This is the musical background I made for a solo vocal track which I cannot include since I don't have the copyright.  It's kind of a cool melodic dubstep-ish beat on it's own anyway.  Enjoy!

Streets of Gold (instrumental)

I recorded, mixed, and played drums on this soulful track.

© 2012 Darcie Nicole (ASCAP)
Arranged by: Velvet Stylus
Vocal Arrangement: Darcie Nicole
Vocals: Darcie Nicole and Larry Watson
Keyboards: James Auburn Tootle
Bass: Jay Prokorym
Drums: Tony Porter
Guitar: Josh Witmer

Recorded at: Barefoot Studios, Brighton, MA and Digital Bear, Cambridge, MA
Engineered and Mixed by: Tony Porter at Porter Soundlab (Larry Watson's vocals engineered by Jordan Tishler at Digital Bear)

"A Man's Work" - Darcie Nicole feat. Larry Watson & Velvet Stylus

Example 1 - 
"Sassy" by Jamie Lynn Hart
Writer/ Lead singer - Jamie Lynn Hart
Recorded, Mixed, and Produced by Tony Porter
Drums/Percussion played by Tony Porter

Example 2 - "To the Sudanese Women" from the CD, "We Are All Connected" - Berklee College of Music Reaches Out to the Women of Darfur ©Berklee College of Music
Writer / Lead singer - Farah Siraj
Recorded and Mixed by Tony Porter
Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering

Example 3 - "I Have Nothing" ©David Foster/Linda Thompson
Performed and arranged by the Wheatones 
Lead Singer - Sylvia Okoye
Recording, Pitch Correction, and Mixing by Tony Porter

Example 4 - "All the Things That Lovers Do" © Derek Thompkins 
Writer / Lead Singer - Derek Thompkins
Recorded, Mixed, and Drums performed by Tony Porter
Produced by Josh Jones and Darcie Nicole

Recording/Mixing/Drumming examples of some of my clients' projects

This montage was made of mixes I did for the progressive instrumental band, Hypaspace.  The band members recorded themselves individually in their own homes and sent me the tracks to mix at Porter Soundlab.  Here are the titles of the tracks in chronological order: Venus, Ice Scream, Chernobyl, Unforgettables, Blues for Terry, Biology, and Mars.  For more on this band go to https://www.facebook.com/hypaspaceband

Prog/Jam/Rock Mix Example - Hypaspace (Mix Engineer Only)

Original Track by Superbug. - I was the drummer and engineer of this band from about 2007-2011.  This was originally a hip-hop track the singer's friend made, and he had us do an interpretation of it.  

"All That Is" - Superbug

© 1999 Darcie Nicole [ASCAP]
Performed by Velvet Stylus feat. Darcie Nicole
Arranged by: Velvet Stylus
Vocal Arrangement: Darcie Nicole
An example of some organic, urban soul audio engineering.  

Piano/Keyboards/Synth and Percussion Programming: James Auburn Tootle
Drums: Tony Porter
Bass: Jay Prokorym
Engineered and Mixed by: Tony Porter and Jay Prokorym
Recorded at: Barefoot Studios, Brighton, MA
Grand Piano Recorded at Blink Music, Cambridge, MA

"Inside Your Mind" - Velvet Stylus

Porter Soundlab is run by Tony Porter, a freelance engineer, producer, and sound designer / programmer by trade.  What you see on this page is a mixture of work that he has done for clients (which is noted in the track title or comments) as well as his self-produced tracks (any track that features the Porter Soundlab logo as the track image).   Porter Soundlab's aim is to create new and fresh sounds using modern technology while staying true to authentic and warm elements found in the analog world.  Collaborators welcome!

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