The Howlers & Matt Ten Clay

About Me

My specialties are engineering, recording, mixing, and mastering.
I cut to the chase by using high quality equipment (see below) and an efficient studio space.
Microphones:
Cascade Fathead (x2)
Sennheiser e906
Sennheiser 441
Sennheiser 421 (x2)
Oktava MK-012 (x2)
AKG 414
Beyer M88 X2
Shure SM7
Shure SM58
Shure SM 57 (x4)
Shure Beta 52A
Audio Technics AT4041
Rode NT-1A
Microphone Pre-Amps/Outboard Compression/EQ:
Great River MP-500NV
Apogee Mini Me
Sytek MPX-4A
Avalon 747SP
Overstayer Compressor
Hycor 4201 Passive EQ
Rane FMI 14 Mixer (x2)
Rane MS1b (x2)
ACMP 73 (x2)
Digi 002 (x4)
AD/DA Conversion:
Apogee AD/DA 8000
Monitoring:
Adam A7's
Beyer DT770 headphones
Yamaha home speakers
stock computer speakers
Many guitars, amps, pedals, an organ, piano, synth and other fun toys available
I have recorded, mixed and/or mastered for bands such as:
(click band to check their myspace)
Nathan Kalish & The Wildfire
Matt Ten Clay & The Howlers
Lazy Genius
grrRoPoLis
Hello Victor
The Brave Youth
Joshua Mogck
My New Black Tooth
Pistol Brides
Kevin Fein
Shape Note
Mighty Narwhale
Chinook
Buffalo Witch
Vigilantes
Those Eighty Acres
The Dark Ages
Julio Gomez
Ben/BJ Riley
Mike Riley
Justin Stover
Sunset, Sunrise
Summer and Starlight
Chip Fundy
Bear Hugs
North Lincoln
Traffic and Weather
Snake Oil Charlatans
The Fainting Generals
Whiskey Drip

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/07/2005
Band Members:

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Matt Ten Clay - everything but what is listed below

West Michigans Magnificent Drummers (per album in current development):

Cameron MacIntosh- "Nuh Huh", "2nd Chance", "She Don't Mind", "Words"

Dustin Anderson- "Take What You Want", "It's All I Got", "When It Comes Time"

Nathan Kalish- "Uh-Huh", "Live It Up"

Ben Kempkers- "Safe To Say"

Add'l Guitar: Brian Przybylski- "Live It Up"

Violin: Dustin Meyer- "When It Comes Time"

Add'l Vocals: Megan Major- "She Don't Mind"

I also play bass guitar for Nathan Kalish & the Wildfire
Influences: .. Matt Ten Clay | : Create Your Badge

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Von Bondies, the Warlocks, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Vandelles, the Dandy Warhols, Dead Meadow, the Raveonettes, the Velvet Underground, the Stills, the Vines, the Walkmen, the White Stripes, the Strokes, Kings of Leon, Arab Strap, Calla, 13th Floor Elevators, Benjamin Kempkers and His Band of Wistful & Crazy-Eyed Gypsy Queens
Sounds Like: A Wall of Sound
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

'Good Nough' (unfinished music #1)

around and around in circles you travelthe more you move the more it unravelsthe long thread of string it falls to the floorwhen you think your done theres that much moreif its good enough for you t...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:19:00 GMT

practically speaking...

An average human being these days, especially an American, reaches for the most out of life, both monetarily and physically, seemingly breeding happiness. The p...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:41:00 GMT

"I Stand/Sit Corrected"

On Life, that is.Everybody thinks they have the answers.The only problem is that nobody really does.Your stepping in the right direction when you can recognize this.As soon as you feel/'think' your on...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:46:00 GMT

feeling the light

feeling/being close to another. ( specifically of opposite sex )equals pain and hunger if thought about too much.thinking/hope in future= failure. take things slow.laugh.don’t cry.stay individua...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:34:00 GMT

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

...happens to be where its at.
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:37:00 GMT

Recoil Review for "The Frantic Few"

..>..>May 2007 Matt Ten Clay's The Frantic Few maintains the primitive rock glory that can be expected from Caveman recording artists, while at the same time conveying catchy hooks and bitters...
Posted by on Sat, 26 May 2007 20:52:00 GMT

"Good Lord" review

Matt Ten Clay Good LordGrand Rapids is notorious for being a conservative Christian hotbed this is the city that spit out Dick DeVos so it didnt surprise me any to find a song on the Punchin...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 20:39:00 GMT

Long Live King Syd, Syd Barrett

Syd was often overlooked by his venture into the drug-world. Little do people know that he played a large part in the british-psychedelic era in 1960's- 1970's music. Founder of Pink Floyd...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:06:00 GMT