Larry Rogers

Studio 19 owner, Larry Rogers has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from THE University of Mississippi, and prides himself in his ability to recognize talented people at a very early stage in their career. He began his music career in the late 1960s, when he built LYN-LOU Recording Studio which became a successful recording home for both artists and songwriters. The small Memphis studio saw pop artists Rick Nelson, Tony Joe White, rockabilly singers Billy Swan, Jerry Jaye, blues artists James Carr, Marcia Ball, Bill Black's Combo, jazz artist Brother Jack McDuff, and country artists Mel McDaniel, Charly McClain, Shylo, and Mark Collie, coming to record.  

Larry also founded Partner and Partnership Music, two highly successful music publishing companies, whose songwriter roster included, Jerry Hayes who penned (Who's Cheatin Who) and (Rolling With The Flow), Ronny Scaife, (The Whiskey Ain't Working) and (Alabama Clay) Mark Collie, (Hardin County Line), Rhonda Gunn, Steve Bogard, Phil Thomas, writer of Johnny Paycheck (Colorado Kool-Aid) and (Me And The IRS), and Don Singleton.

In the early 80's, Larry moved to Nashville, where he worked under legendary producer Jerry Kennedy at Mercury Recording Studios. He then moved on to
CBS to work for one of the most extraordinary country music producers of all time, Billy Sherrill.  In 1985 Larry bought, with partner,  Pat Brewer, Studio 19.  The instantaneous success of Studio 19 led to the adjacent property purchase, and the opening of Studio 20, which led to yet another studio partnership with grammy award winning engineer John Kelton.

Along the way Larry produced the # 1 Country record, "Who's Cheatin Who" on Epic artist Charly McClain, and Lousiana Saturday Night on Capitol artist Mel McDaniel.  He also produced such artists as Rick Nelson, Billy Swan, Marcia Ball, and jazz artist Brother Jack McDuff. Larry and wife Marilyn have two sons, Rhett, and Chris.  

 

Kyle Hershman

Kyle entered his first recording studio at the young age of 11. That visit lit a fire in him and he knew it was what he was meant to do. After graduating high school, he promptly moved to Nashville to attend the School of Audio Engineering on Music Row. Here his passion for music grew even stronger.

After graduating in 2007 he came to Studio 19 as an intern where his job quickly expanded past the usual cleaning and running to an assistant setting up the console, miking the room, and observing the Nashville session flow. He had his first session with "A List" musicians after a mere 3 months of interning and was asked to stay full time. Kyle took over the house engineering gig not long after. Being only 19, he was sometimes looked down on by many producers for being "too young." But that didn't stop him. What he lacked in experience he made up in determination.

Fast forward 9 years to 2016, Kyle has now been working professionally as an engineer for almost a decade, learning many great techniques along the way. He has a reputation around Nashville for being one of the best, fastest, and most effective engineers in town. He never wastes his client’s time or money, works effectively Pro Tools, and makes sure sessions run without a hiccup.

A great tracking technician, he has worked with hundreds of songwriters, producers, musicians, as well as recording artists such as Ronnie Milsap, George Clinton, John Anderson, Sammy Kershaw, T. Graham Brown, and Mark Collie.