Brilliant sounds — the production is top-notch.
Ricky Kej
Reviewers, artists, collaborators, companies, institutions and students alike laud Cory’s artful and meticulous production at Reach Studios. Cory’s approach to production for his own stories and others’ is to ask: What personality and story is the artist trying to convey? The soundscape, genre, instrumentation and scene all emanate from there.
That’s a video on his soundscaping of Little Rock Don’t Break from his very first professionally released album My Oyster. The song was praised in writing by both the sitting President of the United States (on stationery with the Presidential Seal!) and the Governor of Arkansas, where its historical story occurred. Two leaders from opposing political parties, uniting around a song. There’s a story there too.
Cory’s production values permeate all Cory Cullinan and Doctor Noize albums, but he produces music for other artists and organizations too. He’s created chart-topping songs, iTunes Essential Recordings, major film and TV music, documentary and commercial soundtracks, musical theatre and orchestral commissions, hit app music, and (every year) student productions. He feels teaching and working with up-and-coming artists young and old expands and opens his mind and is essential to his artistry.
Here are some of the people and projects Cory’s produced. Sometimes they’re established artists looking for an established producer. Other times they’re young artists Cory believes in and is simultaneously producing and teaching how to produce their own future records. He has limited time each year to produce recordings for others at Reach and Stanford; but it’s a philosophical imperative to him that he does so.
Accents of Love
Vivian Fang Liu
Virtuosic New York pianist/singer Vivian Fang Liu’s children’s album, where every voice is not just heard but cherished, is by an elegantly observant artist/teacher who’s inspired audiences from her native China to the United States.
Opus 1
Levi Randolph
Levi Randolph’s debut album, Opus 1, composed at age 17, is a testament to the universal leap, flight, and fall we all face when we give ourselves to another and the beautiful cycle that love creates.
ROY G BIV – Riley Max
Explore the colors of your world with ROY G BIV, the soulful and vibrant debut solo album from prodigious Harvard singer/songwriter Riley Max.
Mood Food
The Microphone Doctors & Doctor Noize
This album was written and recorded in two weeks. Goofballs Danny Darko Marciano and Doctor Noize wrote, recorded, mixed and mastered a song a day, efficiently and cost-effectively… and had a blast.
Here’s a live classical recording and video Cory produced by a faculty colleague at Regis University. Cory has a degree in classical music from Stanford University and a deep commitment as an artist and producer to fine art music, pop music, and the connections between the two.
Teaching Productions
Dozens of student anthology albums have been produced by students under Cory’s guidance. Recorded and produced at Stanford University, Regis University, University of Colorado Denver, and Pinewood School, the joy of artistic collaboration emanates from these young artists.