Lights, Action, Music
Screamin' Bloody Motor
- Reptiles
- Pedal to the Metal
- Ain't Nothin'
- Hey Man
- Destruction
- Stranger Inside You
Bassist, vocalist, and audio engineer - a founding member of the South Florida hard-rock band Motor, and the owner and engineer behind Lights, Action, Music Studios.
Lou Manero (Meinero) has spent his life around loud amps and live rooms - first as a working bassist and vocalist on the South Florida club circuit, and today as the owner and in-house engineer at Lights, Action, Music Studios in Longwood. That history is the reason bands trust the room: the person behind the console has stood on the other side of the mic, tracked his own records, and knows what a band needs to sound like itself.
Through the late 1980s and 1990s, Lou played bass and sang in Motor, a hard-rock band out of Pompano Beach that self-produced and released two albums. Decades later he keeps that same DIY spirit at the studio - hands-on, artist-first, and built for the working musician rather than the tourist.
A five-piece hard-rock band that wrote, produced, and released everything itself. Lou played bass and sang; the band pressed two albums on its own Reptile Records imprint.
Motor was a true independent: no outside label, no signed contract. The band self-financed the sessions, produced the records themselves, and released them on their own Reptile Records imprint out of South Florida.
The catalog holds up as a snapshot of the early-'90s Florida hard-rock scene - two albums of original material, written and arranged by the band, now being preserved and archived for streaming. Explore the full discography below.
Find Motor on Discogs.
Two self-released albums of original material. Track listings from the original CD pressings.
Lou owns and runs Lights, Action, Music Studios, engineering rehearsals and recording sessions for local, touring, and tribute acts across Central Florida. Bands who track here get an owner who is also a player - someone who can dial in a tone, capture a live session, and tell you straight when a take is the one.
Want the room, the backline, and Lou at the board? Book a session, or see who else has played here in the client gallery.
Book Studio A or B in Longwood and get an owner-engineer who has made his own records.