JOSHUA LUTZ PORTFOLIO
MUSIC PORTFOLIO
I worked directly with DMX at Saltmine Studios in Phoenix Arizona on the Year Of The Dog LP. DMX went on to make Saltmine his home away from home after this record was released where I got to spend an entire year working with him.
I hung out with and engineered a few songs on this record with Lil Wayne and even pitched Young Money a few beats I had made, one of which they loved and ended up using in the studio session I assisted on at Electric Lady Studios in the A Room!
Working with members of Aventura and Romeo Santos's camp in Queens and NJ, Luciano and I have worked closely on many songs and marketing projects for his amazing blend of Bachata, Reggaeton and Pop music.
I was GA on this second RCA record helping with patchbay, recall, session setup and general assistant duties. This album reached #69 on the top 200 Billboard charts that year. I also assisted a little on some live mixes being done around this time.
I assisted in a range of general assistant duties on this Guns N' Roses release at Electric Lady Studios with Bucket Head. I knew Axel Rose from previous hip hop sessions with iconic Producer Scott Free.
This record was recorded at a recording studio where I was working. At that time, I was tasked to run a series of showcases and to run the listening parties for A&M records prior to the release.
My favorite memory of this session was getting to set up and tune Questlove's drumset before he'd come into the studio. Al is a true professional and showed up every day in a suit looking as sharp as ever.
Philip Glass's team hired me to tour Snny's debut release on Glassnote records in 2017-2018. Check out the video we made together here, shot on 35mm downtown NYC:
Not only was I the assistant engineer on this recording but I can be heard speaking on the album's single track, "Guns Draw." Click to listen:
I designed much of the artwork for this album as it was being recorded at Electric Lady Studios in NYC where I worked at the time. I am pictured painting on the back and throughout the jacket.
My friend Ben Kane (Electric Garden Studios, Brooklyn, NY) won a Grammy in 2019 for this incredible comeback record. I assisted Ben and D'Angelo on this record for only a couple weeks but had an incredible time doing so.
I worked with Chamillionaire in 2009 on a follow up EP after "Drivin' Dirty" shook the billboard charts in 2005. A favorite memory is drawing graffiti together up in the studio, this is a really cool artist to have worked with.
James recorded his follow up LP at many different studios throughout 2008-2010, some of which were tracked at Electric Lady Studios where I worked. I was fortunate to be brought into this session as G.A.
I worked with J. Lo as a meager GA in this session at Electric Lady's Studio C room. A favorite memory is seeing all her creative sharpie doodles all over the board tape, a truly creative woman in every sense!
While working for legendary engineer Christos Tsantilis, I assisted Christos for none other than legendary producer Scott Free. Axel Rose would often drop by these sessions and hang, telling me profound stories of his tumultuous childhood.
Russel Elevado was kind enough to show me the ropes of film scoring on this groundbreaking soundtrack mix. This was the first real score I worked on and seeing Russel's name in the film credits was a very special moment for me indeed.
Amarachi and I have worked on many projects from songwriting to performances and brand development. She's a total pro in every way.
I played guitar on this album for the Brooklyn based band "3 Thousand Rivers" as a session musician and played dozens of shows with them. Check it out:
BROADWAY WORK
JML has worked extensively with Broadway such as recording Broadway Star Tamar Green Hamilton (King George) at JML Studios.
MORE EVERY DAY
For me, life only consists of two parts; creating art and waiting to create more art.
Hire me for your next session project!
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VISUAL PORTFOLIO
"Woman In Mask"
Artwork, Illustration
"Woman In Mask" graphite drawing by Joshua Lutz | A great example of the creativity that we pour into each and every project.
Performance Photography
Photography
Shot in Mexico City, Mexico | Shot and edited by Joshua Lutz
"Leaving Home"
Artwork, Illustration
24" x 16" Graphite on paper drawing by Joshua Lutz drawn the year before he left Chicago for Conservatory in Arizona, never to return home again.
Kerly Music Product Packaging
Graphic Design
Box Design and layout by Lutz Multimedia for Kerly Music Co. | We also did a lot of their promo materials, branding and website build!
"Jazz Up In The Sky"
Graphic Design
Gala Flyer and website build for UAM's annual Rooftop NYC Fundraiser "JAZZ UP IN THE SKY" | We also designed and delivered a monthly newsletter for UAM, every month for 8 years, without a single late delivery.
MY MUSIC
The Joshua Lutz debut solo, self-titled album recorded at Electric Lady Studios and produced by Charlie Stavish of Clocktower Studios
SEPERATE
This EP was released by Kake Multimedia and distributed by Paradise Music LLC
CITY OF STRANGERS
Sophomore LP released with Paradise Music. The title reflects a period of loneliness in the over-saturated city of NYC.
CITY OF FAMILY
Sadness is often a self-inflicted choice. Took me a long time to get that. I created these songs with the intention to denounce my slavery to the demons of solitude.
During Covid I realized very quickly I needed a new way to center, ground and quiet myself. I read a handful of very powerful books about the power we have over our bodies through our minds and thoughts. This sent me down a rabbit hole of “tuning” and healing human energies with soundwaves (similarly to Jimi Hendrix’s electric church project) which then led me to create a series of unique meditation “songs” in using very specific frequencies. To learn more, click the button below. The full kit includes seven audio files and a small E-Book full of tips and mental hacks to center yourself and live your very best life.
Purchase the exclusive bundle of all seven hi-res meditation audio files with here. These are only available here from this link below. Files will be delivered to your email (please email your purchase confirmation to joshuamlutz@gmail.com to expedite delivery).
RECORDING AND ENGINEERING
The following gear is now located at my new 1200 sq/ft recording studio I built from the ground up, located only 15 minutes from Manhattan NYC. The studio has separate entrance with 2 live rooms, a control room, large lounge, full bath and a new 30k gallon, in-ground heated pool with party deck and secret garden to unwind and compose. Click the button below for a visual tour.
I competed many of the following certifications at The Conservatory Of Recording Arts and Sciences in AZ, 2004-2006
Pro Tools Certification
Reason Certification
Melodyne Certification
Auto-Tune Certification
Smaart Certification
T.C. Electronic M3000 Certification
T.C. Electronic S6000 Certification
Waves Certification
L-Acoustics Kudo Certification
L-Acoustics Sound Vision Certification
Venue D Show Certification
Studer Vista Certification
Roland V-Mixer
SSL E and G+ Certification
1970 AKG C24 (Iconic Stereo C12 Tube Mic)
Pair of AKG C451EB’s
Elam 251 Multi-pattern Tube Mic
Neumann U47 Cardiod Only Clone
Pair of vintage Neumann KM84’s
Neumann U87
Lomo KMKE9 Tube Mic with AEG mod and original CKBK capsule
AEA 44 Long Ribbon Mic
Beyerdynamic M160
Beyerdynamic M130
Beyerdynamic M201
Sony C-38B Multi-pattern FET
BAEG MD210
EAG D12 Pair
Wetzel Liepzig 08 (Early Nuemann UM57 Tube Mic)
Reslo RBT Ribbon Mics x4
Altec 654A Dynamic Mics x6
Electrovoice ND408B x2
Sennheiser MD-441 Supercardiod
Pair of Shure SM81 Small Diagram Mics
Shure SM7B
Shure Beta87
Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Pair
Rode NT1A (World’s Quietest Mic Ever Built)
Octava MK-012 Michael Joly modified (x2)
Octava MA78 x2
Audio Technica AT4045
Audio Technica 4047MP
Electrovoice 630
Modified MXL 900(x2) 991(x2) 663 (x1)
Sm57s & 58s (and other assorted dynamics)
Assorted Drum mics
1989 Neve 33609C Buss Compressor
Teletronics UA LA-2A
Stereo Grinder Pultec Eq
Stereo Tube-Tech CL2A Compressor
Pair of Modified CBS Audimax & Stereo Volumax Compressors
Racked Channel Strips from Studer, Quad Eight, Neumann, Telefunken Neve, Otari, BAEG, Lomo and more. This rack is called the “Crayon Box.”
Pair of UA Blue Stripe 1176’s
Dozens of racked synth modules such as Prophet 12, Prophet, Oberheim, Waldorf, etc
Two 500 series lunchboxes with Moog ladderfilter, API 512C’s, Neve 1073 preamp and EQ pairs, SSL pre pair, etc
Pair of RS124 Modified Altec 436C’s strapped to the 2-buss
Pair of Modified Altec 5891A’s
Upgraded Universal Audio 6176
Universal Audio Apollo x16
Neaumann Summing Mixer
Restored and Modified Gates Dynamote Mic Pre (x2: 1950 and 1957)
Dolby 361a Vocalstressor
Pultec EQP5 Passive EQ’s (x2) – 500 series
Eventide DSP4000
Oberheim Matrix1000
Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor (x2)
SSL 4000 Buss Compressor
UREI LA-22 Buss Compressor
Roland Tape Space Echo RE-301
Vintage Binson Echorec 2T7E
Maestro Echoplex EP-3
Ampex 601 Mic Pre (modified w/phantom power) x4
Lexicon PCM80
Eventide DSP4000
Eventide H9 Max
Ensoniq DP/4
Modified and Restored Vintage Collins Field Mixer
Gates MO-3777 modified with phantom power
DBX 162 Compressor
Dangerous Music Bax EQ
Urei 546 Stereo EQ
Chandler EMI TG1
RSE VMU-1 Mastering Compressor
Opamp Labs Mono Tilt Limiter EQ
Oberheim GM1000
1972 Aims tube guitar cabinet (16 tube head 100 watt RMS) 4×10’s
1975 Silverpanel Fender Twin
1979 Fender Twin Blackpanel
Ampeg BA-112 bass cab
1968 Ampeg B15 Fliptop
Vintage Magnatone (Stereo Version!)
Harmony H303 with upgraded 8″ Jensen Vintage speaker
Vintage Roland Re-301 Space Echo
2 Full PA rehearsal PA systems
Assorted rehearsal amps
Over 100 boutique guitar and bass pedals including Mutrons, all the Strymons and Eventides, vintage EHX big bodies, a Klon, Ambelec 2B, etc (too many to list…)
I am also a pedal builder and have a line of pedals I make and sell on Reverb.com HERE.
UAD EMT Plates
WAVS Manny Marroquin & Chris Lord-Alge Signature Series
WAVS Gold Bundle
WAVS S1 Stereo Imager
1176LN and SE Legacy Classic Limiting Amplifiers
Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
Fairchild Plug-In Bundle for UAD-2
Precision Enhancer Hz and Precision Mix Rack Collection
Pultec EQP-1A Legacy and Pultec Pro EQ Legacy
RealVerb Pro Custom Room Modeler Reverb
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Softube Amp Room Half-Stack Plug-In for UAD-2
Softube Bass Amp Room 8×10 Plug-In for UAD-2
Teletronix® LA-2A Legacy Classic Leveling Amplifier
Teletronix® LA-2A Leveler Collection
UA 610-B Tube Preamp and EQ Plug-In for UAD-2
GUITARS:
1967 MARTIN D-18
Gibson Black Beauty Les Paul
Klira Jazzmaster
Gibson ES335 Cherry
Hofner Bass
1890 HC Barnes OO Parlor Guitar
2010 Modified White American Stratocaster Deluxe
1956 Danelectro U2 Electric Guitar
Custom Blonde Fender American Telecaster
Gretsch G5422TG White Falcon
Gretsch 5022CWFE WH Whitecrest Acoustic with Fishman
1959 Patrician F-Hole hollow body
Regal Resonator Guitar
1963 Fender Reissue Natural Blonde Precision Bass
Yamaha CG100A Classical Guitar
OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS:
1921 Gibson A1 Mandolin
R.W. Jameson Banjo
10 String Lyre (King Davids Harp)
Vintage Slide Guitar (lapsteel)
MU-70 Mitchell Ukulele
Seagull Mahogany SG Merlin
DunHuang SMPH Chinese Ehru
OTHER:
Gilanti full size accordian, Massive collection of percussion / instruments such as Kalimbas, Ehru, Accordions, Zithers, Bongos, Guerros etc.
MOOG VOYAGER PLAYERS EDITION
ROLAND JUNO 106
NOVATION PEAK
ASM HYDRASYNTH
DAVE SMITH PROPHET 12
NORD RACK 1
OBERHEIM MATRIX 1000
ROLAND VMS-1 VINTAGE SYNTH MODULE
MODOR NF-1
STUDIO ELECTRONICS SE-1
Yamaha TX7 (The desktop DX7)
KORG EX-800
JML-20 (My Hand Built MS-20)
SOLTON TS4K and MS40 Expander
YAMAHA SK20
COLLECTION OF OBSCURE SMALL NOISE MAKER MODULES
1973 Fender Rhodes with Vintage Vibe stereo Preamp
1960’s restored Vox Continental Organ
Vintage Wurlitzer 200 with Retro Linear Preamp
Roland DS61 61 key piano
Leslie rotary cabinet
FILM & TELEVISION WORK
Lou Diamond Philips and Joshua Lutz working together on set
Joshua Lutz has been working on both sides of the screen for over 25 years. From acting and modeling with many agencies to film scoring and pilot production. In 2021 Joshua completed a 2 year commercial recording studio build where he and his team score film, create radio / TV commercial jingles, VO, OD, web content, podcasts and more.
In 2024 Joshua Lutz was Audio Consultant and Specialist on The Bob Dylan Biopic “A Complete Unknown” and Bruce Springsteen’s biopic, “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” followed by prop vendor to Timothee Chalamet’s follow up film, “Marty Supreme.”
Check out THIS video for a fun tour of his roles on film as Audio Specialist.
Joshua Lutz served as the Audio Specialist for ACU in 2024.
TV PILOT TITLE SEQUENCE ANIMATION
Many more examples available upon request. We do everything from the animation, Photoshop design, illustration and motion graphics all in-house.
Joshua Lutz and Lutz Multimedia provides the very best in web design, graphic design, audio engineering, audio production, music licensing, Illustration, vector images, image rendering, image repair, website design, website development, web designs, web dev, app dev, app development, app building, app making, app construction, web building, web design, web site construction and more. Call Lutz Media for the best in web design. Serving New Jersey, New York and NYC areas.
