Local students ‘band’ together, make album

Various bands made up of teens and preteens from Baton Rouge Music Studios have joined together to release a compilation album, Young Band Nation Vol. 1. The students wrote all the songs themselves and recorded the tracks at the legendary Dockside Studio in Maurice, La. With Dockside’s engineers providing guidance and feedback, each band had one hour to complete its recording. “That is mighty ambitious for even most professional musicians, and some of these students are as young as 9 years old,” says Doug Gay, the veteran touring and session musician who founded Baton Rouge Music Studios in 2006. Gay hopes to produce a new student release each year going forward and to give his young songwriters more real-world experience in professional recording studios. Read about the graduates from this local school of rock in the 225 magazine story here.