O Avatar Studios é o antigo The Power Station Studios, localizado na 441 West 53rd Street, NY
Acho que esse lugar está no coração de cada Jovi que reconhece a importância desse início....
O prédio originalmente abrigou a companhia de energia Consolidated Edison, mas após um período de inatividade, foi usado como estúdio de som para o game show de TV Let's Make a Deal. Em 1977 ele foi reconstruído como um estúdio de gravação pelo produtor Tony Bongiovi (foto) e ganhou notoriedade como um dos estúdios com melhor tratamento acústico do mundo. O estúdio ganhou vários prêmios ao longo dos anos, incuindo um "Les Paul Award for Special Lifetime Achievement" em 1991.
Nos anos 80, Tony empregou John Bongiovi como um "faz tudo" no estúdio e entre um trabalho e outro ele começou a gravar algumas músicas que depois foram lançadas nos álbuns "John Bongiovi: The Power Station Years" e uma delas foi RUNAWAY. No meio dos anos 90 quando os negócios diminuiram, o Power Station pediu falência. Um novo proprietário adquiriu todos os ativos em leilão público, e em maio de 1996, o estúdio foi reaberto com um novo nome, Avatar Studios.
Já passaram por esses estúdios: David Bowie, the Count Basie Orchestra, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Bryan Ferry, Madonna, Dire Straits, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ozzy Osbourne, Bryan Adams, Robert Palmer, The Power Station, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Steve Winwood and Peter Gabriel.
I think this place is at the heart of each Jovi recognizing the importance of this ...
Around ’81, Bongiovi gave his second cousin Jon a job at Power Station as a runner and made some demos with Jon’s band, which would become Bon Jovi.
An impressive roster of musical talent have passed through the studio since Tony Bongiovi and Bob Walters opened the doors back in 1977. By the mid-90s, when business had slowed, Power Station voluntarily filed for bankruptcy. A new owner purchased all of the assets at public auction, and by May of 1996, the studio was re-opened under a new name, Avatar Studios.
The short list includes David Bowie, the Count Basie Orchestra, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Bryan Ferry, Madonna, Dire Straits, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ozzy Osbourne, Bryan Adams, Robert Palmer, The Power Station, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Steve Winwood and Peter Gabriel.
For more information: http://avatarstudios.net/
30 Years of History: http://mixonline.com/ms/aes2007/avatar-turns-30/
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The clip was filmed in the Columbus Circle / Central Park area and the Brooklyn Bridge Park near the Jane's Carousel.
222 West 23rd Street
With the framework of the Patrick King concerts to work from, on October 18 and 19, 2001 another cast of musicians came together to benefit the Alliance of Neighbors of Monmouth County, a charity established to benefit the Monmouth County victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and their families. Spearheaded by E Street Band bass player Gary Tallent, the event was already in the works as a tribute to Sun Records and a benefit for World Hunger Year, the New York-based charity founded by Harry Chapin and Bill Ayres to raise funds to combat hunger and poverty. Following 9/11, the purpose of the concert was redirected with the concert proceeds, plus funds solicited online and through a live broadcast of the October 19 concert by Comcast’s CN8 News Channel benefitting the Alliance of Neighbors. This time with filmmaker and Red Bank native Kevin Smith as MC, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Phoebe Snow, Joan Jett, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg, Bobby Bandiera, Joe Ely, Aztec Two-Step, Randy Moore, Highway 9, the Smithereens, Felix Cavaliere, former members of Elvis Presley’s backing band including Sonny Burgess, D. J. Fontana and Jerry Sheff, and the Pilgrim Baptist Church Celestial Choir of Red Bank, plus others, performed, raising over $400,000.
