Ward Kremer
Tundra Trax Studios & Reel Ting Records
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WARD LIONEL KREMER HAS HAD A LIFETIME OF MUSIC EXPERIENCE EXPOSED TO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC FROM EARLIEST RECORDINGS OF CLASSIC, POP, EARLY JAZZ, SHOWS, ETC..  LISTENED TO ALAN FREED FROM CLEVELAND AS A PUBESCENT ON THE EAST COAST.  THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING!  GREW UP IN THE JERSEY SHORE, NEW YORK CITY, PIONEER POP, ROCK, R&B ERA.  HAS BEEN A RECORDING ENGINEER, PERFORMING MUSICIAN, LIVE AND STUDIO FROM EARLY TEENS WITH RECORDING EXPERIENCE FROM EARLY ANALOG MONO THROUGH 4, 8, 16, 24 TRACK ANALOG, THROUGH ADAT AND TODAY’S DIGITAL AND COMPUTER ORIENTED MUSIC.  HAS TOURED, PERFORMED, RECORDED AND PRODUCED MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE US IN THE 60’S, ADDED THE CARRIBBEAN IN THE 70’S, OWNED STUDIOS SINCE THE 80’S, EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK AND MIAMI “LEGENDARY STUDIOS”, STA PHILLIPS , MASTERTONE, MERCURY, CRITERIA, TK.  ALSO TOURED, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, ITALY.  HIGHLIGHTS, NEW YORK POP SCENE PRE-BRITISH INVASION, JOEY DEE, CHIFFONS, LOU CHRISTIE, FOUR SEASONS.  JERSEY SHORE, PHILADELPHIA WITH TEMPTATIONS, PHIL HUMPREY AND THE FENDERMEN, WILDWOOD, YOUNGER BROTHERS, BOBBY RYDELL, STEVE GIBSON AND THE REDCAPS.  HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, IKE AND TINA TURNER, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE (BEFORE THEY MADE IT BIG!) MIAMI AND CARIBBEAN, TK RECORDS, KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND, BETTY WRIGHT, GEORGE MACRAE, BENNY LATTIMORE, CLAY CROPPER, PLAYED IN TWO TWENTY PLUS PIECE STEEL ORCHESTRAS, PRODUCED LOTS OF SOCA, CALYPSO, REGGAE, COUNTRY ROCK, ON TO EUROPEAN AND MEXICO JAZZ TOURS WITH RANDY BERNSEN AND INCLUDING JACO PASTORIUS ITALY TOUR WITH JOE ZAWINAL/WEATHER REPORT, RANDY BERNSEN SAN MIGUEL JAZZ FEST.  STILL AN ACTIVE PERFORMER/RECORDIST/LIVE SOUND GUY.  SPECIALIZING IN REMASTERING CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL WORKS WITH RACKS FULL OF TUBE AND CLASSIC SOLID STATE GEAR, PLUS OF COURSE, A MODERN ANALOG/DIGITAL RECORDING CONSOLE, LOTS OF VINTAGE MICS!  SIDE INTERESTS INCLUDE HISTORY, COLLECTION, RESTORATION OF VINTAGE TUBE, RECORDING GEAR, AND VINTAGE MICROPHONES.  WARD IS AVAILABLE FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON ENGINEERING FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, SINCE PIONEER ROCK AND ROLL RECORDING STUDIOS AND LIVE MUSIC.  “WHAT IT WAS LIKE AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED!”  RECORDING TECHNIQUES LIVE AND STUDIO, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN GREAT SHOWS, STADIUMS, PALACES, TO BASEMENT BARS WITH SOME OF THE GREATS WHEN THEY WERE BIG, WHEN THEY WERE ON THE SKIDS, WHEN THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD, AND ALSO PLAYING IN BASEMENTS.  SEE PERFORMANCE LISTS FOR PEOPLE AND PLACES! 

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