WHAT WE DO
PERFORMANCE
Electronic Music Design
Synth and Computer Programming
Music Contracting
Keyboard and Computer Rental Packages
Tech Support
MainBrain
Proprietary Music and Video Time Code Sync
and Playback System
PRODUCTION
RECORDING
Grammy and Emmy Award Winning
Production, Arranging, and Mixing Engineering
Orchestration
Composing
Music Copying
Music Contracting
World-Class Recording Studio in the Heart of NYC
One of the largest collections of unique and vintage gear in the world
PERFORMANCE
MainBrain Show Control
MainBrain is your TOTAL solution for LIVE performance!
MainBrain Show Control is a unique, versatile, and one-of-a-kind system
for putting on shows of any size and is only available thru Strange Cranium.
MainBrain provides the ability to trigger scenes in Ableton Live
for synchronized control of music, video, scenic and lighting elements.
MainBrain is used in several major, live events, including:
MEAN GIRLS
THE PROM
THE BAND’S VISIT
SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK
LATE NIGHT with DAVID LETTERMAN
DIANA
PARADISE SQUARE
FLASHDANCE
RECORDING STUDIO & GEAR
Contact us for availability and rental quotes
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NEWS
Grammys 2015: Carole King musical 'Beautiful' wins
The Broadway cast recording of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" on Sunday won the Grammy Award for musical theater album. Steve Sidwell and Billy Jay Stein, who produced the musical with Jason Howland, accepted the award, given out as part of a pre-telecast ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
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Composer Cribs: Strike Audio — Flatiron District, Manhattan
Ready for anything. When you’re a music house maintaining a four-room studio in the heart of Manhattan, occupying a narrow niche is not an option.
Hence the military mindset evoked by the name Strike Audio, a facility like none other in NYC – and quite possibly the world – that’s poised to make just about any kind of music. HQ’d in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, it’s the creative home of Billy Jay Stein, a composer with a degree in Neuroscience that just can’t get synths out of his system.
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Making the New York Spectacular: Music
"They're creative monsters." Grammy Award-winning Billy Jay Stein and AnnMarie Milazzo describe the revolutionary music of our show.
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Q&A: Music Producer and Vocal Designer, Billy Jay Stein and AnnMarie Milazzo
Collaborating on the New York Spectacular has been so invigorating for Billy Jay Stein and AnnMarie Milazzo that they have had trouble sleeping. Milazzo, who grew up a “fan girl” for her musically talented parents, has arranged vocals for multiple Broadway productions and toured with rock acts like Santana and Anjelique Kidjo. Stein, a native New Yorker and longtime musician and producer, has worked with Bono, The Edge and Ray Charles, and won a Grammy Award in 2015 for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
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Sound & Recording Magazine
Sound & Recording Magazine's in-depth interview of Hiro Iida.
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SynchroArts: HIT US TV SHOWS GET THE REVOICE PRO TREATMENT - BILLY JAY STEIN
Billy Jay Stein tells us about his work and why he is a Synchro Arts user.
How did you get into audio production?
Growing up in the early 1980s, I had a small studio with a Moog Source keyboard, Korg Polysix keyboard, and two Sanyo tape decks rigged together to create two-track mixes. I used this equipment to record my own songs as well as my rock band's songs in high school so I guess you can say I have always been into audio production!
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In the studio with Billy Jay Stein at Strange Cranium Studios in NYC
Grammy award winning producer, engineer, composer, and musician Billy Jay Stein (www.strangecranium.com) takes us into Strange Cranium Studios to see how he uses the 5060 Centerpiece, 5059 Summing Mixer and Master Buss Processor with his collection of over 80 connected vintage synths and drum machines.
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Billy Jay Stein's New York City Keyboard Collection
Keyboard Magazine 2017: If there's a keyboard you've lusted after, chances are it's hanging in this studio somewhere.
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