Mixing: Read You and Me
August 26, 2011
Had a blast mixing the new release from Denver-based Christian rockers Read You and Me. “EP Part II” features 5 super hooky and rockin’ tracks. The EP releases today.
Check them out! http://www.readyouandme.com
Mixing: Jake Schepps & Expedition Quartet: Béla Bartók
June 27, 2011
Late last year I had the pleasure of mixing a record for Boulder banjo artist Jake Schepps. For his record “An Evening in the Village”, Jake arranged Bartók piano works and folk songs for American string band. In addition to Jake on banjo, the album features musicians Ryan Drickey on violin, Matt Flinner on mandolin, Grant Gordy and Ross Martin on guitar, Ben Sollee on cello, Greg Garrison, Ian Hutchison and Eric Thorin on bass.
The record just released and is available on Bandcamp.
Mix: Braving The Atlantic about to drop…
August 25, 2010
In June I mixed an EP for Dave Hedin and his new solo project Braving the Atlantic. The songs are some of the coolest, most interesting and rocking material I’ve heard from anyone in a long time. There are moments of influence from bands like The Killers, Bloc Party and Snow Patrol. It’s very much it’s own thing and I’m excited for it to be released.
During mixing Dave made a couple of videos that I’ll share below. Mostly us trying to get work done while tornado season is in full swing here in Colorado.
For those who have asked, Dave basically recorded and produced the whole thing himself. I helped track basics with drummer Brian McRae up at The Wrecking Room (aka: www.drumoverdubs.com). Then the ubiquitous Jimmy Stofer came in for bass tracks. After that Dave holed himself up and played all of the rest of the instruments himself. There are some humorous videos on his site chronicling the recording process which happened over the past year. I highly recommend you check them out!
In the meantime, “Ignition EP” officially releases on August 31st, 2010, but there’s a listening party at The Walnut Room in Denver on Monday August 30th at 8PM. See you there!
In The Studio: Mixing from Braving The Atlantic on Vimeo.
In The Studio: Tornado from Braving The Atlantic on Vimeo.
Mixing new Grammaropolis single for Dr. Noize!
February 21, 2010
Shifting gears dramatically after finishing up production on Gary Johnson’s new record, I had none other than Dr. Noize in to mix a new single he wrote for Grammaropolis.com!
Dr. Noize is children’s music artist Cory Cullinan. I helped Cory mix his first Dr. Noize album “The Ballad of Phineas McBoof”, and the single “Banana” hit #1 on XM Kids Satellite Radio.
This new song is to learn kids right about how to talk good English is part of an educational website/program to help kids learn grammar. The song even has it’s own awesome video that you can watch here! Check it out!
Justin