mike davis - producer - ProfilesArchive

About Me

i have produced, recorded, mixed, and/or performed (primarily on acoustic and electric basses) music for preston clarke, fergus mccormick, vered, jim malone, tastiskank, neil nathan, jen maione, gustafer yellowgold, daniel zaitchik, 33 to nothing, jonathan tal, mindy gordon, the pasties, laszlo, emma tricca, anonymous, dave zoller, andrew vladek, greta gertler, liberation prophecy, tristan kromer, little jack melody and his young turks and many others. please visit my studio pages at myspace.com/evilgeniuslab
myspace.com/evilgeniuslabdemos
this is my dog

this is me with preston clarke on "the late, late show with craig ferguson"

this is me with liberation prophecy at the blue note, nyc

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/28/2006
Band Website: mikedavisproducer.com
Band Members: BELOVED:
norah jones - vox
jerome covington - e gtr, composition
aaron crouch - vibes, keys
marc rogers - bass
bill campbell - drums

mixed by me at evil genius lab
mastered by gene paul at DB Plus

MOTHER NATURE'S CHILD:
fergus mccormick - vox, ac gtr, harmonica, composition
me - e bass, bkgd vox
riley mcmahon - e gtr, additional recording
andy burton - piano
robert di pietro - drums

recorded, mixed, produced by me at evil genius lab
additional recording at dubway and new warsaw
mastered by gene paul at DB Plus

LIKE IT OR NOT:
sarah litzsinger - vox, composition
kate reinders - bkgd vox
preston clarke - ac and e gtr
me - e bass, piano, tambourine, drum programming
doug clark - drums, additional recording

recorded, mixed, mastered, produced by me at evil genius lab

BIKE:
vered ronen - vox, ac/e gtr, composition
me - e bass
riley mcmahon - lap steel
adam klipple - piano
tim vaill - drums
matt hilgenberg - trumpet
hiroko taguchi - violin
mary wooten - cello

recorded, produced by me at evil genius lab
additional recording at dubway, chez adam and new warsaw
mastered by duncan stanbury at Frankford-Wayne

33 TO NOTHING:
grant james varjas - vox, composition
preston clarke - ac gtr

recorded and mixed by me at evil genius lab
mastered by gene paul at DB Plus

HOME REMEDY:
preston clarke - vox, e gtr, ac gtr, composition
me - e bass
mat deveau - drums
riley mcmahon - e gtr
abbie gonzalez - bkgd vox
hiroko taguchi - violin
mary wooten - cello

recorded, mixed, produced by me at evil genius lab
additional recording at dubway and new warsaw
mastered by gene paul at DB Plus

Influences: rolling stones, wilco, bob dylan, bjork, brendan benson, ryan adams, bauhaus, tones on tail, jan garbarek, keith jarrett, miles davis, bill evans, aimee mann, josh rouse, built to spill, beck, belle and sebastian, deathcab for cutie, arvo part, elliot smith, the smiths, echo and the bunnymen, cocteau twins, throwing muses, ivy, ray lamontagne, john zorn, the sundays, ethan johns, jon brion, wayne shorter, herbie hancock, charlie haden, stina nordanstam, willie nelson, yo la tengo, radiohead, the beatles(duh)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

i could really use...

...one more day per week and maybe 4 more hours per day. i’m just sayin’...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:14:00 PST

confession

this city is wearing me out. is it the city's fault that i'm so (very, very) tired? i'm grinding my teeth in my sleep...the noisy streets, bikes on the sidewalk, neighbors at every wall, pushing on ...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:06:00 PST

a few reviews for "i dont need you now"

hi all.this is shameless, i know, but i must share a little positive press.this one is from www.bullzeye.com...Fergus McCormick: I Don't Need You Now Rock 2008 Buy the CDRev...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:59:00 PST

hat trick 3?

so, if you listened to 'good sense is the master of human life' (now it's hat trick 3), you might be thinking "what the f---?!". well, i'll tell you. on dec 7, 2007 a few friends of mine were in tow...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:42:00 PST

....mrrrggh......

i'm stewing a little bit. i need something new. does it get easier? 'it'...you know, feeling satisfied at the end of the day. days are blowing by me, and i feel like nothing really happens. i'm v...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:01:00 PST

gear at EGL, in case you’re interested...

MICS:red type b (condenser body for interchangeable capsules)B0 capsule (ela-m 251 reference)B6 capsule (AKG C12 reference)neumann TLM 103cascade FAT HEAD ribbon mics (2)EV RE20audio-technica 4040 (2)...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:32:00 PST

i'm feeling...

...hmm...i don't know. i'm frantically mixing fergus mccormick's new album before dismantling my studio for a few months. i'm renovating, and that includes evil genius lab. i guess i'm just a bit f...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:10:00 PST

33 to nothing CD coming next week!!!

sooooo....i mixed an album for 33 to nothing called 33 to nothing which features a song called .... 33 to nothing. they are playing a release party at arlene's grocery on tuesday june 19th at 8pm. i...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:18:00 PST

laszlo CD available - check it out!!!

hey all. just letting anyone who's interested know that i recently had the pleasure of re-mixing 6 of the 9 original tracks (the other 3 multi-tracks are lost forever) for a CD called Laszlo by a ban...
Posted by mike davis - producer on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:06:00 PST