Vortex Ranch Studios and Guest House is a full service destination recording studio located in the hills of North County San Diego.
Vortex Ranch is located on a private road in the middle of one of the largest green belts in San Diego County, and offers the privacy and solitude of a mountain retreat while being only thirty minutes from Downtown San Diego and an easy under two hour commute to Los Angeles.
The studios include a recording and video production facility whose largest room is also a night club, Sophie’s Saloon DuChamp, complete with stage lighting and pool table. There are also three outdoor stages for performances as well as our sound TeePee.
Vortex Ranch Guest house is a beautiful four bedroom home with every amenity. It is listed on Airbnb and you can make arrangements for accommodations by clicking this link
You can book the entire house or rooms.
For more information regarding The Vortex Ranch, or to book your stay, please contact:
Will Faerber
(858) 232-6091
We are a full service production facility who can take your project from idea to completion.
SERVICES OFFERED
PRE-RECORDING
We can help you write and arrange your original material, being sure that your melodies are original and your lyrics are effective, emotive and tell the story that you intended. Many people waste their time and money on sessions that are not carefully planned and end up with a product that does nothing for their careers.
SESSION
We can accommodate just about any set up required by the client. Our studio has five different rooms that can be utilized to get just the sound needed for anything from a solo artist to a large group. Our large room is also our live club where you can record having the feel of performing live and even have an audience in the room if you desire.
TALENT
We have a roster of professional musicians who have years of studio experience. No matter what style of music you intent to record, we can pair you with the right rhythm section, soloist, back up singers, horn section or strings to bring out the best in your material and take your work to a broadcast standard that can bring you real recognition and allow you works to be considered for placement in Commercials, TV and Films.
POST PRODUCTION
We can Master your project in house saving you thousands off your final production costs.
We can work with you through the process of designing the Art work for your project being sure that what you present to the public is consistent with the Artist that you are and or want to be.
Music today without a visual element might as well not exist. People listen to more music today on Youtube than any other format. We produce video of all kinds and will work with you to create a visual story for your music. Our idea is to make every recording session an opportunity to be creating footage that could be used in a documentary about the Artist or Music Videos.
Music video production for your recorded tracks or live shows. We can help you create video content for your Youtube channel or Facebook site that will keep you audience coming back for more and reflect who you want to be and the face you want to put on your public work. We can produce full music video or edit live shows as needed.
PLUSTONE TALENT BIOS
AARON BAGLEY
Aaron Bagley is a Southern California-based music producer and film composer with a passion for telling stories through music.
Recent work includes composing and recording the score for the film DOWNEAST, staring Greg Finley, Dylan Silver, Judson Mills, Gareth Williams and Kirk Fox; and composing and recording the score for the documentary Alice Is Still Dead. The film was awarded Best Autobiographical Documentary at the 2019 Doc LA Film Festival.
Aaron starting singing, playing piano, and studying music from a young age and developed a love for harmonies and vocal arranging. Much of his early career was spent writing and recording original music and playing in bands throughout the Northeast. Aaron eventually moved to California to focus on producing emerging artists and ultimately discovered a love for film scoring.
JODY BAGLEY
Musician / Music Director
Official Hammond Artist
www.jodybagley.co
Jody Bagley is a southern California-based Keyboardist/Vocalist and international recording and touring artist. He began his performing career in Maine at the age of 6, performing throughout many parts of the world before turning 12 years old. Upon moving to San Diego, CA in 2007, Jody has become an in-demand session musician and hired gun, playing and recording with dozens of artist and bands throughout Southern California.
Jody has performed and recorded with artists Ron Blair (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Marc Ford (The Black Crowes), Scarlet Rivera (Bob Dylan), Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf), Greg Douglass (Steve Miller Band), Burleigh Drummond (Ambrosia), Mojo Morganfield (Muddy Waters’ youngest son), Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Earl Slick (John Lennon/Davie Bowie), Willie Chambers (The Chambers Brothers), Don Randi (The Wrecking Crew), Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks), Brockett Parsons (Lady Gaga), Jack Tempchin, Jim Keltner, Roy Orbison Jr., Judy Collins, and many more. In addition to performing and touring internationally with the Rock and Roll band, Mrs. Henry, Jody also fronts the soul/funk group JB & The Movers, and plays with Creature And The Woods, as well as with Blues artists Whitney Shay, Casey Hensley, and Shane Hall. He also performs regularly with the Cassie B Project and country artist, Kimmi Bitter.
Jody is a collector of vintage keyboards, owning and using dozens of pianos and synthesizers from the 1970’s. A long time composer and songwriter, Jody has written music for television and films and also serves as the Music Director for the Unity Church of El Cajon, California. Jody has been featured on KeyboardMag.com and is an Official Hammond Artist.
PHIL PARDELL
Drummer, Educator
www.philpardell.com
Phil Pardell was bit by the drum bug at a young age and immediately developed a tenacious hunger and excitement for the instrument. This mentality was further developed through the expertise of a legendary San Diego drummer and educator who instilled in Phil the notions of an endless journey of personal development and how enriching teaching can be. This would lay the foundation for his career as a musician.
Phil’s thirst for knowledge was not quenched easily, as he wanted a piece of every genre he came across. After spending years working with San Diego’s top musicians to develop an arsenal of skills as a performer and teacher, Phil sought out new challenges and perspective in Philadelphia. By 2007 he graduated from the University of the Arts with a Bachelors of Music in Instrumental Jazz Studies. During and following his years at UARTS, Phil sharpened his teeth performing with Philadelphia’s finest musicians in a variety of styles ranging from avant-garde jazz and Brazilian batucada, to progressive indie rock and shoe gaze.
Pushing his own boundaries and versatility is the ethos that always has and continues to guide Phil’s journey. He currently lives in Southern California and has a full load of work as a performer, teacher, session musician, producer, and is co-host to Korey “Kingston” Horn on The Drum Brigade Podcast.
You can catch Phil performing with a variety of San Diego artists including Whitney Shay, Jody Bagley, Anthony Cullins, and many more. Phil proudly endorses Vessel Drums, T-Cymbals, Aquarian Drum Heads, HARAM drum sticks, and local shop Drum Flip.
JOHN DEPATIE
Electric, dynamic, and passionate to the core, guitarist John DePatie has been laying down his own very special brand of guitar on stages and in studios for the past 40 years.
As a guitarist/sideman John DePatie has backed up Nancy Sinatra and Leif Garrett, as a songwriter been on the Billboard Top 40 chart and on HBO, and as a bandleader performed under his own name in the US, Norway and Germany.
He was asked to co-write Acoustimania with Wrecking Crew session legend Don Randi, co-wrote the Jezebel album for Cathouse Thursday (commissioned by Sonoton) with Will Faerber and Aaron Bagley, scored the full length cartoon film Seaper Powers, and has had other compositions used on PBS, The Voice, and in various films.
Select recordings include: Nancy Sinatra’s cover of the U2’s “Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad” (alongside U2’s Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen); “Good Jazzy Vibrations,” jazz versions of Beach Boys songs by Don Randi & Quest with special guest drummer Hal Blaine (which also includes the DePatie/Randi penned tribute “Brian Makes Me Smile”); “Walking Into A Crossfire” with Cathouse Thursday used in the film Hunting Lands
DePatie has led a number of groups. He began his first jazz/fusion trio soon after he moved to Los Angeles in 1992, has co-led Corazon de Leon (a latin rock outfit made up of LA’s top session musicians) for the last 15 years, and recently formed The DePatie Melt.
WILL FAERBER
Will Faerber: International recording artist singer/songwriter/filmaker and owner of Vortex Ranch.
Will played on his first professional recording date at the age of eighteen with the Steve Getz Quintet. The recording would win the Newport Jazz Festival’s Fiftieth Anniversary Contest. That was in 1971, Will has been performing and recording ever since.
David Allen of the BBC called Will’s 1997 release, NO SMALL COMFORT, “One of the best of the year”. The recording spawned five dance club hits and kept Will and his band touring the UK and Europe for three years where they headlined such notable festivals as the Jacksonville and the Americana. They also performed twice at London’s Wembley Arena.
Tracks from, No Small Comfort, have also been in feature films, choreographed for Dance and covered by other Artists in Nashville. Will is a dynamic and charismatic performer: Richard James had this to say in his San Diego Troubadour review. “Faerber sings in an unaffected, conversational style, sometimes making his lyrical delivery feel like a letter from an old friend. His husky voice has a distinct twang that brings an unexpected down-home feel to an otherwise elegant affair. It’s a clever contrast that sounds natural, not contrived.” Will has recorded a total of six critically acclaimed CDs.
CARLOS HATEM
Los Angeles based musician Carlos Hatem playing drums, percussion and composing has toured the world performing and recording with the best in the business. Widely known for his versatility he has worked with Tito Puente, Chick Corea, Mick Taylor, Cristian Castro, R.B. Grieves, Iron Butterfly, Havana, Scott Paige, Rabito, LATC Theater Group, The Tydes and a host of top names from Rock, Jazz, Latin, R&B, Country and Pop worlds. His music, image and sound have appeared in numerous national and international commercials including Hershey’s, Macintosh, Disney, Kodak, Nikki Black 50 and Miller Lite. He has appeared in many films and television shows including a two season tenure in the TV band of “The Paul Rodriguez Show and in the band of the internationally syndicated TV talent show “Cuanto Cuesta El Show”. “Artist of the Year” winner on ABC’s “Bravisimo”. Carlos has appeared in music videos for artists from Neil Young to Enrique Iglesias. As a composer his scoring credits include NFL Films, Supershow Deportivo, NFL Blast and Public Disclosure. He has extensive production experience as a musical director for such companies as Stickman Pictures and Rhythm Star records. As an educator he created the percussion department at the Eubanks Conservatory of Music, private and group lessons and his new DVD of percussion instruction entitled “The Percussion Channel Presents: Greatest Hits” available on Amazon.com.