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CELEBRATING 26 YEARS IN THE RECORDING BUSINESS
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Sand Creek Records is a high end recording, mixing, and stereo mastering studio located in the capital district area (Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Clifton Park, Saratoga, Colonie, Delmar). The studio uses a professional digital recording format along with some of the very best analog equipment in the world. This allows us to work on a wide variety of projects both large and small. For more information about recording, click on the recording studio link. |
LOCAL ARTISTS
The following are some local performers that have recorded at Sand Creek Studios. The first performer, Tomika, came in the studio to record "A Song For Lily." It was written for one of her co-workers who found out that her 6-month old daughter was very sick. Click to hear Tomika's A Song For Lily
Tomika
| Tomika R. McDougald grew up in Albany, New York with parents Robert and Zonetta, seven brothers and sisters, and a mentor Rhodes J. Ferguson. Since the age of 11, Tomika has been inspired to be a writer of music, poetry, and song. Music has always been the key to Tomika's success since her father was labeled "the song man". Tomika said that her father embedded the importance of patience, stating that it is something needed and required.
To hear more of Tomika's music samples, click here. |
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Chickpeas For Earl
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Chickpeas For Earl is new to the Albany music scene. Their sound is heavily influenced by the raw, driven, yet textured, power of Neil Young and Pearl Jam. Formed in 2004, the band has amassed a sizeable cache of original music while injecting their style into an electric repertoire of covers.
To hear some music samples and to see more photos of the band, click here. |
Tony Teflon
| Born in the getto streets of Queens, Tony Teflon perfected his skills battling through the city. As Tony says, "We were trying to crush everybody, we weren't trying to be down, just wipe cats out". (Is that another way of saying, "We Bad Dudes?")
Tony first joined up with his best friend Reka, now one cult of the black brothers. After numerous run-ins with the cops, Tony relocated to upstate New York. Another quote from Tony- "I had to get out the game and focus on something more positive. I knew that the hardest thing in life is realizin' that your not a kid anymore. Nahmean?" (slang for- Do you know what I mean?) Now with his feet placed firmly on the ground, Tony Teflon sets his sites on getting recognized in the music industry. To hears some of Tony Teflon's music samples, click here | 
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Jon Lewyckyj
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Jon Lewyckyj was born in Albany, New York and began playing music at the age of 3 with his father. He started guitar lessons at the early age of 6. At 15, Jon joined up with the Monroe Street Band, who were previously featured on this site.
In the near future Jon will start playing his accoustic material at local venues. Currently Jon attends Siena College as a Bio major. To hear some music samples of Jon, click here. |
Concert At The Troy Music Hall
| Sand Creek Music went live on location to the Troy Music Hall and recorded a Christmas concert performed by cadets from La Salle Institute. This Catholic school was formed in 1850 and serves boys from grades 6 through 12.
Three bands performed at the Christmas concert: The Symphonic Band- comprised of 9th through 12th graders, The Middle School Band- comprised of 6th through 8th graders, and The Cadet Blues Jazz Band. John Russell is the Conductor. To hears some music samples of these 3 bands, click here | 
Pictured here is the Symphonic Band |
SpitShine
| SpitShine is a group of high school sophomores at Shenendehowa that love jazz and funk. The band came together in October 2004 playing at school events and parties. All the members of the band had been taking private lessons before the group formed. Now SpitShine is a popular band around the area playing at many weddings, shows, and events.
To hear some music samples of the band, click here. | 
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AIE
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Providing a unique experience in music, AIE is a power trio poised to rock the house. Specializing in classic rock, AIE has a unique mixture of originals and cover songs sure to please any crowd.
To hear some music samples and to see more photos of the band, click here. |
Rich Hoffay
Rich in the studio |
Richard Hoffay is a full time dairy farmer in Rensselaer County, New York who has been playing guitar & writing music for many years. Rich plays in a band called Harvester, which is mostly a hard rock jam band. When he isn't playing with his band, Rich works on folk music and plays some solo shows.
To hear some music samples of Rich's music, click here. |
Michael Landrio
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Here is an act a little different form the other performers that appear on this site.
Michael Landrio is a thirty year old writer from New York state. He has written songs (four independent album projects, as well being a lyricist for others). His spoken word piece "Many Angels" was influenced by such works as Jack Kerouac's "Mexico City Blues" and Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." "Many Angels" has a rhyming quality that sucks you in. It is also part satire. There are pieces of it that are based on works such as "Inferno" (Dante), Paradise Lost" (Milton) and "A Season In Hell" (Rimbaud). To hear Michael Landrio's spoken word piece, "Many Angels", click here. |
Detective Blue
| Detective Blue is a band with a long history and a promising future. Bryan, Gabe and John have performed in numerous bands together over the years, writing countless songs and establishing their musical cohesiveness in the process. Their most recent band, The Lovely Insane, played acoustic shows all over the Capital Region. With the band’s transition from an acoustic trio to a full-blown rock band via the addition of Rich on drums, many of the songs that have been performed for years have taken on a new feel. Look out for Detective Blue this year-with a new recording, new songs and plenty of shows in the works, they are poised to take the local music scene by storm.
To hears some music samples of Detective Blue, click here | 
left to right: Bryan, Rich, Gabe, and John |
Sand Creek Music is proud to welcome 2001 Grammy Award winner Kevin Brandow back to the upstate New York area. Read about his latest band, "The Schmooze".
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