- 307983 DNA Productions - 24 entries: 20 "DNA Productions", 1 "Production DNA", and 3 with no image/note
- 351155 DNA Studios, Montréal
- 818663 Studio DNA Creations - 4 entries: 3 actually printed "DNA Creations" (4th no image)
- 1344102 DNA Studios, Montréal - 81 entries, including "DNA Studios", "Studio DNA", and a few "DNA"
I am proposing we keep DNA Studios, Montréal, despite being the newest entry, as "DNA Studios" is the most frequently used name, and use of the location with these DNA studios is important.
Ascheebacheebakid wrote (pasted below), the studio was eventually incorporated as DNA Productions and later Studio DNA Creations, but it seems simpler to keep the main "written-as" rather than two separate "legal" names, neither of which reflect the majority "written-as" entries we have here in the database.
Fromcheebacheebakid :
The Montréal studio is a bit of a mess since names used interchangeably on releases spread out over its 20ish years (for example Mathieu Lippé - Là Où Le Coeur Mène has credits for both recording at Studio DNA and mixing at DNA Productions).
Founded in late 1980s/early 1990s by Dave Sturton / David Sturton
Sturton finally incorporated it as Les Productions DNA Inc. / DNA Productions Inc. in 2000 (incorp doc)
Sturton ran into some financial troubles in 2006/2007 and then soon after ownership transferred to JP Nault
Nault then incorporated it as Créations DNA Inc. / DNA Creations Inc. in 2009 (incorp doc)
Seems to have gone dark in 2017.
So all of these are same physical location, mainly same engineering staff, and an ownership transfer ca. 2009.
Studio DNA and DNA Studios are used on releases by the issuing artist/label throughout the entire life of the studio.
Not sure which we should keep, whether we need to keep 2 for the "real" names due to ownership change, whether we should boil down both iterations to the "non-real" name DNA Studios, etc.
