Saturday, March 3, 2012

Have studio, will travel

A Central Pennsylvania jet pilot with a storied past in the recording industry is returning to his musical roots.

Jim VanZino started working in the music industry as a New Jersey teenager in the 1970s, when he was asked to mix songs for a thenunknown junior high school student named Jon Bon Jovi.

After graduating from high school, VanZino became an assistant engineer at Power Station, a well-known Manhattan recording studio where he worked with artists such as David Bowie and Billy Joel. He thought he had found his career niche until he went on a worldwide tour with the heavy metal group Skid Row After a grueling year on the road, VanZino said he was burnt out.

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