GRP STUDIO'S, INC.
LONGWOOD, FLORIDA

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GRP STUDIO'S, INC., LONGWOOD

While being a remodeling contractor, Greg took the addition he was adding on to his house and turned it into a soundproof recording studio. Equipped with a 4-track tape recorder and a rag-tag collection of mics and mixers he proceeded to sell radio jingles to local businesses which he wrote and performed. The first jingle was "Four Seasons Condominium" which played on the local DeLand radio station a lot. The station manager Dal Ritchie was so impressed that he contracted Greg to do a total ID package for his station WETO. Dal went on to become executive director of the DeLand chamber of commerce and soon would help change the course of Greg's future. By 1976 with the gas shortages affecting the construction business, Greg decided to expand his audio "hobby" to supplement what little remodeling income there was coming in. He divided his warehouse cabinet shop in two and put a studio in the back. By this time instead of just being "that guy that does recording" he began calling it "Morning Sun Recording". The name came from a tiny town of the same name outside Oxford, Ohio where Greg went to college. Taking the sitcom audiences by storm in 1979 was "The Dukes Of Hazzard". Waylon Jennings was the narrator they called "The Balladeer" who also wrote and sang the theme song "Good Ole Boys" . . . One of the biggest country stars at the time he was touring the country constantly. One day the phone rang and when Greg answered (thinking it was one of his friends fooling around) it was Warner Brothers from LA. They said Waylon was playing at Stetson University and they wanted him to record narrations for the Dukes of Hazzard in the studio after the concert. It happened at about 2am (another story) and the next day the recording event hit the news. The word about the studio was out not only to the public but to the county . . seems the studio was not considered hobby status any longer and had to officially become a business. Greg later found out that Dal Ritchie from WETO radio station/chamber of commerce was the one that referred Warner Brothers. Twenty years later Greg shot a music video featuring Sonny Shroyer (Enos). By this time no longer a building contractor, Greg was committed to making a living from his passion. He got a call from WMFE Orlando PBS affiliate to be freelance audio engineer for a WMFE produced series called "Sunshine Music Hall". Before the series was barely started he was offered the job of audio coordinator for the whole station. Knowing Greg had his own business they agreed to let him come and go as needed to be able to do both. He ended up writing and recording theme music for a number of WMFE programs including a national special that earned him an Emmy nomination. As a result of working at a TV station, all of a sudden Greg began getting requests to do video production . . . he never said "no"! By this time Morning Sun was a 16 track recording facility. At that time there were very few studios due to the high cost (about $1000 per track at the time . . . that's just the recorder!). The interest in becoming an audio engineer was growing but there was no place to learn how. John Phelps moved his recording workshop to Orlando and soon Greg was tapped to be a lab instructor. Soon after that, Full Sail brought their mobile to Morning Sun to use as a classroom. One of Greg's students was a young guy named Wally Walton who became Greg's engineer for the next 30 years. Morning Sun Video Production video production facility. Wally and Greg would work together for the next 30 years. Being in Deland, Morning Sun was a short jump from both Orlando and Daytona Beach. Daytona was completing their brand new "Ocean Center" convention center and actively seeking clients. CBS worked a deal to "live" national broadcast the 1986 Miss Teen USA pageant from there. Morning Sun was contracted to do all the audio pre-production working with The Commodores ("Night Shift", "Brick House") and teen idols Frankie Avalon ("Venus"), Fabian (American Bandstand) and Bobby Rydell ("Volare"). After the recordings and mixes were completed they were couriered to Daytona to use in the "not so live" show. In Daytona's push to be a happening city they embraced the new MTV programming built around spring break. Unlike the peaceful auto race fans and the bikers, some of the college kids tore up the place, jumped to their death from balconies, overdosed and ran blindly in front of cars. In a couple years Daytona sent them packing to Panama City. The good news is Greg and Morning Sun were involved with the MTV related activities and worked with many entertainers like Jerry Seinfeld, Larry "Bud" Melman, Bruce Hornsby and mixing live sound for artists like "The Beastie Boys". Greg was also contracted to do the video for the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Semi-Finals which led to him doing an award winning corporate video for HT. In the summer of 1987 Greg's band played at a high school graduation party. During a break everyone was jumping and diving off a trampoline placed in the side of a small lake. Greg slipped, hit his head on the bottom and was instantly paralyzed from the neck down. After being in the hospital for over three months he got right back at it . . . only now in a wheelchair. Greg moved from DeLand to Altamonte Springs in with his friends John and Chris Taylor who helped Greg regain strength and find new direction. Greg decided to move the studio frm DeLand to Altamonte Springs and change the name to Greg Rike Productions so his clients could find him. August 8, 1988 Greg's new studio in Altamonte Springs opened. It was almost three times as big as Morning Sun and was designed both physically and acoustically by Greg. The name was changed and incorporated as Greg Rike Productions, Inc . . soon to be called GRP. The day it opened it was booked 12 hours a day by Full Sail until they moved to their present location in their own studios. By 1990 GRP was in full swing with six full time employees and a team of part time freelancers. In video they were doing a lot of studio production, location shoots, live event AV services, teleprompter services and editing for local and national clients. Their audio department was back to back with stacks of local bands, choirs, solo artists and some national acts. One of the bands they worked with quite a bit was Molly Hatchet ("Flirtin' With Disaster"). Molly Hatchet referred Deep Purple to GRP and in less than a week the studio was recording the first of four projects with them. As you see by the client list GRP was non-stop with many well known artists. This led to a needed expansion to provide a dedicated studio for video and one for audio.

KEY FACTS ABOUT GRP STUDIO'S, INC.

Company name
GRP STUDIO'S, INC.
Status
Active
Filed Number
P17000089671
FEI Number
82-3348121
Date of Incorporation
November 7, 2017
Age - 7 years
Home State
FL
Company Type
Domestic for Profit

CONTACTS

Website
http://grpstudios.com
Phones
(407) 862-6882

GRP STUDIO'S, INC. NEAR ME

Principal Address
165 W. MAINE AVE.,
LONGWOOD,
FL,
32750,
US

See Also

Officers and Directors

The GRP STUDIO'S, INC. managed by the two persons from LONGWOOD on following positions: President, Vice President

Timothy J Proctor

Position
President Active
From
LONGWOOD, 32750

Julie E Proctor

Position
Vice President Active
From
LONGWOOD, 32750





Registered Agent is Timothy J Proctor

From
LONGWOOD, 32750

Annual Reports

2020
January 28, 2020
2019
February 18, 2019