User:Chuck Macak

I have been working in the Music industry for more than 20 years. After seeing my first Kiss concert at the age of 7 I knew this was the world I was meant to live in, MUSIC! Playing trumpet and drums since the age of 6 has given me a good grounding in music theory. After playing in many bands throughout my school years, I decided after my first session playing drums I wanted to do what the man behind the other side of the glass was doing. After attending a local recording studio for basic recording classes I enrolled at the Recording Workshop and University of Ohio for Recording and music business classes. I graduated top of my class in recording. This was the start to a new life, the life in the music business. After working for studios around Chicago including CRC, River North, and Streeterville among many others I found my home as head engineer for Studio 53 for 5 years. At studio 53 I recorded and produced most of the bands in the 80’s/90’s Chicago hard rock scene including Smash Alley, Radakka, Tommi Gunn, O’dette just to name a few from a really really long list. While at Studio 53 I worked with Major Acts like White Lion, Synergy, Fleshold, Cyclone Temple and Crowbar. Slao while working at Studio 53 I worked with many young musicians that eclipsed into today’s top acts like Danny Donigan of Disturbed, Sean Glass and Tim King of Soil and Josey Scott of Saliva. After the Hair Metal Boom of the 80’s/90’s I needed a change of pace and took the head engineer position at Tanglewood Studio’s. Besides running the studio, I utilized his music business education in helping to run one of the largest Urban/Dance record labels. Tanglewood was a private studio for SOS/RCA records. I mainly did R&B, Dance and Hip Hop for 5 years at Tanglewood. Working at Tanglewood also garnered me a couple gold and platinum records for engineering on top 10 hits from Gillette, Max-A-Million and Roula just to name a few. After the owner of SOS passed away the studio was closed and I took a few years away from the Music business for a mental refreshing (we all know the music business is draining). I am back with a vengeance and working with the new breed of nu-metal, emo, hard core and whatever stupid names the music business has made for hard rock and metal music. To see what I am am currently doing check out my web site.