The Hit Factory

The Hit Factory was a recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele. It closed on April 1, 2005; the original building is now the headquarters of Music Theatre International. However, other Hit Factory studio locations remained open, such as in Miami, Florida.

History

The New York facility was purchased from Jerry Ragovoy by Edward Germano on March 6, 1975.

From 1989 to 1993, the company also operated The Hit Factory London. This facility later became Sony's Whitfield Street Studios

In 1999, The Hit Factory purchased Criteria Recording in Miami, Florida, revamping and reopening the studios under the new name The Hit Factory Criteria Miami.

After Germano's death in 2003, the business was taken over by his wife Janice Germano.

Hit Factory was closed on April 1, 2005. The last album to be recorded there was Octavarium by Dream Theater. The business' base of operations moved to the remaining Hit Factory Criteria Miami in March 2005. The New York Daily News reported:

OC Hit Factory

OC Hit Factory is an American based music production company, record label, and critically acclaimed songwriting camp founded by Danish recording artist, Thomas Barsoe.

Notable artists and guest writers

Shelly Peiken, Pam Sheyne, Jamie Hartman, Lars Halvor Jensen, Aron Friedman, Gavyn Bailey, Alex Cantrall, Jeff Hoepner, Josh Levi (singer), Suzan Koç, Sarah West, Lasse Lindorff, Pitchshifter, Kewan, Rasmus Thude, Basim (singer), Drew Ryniewicz.

References

Hit

Hit is a verb meaning to strike someone or something.

Hit or HIT may also refer to:

Education

In business

Computing and the internet

Science and medicine

Places

Factory

A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.

Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops".

Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities.

Factories may either make discrete products or some type of material continuously produced such as chemicals, pulp and paper, or refined oil products. Factories manufacturing chemicals are often called plants and may have most of their equipment – tanks, pressure vessels, chemical reactors, pumps and piping – outdoors and operated from control rooms. Oil refineries have most of their equipment outdoors.

The Hit

The Hit may refer to:

Books

Film and TV

Music

See also