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Daryl Bornstein, Producer/Engineer

Daryl Bornstein is an Audio Producer, Sound Designer and Sound Engineer for televised special events, recordings, and live performances.

While specializing in classical music and jazz, Daryl has worked on projects ranging from the first NFL HD broadcast to the infamous and ill fated Michael Jackson TV special at New York’s Beacon Theatre; from the opening ceremonies of the Nagano Olympics to the 911 Memorial Service at Yankee Stadium. And just because everyone needs to do it once, he spent four days babysitting MTV VJs in a loudspeaker delay tower twenty feet above the unwashed multitude at Woodstock ’94.

Clients have included The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, The Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Mostly Mozart Festival, Great Performances on PBS, and Live From Lincoln Center.

Recent projects include recording Britten’s “Beggar’s Opera”, producing solo recordings for members of the New York Philharmonic, designing sound for The NBC/Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Broadcast, and assisting in recording the live performances of the Rolling Stones for Martin Scorcese’s film “Shine a Light.”

Daryl earned a BA in Music from Dartmouth College, survived four years as road manager for Lou Reed, and was fortunate to have served as personal assistant to Leonard Bernstein.

Inspiration

Musical expression is at its best when musicians are relaxed and comfortable.
Record in an inspiring space ...
made for music.

Production

BiCoastal Music is a full service production house. Let us help you craft your next project and take your music to the next level.

Testimonials

    • Hey Hal, The trax sound realy good! I was very impressed with the sound of the converters and how together and smooth it all went! Everyone was very happy!!! Would love to do some more work there!
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      Phil Magnotti

    • BiCoastal Music is one of the great “secret weapons” in the New York area. It is designed and built to the highest technical standards, and provides a really nice combination of cutting-edge digital and old school analog gear. The SSL…
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      Neil Dorfsman

    • Dear Hal, Thank you for helping us to be able to work in your gorgeous space. The work you have done to create it - the love, the sweat and the passion and expertise - is infused into the vibe. It's an ideal place to create and capture sound. You think that ETHEL lights up your studio and I say your studio's beautiful acoustic lights us up!!
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      Mary Rowell

    • Seamless. Efficient. And the results? Stellar.
 I’ve recorded at various pro facilities in Canada and in the US, and as a vocalist, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman, I can say that recording and mixing my tracks at BiCoastal was one the…
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      Rose Reiter

    • Hal is one of the more perfect people you’d recommend because he and his facility are one of the best in the country. BiCoastal Music is simply gorgeous, mint-quality with top-line results always. It’s a joy to know Hal and…
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      Joe D’Ambrosio

    • ...BiCoastal has an incredible piano, a fantastic sounding recording space, a wonderful sounding and very comfortable control room, a solid mic collection, quality outboard gear, and a lovely location that contributes to a relaxed, focused, and creative session
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      Rich Breen

    • I have had the pleasure to work at BiCoastal on a lot of projects and the experience has been amazing every time. My idea of amazing: the gear works, the engineer has great ears, skills, and can work quickly. I like the recording process...
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      Joe Bonadio

    • Hal Winer has got something so special going on at BiCoastal Music. I wish I had discovered this state of the art studio three or four CD’s ago. There is efficiency built into every aspect of the place-sonically…
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      KJ Denhert

    • Hal Winer has put together a first-rate recording studio in the woods of Westchester County that holds up to any of the rooms (those that are left) in New York or Los Angeles. I've done several major projects at BiCoastal Music, and always...
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      Bob Mintzer

    • Fantastic rooms, great gear, completely stress-free creative environment, invisible process.... truly a wonderful experience working at BiCoastal.
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      Gerry Plant

    • I have had the pleasure of working at BiCoastal music on several projects. It is an excellent studio space with a wide array of mic choices. The control room is extremely accurate and ergonomically a breeze to work in. Hal…
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      Rick Slater