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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

LITH Music Studio Lures Business, Signs Area Artists

Studio's owner produced songs for movies including 'American Pie,' 'Scooby-Doo' and 'Haunted Honeymoon.'

Through the brightly lit yellow halls, hard electric guitar riffs unfurl from unseen speakers as if powered by an engine, blasting past the recording room where Don Byczynski sits contemplating the music he makes. Byczynski, 39, will be the first to admit that music ultimately comes from those who create it. But as the founder and owner of Bota Studio, 9119 Trinity Drive, he also knows that the production behind a song is crucial to finding an audience and success. "It takes hours and hours of work," said Byczynski while perched on a stool in a sound room for recording last month. "Pre-production is key." Despite the recession, he maintains a steady stream of business; young people with talent dreaming dreams of somehow breaking out past …

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