Local Legend Recording is:

Josh Kaufman | Owner/Engineer

Graduate of The Institute of Production and Recording

I’ve worked in various jobs in the industry. After college I worked at Pachyderm Studios in Minnesota, moved on to touring with Brian Setzer as part of his management team. This led me to work for Dave Kaplan Management and Surfdog Records, where I was able to work on projects for Glen Campbell, Eric Clapton, and many others.

I moved back to Grand Rapids and started working with Peter Fox at Stone House Recording for 4 years. After Peter moved out west, I found this building, did a large buildout and started Local Legend Recording in the west side of Grand Rapids.

A few rules of the studio:

I’m a one man band. I have a family and that takes priority. I very rarely work nights or weekends, Thursdays or Fridays. I try and accommodate everyone’s schedules, but I like to work during business hours. I take this seriously and I hope you do too. If you are booking multiple days/weeks, I am more apt to be flexible with this, but I can no longer take one day sessions outside of times that work for my family schedule.

Texts/emails: I respond as I am able to requests, texts, emails, etc…, but it may take me a few days depending on how busy I am. Feel free to send messages at your convenience, and I will do the same.

Payment: I require a 50% deposit to hold dates. 50% is due at the end of the session.