The Tzorafolk Home Studio is exactly what it says - a home studio - these days set up in my workroom/study and using the computer for recording and a minimum of equipment - a couple of Shure microphones, some effects units, a midi module and an old mixer. However the results aren't at all bad. More a labour of love, this is not a professional studio by any means - I couldn't get a 4 piece band in the room let alone record them. Initially set up to produce multi-tracked recordings as "playback" for my own performances when "live" musicians were unavailable (more often when the client didn't want to pay for them) I used an Akai tape recorder (reel-to-reel of course) to make a few cassettes of our earlier music - "Country Style" and "The History of Country Music".

With the advent of the C.D. it became obvious that the next step was to produce one and so our first production, "While the Night Goes By" came into being.

The next project was actually part of my day job working for Tzora Active Systems Ltd. I recorded the background music for a promotional video presenting an aid for helpers in lifting the aged or disabled called "The Easy Mover". The basis for this music was Ray Scudero's "Horizon Dawn".

Earlier this year (2008) Judy Cohen was recording her own C.D. "What's a Girl to Do" (not at the Tzorafolk Home Studio). She wanted the final track "The Road Home" to have a country flavour and so she asked Judi 'n' Lynn Lewis to record it which we did with much pleasure.

Our latest offering is "Senior Momemts - songs by Amiel Schotz with Lynn Lewis (guitar, mandolin, etc.). This is a collection of songs that Amiel has written over the last few years much of which is humourous, even side splitting or poignant.

Finally (pro-tem), in the pipeline is the latest batch of songs from Judi 'n' Lynn. Having a fondness for spoonerisms I came up with this title: "Jynn 'n' Ludi - Ping and Slay Gluebrass" which for the uninitiated loosely translates to "Judi 'n' Lynn - Sing and Play Bluegrass". This is an album of traditional country music using all acoustic instrumentation and knowing my rate of production should be ready in another two years but we're aiming for the end of this year.

I also have available a collection of recordings by my old band in the U.K. - The Southern Ramblers which, for want of a better title, I've called "The Last Album" as it seems unlikely that we'll ever get back together again in a studio.

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