John Simon

Moonlight Studio was designed by Brian Hood of Hood Construction and built by Oakwood Construction of Sebastopol. The room was tuned by world renowned acoustician Bob Hodas. Up to 16 simultaneous inputs can be recorded in up to 24 bit, 192K sample resolution. There are a total of 24 mic inputs in the studio, so setup for different recording configurations is quite flexible. The studio runs Logic Pro on an iMac Pro with an 18 Core Intel Xeon Processor and 64 Gb of RAM. There are 10 Tb of Solid State Storage. 

The Digital Audio interface consists of a Focusrite Clarett 8PreX and a Focusrite ISA 828, providing up to 16 simultaneous inputs. Monitoring is done with Dynaudio BM6a monitors and a Dynaudio BM-9S subwoofer. There is also a pair of Yamaha HS5 monitors. 

Headphone monitoring is done through the Aviom A320 system. 

There is also a very large arsenal of electronic instruments, including rack mounted synths and software instruments and synths. Check out the listing on the right side of this page!

The studio rate is $85 per hour, but can vary by size of your project. The rate is the same for engineering, playing the piano, mixing or any combination of those! There may be a fee for setup and/or tuning the piano. You can also buy 4 hour blocks of time for $300 (a rate of $75/hour) in advance of your session.

Call or contact me for a custom quote - (707) 343-1119.

Moonlight Studio is a musician's studio, featuring a meticulously cared for Yamaha C7 7 1/2 foot Concert Grand Piano. Because John is an accomplished, professional pianist, recording sessions here go far beyond the cables and mics. He brings his considerable musical expertise to the table and focuses on bringing out great performances, creating a comfortable, supportive and fun environment. Need a suggestion for a chord or a complete arrangement? No problem! Need to find a drummer, bass player or other musician? John has been a musician in the San Francsico Bay Area since 1979 and can easily find you the best musicians for your project and style.

John has engineered projects large and small, from musical theater and classical auditions to jazz, rock and roll and just about everything in between!

There are 3 separate isolation rooms in the studio. Each room features an Aviom A320 headphone mixer.  Isolation Room 1 can accomodate a drum set, but is also excellent for vocals and solo instruments. This room has a total of 8 microphone inputs. There are no right angles between the walls or ceiling. The ceiling itself is tilted at 7 degrees. There is a large double paned glass door and tilted double paned glass windows providing excellent line of sight to the other 2 isolation rooms. Pictured on the left, looking from Isolation Room 1 thru to Isolation Room 3. Pictured on the right - looking from Isolation Room 3 back to Isolation Room 1. 

The 2nd and 3rd Isolation Rooms can accomdate individual players or singers, each with 4 mic inputs and an Aviom headphone monitor.

Isolation Room 2 on the left, Isolation Room 3 on the right.