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Claude Zdanow

[Founder, CEO]
 

The 23-year-old founder and CEO of Stadium Red, a New York based Music & Entertainment Company, Claude Zdanow is one of the youngest music recording authorities in the world.

A lifetime musician and tech guru, Claude's entrepreneurial experience began with his first business, RockIT Studios, a recording studio that he started while in High School. RockIt was a product of his work with a number of bands as a writer, producer and performer. RockIt's clients included, Evan and Jarone, The Dear Hunter, Warner Brothers, Maybelline Cosmetics and IMG Media.

After graduating Claude moved to New York City to attend college, where he worked as a composer for TV and in event promotions. Shortly after, Zdanow was approached with an opportunity to tour the country as the bass player for Patent Pending (WPO Records) during their 2006 tour. This opportunity prompted his decision to leave school and experience life on the road with bands like Red Jump Suit Apparatus, Zebrahead, Catch-22 and Authority Zero. After four months of touring, Claude made the hard decision to leave the band and return to school and the city he loved. In no time, his passion for music and business led him to drop out of school at the age of 19 and take over the Harlem studio space that once housed Jazz great, Ornette Coleman's, Harmolodic Studios. Reconstructing the broken down space mostly himself, Claude opened Stadium Red's doors in September 2007 as a one man one studio operation. Today, Stadium Red's Studio division alone has grown to be one of the top recording studios on the East Coast with five studios, multiple gold & platinum records, more then 15 Grammy Nominations and eight wins.

A passionate and cognizant speaker, Claude talks about Stadium Red, music and business to audiences around the country. His work has landed him in numerous online and print publications including, MIX Magazine, Pro Sound News and Sonicscoop.com as well as participating as a n industry expert for varying organizations and events such as The Recording Academy, Grammy-U, Winter Music Conference and ASCAP I Create Music Expo.

Today Claude continues his work as a mix engineer and producer for select artists. However, most of his time is focused on the continued growth of Stadium Red and its other divisions Stadium Red Music (artist management & development) and Stadium Red Lifestyle (marketing and events).

Marc Zdanow

[Director, Artist Manager & Executive Producer]
 

For Marc family and loyalty are key. When his brother Claude created his first band, Marc supported his brother on the journey that would eventually lead to the founding of Stadium Red.

The close collaboration between the two has enabled the evolution of Stadium Red from a single-room studio to award-winning music company leading the way into the new business of music. It was not until the first studio space was secured that the brothers began to realize the synergy and mutually supportive relationship they had. As time passed and the business grew, Marc's participation in Stadium Red also grew.

Marc's experience has always included a focus and belief in hard work and exceeding client expectation. Marc's focus on a global market continues to this day as he works with record labels, venues and radio stations around the world creating and maintaining relationships for the studio as well as artists and brand development.

With over 11 years experience at the world's premiere magazine publishing leader, Conde Nast; Marc has a direct understanding of branding and customer relationships. Getting the job done with an eye on quality and cost effectiveness has enabled Marc to bring tremendous value to his efforts at Stadium Red.

Marc's experience with artists and the arts range from print to independent film to television, major motion picture and commercial. A deep understanding of the needs of artists in the creative process has enabled Marc to create and maintain environments allowing them to succeed and to grow.

Juliet Lerman

[Studio Management]
 

A hands-on professional, Juliet Lerman is the studio manager at Stadium Red in New York City.  A passion for music combined with a background in business management and law makes her the ideal well-rounded studio manager.  

Experience including a decade of management of award winning audio engineer, Ariel Borujow as well as studio manager for C4 Studios and Westward Music Group helped to make her such a diverse talent.

In addition to managing the Stadium Red studio facility, Juliet has also been a major player in its rapid growth and development. 

David Frost

[Producer, Classical]

David Frost has produced recordings for RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Decca Records, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, Dreamworks Records and Naxos, among others.  He has six GRAMMY Awards: two for Producer of the Year (classical), one for Best Engineered Album (classical), one for Renee Fleming's "Verismo", one for Sharon Isbin's "Journey to the New World" and one for Best Spoken Word Album for Children (“Listen to the Storyteller”).  Other artists he has collaborated with include Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic, Sir Andre Previn, Sir Colin Davis, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, Alicia de Larrocha, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Dave Brubeck, Kate Winslet, Baz Luhrmann and Mark O’Connor.  In addition he was a staff producer at BMG Classics (RCA Red Seal) for nearly a decade.  As a pianist he holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from The Juilliard School, and performed Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto at Carnegie Hall at age 15. He is nominated for 5 Grammy Awards this year and 4 of his recordings are nominated in additional categories.

Justin "Just Blaze" Smith

[Producer]
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Just Blaze is a fixture in Hip Hop, and has rightly earned his place as the host of Master of The Mix. He began producing for well-known musicians in the late 1990s, including multiple tracks on Jay-Z's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. Just Blaze reached international fame for his production of Cam'ron's 2002 summer smash "Oh Boy". Since then, he's gone on to produce for Snoop Dogg, Usher, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes and many more. Most recently, Blaze took the helm for multiple tracks on Eminem's 2010 chart-topping Recovery.

Sid "Omen" Brown

[Producer]

Grammy award winning hip hop producer/composer Sid "Omen" Brown was born and raised In Harlem. His career consists of work with an array of Platinum and Gold Recording Artists such as Memphis Bleek, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Redman and Mya.  A collaboration with Ludacris outlining the ins and outs of the rap game entitled “Tell it like it is” which appeared on the album “Release Therapy” won a Grammy for the Best Rap Album.

Most recently Omen produced “No Ceilings” for Lil Wayne’s Mixtape as well as two tracks for Drake’s debut album.  Ongoing is work on his producer album “Be The Judge” with features including Ludacris, Drake, Snoop Dog, Busta Rhymes, Travis (Gym Class Heroes), and Mya.

Tom Lazarus

[Recording & Mix Engineer]

Widely regarded as one of the top recording engineers on the planet, Tom has recorded and mixed recordings for a broad spectrum of artists ranging from Ray Charles to Renee Fleming, Bjork to Yo-Yo Ma and Ornette Coleman to the Vienna Philharmonic.

Working in film and video as well as audio recordings, Tom has traveled around the globe to record in live, remote, and studio situations.  The discography is simply too long to print.

Tom has been honored with numerous Grammy awards, including the 2002 award for Ravi Shankar's Live Carnegie Hall Concert. In addition, he recorded and mixed the prestigious Van Cliburn Competition for video and DVD, which won the broadcasting and cable industry's most prestigious honor, the George Foster Peabody Award for 2002.

Since coming to Stadium Red Tom has picked up an additional 4 Grammys.  In 2010, he won Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) for Journey To The New World, Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O’Connor) and in 2009 he won Best Engineered Album, Classical Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago, Yo-Yo Ma & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Best Classical Vocal Performance Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan, Hila Plitmann & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Best Classical Contemporary Composition Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan, Hila Plitmann & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Ariel Borujow

[Recording & Mix Engineer]
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A graduate of the Institute of Audio Research (NY, NY), this passionate engineer has spent countless hours in the studio over the past 10 years. He has spent most of that time working on projects for heavy hitters such as Puffy, T.I. , Kanye West, The Black Eye Peas, J-Lo, Faith Evans, Just Blaze and many more. His credits include Grammy nominated and multi-platinum award winning albums.

Ariel recently wrapped up work on The Natural Mixtape with Emilio Rojas hosted by DJ Green Lantern (Eminem's DJ).  He is currently mixing a song on the Charles Hamilton project with 3H and Dara.  On March 4th Donny Goines’ album entitled 20X  is being released after being recorded, mixed and produced and executive produced by Ariel.  Upcoming projects include his working with J the S (Boston bred MC, Jake) on his debut album.  Jake currently has a single playing around the country featuring Jadakiss.

Joseph Pedulla

[Recording & Mix Engineer]
 

An Audio Technology graduate from the SAE Institute (NY, NY), Joe is an audio engineer with extensive experience recording and mixing in a variety of fields. From Swizz Beatz, Kid Cudi and Mos Def in Hip Hop, to Thursday and Andrew WK in Rock, to voice overs for Hilary Clinton & Rosie O'Donnell, Joe does it all and does it well.

His audio engineering experience started in Big Blue Meenie Studios in New Jersey, where he worked with some of the music world's finest Rock artists. His credits there ranged from The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Bloodhound Gang to labels like Epitaph and Victory Records. Joe has also produced audio for video for Warner Brother's Looney Tunes Cartoons, TV documentaries and a collection of Dan Brown and Ernest Hemingway audio books

Andy Wright

[Recording & Mix Engineer]
 

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Andrew Wright is a recording engineer with more than 10 years experience. Working closely with Just Blaze he has worked on some of the most critically received and commercially successful recordings of the past few years. He has also worked with such notable artists as Marsha Ambrosius, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Kanye West, Jay Electronica, Jay-Z, T.I. and Saigon, to name a few. His work also includes recording and mixing for independent artists and bands.

As a multi-instrumentalist Andrew's passion for music extends pass the recording booth. He has had the privilege of playing and DJ'ing at some of New York's most celebrated venues and clubs.

Before recording at Stadium Red Andrew was an engineer at Baseline Studios.

Ricardo Gutierrez

[Mastering Engineer]

Ricardo’s obsession with music began during his Brooklyn youth, where a multicultural environment exposed him to every style of music under the sun. His obsession took a professional turn when he began his career in engineering at the legendary Hit Factory Studios in NYC.

A decade of experience in mastering and a refusal to be pigeon-holed into any one style has put him in a great position for a mastering engineer, the ability to easily shift between any genre and do them all equally well. His experience runs the gamut, from platinum albums by the the likes of Justin Timberlake to indie hip hop mainstay Definitive Jux Records, from the irreverent genre-bending tunes of The Beatards to the awesome acoustics of The Gregory Brothers.



 
 
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