b'Turning a Life of Music into a StorybookScott Anthony and Rebecca Turners Maplewood home is audio magicBY DONNY LEVITScott Anthony and Rebecca Turner in their home record-ing studio. They dug out their homes foundation to build it.M usician.Recordingart- for NBC with projects ranging from the United Na- [Rebeccas] an outstanding songwriter, with the ist.Songwriter.Au- tions to flat visual panels in Times Square. Hes alsovoice of an angel and perfect pitch, says Shoshkes, dioengineer.Yogain- an accomplished bass player (The Fond Farewells,well-known for her band The Cucumbers, a Hobo-structor.LandscapeNu-Sonics)andteachesKundaliniyogaatShaktiken music scene staple that she and her husband, artist. Copywriter. Edi- Yoga & Living Arts in Maplewood.Jon Fried, formed in the 80s. Whenever I have a tor. One-time cemeteryAnd if that isnt enough, Anthonys public art proj- chance to sing with her, its a delight. Ive sung on caretakers. ect An Experience of Monism based on Within Youher recordings [and] shes sung on mine. [] Re-These roles sound like everything you might needWithout You won an award as a finalist design forbecca is passionately in love with music and her en-to establish an artistic colony. (Ok, the caretakingthe forthcoming George Harrison Woodland Walk, athusiasm is so contagious.part needs some explanation.) In this case, two peo- memorial nature preserve being presented by the CityNow before there was Storybook Sound in Ma-ple are responsible for playing all of these roles. of Liverpool and the Estate of George Harrison. plewood, there was a house at the First Presbyterian Meet Rebecca Turner and Scott Anthony, a wife- While Turner is a copywriter and editor by pro- Cemetery in Springfield, NJ. Anthony and Turner and-husband artistic juggernaut who for seven yearsfession, shes also an accomplished singer-songwritercalled it home for nearly 14 years. I found it be-have quietly been running Storybook Sound out ofwith multiple records to her name. Her most recentcause the church placed an ad in the local Pennysav-their Maplewood home. Married for over 18 years,release is called The New Wrong Wayan albumer, recalls Anthony. We had a studio set up in what the couple have fused their multiple talents to createTurner partially recorded at Ardent Studios in Mem- looks like a viewing parlor that was added on to the a state-of-the-art professional studio as well as a nur- phis, Tennessee. The studio is famous for putting outhouse. It was incredible that we were living 20 min-turing home for local, regional, and national musi- records by Big Star, ZZ Top, and Al Green. utes from the Holland Tunnel in a three-bedroom cians. And like many artists, their life story follows aIn addition, she and musician Deena Shoshkeshouse with 12 and a half acres, for a song. While compelling and decidedly non-linear route. co-founded the Saturday Afternoon Song Swap, athey attended to their light caretaker duties for the Originally from Maine, Anthony came to Newlocal songwriters performance series that began incemetery, the couple were also able to use the space York in 1989 and worked as a freelance recording2008andboastsawhoswhoofhighly-regardedto develop relationships with bands and musicians engineer for about a decade. He later moved intomusicians who call the Garden State home. Turnerthat they work with to this day.information technology and built broadcast studiosoriginally hails from Los Angeles. Anthony recalls throwing a party for a friend and 12/ matters magazine / holiday 2022'