Reelsounds is a family-run recording studio

located in Skokie, IL — 20 minutes from downtown Chicago.

Run by the Reelsounds family:

Brandon, Derek, and Josephine, Steve Marek, Zach Bein-Selbo, Soren Pedersen, and Matt Engstrom

Iterations 👉🏽👈🏽
Thank you to everyone who's come to vibe so far! Without even "officially" opening, our weeks have felt busy, ranging from recording sessions to video shoots to birthday ragers and fun jams. The pace is ideal because there's still so much
Resident Borkster [Picture Description: looking down studio hallway with RCA Victor dog holding the door open]
We worked hard to future-proof our wire runs for the transitional future of recording studios. Our 70+ dedicated tie lines from our live room to the control room can satisfy generally any kind of setup. The iso booths and even our lounge (and bathroo
We had a living room in our live room for only a few weeks before @branny_twolegs moved all his bleep bloop stuff into it, probably because he forgot to budget for a bleep bloop room. So please bear with us while we locate a better bleep bloop spot f
[Picture description: left frame of a panoramic shot of the Reelsounds control room. API and Shadow Hills preamps, a thicc TT patchbay, and some legend worthy outboard sit side to side in racks, while behind them exists a covert corkboard and windows
This is probably a good time to highlight some of my philosophy around gear. Those who knew me before my full-time position at Reelsounds saw me with a laptop, interface, and a couple of mics. I think I made great music with that setup, and I felt o
[Picture description: right frame of a panoramic shot of the Reelsounds control room, displaying a few stacks of compressors, a terribly hidden TV, and windows looking out into the live room.]
🫠🫶🏽📸: @dvschnozberries
I called it Starboard first, then someone else called it Paisley cause it's so Purple. It's our big isolation room. So it'll be Big Iso until we get clever. Or something like "Stash Zone" or "Big Iso's House" or "The Chokey&q