Engineers

Brian Forbes

Brian Forbes is a producer/guitarist and co-owner of The Gallery Recording Studio. He graduated from the University of Miami Coral Gables, FL with a degree in Jazz Guitar/Studio Performance. He has more than 15 years of engineering and production experience and has trained and recorded in numerous environments ranging from basic project recording set-ups to state-of-the-art million dollar studios containing NEVE and SSL consoles. Brian has worked closely alongside many top notch producers including Jimmy Lenner (John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Donna Summer), Disco D (50 Cent), and Megahertz (Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, P. Diddy). Brian is also a performer/composer currently very active in the New York City music scene.

Keith Parker

Since co-founding the Gallery in 2006, Keith has engineered and produced releases for Clean Feed, Triple Crown, Psi, I and Ear, AUM Fidelity, Porter, Hot Cup and other labels. Keith has worked extensively on the NYC music scene, primarily splitting his engineering skills between jazz/improvised music and  “Brooklyn bands”. He has worked with artists such as William Parker, Joe Morris, Peter Evans , Mary Halvorson, Steve Swell, Nate Wooley and also bands such as Skeletons, As Tall As Lions, PC Worship, Motel Motel, Jive Grave, Afuche and Puttin’ On The Ritz.

Keith graduated from Bard College where he studied music performance and the recording arts.  He also worked as an assistant at the Clubhouse Recording studio in Rhinebeck, NY. For the last 5 years Keith has been a recording engineer for the Vision Festival, an annual avant-garde jazz festival held in downtown Manhattan. Keith continues his involvement with music in performance as well, playing improvised music as well as being a member of a number of “Brooklyn bands”.

Selected Album Credit List:

William Parker Organ Qt.
(recording/mixing engineer)

http://www.aumfidelity.com/home.htm

Peter Evans: Nature/Culture
(recording/mixing on disc 1)

http://www.emanemdisc.com/psi09.html

Puttin On The Ritz: White Light / White Heat
(recording/mixing engineer)

http://hotcuprecords.com/album_potr_2.html

Katherine Young: Further Secret Origins
(recording/mixing engineer)

http://www.porterrecords.com/id65.html

Peter Evans Quartet: Live in Lisbon
(mixing engineer)

http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/disco2US.asp?intID=319

As Tall As Lions: You Can’t Take It With You
(engineering on bonus material)

http://www.triplecrownrecords.com/artist_as_tall_as_lions.php