Source: Newsbank.com
Author(s): CAROL BEGGY & MARK SHANAHAN Date: September 5, 2003 Page:
E2 Section: Living
CARLISLE - From stem to stern is the how the $2 million renovation of
the Blue Jay Recording Studio in Carlisle was described. And it
looked the part on Wednesday night as nearly 200 people toured the
recording studio, which is tucked into an earth mound just off the
road near an auto repair shop.
Co-owners Marcus Siskind and Kevin Richardson, a former Backstreet
Boy, welcomed guests and showed off the state-of-the-art facilities.
There were no drinks or refreshments near the sound board, but an
exception was made for Richardson, who was in the area in between
appearing in the musical "Chicago" in New York and joining
the "Chicago" cast in London. Among those on hand were a slew of
music industry types including Sony recording artist Rachel Loy (she
recently signed with the label), Boston native Dre Robinson (a rap
artist Siskind just signed), DJ/producer Clinton Sparks, and former
Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes.
When college sophomore Grace Potter, an aspiring singer-songwriter
from Vermont, got through with one of her songs, she opened her eyes
to see Richardson standing at the end of the piano. "That's
embarrassing," she said.
"No, it's not embarrassing at all," Richardson said. "That was great."