Clients

Mat is all ears, and great ones at that.”

-Mark Degli Antoni (Soul Coughing, David Byrne, Low)

I always enjoy hearing the creative “roomy” drum sounds that Mat gets at Mobtown.”

-Bill Wolf (Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris)

Mat is the kind of engineer professional musicians hope to work with.”

-Jon Birkholz (Soul Cannon, Michael Formanek)

Mat’s dedication to his projects exceeds professionalism — it reaches a level of artistic empathy that is quite rare in the industry.”

-Greg Hatem (Mr. Moccasin, Heart Of Hearts)

Mat and co. at Mobtown are a dream to work with…”

-Kevin Hilliard (Caverns)

Mat rode the line of hands on and hands off like a old friend. His studio truly felt like a home the moment after his handshake.”

-Dan Cohan (The Water)

Over the years, I have worked with numerous [hip-hop] studios, some having qualities that would meet my expectation; however, Mobtown and its team constantly produced work that exceeded my expectations. …more studios should be like them.”

-Reno Pratt (180 KCx)

Quite simply, recording at Mobtown is the way recording should be.

-Chris Ehrich (The Honest Mistakes)

Mat has an exceptional ear for the small tweaks that even the artists themselves don’t always hear. An aesthetically pleasing studio with a sonically pleasing sound.”

-Josh Miller (RadioRadio)

Mat’s positive energy and patience behind the board made me feel very comfortable and enabled me to perform my best while ‘under the microscope’. There was a point where I felt like he became more devoted to getting the perfect sound than me!”

-Cameron Blake

Mat brings many unquantifiable things to the table… like a strong sense of heart, soul, and understanding to the music and what the artist is trying to accomplish.”

-e.joseph (e.joseph & the phantom heart)

Working with Mat, was an unforgettable experience. Come prepared to work and you will be rewarded with a sound impossible to recreate at studios charging three times as much and requiring twice the hours.”

-Jeb Johnston (Jagged Hearts)

The results truly speak for themselves.”

-Malcolm Palin (Static Brigade)

Mat really cares about the needs of the artist and their music.”

-Tamika Thaniel, manager (Savage da Beast)

In the Press

Best of Baltimore 2010

City Paper, September 22, 2010
“It’s one thing to record, market, manufacture, distribute, and promote music—which is the historic all-in record label model—but Mobtown Studios is onto something entirely different, something that might resemble a bit more closely the future of music and how we get it…” Read more

Mobtown Studio’s Microshow with Yukon

What Weekly, July 15, 2010
“In the few years since opening, Mobtown has made a strong case for being the favorite recording studio for local musicians. This probably has a lot to do with the great attitude of its owners, the professionalism in their work ethic and the space they’ve created which is particularly conducive to the creative process…” Read more

Two recording studios in city take different paths to success

The Daily Record, June 4, 2009
“Edward Neenan has been laying down tracks in different Baltimore recording studios for 20 years, but says he has never recorded in a studio that produces music with as much integrity as Mobtown Studios…” Read more

City Guide 2009: Secrets of the City
101 Things To Eat, See, & Do

Baltimore Magazine, June 2009
“Bright, stylishly-designed recording facility Mobtown Studios (2603 N. Charles St., 410-235-0898) hosts monthly micro-shows. Husband-and-wife duo Matthew and Emily Leffler Schulman curate the series, featuring indie-alternative types such as Eureka Birds and Ellen Cherry amid vintage keyboards and state of the art gear…” Read more (scroll to #54)

Mobtown Studios: Pro sound and the comforts of home…

The Signal, WYPR, May 15, 2009
“We pay a visit to Mobtown Studios, a local recording studio that combines the warm, friendly atmosphere of a friend’s living room with a professional work environment…” Read more

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Live from Mobtown Studios

WTMD’s Radio for Music People Blog, March 18, 2009
“Mobtown Studios has been hosting free micro-shows for local bands in their recording space on Charles St. in Baltimore. ellen cherry, Red Sammy and now the Eureka Birds have been their guests and the music coming from these shows is amazing and sounds fantastic…” Read more

The Eureka Birds Fire Up The Kazoos

Citypaper.com, March 17, 2009
“Back in December, I attended the first ‘micro-show’ at Mobtown Studios, a series of intimate free shows at the Charles Village recording space … Since then, the series has continued to move forward with further installments, and the third, featuring local indie band the Eureka Birds, took place last Thursday night…” Read more

Ellen Cherry Goes Into The Studio, Brings An Audience

Citypaper.com, December 16, 2008
“On Thursday night, local singer-songwriter Ellen Cherry crammed her tall 5’10″ frame into a small room with just over a dozen audience members for a few hours, the occasion for the unusual performance being a ‘micro-show’ at Mobtown Studios. The Charles Village recording facility opened earlier this year … and Cherry was picked to inaugurate Mobtown as a performance space…” Read more

How do you transform a rowhouse into a recording studio?
It’s all in the angles.

Urbanite, November 2008
“…when Takoma Park residents Mat and Emily Leffler Schulman decided to open their own recording facility, they wanted something a little more inviting, a studio where they could record bands and artists in living-room-like surrounds…” Read more

Mobtown provides happy medium for Baltimore-area musicians

The Baltimore Examiner, July 21, 2008
“From the sidewalk, 2603 N. Charles St. looks like any of the other hundreds of historic row houses that line Baltimore’s streets. However, inside a brand new state-of-the-art recording studio is creating a novel approach to the city’s exploding music industry…” Read more