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Studio Bios


Lanny Grilly- Owner/Engineer/Video Editor/Drummer 

Lanny started Swing Odyssey Studio as home studio for
personal projects two years ago and the business grew to
warrant the move to it's present location in Evanston. The 
new facility was built with state-of -the-art equipment as he
felt that the incredible talent of our local musicians was underserved 
in this market. "We're just as talented as the artists in New York 
and L.A., but the big studios have abandoned Chicago."

In Lanny's other life, from which he retired last year after 
25+ years, he was responsible for shepherding multi-million 
dollar creative projects for consumer giants such as, Helene Curtis, 
Unilever, Kraft Foods, and Wal-Mart. His project billings for Unilever 
alone totalled over $50 million during the last 5 years.

With the well-equipped drum booth at the studio and his 
expertise as a studio drummer, he often adds drum & percussion 
tracks to sessions when clients need to "fatten-up" or fix a track.

Lanny's musical background brings a musician friendly environment 
to the sessions and he provides a comfortable atmosphere that 
encourages the best performances.

Click here for Lanny's  musical  bio "Swing Odyssey Band" site

 

 

April Grilly - Composer/Vocalist/Voice-overs 

April is on hand to provide original lyrics & music for 
video & film soundtracks, commercials, and add midi
 sequences to projects.
Her compositions have been featured on numerous cd's, dvd's,
and soundtracks  for such venues as HBO and corporate
 web-sites. April is also available for voice-overs and back-up
vocals as our studio has one of the best vocal set-ups in 
town. 
To hear a sample of April's work click here.

 

 

 

Sasha Brusin - Recording Engineer/Mac OS Consultant/Guitarist

Sasha used to co-own Highland Park Recording Studio. 
He received Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
degrees at Tesla Institute in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia as 
well as a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance at Roosevelt 
University in Chicago.  He is highly skilled in Pro Tools and Digital 
Performer and he has expertise in recording a wide range
of genre's such as,  jazz, dance, rock, and ethnic. is available to add or fix guitar or bass tracks to a session as he is fluent in most musical styles. (click on link for audio sample)
Sasha's knowledge and  background are invaluable on any
project and his understanding of computers and the Mac OS is priceless.
To hear a sample of Sasha's work click here.
 
 

Max Grilly -Engineer/Videographer/Video Editor/Voice-overs

Max joined Swing Odyssey Studio full-time earlier this year
after working part-time for the last 2 years as a video-editor.
 
Max's background includes studying Film & Video at Columbia
College, Associate of Arts degree: Web-design at Robert Morris
College, and Theater Arts at University of Illinois-Chicago.

He has also performed in numerous productions with  professional
theater companies such as: Dramatists Revolutionary Army, 
The Company Upstairs and he recently played the lead in the
independent film, " Missing The Sunrise."

Max, with his extensive communication training and public
speaking experience (DJ at WCDV, numerous commercial 
voice-overs) is also available to provide voice-overs to a 
film, video, or dvd project.  
To hear a sample of Max's work click here.
 

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