Brick by Brick is a full service recording studio to include tracking, mixing, and production.

Full band recording // Vocal Recording // Vocal tuning // Mixing with analog outboard // Songwriting and production // Orchestral compostion // Podcast recording and editing // Voice over and ADR for film

 

John Ried is a recording engineer, producer, and musician. In 2010, armed with a Tascam 388 and a couple microphones, he moved to Bushwick, New York and setup Brick by Brick Studios. Since then Brick by Brick has been a place for local artists to have fun and record great tunes.

In his off time John enjoys cooking, coffee, and visiting his family in Virginia.

 
 
Blast having @zach_ludlow and the band here over the weekend! When the band is this good you don’t have to do much really. 📸 @emliyen
Cool thing about the @micparts V251 circuit is the socketed high frequency EQ capacitor. So I went out and bought a bunch of capacitors to really dial in the top. I ended up tested a 150pf, 180pf, 200pf, 220pf, and 300pf. The @beesneez_pro_audio caps
Picked up a couple #amperexbugleboy #12ax7 from @preservationsound for a fair price. These two will go in my #voxac15 . The 7025 will eventually find a home. Having a good amount of tube amps and compressors it’s nice to have a high quality spa
This journey started last fall. I was reading through the audio forums and came across the Apex 460 LDC mic and found that people were modding them to some great sounding 251 and C12 clones. What I really wanted was a C12 body from FLEA microphones b
Is it just me or does everyone stick their nose in the sound hole before playing a nice acoustic to smell the wood? #martind18 #martind28 #martinguitar #richmohoganyandleatherboundbooks #acousticguitar #neilyoung #recordingstudio #vintageguitar #reco
Between sessions I’ve been focusing on building microphones. Besides being super fun, I’ve learned so much about why a microphone sounds the way it does due to capsule design and circuity. Good microphones make better records. #microphone
Picked up a couple mics today! Excited to see where these land. #beyerdynamic #shure548s #ribbonmic #m88tg #m500n #m201n #dynamicmicrophone #shuremicrophones #vintagemicrophone
Set up two mics for a trumpet session today. The Coles 4038 into the Pultec sounds so sweet. The MA300 I’ve modded with an @adkmic 3Z-67d capsule and an AMI T14 output transformer. After the 10k boost with the Pultec both mics sounded very simi
The most iconic headstock. No better feeling than playing, and looking down the neck as you jam along and see the Gibson logo. And only in those times do I forgive you for putting two of the four tuners on my Ripper backwards. #gibsonguitars #gibson
Bbb is now hosting events! The first one will be held on September 30th at 7p and will include a vocal mic shootout, followed by a listening party. For more info take a look the EVENTS! highlight reel on my instagram profile.
Recorded vocals and solo acoustic this weekend and got to try out a couple new techniques. First was angling the vocal mic down towards the chest of the singer. Second was using a pair of 4038s for spaced pair room on acoustic. The chest and low end
Yesterdays drum mic selection #drums #drumrecording #recordingstudio #microphonecollection #vintagemicrophone #tubemicrophone #bushwick #pultec #1176 #la2a
Big League
Finally got a nice 12AY7 for my 5E3 Deluxe. After building the 6G3 and really learning how to bias guitar amps I went back to the deluxe and noticed it was set way high. I toned it down after finding the right cathode bias resistor and it sounds grea