Benny Grotto (Audio Engineer, Mixer, Producer)

About Me

I make music recordings. Usually at Mad Oak Studio in scenic Allston, MA.
A selection of completed and upcoming projects:
- Cocked N Loaded "Take a Shot" (2009 self-released) production/engineering/mixing
- Dixie Witch "Two Birds, One Stone" (2008 Small Stone Records) remixing; produced by J.D. Pinkus
- The Dresden Dolls "No, Virginia" (2008 Roadrunner) engineering/mixing; produced by Sean Slade; *Billboard-Charting 94*
- Tony Furtado "Deep Water" (2009 Funzalo Records) drums/engineering/mixing; produced by Sean Slade
- Humankind "Blood & Skin" (2007 self-released) engineering/mixing; produced by Sean Slade; "Monster Minor" (2008 self-released) production/engineering/mixing; co-produced with Sean Slade
- Ironweed "Indian Ladder" (2008 Small Stone Records) producing, engineering, mixing
- The Lanterns "Postcard Picture" (2008 Cheapskate Records) production/engineering/mixing
- The Luxury "In the Wake of What Won't Change" (2009 ???) engineering
- Motherboar "Raise The Death Toll" (2008 Witch Trial Records) production/additional engineering; produced by Andrew Schneider; "Bovine/Swine Split" (2009 self-released) production/engineering/mixing
- Oddzar "Rise To Slumber" (2009 DCide Records) engineering, mixing; produced by Evan Anderson
- Only Living Witness "June 21st, 2008, Live at the Middle East" engineering, mixing
- Razormaze "The True Speed of Steel" (2009 Hold True Records) mixing/additional mixing; produced by Devin Charette
- Roadsaw "See You In Hell" (2008 Small Stone Records) engineering, mixing
- Sasquatch "III" (2009 Small Stone Records) production/engineering/mixing
- Jules Shear "More" (2008 Funzalo Records) engineering, mixing; produced by Sean Slade
- Solace "A.D." (TBA Small Stone Records) production/engineering/mixing
- Sun Gods in Exile "Black Lights, White Lines" (Small Stone Records) production/engineering/mixing/general-purpose coning
All the artists in my Friends List are clients, as well. Poke around if'n you're curious.
FYI - contact me before trying to add me as a friend if I don't already know you. I'm not looking for numbers (nor am I trying to be a dick); I'm looking for professional contacts and clients with whom to network. Thank you.
Here's a cool video of the secret Only Living Witness show:
Only Living Witness - deed's pride

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.motherboar.net
Band Members: Aerosmith, Dave Weckl, Dresden Dolls, Solace, Jim Jones, Sasquatch, Elisabeth Withers, Tony Furtado, Jules Shear, Roadsaw, Steve Smith (Dirty Vegas), DJ Kurupt, Mike Stern, The Men, Smif N Wessun, James Montgomery, John Vanderpool, Dixie Witch, Smoke Bulga, Gozu, The Skatalites, Heavy Metal Horns, Sun Gods in Exile, Stack Bundlez, Ironweed, Vary Lumar, Rushya, JR Writer, Absoloot Records, Amanda Palmer, Humankind, Phaedra, Cropduster, Pericles, A Thousand Knives Of Fire, Only Living Witness, Tiffany Foxx, Never Got Caught, A-One, Cocked n Loaded, Terry Townsend, Oddzar, Mess With the Bull, Motherboar, The Indefinite Article, Metaphor, P-Nice, XL, Reshonda Fernandez, Zonaseis, Stu Hudgins, Joy Daniels, Young G, Action Camp, Marc Gilles, Wild Zero, Mos Official, Mad Man Films, Mission, Nemonia, Jonathan Wiles, 5am, Jeff Louizia, First Take, Wildlife, Mass Pike, Andy & Me, Aberdeen City, The Mesmerines, WID, Vette, Aedius, DSP, University, Such-A-Voice, FBM, Shawn Thwaites, Six Figures, Dubstation, Hara Garacci, Standard Pleasure Model, Storietella, Spritual Rez, Antagonist...
Influences:
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Various
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Sasquatch and Novadriver

Well...the 'squatch made its brutal way back into town from their HQ in Los Angeles the other day, and we burned through guitar solos and vocal tracks like nobodies' business. Man, this new record is...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 20:09:00 GMT

World/Inferno Friendship Society and Water Music Studio

I'm currently sitting in the residential loft at the beautiful Water Music Studio in Hoboken, NJ. I spent the day with my buddy Sean Slade (producer of Radiohead, Hole, and every one of those kick-as...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 19:49:00 GMT

Dead Friends will beat you up.

Boston's own Dead Friends will be floor-punching their way to Mad Oak in early June to lay down some good ol' fashioned East Coast Hardcore.I will be sporadically dropping some change around the studi...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 13:58:00 GMT

The Luxury mix!

Well...my stint with the Luxury is over (for now...). We finished all the tracking at Mad Oak a few days ago (with the help of the lovely Joe Saliba), and the boys headed off to Zippah to cut some vo...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Razormaze

Listen up, screw heads! Get up off yer asses and go check out Razormaze immediately. These guys bring a most excellent brand of party-down thrash that'll blow the tits off your father's mistress.I s...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 10:54:00 GMT

The Luxury, winners of the 2009 BCN Rumble

Congratulations to this year's Rumble winner, the Luxury.The dudes will be bringing their highly-danceable indie rock to Mad Oak in a couple weeks for some tracking action. Gonna be suh-weet.With wha...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 09:01:00 GMT

Cocked N Loaded and We're All Gonna Die

I spent the weekend tracking a new record for Cocked N Loaded, currently titled "Welcome To the Party". The lads banged out ten songs' worth of instrumentals on Friday, cut the leads Saturday, and po...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:41:00 GMT

Sasquatch lands on Thursday...

...that's pretty much it. We're gonna, like, make a rock record. You'll prolly hear it on the MTVs.
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:50:00 GMT

Motherboar "Bovine and Swine" split 7" now available!

The split we did with our pals Bloodcow is finally out now, on black, orange, or clear 7" vinyl. It always jazzes me when a record I engineer and produce comes out on vinyl! Hot damn!Visit the Mothe...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:09:00 GMT

"The Mesmerines" voted Top Ten Album of 2008...

...by The Noise Magazine. Cool! They had this to say:The Mesmerines. Bostons latest super group of sorts get it just right on this enjoyable 4-track EP. New wave, punk, and alternative mesh perfect...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:54:00 GMT