It started with two brothers.

Mike and Gary Schatzlein were making music together before they were teenagers, and kept at it until Gary passed away in 2001.

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Over almost 30 years at TRC, they did countless sessions with famous and hopefully-famous musicians, produced music for film and trade shows, and turned out a few hundred jingles.

Turning TRC from the premier recording studio in Indiana into a private studio in Nashville lets Mike follow his passion for producing and mixing, including turning older or demo rock, pop and country tracks into polished, stream-ready masters.

From Indianapolis to Brentwood.

1972

TRC and TRCPG are born

The Schatzlein brothers buy the label that released their singles, rename it TRC, and build their first two-studio complex.

They form the TRC Production Group to make records for Midwest labels, and music for film, trade shows, TV and radio.
1973–1982

Tape’s rolling!

Roadmaster, Faith Band, Duke Tumatoe and Henry Lee Summer fill the studio, with national talent like Lionel Hampton, Paul Anka, Harry Connick, Jr. and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. And hundreds of jingles.
1983

John Mellencamp

TRC buys a second 24-track studio on the north side of town. John Mellencamp records his hit single “Crumblin’ Down” in one of its first sessions.
1984

Growth and consolidation

A brand new Studio A joins Studio B: a “Live End, Dead End” room of a unique Russ Berger design, featured in Mix magazine.
2010

Music City

TRC suspends its Indianapolis operations after Gary’s death in 2001. Later, Mike moves to Nashville, and the town tugs him back into his and Gary’s dream.
2015

TRC Nashville

Studio 4A goes in on the upper level of Mike’s home. From 2016 it opens to friends, and to select young artists from Belmont University.
2024

Studio Five

The studio moves a couple of miles south to Brentwood. Studio Five, also by Steven Durr Designs, has a lounge-like creation room and a generous booth.
See the room and the gear