Chris Badami is an American musician, record producer and audio engineer. A

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native, Badami began his musical journey by teaching himself the basics of recording on a four-track cassette recorder he received as a birthday gift. Badami has recorded and produced hundreds of acts since the early 1990s. Badami got his start in the music industry as an active player and studio musician in the

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area. While performing in recording studios, his love of technology began. From there, Badami began working at top recording studios in the area and completed two college degrees in percussion and music technology from

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(A.S. & B.M.). The ability to relate to musicians in a recording environment is what led Badami to start Portrait Recording Studios. In 1995, he started Portrait Recording Studios with the idea of relating to musicians not only on a technical level, but also a musical level. Badami expanded on the idea by creating a relaxing, comfortable, and "State of the Art" environment for musicians worldwide. His engineering and production credits span the globe on both a major and independent level, working with artists and labels such as: Days of the New,

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, Roses Are Red, Stafford, Socratic, Midtown, Mike Patton, Burlap to Cashmere, Lenny White (

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), Mary Wilson of

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, Roark, Jodelle (entertainer), OneTwoThreeFour, Pete Nischt,

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, A&M Records,

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, Trustkill Records, Relapse Records, and Regular Music. On a musical level, Badami has recently been published in ''Modern Drummer'' magazine and continues to perform and record regularly throughout the nation with

, Roark and The Jon Klein Combine.

References

Debut LP From A Coastline Ending Out On July 15, 2008. Top40-Charts.com, July 2, 2008.A Coastline Ending Lineup CD and Tour, Antimusic.com, June 19, 2008.
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