Converse Are Winging Bands to the Best Studios on Earth

Hiring a professional recording studio can be an expensive process for bands. In addition to the dry hire of the room, costs can skyrocket once you add in an engineer and producer; not to mention time off work, transportation, and the post production elements of mixing and mastering.

The good folks at Converse - the default shoe brand of practically every musician on the planet - has announced an initiative to open the doors of some of the world’s greatest recording studios, at no cost to the band. Converse Rubber Tracks will serve as the brand’s most widespread music initiative to date, offering a total of 84 recording sessions at 12 landmark studios, including two purpose built Converse Rubber Tracks studios in the US.

As well as scoring a trip to an exotic location, and access to leading studio gear, selected artists will have the opportunity to work with world-renowned producers and sound engineers to lay down original tracks.

Participating studios include: Abbey Road Studios in London, Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Tuff Gong in Kingston, Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik, The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Avast Recording Co. in Seattle, Stankonia in Atlanta, Studios 301 in Sydney, Toca do Bandido in Rio de Janeiro, the original Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn, and the second permanent Converse studio in Boston - scheduled to open this year.

Interested parties have until Wednesday, June 24 to submit an online application. Chosen artists will be notified in early July before being swept away to one of their studios of choice in September this year, with most travel accommodations arranged and select expenses covered by Converse.