Innovative Production Services began in the summer of 1981. It started with a joint collaboration with the legendary Reice Hamel. We were commissioned to do a recording at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the New American Orchestra with guest conductor Henry Mancini. It was a special night with guest performers John Lewis of the MJQ Quartet, Joe Pocaro, Ray Brown, Tommy Tedesco, and Ray Pizzi. This recording was to just an archive recording but it was so good Henri Mancini told us not to give out any copies to the musicians. This was a start to a great relationship with Reice Hamel Recording. In the fall of the same year IPS began doing concert sound production at the Beverly Theater in Beverly Hills. We also co-produced several concerts at this venue including Tina Turner, James Brown, Miles Davis, Temptations & Four Tops, Chick Corea w/Paco DeLucia, and several others. This joint venture with Westworld Productions lasted till 1987. We then moved our operation to Anaheim to 2400 seat venue called the Celebrity Theater. We produced many national acts that included the likes of Willie Nelson, Gloria Estefan, Dionne Warwick, Chuck Berry, Roy Clark, Waylon Jennings, Def Jam Tour '87, Guns and Roses and a host of others. Contains four-movement Sonatina, Opus 100 by Dvorak, recorded in exceptional fidelity. Although relatively brief (19:10), this CD checks if your audio system is accurate. Release Date: 9/27/2005.
We also host many corporate events including Apple Computer, Reebok, The NAMM Show, Championship Boxing, ECW Wrestling and many more. With it's revolving stage and great acoustics it became the place to be in Orange County during the late 80's and early 90's. Live sound and live recording was our specialty during those years. We ventured to more studio projects and live video production in the mid 90's. We also did many sound and acoustic installations including KCRW Radio, Jump Cuts Production Studio, First Lutheran Church Redondo Beach, Warsawa Restaurant Santa Monica, and several other custom installations. From consulting to installation we try to cover all the bases in the audio and video field. IPS is well experienced and capable of meeting all your needs in the production field.
Video and Discography:
1985 Push Back The Walls Engineer
1989 Fire Merchants Fire Merchants Assistant Producer
1989 Special Look Debbie Allen Engineer
1992 Xcommunication Brand X Engineer
1993 Sweet As It Comes Nikita Germaine Engineer
1995 Billy's Back Billy Preston Engineer
1995 Deathray Tapes Mick Farren/Jack Lancaster Assistant Engineer
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1995 Minister of Music Billy Preston Engineer
1996 Steinway to Heaven Patrick Moraz Engineer
1996 Ratha-yatra Live Bhava Hari Engineer (Best Artist World Music Hawaii)
1996 Bare My Naked Soul Jesse Johnson Engineer
1997 Manifest Destiny Brand X Technical Assistance, Engineer
1998 Missing Period Brand X Mastering
1998 Progfest 1997 Various Artists Producer CD & Video
1999 X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective Brand X Engineer, Production Engineer,
Technical Advisor
2001 Music from My Heart Billy Preston Engineer
2003 Trilogy Brand X Engineer
2005 Robert E Greene Violin & Piano Test CD Engineer
2010 Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds FOH Audio & Video
Audiophile demonstration and test CD. Check out your system for low coloration and uncompressed dynamics . This CD has been a sensation at the annual Consumer Electronics Show where audio experts have called it "the best recorded violin sound ever". The performers are The Absolute Sound writer Robert E. Greene with Shirley Ross on piano. Innovative Production Services recording engineer is Keith Lewis.
