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9th Ward Pickin' Parlor

A good place to make a good record.

About Me

The 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor is the recording facility of producer/engineer Mike West. Mike works with artists as diverse as Georgia folk singer, Shawn Mullins (Vanguard) and Kansas punk/bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield (Bloodshot.) He is known for a warm sound and a relaxed approach that favors musicians over machines.The Pickin' Parlor began as a studio in a shotgun house in the notorious Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. There, Mike produced so many albums for local artists, newspapers dubbed him "the Allan Toussaint of the Lower 9th." After Hurricane Katrina washed away the studio along with most of the neighborhood, Mike relocated to Lawrence, Kansas. Now the 9th Ward Pickin Parlor takes up two comfortable rooms on the third floor of an old midwestern house. It's a good place for folks to come together, play and make records.Contact Mike West or Katie Euliss for rates:tel#(727) [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/4/2007
Band Members: Instruments:Collings HD2 acoustic guitar, Vanden Maple acoustic guitar, Gibson ES-140T electric guitar (1950s), Gibson Melody Maker electric guitar, Brooks Masten open back banjo, Deering Maple Blossom banjo, Edward Dick 6 string banjola, Flatiron A4 mandolin, Crafters of Tennesee resonator guitar, Milton upright grand piano (1897)______________________________________________________ ________________Microphones:Neumann U87, Neumann M147, Neumann TLM103, Neumann KM184, Soundelux U195, Blue Dragonfly, AKG C451, Shure SM81, Shure Beta52, Shure Beta57, Shure SM57, Shure SM58________________________________________________________ ______________Microphone Pres:Avalon 737SP, Universal Audio LA-610, Focusrite Red 8, True Systems Precision 8,__________________________________________________________ ____________Format:Pro Tools LE v.7, clocking to Apogee Big Ben, Apogee Rossetta A/D Converters
Influences: none
Sounds Like: Artists recorded:Shawn Mullins, Split Lip Rayfield, Grain and Demise, Fast Food Junkies, Jeff and Vida, Bob Childers and Randy Crouch, The Dewayn Brothers, Joel Kraft, The Konza Swamp Band, GCDC, Steralize Stereo, Happy Talk Band, Laura Freeman, Luna Tart, Kirk Rundstrum, Esther Sparks, Grizzly, Randy Kaplan, The Maybelles, Truckstop Honeymoon, Bill Erickson, Myshkin, My Tea Kind, Jack Herranen, Dan Kahn, Drakkar Sauna, Kasey Rausch, Zydepunks, Road Dog Divas, Handsome Molly, Pistol Pete and Pop-Gun Pauland more.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None