Here's a song from the band Good Thoughts. I did a record with them last year called 'Bad Things'. I think the record came out awesome, and as my first effort in about 3 years, I'm incredibly happy about how it came out. we tracked drums in my parents living room, which has hardwood floors and high ceilings. There's also very little in there to act as absorption, which accounts for the very open room tones you hear throughout the record. Bass and Guitars were knocked out in one weekend with lots of drinking intermixed. We had plans to get the vocals done that weekend as well, but it didn't dawn on us that 2-3 days of boozing isn't a great idea when you've got stuff to get done. As a result, all of the vocals were done over the next few weeks. Once everything was tracked, I began the mixing stages. I wanted to really impress with this record. I've been done with audio school for a while now and just never had any records coming my way, so when this came up I knew it had to come out good. I spent a couple of months locking the mixes in, some songs got over 10 revisions just to fix little things that I kept discovering.

The reason I chose this song is because, although it's not my favorite, I feel that it is the best representation for this band. It was the first song I had a mix locked in for (I think there were only 3 revisions), and it was the first song they released from the record. Check it out, and leave some feedback!

If you want to hear the whole record, check it out at:
http://goodthoughtsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/bad-things

Good Thoughts - Movie Scene

This is a cover that I got offered to do with some friends of mine for a charity compilation, We had a lot of fun making it. Hope you Enjoy!

Formative Years - Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston)

Formative Years track I mixed from their split with World Greatest Dad.

Formative Years - Haze

This is the Final Track from "I've Seen the Future, and I'm not Going" by Good Thoughts. 

I Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered

Good Thoughts - Something Worth Saving

This is a song I wrote, recorded, mixed, and mastered.

Austin Blaine - Worst

Forman track that I wrote, recorded, mixed, and mastered

Forman - Not For Me

This is an older(1-2 years) demo, recorded in mostly one take - everything tracked separately - guitar and bass amps were sims - minimal 4 mic setup (I believe recorder man + snare bottom + 1 close kit mic just out front and above the kick drum). Enjoy!

Hoping [Demo]

This is an acoustic song I recorded for the band Latin for Truth a few years ago. I just got around to doing a proper mix and master of the track, and I hope you enjoy it.

Written and Performed by Latin for Truth
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Austin Blaine

Charles Hastings Jr. - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
Thomas Lovejoy - Electric Guitars, Organ, Bells
Corey Killough - Percussion, Backing Vocals
Austin Blaine - Backing Vocals

Latin for Truth - GD: Southern Django

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