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About Me

THE SPOT is a new home for producer/engineer/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ryan McDougall. Over the past 8 years Ryan has worked with some of the best talent in the southeast and beyond.A compilation of his work would include CHRIS ROBINSON, JONATHAN WILSON, TIM BRANTLEY, KIMBERLY KATE, THE FUTURISTS, SECOND SHIFT, THE FILMS, THE BOOZE, CLOVIS, CORNER KID, SHAWN REGAN and many more.
"i'm not interested in making good records, i want to make great records that people are going to listen to more than twice. the kind of records that inspire me are the ones you keep coming back to years later." -Ryan McDougall
Thanks for checking out THE SPOT and let us know what we can do for you.

NEW SONGS SOON. i just pulled a few of the tunes off of here to make room for some new stuff. check back Monday.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/23/2007
Band Members: Ryan McDougall, Captain, Dillon Mann, Balls-out Beau, Nathan Shrier.
Influences: Sargent Pepper, Pet sounds, Beggars Banquet, Highway 61 Revisited, Nevermind, Music From Big Pink, Ziggy Stardust, Telefunken, Never mind the Bullocks, Houses of the Holy, Lost in Space, Jonathan Wilson, Harvest, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Bookends, After the Gold Rush, Wilson Picket, Stacks, MRL Tapes, London Calling, Back in Black, Beachwood Sparks, Silvertone amps, Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, Tape, BOC!, Amazing people, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Canned Heat, Donavan, Leonard Cohen, Frankie Ray and Cecelia, The Elected, Elliot Smith, Soft Bulletin, All things must pass, Mezzanine, Ok Computer, Every picture tells a story, Heartbreaker, EMMIT RHODES, Stop making sense, Jailbreak, Something/Anything, Odyssey and Oracle, The Slider,
Sounds Like: Ethan Johns, Tchad Blake, Jon Brion, Daniel Lanois, John Simon, Phill Specter, Geoff Emmerich, Nigel Godrich,

Record Label: this is where it begins
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

the philosophy

so, the idea is that the spot should be THE place to record in atlanta. we have cool gear, a lot of experience, low rates, and high hopes. there's no reason why a local band wouldn't want to record ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:05:00 GMT

THE RATES

A ROOM RATES: $50 PER HOUR$450 PER DAY WITH 1ST ENGINEER.B ROOM RATES: (not available until September 15th)$35 PER HOUR WITH INTERN OR 2ND ENGINEER$300 PER DAY 1 DAY = 10 HOURS ALBUM PACKAGES:1-3 son...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:55:00 GMT

THE HIGHLIGHTS

25 ft ceilings, 2 huge tracking rooms, an indoor basketball court, showers.KIMBALL grand pianoORGANS: 2 vintage HAMMOND organs and 2 leslies DRUMS: 4 drum kits(3 LUDWIG, 1 GRETSCH), vintage snare ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:54:00 GMT