"Creativity can solve any problem." - The Harmonie Park Team

Harmonie Park has gained a reputation as a premier music and creative group for the advertising and recording industry.

Nestled among the tree-lined side streets of downtown Detroit’s cozy Harmonie Park is the aptly-named Harmonie Park Studios. Open since 1996 and run by Mark Pastoria and Brian Pastoria. Harmonie Park has recorded some of the music industries top acts such as Aretha Franklin, Eminem, D12, P Diddy, Will.I.AM, The Black Crowes, Tori Amos, The Four Tops, Grand Funk Railroad, Mötley Crüe, Missy Elliott, Ben Folds Five, Dave Mason, Everclear, George Clinton, Elliott Smith, Karen Clark and her daughter, rising gospel star, Kierra “KiKi” Sheard.

Marquee names in the producer world like Rodney Jerkins, Michael J. Powell, P Diddy and others have also been a mainstay of the Harmonie Park sound. Mark Pastoria recently won a Grammy for his work on Ms. Franklin’s award winning track “A House is Not a Home” from the Luther Vandross tribute album. The song was also prominently featured on this year's televised 2006 American Music Awards.

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HARMONIE PARK ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT NEWS!
– A Tribute to “Paradise Valley”
They called it Paradise Valley, in Detroit's Black Bottom. It was a 66 square block area on the near east side of Detroit's downtown and from the 1920s on it was where the vast majority of the African American population of Detroit lived. (read more...)

NEWS ALERT!
Detroit Free Press: Names & Faces: Aretha's new tune!
Detroit's Harmonie Park Music recorded Aretha Franklin's vocals for the uplifting rendition of "Never Gonna Break My Faith." (read more...)

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