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Rick Slater

We can do that!

About Me

I'm looking for artists who want to make quality recordings which are memorable! Serious inquiries only, no tire kickers!!! I started my career at Mediasound in Manhattan where I received a solid foundation in old school engineering. Later I was on staff at Quad Recording where I learned the art of mixing. Whether you are looking for new school digital or good old analog I can help you make that great record.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Besides music I enjoy the beach, skiing, exercising, and reading.

I'd like to meet:

Artists who are looking to make good quality recordings. Again only serious artists!! Whether it's Pro Tools or SSL I can provide you with options.

Music:

It's all good except maybe opera

Movies:

Anything that sucks me in and transports me to another time and place, making me feel as the characters do.

Television:

I am addicted to 24 and Entourage.

Books:

I read a lot of different authors and styles but I always check out the latest Ann Rice.

Heroes:


You Are Cyclops
Dedicated and responsible, you will always remain loyal to your cause.
You are a commanding leader - after all, you can kill someone just by looking at them.

Power: force beams from your eyes Which of the X-Men Are You?

My Blog

Wow no serious glitches

Ok first of what happened to the ability to tell the world what it is I'm into as I blog. Personally I think it's fun to see what others consume. That aside, this last time out was glitch free except ...
Posted by Rick Slater on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PST

wow great music weird happenings.

This recent project has had a snag everytime we get together. It's weird, the first time was the usual shake the bugs out deal with tracking then the singer set aside a day to work on vocals during ou...
Posted by Rick Slater on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:33:00 PST

and the beat goes on...

Well shortly after tracking we went back to the bands studio for more recording. The basic tracks feel really solid and the ideas are flowing. The thing is, I’ve been really sick and the lead si...
Posted by Rick Slater on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:01:00 PST

Tracking and All Its Perils

Wow I need to get some sleep (eight hours after this trip to The Clubhouse ain't enough). My current project ( let's call them client 9) was ready with pre-production behind them. The tempos, keys, an...
Posted by Rick Slater on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:30:00 PST

Guns!!!

What the F$%!!!???Every day I turn on the news some maniac has let the bullets fly across yet another campus. Why the sudden proliferation of shootings. Did they all just dream it until one day some o...
Posted by Rick Slater on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:20:00 PST

Im on esession.com

I have joined the growing list of professional engineers, producers and musicians available for hire on esession.com. This site allows you to shop to the talent registered there and possibly hire one....
Posted by Rick Slater on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:56:00 PST

Pre-production

Well I recently made a trip to work on preproduction with a band and it made me wonder how people prepare for recording. Do you all hear everyone else as you practice and do you record it? We rehearse...
Posted by Rick Slater on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:44:00 PST

In a band? Read this!

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Posted by Rick Slater on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:05:00 PST

Better Rehearsals

I was working with a band last night who had expressed to me that they were having troubles with hearing each other and just getting the most from the rehearsals they had. Well we set up their Pro Too...
Posted by Rick Slater on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:22:00 PST

What I miss

I can remember my first day at work at Mediasound in Manhattan. It was magical. The studio was an old church full of beautiful wood and the ceiling in the entance was painted (by Michael Barbiero) in ...
Posted by Rick Slater on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:40:00 PST