One-Stop Shop

Studio is a ‘one-stop shop’ for musicians BY LADONNA BEEKER onenews@charter.net Combine a California business and a husband and wife, along with artistic talent by the truckloads and you have Down to Hear Studios (now Hickory Arts). Michael French moved to Hickory in 2008 from Burbank, Calif. and the heart of of “studio city” where …

Master Songwriting Class Offered

Down to Hear Studios (now Hickory Arts) Master Songwriting Class Offered Located next to Johnson Piano & Organ Exchange (now located across from Hickory Optimist Park) HICKORY – Down to Hear Studios (now Hickory Arts) is home to Hickory, NC’s first professional commercial recording facility, Hickory Motor Books, Carol Anne Hartman Photography, and Jeff Hartman’s ...

Hartman Delivers Solid Talent on All Stages

Blessed with Talent Hartman Delivers Solid Talent on All Stages February 2007 Written by Barbara Burns, The Outlook The very talented Jeff Hartman insists that his musical abilities are gifts that God has blessed him with. In addition to his musical talents, he has appeared on the stages of area community theatres. “God, family, friends, ...

Community Theatre

Occasionally, the “it’s only community theatre infection” spreads, and we all need to step up the antibiotics. Some studios have too many folks convinced that one or two proprietary productions per year, barring all other local and regional theatre experience, qualify paying students for a professional stage career. As actors, directors, students, teachers, fans, and ...