Catamount Recording Studio
{{Short description|Professional music recording studio in Iowa}}Catamount Recording Studio is a professional music recording studio in Cedar Falls, Iowa.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150131/news/301319946|title=Decades of music earn studio spot in Iowa hall of fame|date=January 31, 2015|author=John Molseed|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Catamount Makes Music Tantamount To A Business|author=David McGee|publisher=Pro Sound News}}{{cite news|title=Tatman's blend a local favorite|date=December 5, 1999|author=Brad Harvey|publisher=The Dispatch}} Tom Tatman, Rick Bisbey and Bill Barker established the studio as a rehearsal and recording space for their band, Headstone.{{cite news|title=Interview with Tom Tatman|date=August 2003|author=Trent Salter|publisher=The Iowa Entertainer}} In 1980 the studio opened to the public and has since worked with many national bands including American rock band Stone Sour. Tatman serves as the studio's producer and chief engineer.{{cite web|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/01/31/catamount-studios-iowa-rock-hall/22593981/|title=Decades of music earn studio spot in Iowa hall of fame|date=January 31, 2015|author=John Molseed|publisher=The Des Moines Register|accessdate=July 6, 2015}} Catamount Recording Studio exclusively records musicians and albums.
History
Tom Tatman, Rick Bisbey and Bill Barker founded Catamount Recording Studio as a rehearsal and recording space for their band, Headstone. In 1980, the band broke up and the studio was opened to the public. In 1994, Kansas City's New Times publication named Tom Tatman and Catamount Recording Studio the "best area producer and studio."{{cite news|title=Musicians travel from all over the country to record at Catamount Studios|author=Melody Parker|publisher=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}
Catamount Recording Studio relocated to a larger facility designed by Carl Yanchar in Cedar Falls, Iowa in February 2002. Yanchar has designed recording studios including The Plant, Mad Hatter, Lion Share, CBS Studios and Capitol Recording Studios.{{cite news|title=New Studio's Big Catch|author=Melody Parker|publisher=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}} Stone Sour was one of Catamount Recording Studio's first clients to record an album at the new studio. That album yielded three hit singles, two Grammy Award nominations and a gold record.
Thirty-six nationally distributed albums have been recorded and mixed at the recording studio. In 2015, Catamount Recording Studio was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://wcfcourier.com/entertainment/music/waterloo-cedar-falls/cedar-falls-recording-studio-rocks-into-hall-of-fame/article_c4f95afb-2f88-5828-8502-7d077eb04280.html|title=Cedar Falls recording studio 'rocks' into Hall of Fame|date=January 28, 2015|author=John Molseed|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}
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External links
- [http://www.catamountrecording.com/ Catamount Recording Studio] - official site