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No
matter how good the gear is in a studio, it's worth nothing
without the right people behind the console. Phonic's people
have a vast amount of experience as engineers, producers, and
players.
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Derek
Cronin
Derek
is a composer, producer, arranger and keyboard player. He has recorded, toured and performed
with The Commitments, Sinead O'Connor, Natasha Bedingfield, Cara Dillon, Katherine Jenkins, Shayne Ward, Donovan,
Brian Kennedy, Westlife and Juliet Turner. He has been commissioned to compose and produce music by RTE, TG4, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Tourism Ireland.
His recent production work includes Paul Hourican's debut album, including the radio hits "One Step Forward" "All I Ever Wanted" and , and Calvin Scully's debut single and online number one hit, "Torn Apart". He is currently producing an album for Le Voci (formerly the Three Tenors). For more details, see Derek's MySpace page.
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Paul Byrne
Founder member of 1980s legends In Tua Nua, and session drummer for acts including Luka Bloom, Leslie Dowdall and Rocky De Valera & the Gravediggers, Paul has worked with many of the best producers around, including Peter Walsh (Simple Minds), Ian Broudie (The Lightning Seeds), Don Dixon (REM) and Paul Fox (XTC/They Might Be Giants). Paul is credited with discovering Sinead O'Connor when she was 15.
Paul specialises in working with singer-songwriters and vocal production. Recent credits include Una Keane's "Saya Nova", Jeannette Byrne's "Cafe Diva" and "Elegy" albums, and Rocky De Valera and the Gravediggers' "Sinne Fianna Fail Blues" and "Diceman" singles . |

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Conor Brady
Conor Brady has recorded and performed with many high-profile acts including the Corrs, Mary Coughlan, Paul Cleary, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, the Commitments, Frances Black, Toots and the Maytals, & Terence Trent D'Arby, and is inarguably one of the most sought-after session guitar players in the country.
Conor's earthy production style has earned him many plaudits, and as well as producing albums for Colm Quearney and Paul Cleary, he has recently completed an album for new concept-band Audiokiss, which will be hitting the airwaves in 2009. |

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Scott Newman
Scott Newman is a highly gifted multi-instrumentalist, playing both drums and piano to a very high standard. Scott co-produced his own band's debut album which brought him to the attention of former Boyzone member Mikey Graham. Graham set up a songwriting and production company around him and he subsequent CD has pricked the ears of record companies all over the UK, looking to use the tracks for top artists, including the Sugababes and Girls Aloud. Scott specialises in highly polished pop production.
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Phonic Studios,
9A Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Tel +
353 1 8729457
Phonic Studios is part of Optophonic
Ltd.
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