Cookie Marenco
| Cookie Marenco | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, producer, composer |
| Instruments | Piano, oboe, sitar |
| Labels | Blue Coast Records |
| Website |
cookiemarenco |
Cookie Marenco is an engineer/producer/composer with more than 20 years experience in the music industry. She is the founder of OTR Studios and Blue Coast Records, and has engineered or produced five Grammy-nominated records, several Gold records and an Academy Award-winning documentary.[1] Marenco, along with French engineer Jean Claude Reynaud, developed Extended Sound Environment (E.S.E.), a proprietary recording technique.[2] She mostly works with 2" analog tape with Dolby SR as a multi-track format, but also has expertise in the latest digital recording technologies.
Career
Engineering and producing
Marenco's artist credits include Max Roach, Bryan "Brain" Mantia, Kenny Aronoff, Steve Smith, Brady Blade, Tony Furtado, Tony Trischka, Dirk Powell, Rob Ickes, Charlie Haden, Tony Levin, Steve Rodby, Buckethead, Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Ernie Watts, Glen Moore, Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings, Pat DiNizio, Kristin Hersch, Brad Mehldau, Matt Rollings, Kevin Kern, Art Lande, Clara Ponty, Chanticleer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mark Isham and Michael Tolcher.[3]
Her production and engineering skills can be found on projects for Monterey Jazz Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Marinfest, Midem, Hard Rock Cafe, Windham Hill Records, Verve, Rounder Records, Om Records, Sony, Warner Bros. and others.[4]
Blue Coast Records
Marenco and French engineer Jean Claude Reynaud founded Blue Coast Records in 2007.[5] The label is known for using the Direct Stream Digital hi-resolution format, using the labels’ proprietary recording technique Extended Sound Environment (E.S.E.).[2] Artists include Kai Eckhardt, Tony Furtado, Rob Ickes, and others. The label is closely associated with OTR Studios, a recording studio founded by Marenco located on the San Francisco Peninsula.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Now Hear This Interview: Cookie Marenco". NHT hifi. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clark, Rick (May 1, 2004). "5.1 Recording Vibes With ESE". Mix. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ "Recording Piano, November 1997". Mix Guides. May 17, 2004. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ "Cookie Marenco Biography". Cookie Marenco Official Website. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About". Blue Coast Records. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
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