A rough mix for a class project. I will post a list of musicians soon to give them credit. Engineered by me (Mike Whetzel), Andy Conway, and Matt Corum. An original song recorded at the Quonset Hut in Nashville, TN on 10/19/13. This is a rough mix directly from tape, currently pretty much unmixed except for basic levels and scratch vocals.

Cold Coffee (rough Mix)

This was tracked in 2013 under archaic Belmont University rules, meaning that I wasn't allowed access to any condenser mics (or really anything useful at all, for that matter). We got one session for tracking, one for overdubs, and one for mixing and that was it. Blackbird Studio puts Belmont to shame in terms of studio quality and student time on equipment. I actually got banned from booking studio time at Belmont, as a punishment for booking studio time. The logic of that decision was lost on me. Still, I think we got a great sound on this track considering the limitations imposed upon us and the fact that there is a 2" gap under the control room door!

The same song I uploaded the other day, only this one has been mixed with some nice outboard gear. I figured I might as well upload the unmixed and the mixed versions to highlight the difference. Everything was done entirely analog straight to tape and mixed on a Neve Legend VR desk.

GUITAR & VOX: John Gossen
BASS & VOX: Ian Munsik
DRUMS: Andy Dodds
TRACKING & MIXING: Mike Whetzel, Matt Corum, Andy Conway

Cold Coffee MIXED

A mix I did in high school for Dan Miller of Kloud Productions. He sent me the raw recordings and I mixed it up.

Freezepop mix

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Here is a short sampler of rough-mixed tracks from my home studio. Noah Hungerford of Van Zant on drums and Alex Anthony of Kane Brown Band on guitar. Don't mind the timing, nothing was recorded to a click track. The primary purpose of this session was to test my new equipment and mics to make sure I'm getting clean tracks!

Rough Studio Sampler 2016

I was going through old recordings and found this. This is The Pleasure, a Wilmington DE band. I recorded this entirely over the course of a single night in my untreated basement room. One of my first full band tracking sessions ever.

Fighting For A Misplaced Cause - The Pleasure

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