The Secret Beach Studio is a boutique, analog-focused recording studio run by Micah Erenberg (aka Karima Micah). The studio emphasizes musicality, technical precision, and artist-centered production, blending analog and digital technologies to capture each artist’s most authentic expression. Services include production, recording, mixing, and mastering.

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Micah is a musician, producer, and recording engineer whose work centres on careful listening, musical feel, and the practical realities of recording sound. His practice draws from a deep engagement with analog recording, alongside a pragmatic respect for digital techniques as an integral part of modern production. This approach has led to a wide range of recording situations and environments, and to a reputation for being able to work comfortably in whatever space the music requires.

Much of this approach has developed through years of hands-on work and an ongoing mentorship with producer and studio designer Rob Fraboni (Bob Dylan, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, The Last Waltz, Shangri-La Studio). This influence is reflected in an emphasis on signal flow, performance, and capturing sounds as they are, rather than shaping them excessively after the fact.

Micah has performed and worked as a recording engineer, mixer, and producer with artists including Kacy Lee Anderson, The Waverley Pickers, Kacy & Clayton (with Marlon Williams), Sylvie, Zoon, TOFUSMELL, Blue Moon Marquis, Skinny Dyck, FONTINE, Mise En Scene, Bobby Dove, Richard Inman and Michael Dubue (Hilotrons), as well as on his own project, The Secret Beach.

In 2025, Micah was nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the JUNO Awards for We Were Born Here, What’s Your Excuse, a record produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered at The Secret Beach Studio.

Selected Credits

The Secret Beach — We Were Born Here, What’s Your Excuse?
Recording, Production, Mixing, Mastering

Kacy Lee Anderson — LP (TBR)
Engineering, Production, Instrumentation, Mixing, Writing

Tofusmell — LP (TBR)
Mastering

Kacy & Clayton & Marlon Williams — NPR Tiny Desk Session
Recording, Mixing

Kacy Lee Anderson & The Waverley Pickers — Early Hits
Recording, Co-Production, Mixing, Mastering

The Secret Beach — Songs From The Secret Beach
Recording, Production, Mixing

Sylvie - Sylvie II (Just one song, TBR)
Vocal recording & production

Mise En Scene — Winnipeg, California LP
Production, Recording, Mixing

Blue Moon Marquee — Get Your Feathers Ready
Mastering

Alissa Arnason — Waltzes
Recording, Mixing, Mastering

Boy Golden — Live Session EP
Mastering

Sam Singer — Where the Rivers Do
Recording, Mixing, Mastering

Townie — Hunting Mice
Mixing, Mastering

Richard Inman — INMAN; Faded Love; Better Days
Recording, Production, Mixing

Micah Erenberg — Art Week; Love Is Gonna Find You; Poor Mic’s Toe
Recording, Production, Mixing, Mastering


Studio Rates

*Ultimately, rates will vary depending on the nature of the project, but this is a general starting point.
*All costs are subject to a sliding scale to accommodate your budget. If you have a specific budget in mind, please let me know, and I will do my best to accommodate it.
*A 15% discount is available for womxn, non-binary, two-spirit, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC artists. If you or your project identifies with any of these groups, please inform me, and I will apply the discount if desired.
*All costs are subject to an additional 5% GST.

Recording: $650/day. (plus applicable costs such as new tape (if requested), travel, etc.)

Mixing: $300 per song or $600 per day, whichever is less. (up to 4 songs per day, or 2 days per song)

Mastering: $70 per song or $550 for a 45-minute session.

  • ○  For sessions shorter than 45 minutes, it’s $5 per minute. (35 minutes = $500)

  • ○  For sessions longer than 45 minutes, it’s $5 extra per minute. (55 minutes = $600)

  • ●  Instrumentals: $10 per song.

  • ●  Mastering for Vinyl: $10 per song.

○ If you need masters for vinyl and your music already meets the requirements, there will be no extra charge.

Producing/Co-Producing:

  • ●  Fees for producing or co-producing are determined on a case-by-case basis.

  • ●  If desired, I am happy to provide musical input during recording or mixing at no additional cost. Let me know ahead of time or ask any time.

  • ●  Additional production services (budgeting, pre-production, hiring musicians, arranging music,

    booking studio time, liaising with mixing and mastering engineers, release strategies, etc.) can be discussed, and a fee can be established based on your preferences.

Additional Notes:

  • ●  I typically limit mixing and mastering revisions to three but will only charge extra if revisions exceed three, resulting in half a day's worth of work or more.

  • ●  Ideally, I request 50% payment upfront and 50% upon completion.

  • ●  Invoices/receipts can be post-dated to accommodate grant requirements.

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