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Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub

happiness. music. love.

About Me

I love my wife, Ms. Fowler, my cat Ekko, and Triangle, our meow meow kitten.
I also love audio and happily make a living from sound. I work as a tech for the Oregon Convention Center, Picture This!, and freelance as a music engineer working out of my private studio, Mississippi Studios, Creature Sound, and various other facilities depending on what the artist is looking for. I am certified as a Pro Tools Music Operator by Digidesign.
My email is [email protected]
Recent projects as either assistant or head engineer:
Head: Ronin Ichikawa, No Q, Terry and Donna Davis, Guyve, Curious Hands, Please Step Out Of The Vehicle, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Donerail, Shunt, Live at Le Bloody Hummus Haus with Hey Lover, Bugs of Lightning, Curious Hands, Rex Hamilton
Assisting: Sneaking Out, Mira Flores, Mississippi Studios Live Comp II, Odyska
Upcoming (summer 2008):
Bodhi
Curious Hands (3rd album)
Wooden Indian Burial Ground (2nd half of double vinyl release)
Donna Davis (4th album)
Mausy
Why I Must Be Careful
Merce Cunningham Duo
I can record you for $200 per day. This pays for my work. Where we record can add to the cost. Numerous options are availabile for the place: yours, mine, fancy studios, cheap studios, mobile, live shows, etc.. as long as it's fun.
Personal gear:
Mackie Onyx Analog/Digital console with 24bit/96k firewire~
Waves Mercury Edition Plug Ins
Rane NM 84
Focusrite preamps
RNC and other compressors
Otari 4 track reel to reel~
Pro Tools, Tracktion, Nuendo, reason software + numerous plug-ins~
Novation fader, software, & instrument midi controller
Mics: AKG C1000 (2)
AKG C3000
Audi Technica 4033
Calrec CM1000c
Shure SM-57 (3)
Shure SM-58
Sennheiser e604 (3)
Shure Beta 52a
Cascade Fat Head Ribbon Mic
Plus any other oddities you might want. We can borrow or rent anything.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/13/2005
Band Members: The Fowlers
Influences: My wife, my parents, my animals, my friends, my travels, my education.
Sounds Like: The Fowlers.
Record Label: Depends on you.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Langano comes to an end

Bad news& ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  The Langano Lounge has been undergoing some internal strife with ownership, leading several members of the man...
Posted by Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub on Sun, 13 May 2007 01:59:00 PST

More booking press

Bob Ham wrote another story about my booking at the langano lounge for livepdx.com....
Posted by Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub on Fri, 11 May 2007 03:57:00 PST

Oregonian Write Up

Here's a feature in the Oregonian about the Langano Lounge, the club I book....
Posted by Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:09:00 PST

Booking Press

It would seem that, as one of the busiest, and most well-known areas in arguably the best music town in the country, SE Hawthorne Blvd. would offer a pretty choice selection of places to see live mu...
Posted by Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:41:00 PST

Recording with Zeitgeist

A while back I recorded with Zeitgeist, and they were kind enough to post a song. It's called "Fireworks," and you can here it here....
Posted by Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub on Sun, 21 May 2006 03:36:00 PST

New Music

New music will be up by the end of today. I started recording a new record.
Posted by Ezra Fowler / Makes Toy Dub on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:56:00 PST