STUDIO JOE

Located at 600 Autumn in West Little Rock (right off Chenal Parkway, about a mile west of I-630),
Studio Joe is more than an ordinary coffeeshop.
In addition to serving  food and drink, we also house a recording studio,
and act as a venue for musical acts (many shows are FREE!)
of a wide variety of genres, from acoustic/folk to funk/fusion, all in a unique, relaxed atmosphere.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

STUDIO JOE PRESENTS is a showcase for both local and touring musicians. Cover charge varies. Celtic Underground Friday July 18 Cancelled due to illness of one of the performers. ***   ***   *** Marcelle's Special Dinner Wednesday July 23 She has not announcee the menu but it's always good. $10 for the food; (entree, salad, bread, veggies, and, of course, CAKE! ) no cover charge for the music; this is a regular Open Mic night. Doors open 6 p.m.; Marcelle will begin serving at 6:30 ***   ***   *** Robert Hill Saturday August 2,7:30 p.m. cover charge $10.00 audio sample ***   ***   *** Jason Greenlaw & the Groove Friday Aug. 22 audio sample ***   ***   *** Big DaddyO Friday Sept.12 ***   ***   *** Happenstance Saturday Sept. 27 *** *** *** Is there someone you've heard recently who might enjoy playing here? Tell us about them!

Open Mic Tuesdays & Wednesdays 6 til 10 p.m. unless there is a concert booked one of those evenings No cover charge

Studio Joe is not just a place to make great music and drink great coffee.
The space can be rented for other events too.


  From the left: Carlos Summers on Trombone; Mike Dollins behind him on Electric guitar; Kirk Ray on drums,
R. David Lewis on sax; Dennis James and Gene Reid on guitars; & Rob Barrow (one of the owners) on bass.
These middle-aged white guys love Stax Records’ soul music so much they threw a
50^th Anniversary Party for Stax in August 2007.

Talk to Rob about having your special event here.
Anything from an office holiday party up to a small wedding can be accommodated.
Rob and Dave can recommend musicians if you want live background music.
The basic seating arrangement can handle up to 65 persons with a mix of casual seating and tables-with-chairs.

Rob also knows a good caterer if you don't already have one lined-up.

Menu

As-of April 22, 2008 Studio Joe has a new Manager:
contact Mike Nelson about bookings.

Coffeeshop

Recording Studio

Way of Life

Recording Studio:  

At Studio Joe, we feature fully staffed and equipped professional recording studio facilities and offer extremely competitive hourly and block rates on session time. We also have a veritable stable of world class seasoned musicians to help you fill in the sonic palette. 

While we do have an assortment of outboard recording gear, our Macintosh-driven studio features these systems:

Pro Tools, Logic Pro,  Ableton Live,  Propellerhead Reason,  GarageBand,  Peak Pro,  Soundsoap Pro

Coffeeshop

Recording Studio

Way of Life

Any coffeehouse has great coffee, and most of them have great munchies to go along with it.
NOT all of them have great live music on the side, though.
Rob Barrow designed this place to be a room that is fun to play in, and WOW! did he succeed!
Yr.HumbleWebscribe is old enough to remember Fifties & Sixties coffeehouses, and so is Rob.
 He's got the ambiance nailed, missing-only the cigarette (or more exotic) smoke.

I don't know how much Rob and Dave spent on the microphones used here, but they make everyone sound great!  If your music-group prefers to settle in a circle of chairs and couches, the microphones aren't really necessary, unless you've got something ready enough for prime time that you'd like to have Dave record it.

STUDIO JOE also has a presence on MySpace,

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