Tim Reppert
Tim is known for his unique conceptual vision and masterful expertise when it comes to producing award winning audio for radio and television advertising as well as for films and corporate programs, most recently, HBO, Cornell University, the Corning Museum of Glass, The Smithsonian Museum, to name a few. He created REP Productions in the late 1980's in NYC as a freelance Recording Engineer for Jingle writers. Working with Mambo Music, Feldstein Music, Easy Writer, and Debbie McDuffy, he co–produced for clients such as L'Oreal, Coke, Coors Light, Hertz, and General Motors. In 1991 Tim designed, built and opened REP Studio in Ithaca, which is an outgrowth of his many talents, and has become a creative environment that continues to support local artists such as the Sim Redmond Band, the Ithaca Community Chorus, the Burns Sisters, Wingnut, and Samite. Composer, bassist, recording engineer and producer Tim Reppert studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and has worked as a recording engineer and studio session musician in New York City, Boston, and Ithaca. He has performed locally with a jazz string group Water Bear and in a backup band for the gifted singer/songwriter Crow Greenspun. In his successful career Tim recorded for diverse clients such as Sly Stone, Whitney Houston, The Beastie Boys, Grand Master Flash, and Kool & The Gang. For the past 11 years Tim has also been a resident Sound Designer for the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY creating over 80 sound scores and compositions for the Company's wide range of productions. His sound design skills have also reached to Vermont Stage for Syringa Tree and to NYC for an off–Broadway production of The Soup Comes Last. Tim is currently living in Boston and working as a staff composer/producer for Soundtrack and the AirCraft Music Library, while still very actively involved in the work at REP in Ithaca.
Nate Richardson
Throughout Nate's childhood in Boston, his parents saw his talent for music, and made sure he had the tools and space to grow into a creative and skilled musician. Amidst the race riots and the "bussing crisis" of the 1970s Nate was living in "all white" South Boston and going to school in "all black" Roxbury. This exposed him to a wide range of music and culture and gave him the basis for a deep understanding of and respect for so-called black music. Landing at Berklee College of Music in the early 90s, Nate studied Film Scoring and eventually earned his degree in Jazz Composition. As a player he shied away from the competitive bebop jazz style and found himself falling more and more deeply in love with Reggae. Seven years of heavy touring and recording with the acclaimed and increasingly popular John Brown's Body gave Nate a front row seat to many of the inner workings of the music and recording industries.
Relocating to Ithaca in 2001, Nate began to apply all he had learned as a recording musician to his new job as night engineer at REP. He quickly earned Tim's favor by turning out great work on project after project. When Tim moved to Boston in the summer of 2006 Nate took over full time as head engineer of REP Studio and has successfully maintained the high level of professionalism and quality that our clients have counted on for years.
Chris Weingarten
Chris Weingarten has been a staff engineer at Rep Studio since 2004. His choice platform is Pro Tools, however, he has experience with programs such as Reason, Ableton Live, and Fruity Loops. As well as his skills as an Engineer, Chris offers his services and talent as musician to your project. Chris has worked with many artist such as The Burn Sisters, Crow Greenspun, Water Bear, Somatic Umbra, Marcus Goines, Dirac, Hangovers, and many more. His gaining experience includes A Capella, Rock, Hip Hop, Acoustic, World Music (various), African, Music to Film. In addition, Chris has played with the band Somatic Umbra and continues to work and make music for a number of his own projects.
Sean Kobuk Kennedy
An on and off resident of Ithaca for the past 3 decades, Sean Kobuk is a singer/songwriter guitarist and now engineer/producer. Kobuk has accumulated over 25 years of playing experience on both coasts in a variety of bands playing everything from Indie rock to Reggae. After resettling in Ithaca 7 years ago Sean began work on his debut solo CD "Angels in the Rearview Mirror" released on I–Town records in 2005 (Lost Boys received an Honor Award from the Great American Song Contest). The experience working with producer Matt Saccuccimorano inspired him to delve into the world of audio engineering starting with a three song demo for friend Way's group Papa Muse (the Track Doghouse received regular airplay on WICB).
Kobuk is currently working on several projects including a full length CD for African musician Yacouba Diarra, an EP with emo/metal group Final Call and a 3 song demo for Sugar in the Raw. Sean threw down a gtr lead for a track on the upcoming Seth Feldman release. He also recently joined The Sutras as second guitarist and is fronting a new band with members of IY and Fairway that will be debuting this spring.
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