BearTracks Recording Studio was a recording studio

Recording studio

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 complex in Suffern, New York

Suffern, New York

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, owned by Jay Beckenstein

Jay Beckenstein

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 of Spyro Gyra

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 and built in the early 1980s. However, the studio is now closed. It was announced that BearTracks would cease operation shortly after Spyro Gyra recorded their 2006 album Wrapped in a Dream

Wrapped in a Dream

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A dark and faint photograph of the building that holds the studio can be seen on the traycard

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 of Dream Theater's album, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

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. The surrounding property was also the location for some of the band's videos associated with the album.

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• Dream Theater
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• Gabriela Anders
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• Phil Ramone
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• George Benson
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• David Wilcox
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• Cassandra Wilson
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• Patty Larkin
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• Adam Cohen
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• Kirk Whalum
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• Hot Tuna
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• Chuck Loeb
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• The Story
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• Renee Rosnes
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• Yanni
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• David Broza
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• Immature
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• Judy Collins
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• Thrice
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