Perhaps best known is the "Pickin' On" series of albums produced by Play Ball! and released worldwide by C.M.H. Records (Los Angeles). This series, with sales now approaching 3 million, celebrates some of the most popular and best loved rock and pop music by offering up inspired and beautifully crafted versions featuring banjos, mandolins, fiddles and many other instruments that represent various north American regional styles. Its main focus is fun listening with an accent on "hot licks."

Many fine songwriters have chosen Play Ball's Studio "Z" as a place to record their albums so they could take advantage our incredible "all in" studio rate. For an amazingly low hourly rate the client receives not only a great sounding studio featuring a blend of tube and digital technology, new and vintage microphones, and an engineer, but also in house musicians to help out if you might happen to need acoustic or electric guitars, stand-up or electric bass, percussion, mandolin, dobro, lap/pedal steel, banjo or even hammered dulcimer! We also have a close working relationship with many of the best studio sidemen in the business.

Services offered

• Exceptionally low "all in" studio rate Includes studio, engineer and in-house musicians .
• Great pro-quality recording equipment blending tube and digital technology, new and vintage microphones and pre-amps plus an impressive collection of vintage instruments (guitars, mandolins, banjos, dobro, basses, percussion, grand piano etc.)
• Thirty years of diverse recording experience in many styles resulting in hundreds of successful projects.
• A comfortable and nurturing recording environment located in a safe and secure professional building in scenic Santa Barbara, California.