Music producer Gregg Wattenberg is working with singer, songwriter and musician Izzy Escobar on an acoustic version of the song they wrote called “Vendetta.”
Escobar moved to New York to work with Wattenberg — a successful Grammy-winning producer, songwriter and record company executive.
What You Need To Know
- Artist House is a new multi-use space for musicians, songwriters and producers in Hudson Square, Manhattan
- It was founded by music industry veterans Gregg Wattenberg and Steve Lerner
- The complex features 10 recordings studios and is home to Artist House’s record, publishing and management companies
“I didn’t want this process to be just someone telling me ‘oh this is great,’ I wanted someone to say ‘we need to make this incredible,’ you know, ‘the best pop record we can make’ and Gregg really pushed me and allowed me to improve as an artist, a person and a musician,” said Escobar, whose songs have millions of plays on Spotify.
The collaboration is all part of the magic happening daily at Artist House, a new 20,000 square foot facility in Hudson Square. The complex includes 10 recording studios, intended as a gathering place for all the music makers of the city.
The space was co-founded by Wattenberg and another record industry veteran, Steve Lerner, as a throwback to the days when there were many creative music hubs around — places like Motown, Muscle Shoals, the Brill Building and Atlantic Studios.
“For me, the most exciting thing is providing a community for the artists, for the creators, for the marketers, to really come together, to find the ways to really explore and grow a career,” Lerner said.
The two-story space and roof deck complex is also headquarters for Artist House’s own record, publishing and management companies. Wattenberg, who has produced and/or written songs for Five for Fighting, Goo Goo Dolls, Train and John Legend, says he hopes artists will see each other in the hallways here, and that will lead to collaborations.
“I think we just have to say, if we are all here, and this doesn’t really exist in New York, I think we can pull in all the best people and I think we will have artists at the A-level come in to make records and others just starting out,” said Wattenberg, who added that the possibilities of what can happen from that are pretty exciting.
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