Common Mode

Specialties

Sound Proof Recording Space in NJ

*Audio Engineers available to record you on site*

History

Established in 1994.

Grammy Award — 2001 — Best Spoken Word Album — Q: Autobiography of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones — Technical Director and Recording Engineer, Paul Fowlie.

Grammy Award — 2000 — Best Spoken Word Album for Children — Adventures of Tom Sawyer read by Paul Newman — Recording engineer, Paul Fowlie.

Grammy Award — 1996 — Best Spoken Word Album It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton — Recording Engineer, Paul Fowlie.

Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation — Certificate of Merit — For Jazz Recording and Production — 1989 — Paul Fowlie.

National Federation of Community Broadcasters — Community Radio Award — Silver Reel — 1993 — WFUV, Becky Miller & Paul Fowlie, Common Mode.

Meet the Business Owner

Paul F.

Business Owner

Paul Fowlie is the owner and executive producer of Common Mode, and is well known and respected throughout the industry for his wide-​ranging skills in audio engineering and multimedia. He has recorded, edited, mixed and mastered audiobooks daily for 30 years, and brings a level of experience to the trade that few can match. He began his career as a live sound and recording engineer for studios, then worked as a production and location engineer for NPR (National Public Radio) and the technical director for WBGO (Jazz 88). Paul founded Common Mode in 1984 and began to record and produce audiobooks for major publishers in the NYC area, eventually expanding the company to service other publishers and independent authors. He has been recognized for his work as technical director and recording engineer on three Grammy-​winning audiobook albums, also receiving three Audie awards for Common Mode.