Saltlands Studio is a

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based in the

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neighborhood of

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, founded in 2007 by owner Steve Salett and partners

Dawn Landes Dawn Landes (born December 5, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is originally from around Louisville, Kentucky but spent many years living and performing in Brooklyn, New York. As a recording artist she has released five f ...

and Gary Maurer. It was later joined by

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s and

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s Eli Janney, Jim Smith, and Aaron Rutledge. The studio gained notoriety with records by

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, and the

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. The studio also functions as a collective of commercial composers, and in the spring of 2010 the studio received attention for the composition of a song that was awarded the

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2010 "Best Use of Music in a Commercial" Award for the Match.com commercial. In 2010, Larry Crane interviewed Dawn Landes of Saltlands. The article was featured in Issue No. 80 of ''TapeOp''. In March 2011, Janice Brown of SonicScoop interviewed Steve Salett and producer/engineer Gary Maurer. Artists and visiting producers who have recorded at Saltlands include: *

* Allie Moss * Andrew Vladeck * Anne Heaton * Annie Keating * Arizona *

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* Balthrop, Alabama * The Bandana Splits * Benjamin Cartel * Bob Hoffnar * Brendan Canty * Brian Bender * Caithlin De Marrais * Chris Erikson *

* Don Piper *

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* Drazy Hoops * End Up Records * The Famous Letters * The Fancy Shapes * Frally *

* Geoff Sanoff * The Gray Goods * Girl Friday *

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* Ithaca * Jason Mercer * Jeff Hill *

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* Jesse Neumann and Wolf Face * Jolie Holland *

* Julia Steele Allen * Mark Ganzglass * Matt Shane * Matt Trowbridge *

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* Milan McKinnley * Motion City Soundtrack * My Sister in 1994 * The Ne'er Do Evers * Nick Stumpf *

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* Norden Bombsight * Obits * The Oxygen Ponies * Pela * Peter Salett * The Poison Tree * The Present *

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* Randy Russo * Ray Rizzo *

* Ryan Miller (Guster) *

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(Animal Collective, The Present) * Sam Amidon * Sam Kassirer * Sarah Blust * Seb Leon * Shahzad Ismaily (Tom Waits) *

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* Thieving IronsThieving Irons
at rslblog.com * Thom Monahan * Tim "Love" Lee * Tjeerd Bomhof (Voicst) *

* Tuppy the Band * Turner Cody * Walter Martin *

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External links

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Saltlands
at sonicscoop.com
Saltlands: A Recording Studio in Brooklyn's Dumbo
at newbeats.com
Musical Rooms Part 21 Dawn Landes
at musicalrooms.wordpress.com

at huffingtonpost.com
Making What Lasts -- Episode 70: Life&Death Dawn&Tom
at vimeo.com {{Coord, 40.703006, -73.986744, region:US-NY_type:landmark, display=title Recording studios in New York City

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