the guest of the Universal Computer System this evening, April 10, between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Representatives will be on hand to discuss the following open positions: Sales Client Service Forms Programming Bilingual Support Reps Technical Writers Programming Software Education Manufacturer Liaison Software Documentation Regional System Consultants Presentations are at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m. in the Rudder Tower, Room 601 For more information, please call (713) 718-1400. OPENING AT 11:30 ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 2102 Texas Avenue South, next to Target „ yiS-r ie >10 Rony Angkriwan, TiieBhtw Harry Ohanian, owner of Harry O., a recording studio in Bryan, became a full-time audio producer last yea' By Kristina Buffin The Battalion T ^ie Bryan-College Station area is not generally recog nized as the nucleus of the recording industry. However, there are two recording studios in town which service the needs of lo cal bands looking to record demo tapes and albums. The largest studio. Airplay, which serviced most of the area’s need for recording, moved to Hous ton, leaving a vacuum for other studios to gain business. One of these studios. Brass- winds, is located in College Station. David Cooper, the owner of Brasswinds, said his studio ser vices all types of music from coun try to rock ’n’ roll to gospel. “Business has been very good because when Airplay left, there was a hole to be filled,” he said. “We all have our different niche.” Another recording studio, Har ry O., is located outside of Bryan on a 20-acre property. Harry Ohanian, the owner, said he started because he needed a dry place to store his equipment. But he has always wanted to work in the music business, and his studio gives him the opportunity to do something he loves. “It is not real lucrative, but I have a good time,” Ohanian said. “I make a living with mu sic, and whenever I get discour aged, I think that it always beats digging ditches.” Along with Cooper, Ohanian caters to the local college bands who are looking to do demo work for gigs, to make an dibum to sell, to make an album to send to record companies or to make tapes for Christmas presents. “I have a 24-track digital stu dio, which gives me the opportu nity to fine tune bands,” Ohan ian said. “I’m here for the college and local market. Rarely do peo ple walk out dissatisfied.” Peeping Tom, a Bryan-College Station alternative band, mixed its first album, Drool, which was re leased in February, at Airplay. Lead Singer Peyton lx)wrey, a senior kinesiology major, said the band shopped around before decid ing that a local recording studio was the best option. “We looked out of town, but we wanted to be there,” Lowrey said. “We just wanted to make sure we didn’t get it back and it sounded like Paula Abdul or something. We wanted to be there for every step.’ ’Hie Bryan-College Station! sic scene has been exponential! growing over the last fiveyeais, Ohanian said he has noticed tin rise in his business. “I have found out that camps is a nursery for bands," Ghana said. “The country and western span is not going to go away,hi it is not as popular hereasil used to be. It used to be ifyn wanted to play and be paid,fa you would have to be a countiy and western band.” Ohanian said the primary® indjoin the St of his studio is for bands to red demo tapes. “I occasionally do albums. ably about five or six a year,’ SandafS Cot p Ohanian said. “Their management uses the albums to shop arod and try to get play on the radio, This is a big part of the business.' Ohanian said he considers hi' self as the first step in a longjoi- ney for bands. “It is a good investmentbecauso it is hard to make itwithouta demo,” Ohanian said. “The equip ment makes a difference, and you can get a good recording fora quarter of the money before you commit to something big." Brine Dr Vice Pre nvites you an laturday, Apri \ffairs' Office ocated at 1OO For more From The Multi-Platinum Debut Album “Sixteen Stone" IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT presents * BRIAN GRAZER production a JAMES FOLEY film “FEAR" MARK WAHLBERG REESE WITHERSPOON WILLIAM PETERSEN ALYSSA MILANO AMY BRENNEMAN “SCARTER BURWELL -JKDANNYBRAMSON KSKAREN REHELA "“CHRISTOPHER CROWE '"MAN GRAZER RIC KIDNEY ! A4 AG j N E |-y» restricted DIRECTED = V - UNDER 17 REQUIRES ACCOMPANYING RV PARENT OR AllllIT f.llARTHAM 01 JAMES FOLEY «? §B A UNIVERSAL PICTURE http://www. mca.com/univcrsal_pitUiics APRIL I2th