Miner Street Recordings

Miner Street Recordings Owned by producer Brian McTear (founder of Weathervane's Shaking Through) and musician, engineer and artist, Amy Morrissey.
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The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten, Waxahatchee, + In 1996, Miner Street made the move from McTear's college living room at 112 E. Miner Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania to 128 Krams Avenue in Philadelphia's Manayunk neighborhood. In 1999, there was another move - across the street to what was then "Cycle Sound Studios" with owner and live sound engineer, Gary Ferenchak. The "merger"

put Miner Street's growing clientele together with Cycle Sound's much larger room and coveted vintage gear collection. It was a match made in heaven, and a partnership that lasts to this day. And at a time in which the entertainment industry underwent dramatic changes, when most studios did not survive, Miner Street Recordings actually thrived. (We are very proud of that little detail.) In September 2005, Miner Street Recordings moved to Norris Street in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood, just blocks away from McTear's and Morrissey's home. Long before the revitalization of Fishtown, Miner Street was one of the first creative enterprises to explore the neighborhood's potential. Over a decade has passed, and today we find ourselves thankfully located right in the middle of the best live music venues, restaurants, art galleries and more. Recording clients from out of town are welcome to enjoy recording in Fishtown, by taking advantage of Miner Street's simple but cozy apartment space (complete with bathroom, shower, kitchen) that comfortably sleeps 3 - 4 people for weeks at a time. Miner Street Recordings has long supported the music community that gives it life, and is perhaps best-recognized as the studio setting for the non-profit Weathervane Music's Shaking Through documentary recording series, from an organization and series that McTear co-created at the beginning of The Great Recession in early 2009. Weathervane's work has brought incredibly talented and enthusiastic artists to Miner Street Recordings, including members of The War on Drugs, Dr. Dog, Grizzly Bear, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Sharon Van Etten, Strand of Oaks, Waxahatchee, and many others.

I’m playing an early show at Fergies Friday with The No-good Crowd. Happy Hour. 6-8pm. You should totally come. It’s fre...
06/24/2025

I’m playing an early show at Fergies Friday with The No-good Crowd. Happy Hour. 6-8pm. You should totally come. It’s free.

Undoubtedly one of the best photos (if not THE best) taken at Miner Street. Photo of by . Thanks, Josh. (Nice to see yo...
06/18/2025

Undoubtedly one of the best photos (if not THE best) taken at Miner Street. Photo of by . Thanks, Josh. (Nice to see you recently!)

The new full-length record by Bedolina ( ), Sun and Flamingos, is out today on all platforms. All of us who were involve...
05/30/2025

The new full-length record by Bedolina ( ), Sun and Flamingos, is out today on all platforms. All of us who were involved are incredibly proud of this record and hope you’ll lose yourself in the fun for years to come.

All songs written and sung by Ken Gould.
Recorded by and Amy Morrissey ( ) at , Philadelphia.

Guitars - Ken Gould, Brian McTear
Drums - Charlie Hall ( ), ,
Bass - , Ken Gould, Amy Morrissey
Keyboards - Robbie Bennett ( ), Ken Gould
Background Vocals - .renzia Amy Morrissey, Brian McTear, Charlie Hall, Matt Keppler, Ty Gould, Robbie Bennett
Additional Engineering -
Artwork - Natalie Gould

“Lyrics that skewer nostalgia… one for lovers of ’90s and ’00s indie rock, yet [with] a modern outlook that plays well in 2025.” - Graeme Smith / York Calling .

All recent , Magus and of course on the brain has naturally led to digging out this incredible record. recorded Sea...
05/15/2025

All recent , Magus and of course on the brain has naturally led to digging out this incredible record. recorded Seasons on Earth for in 2011. Of course it’s packed with the beauty and exceptional brilliance that is Meg through and through, yet the only pics we know of are these 5 or 6 quick smartphone images - and in the dreaded “Hipstamatic Era”, no less. Brian took them looking from the control room at Meg (in profile) who was singing and playing guitar live in the piano room. If only there were a few pics of the people she was performing with live to tape… She was undoubtedly looking right at them through the sliding glass door, even in these shots. It could have been the late Marc Orleans on pedal steel and dobro, or on guitar, or perhaps one of the songs she recorded with on harp. If only there were more pics. Regardless, we are ever grateful. There are a handful of things learned and/or lessons taken away from Meg’s exemplary discipline and talent that do get retold year after year. Thanks, Meg (Philadelphia misses you).

“It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times…. “ May 2006 pics taken by .is.back at and ’s brand new, sparsely...
05/14/2025

“It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times…. “ May 2006 pics taken by .is.back at and ’s brand new, sparsely furnished and equipped miner street recordings in Music = said photographer’s band the A-sides, lovingly recorded w/ with and recorded at our previous studio in manayunk (but hopefully that is ok). This picture illustrates many things, not the least of which is how long it would be before Brian was even remotely photogenic. Not perfect but a little progress nonetheless. -sides

One of the great pleasures of the past 8 months or so has been working w on his many new and revamped projects. Greg’s ...
05/13/2025

One of the great pleasures of the past 8 months or so has been working w on his many new and revamped projects. Greg’s best known for the luminary psychedelic folk band in the early 2000s, but in late 2024   and mixed his long lost Grass collaboration with that they had waiting in the can for 15 years! In April, we recorded drums w/ all the way from Paris FR for Greg’s new 8 song Magus project with plus another 11 songs for Greg’s solo record - THEN we mixed all 19 tracks! He says there’re no fewer than 2-3 other projects on the way. Such a brilliant community… Miner Street is honored to be on its periphery.
PS. Hey , and … new Espers?

Please spread the word…. is open fr biz & Booking through 2025. All to say roller coaster has become slightly less hill...
05/05/2025

Please spread the word…. is open fr biz & Booking through 2025. All to say roller coaster has become slightly less hilly. Pics of , , .world.takes , all used wholey without permission.

05/05/2025

✨OUT NOW✨We are proud to say our first full length album “Surface” is out now on all platforms! Give it a listen and have a safe and wonderful weekend everyone! Also wanted to give a special shout out to for his killer solos on “Digital Collapse” and “Sanctuary”. Also he has guitar stylings on “South of Here” and “migration”. 💪

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We really just want this to happen somewhere else… from ‘neath the thumbs of titans, to a simpler, better place. Be the ...
01/28/2025

We really just want this to happen somewhere else… from ‘neath the thumbs of titans, to a simpler, better place. Be the people, not the product. Love, and (ps. Ever grateful the songs we produced decades ago would continue to voice the struggle so well. Mazarin = . You can also find them over yonder.)

Trying something new. How about you?
01/24/2025

Trying something new. How about you?

Please share? Like the pic says. Today would have been our last day (and tomorrow would have been a very very different ...
12/31/2024

Please share? Like the pic says. Today would have been our last day (and tomorrow would have been a very very different day than it will be). We only really found out about our extended horizon a couple weeks ago, so scrambling to catch up…. But a happy scramble it is. (Apologies for the cheep shot pic of here. It happened).

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ONE OF PHILADELPHIA'S MOST CHERISHED RECORDING STUDIOS

Miner Street Recordings is owned by Brian McTear, a life-long musician, record producer, educator and music community activist, and Amy Morrissey, a musician, engineer and artist. In 1996, Miner Street made the move from McTear's college living room at 112 E. Miner Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania to 128 Krams Avenue in Philadelphia's Manayunk neighborhood. In 1999, there was another move - across the street to what was then "Cycle Sound Studios" with owner and live sound engineer, Gary Ferenchak. The "merger" put Miner Street's growing clientele together with Cycle Sound's much larger room and coveted vintage gear collection. It was a match made in heaven, and a partnership that lasts to this day. And at a time in which the entertainment industry underwent dramatic changes, when most studios did not survive, Miner Street Recordings actually thrived. (We are very proud of that little detail.)

In September 2005, Miner Street Recordings moved to Norris Street in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood, just blocks away from McTear's and Morrissey's home. Long before the revitalization of Fishtown, Miner Street was one of the first creative enterprises to explore the neighborhood's potential. Over a decade has passed, and today we find ourselves thankfully located right in the middle of the best live music venues, restaurants, art galleries and more. Recording clients from out of town are welcome to enjoy recording in Fishtown, by taking advantage of Miner Street's simple but cozy apartment space (complete with bathroom, shower, kitchen) that comfortably sleeps 3 - 4 people for weeks at a time.

Miner Street Recordings has long supported the music community that gives it life, and is perhaps best-recognized as the studio setting for the non-profit Weathervane Music's Shaking Through documentary recording series, from an organization and series that McTear co-created at the beginning of The Great Recession in early 2009. Weathervane's work has brought incredibly talented and enthusiastic artists to Miner Street Recordings, including members of The War on Drugs, Dr. Dog, Grizzly Bear, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Sharon Van Etten, Strand of Oaks, Waxahatchee, and many others.

We love to show the studio, talk about its history and hear about new projects. Come see Miner Street Recordings.