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Tony Bongiovi gets his beloved Power Station studios back -

Recieves the American Master Award from Berklee School of Music

LOM Staff - Wayne Bell
Scan QR Code Tony Bongiovi, founder of Power Station re- had sold that Tony had produced. After 1.5 Billion albums
cording studios, is a music industry legend (yes, billion), people just stopped counting.
most recognized for his groundbreaking
recording technologies who has estab- Power Station Studios were built in 1977, entirely from the
lished himself as a trusted professional mind of Tony Bongiovi, while employing a revolutionary
and a true friend over his 40 years in the design which emphasizes sight-lines between musicians
Tony Bongiovi industry. Tony has done much for people and the natural sound of acoustic instruments and voices.
everywhere who love music. His brainchild has now been Grammy Award-winner Nile Rodgers produced the first
rechristened Power Station at BerkleeNYC and signals a new session, and the studios continue today to be home to the
future for the beautiful studios he created; the older gener- world’s most creative recording artists including recent
ation’s sharing of knowledge and expertise with younger visits from Cindy Lauper and Paul McCartney.
generations and the future of music as a whole. Tony’s model
proves music is about love, sharing ideas, perfecting the craft
and building up the next generation.

With a 25 million dollar investment from Berklee Music
and 6 million from the City of New York, Power Station at
BerkleeNYC is now being upgraded with the state-of-the-art
technology available today while still keeping the design of
the studios original to the day Tony made them. In his intro-
duction to the presentation of the American Master Award,
BerkleeNYC executive director Stephen Webber, along with
many artists and friends, praised Bongiovi for shaping the
sound of American popular music with his ground-breaking
production and engineering skills. Members of the gathered
crowd chimed in with the number of millions of albums they
Tony with Stephen Webber ExecutiveDirector of BerkleeNYC

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