Welcome to Valvetone - home of New York-based producer and engineer Damon Whittemore.  Damon brings his passion for great recording and years of experience to NYC’s state of the art recording, mixing and mastering facilities.

His equipment is impressive and includes gear from Neve, API, Purple Audio, EMT, Lexicon, Pendulum, Telefunken, Crane Song and Great River. His clients are outstanding and feature artists like Paul McCartney, Andy Statman, Bela Fleck, Ricky Skaggs, Hopewell and the Berlin Philharmonic.

Damon has the ears, years, and gear to make your next recording the best it can be!

 

 

 

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Richard and Danny Thompson

I recently recorded Richard and Danny peforming a new work entitled Cabaret of Souls, featuring Harry Shearer, Judith Owen, Debra Dobkin and Pete Zorn.

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Two Grammys for Béla!

Béla Fleck, with Richard Bona and Jojo Kuo, worked with me last year on some of the recording for Béla's album Throw Down Your Heart.  This album just won two Grammy Awards!

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It's been an eventful year for new gear. We've added an EMT-140 plate reverb originally from legenedary Media Sound studios, home to great records with artists like Stevie Wonder, The Ramones and Bruce Springsteen. Good vibes must linger in this plate! We've also added Summit DCL-200 and ADL-1000 compressors and a Tube-Tech PE-1C EQ.