A Waxahachie home on
Sanger Creek Way doubles as a music studio at night, and the owner says
he and others involved hope to build their endeavor into the next
Motown.
Randy Tredway, whose business interests also include a yard spinner and
kite distributorship and an outfit that leads tours of Costa Rica,
envisions a “love company” where “songwriters, vocalists and musicians
can thrive and find encouragement to achieve their dreams and goals.”
Tredway World Studio, as it is currently named, would offer recording
engineers, producers, agents and management at artists’ disposal, the
former Waxahachie Police Department employee said this week.
“We will soon be able to rehearse, record, publish and promote
in-house,” Tredway said. “I have always believe that nothing can stop an
idea whose time has come. No company will ever be remembered for doing
things the conventional way.”
The studio band, 10 Mile Creek, was the brainchild of Midlothian
resident Don Luttrell, whom Tredway described as a “guitarist
extraordinaire.” 10 Mile Creek is touted as a talented mix of musicians
with more than 100 years of combined background in the business.
Other members are Alex Townes of Plano (rhythm guitar), Bill Brott of
Grapevine (bass guitar), Jonathan Haynes of Lancaster (keyboards and
mandolin) and Greg Heller of Mansfield (drums and percussion).
Tredway dreams of molding the house band into the form of the Funk
Brothers, the former Studio A band at Motown. That group won two Grammys
and recently took their act on the road after being a hit-making studio
band for 40 years.
That success serves as the model for 10 Mile Creek.
“We have a great core group of musicians who like each other,” Tredway
said. “That’s really the key thing – that they like each other. The egos
can get pretty big in this business. These guys are world-class, and
they like playing together.”
The project is more than a year in the making, with practices and
recording carried out in an upstairs room in Tredway’s home. He may
build a separate facility on his property to house the operation in the
future.
Some of the vocalists the group is working with now are Melissa Hubenak
of North Richland Hills, Kathy White of McKinney, Randy Bunn of Wills
Point, Travis Smith of Waxahachie and Tredway himself.
“Our songwriting brigade includes me, Alex Townes, Greg Whitfield of
Round Rock, Dennis Todd of Dallas, Randy Bunn and Greg Heller,” Tredway
said.
As a songwriter, the 54-year-old Tredway, who has been divorced for 10
years, said he is writing for “that single person out there who’s
looking for that special person.”
A 40-year music veteran – he started his first band when he was 15 –
Tredway has penned a collection of songs that he plans to cut as an
upcoming project.
“We are looking for talent and people willing to dedicate themselves to
our endeavor,” he added. “If there are musicians, songwriters, vocalists
or people with the desire and energy to dedicate themselves and ‘think
out of the box,’ they can phone me at (972) 938-9990 or e-mail me at
rtredway@tredwaycomputers.com .”
Before new artists are accepted, they must be interviewed and approved
by Tredway and at least one band member. That’s to ensure the vocalist
is truly ready for the next step.
“If people want to get recorded, we can do it,” he said. “We’re not
going to try to sign them to a contract. We’re going to sit and listen
to them. We don’t want their heart and soul. We just want their talent.”
The Web site is
www.tredwaycomputers.com/tredwayworldstudio.htm .
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