David Migden & The Dirty Words - Just A Ride

Recorded over a really boiling hot week in August 2011, I always have a great time working with these guys, and I love the sound of the organ on this track. I wrote the 'Weezer-esque' chord change in the middle of this one, well chuffed with that.

Chutes - Take Heart

Recorded 100% live in August 2011. The whole band (drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar/vocals, keys) were all in the same room. Generally this can be a nightmare for spill, but when you're using a C414 for the vocals and C1000's for the backing vocals it's even worse! I had to do some seriously radical EQing on the vocal mics and an awful lot of automation but it came out sounding really clean!

Also a testament to the bands playing ability!

The Black Atlantic - Darkling, I Listen (live)

Recorded between Jan and Sep 2010. Really awesome shoegaze stuff with layers and layers of guitars, delay, reverb etc! Having a band with this many fx is difficult to mix, so there's some pretty radical EQ going on with the reverbs to keep them out of the way of each other. What we've ended up with is a track smothered in atmosphere, but still nice and clean sounding!

The Ambience - Starrs

The band were recorded live, all in the same room and then we overdubbed the vocals. A testament to their great playing. The guitarist (who also plays a bass drum and tambourine with his feet) was in one corner of the room with Gobo's around him, guitar had a Rode NT1a on it, and a DI, the bass was a DI, the banjo player was in the opposite diagonal corner to the guitarist with Gobo's around him, banjo was mic'd with an NT1a and a DI, and the keys were a D.I.

Gentlemen of Few - This Is Getting Old

Recorded in August 2011. NO triggers/samples on the drums! It was Doug's Tama Starclassic, and a Mapex Black Panther snare - they never fail to sound great! On the kick was a D112/57 combination (grouped before being recorded), two 57's on the snare, e604's on the toms, At 4033's as overheads and a Sennheiser 865 on the hats.

Guitars were all my '72 telecaster with a Seymour Duncan Little '59 in the bridge, and a little bit of a '92 Japanese Strat. We used a Mesa Dual Rectifier head, and a Selmer Treble n' Bass 50 head through a Marshall JCM800 4x12 cab. Mics were a 57, an M160 ribbon and a D112 for added mid 'bite'!

All the vocals were a C414, sounds great on everything!

Jairus - Guy Debord's Ghost

Another 100% live recording by fantastic Dutch band The Black Atlantic! All in one room, drums, vocals, the lot. Nightmare to mix but it's come out great! Blah blah....

The Black Atlantic - The Flooded Road (live)

Recorded in August 2012. Multi-tracked and all finished in a couple of days, you can hear that we spent the time on this song, definitely one of my more polished recordings! Love the vocal sound on this, C414 again! Marc's klt just sounds great in the booth too, hardly need to do anything to it! Bit of a subtle EQ on the DDA console, some light compression with an API 2500 and we're away!

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